Dog Owner Chat V. 5

[kishu.]

has anyone ever done conformation or rally before? if anyone has done
any of these dog sports, what is it like? is it easy or is it hard? i am
willing to participate into either conformation or rally so i could take
my passion for dogs to the next level. is it hard to study the standards
of a certain dog breed?

[Pangolin]

going to train lucky to recall to a dog whistle but im not sure what the whistle command should be. if it was your dog, which would you choose.

one long whistle
multiple (3-4) quick whistles in a row

Ah, it shouldn’t be 3 because three short whistle blows is the universal distress signal, and if you got into that habit and didn’t have a dog whistle with you, you might cause some alarm

You could do like a long, short, long or vice versa. Something that won't get mistaken for "HELP" and is distinct enough for you and your dog. You won't want your dog to mistake something else whistling for you.

[Luzien]

I'm so stressed, I just came from the vet and my pup has pneumonia. She's been with us for 5 days and those 5 days she's spent with our old dog, he's 11. Now she's on 2 medications and having to go on a bland diet of rice and chicken. My bank account is so dead but I'm so worried. She's my third fur child, and the only one that sleeps with me...

im really not sure... is this dog from a puppy mill- store- byb ? ...and did it show already when you got the og or 12/24h later? .....but when you only had the puppy for 5days...could it be the breeders fault?...then they need to pay all or part of the vet care or even take the dog back...atleast when it was not your fault like playing to much with the dog, or to cool area it did sleep in, cold ground, wet dog...what does your vet say to this, being in a room with stone ground or kennel or windows open
did the dog do a blood test to see if the dog was on meds when you got it?
hope the little one is healthy again soon!

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Shadow~Wolf
going to train lucky to recall to a dog whistle but im not sure what the whistle command should be. if it was your dog, which would you choose.

one long whistle
multiple (3-4) quick whistles in a row

like other did say is not bad ^^ ...
but maybe also look into how farm owner who work outside with sheep or ducks-chicken, train there herding dogs, they often are trained to work with whistle on long range out of sight.... different pulled out long or short or long short, sharp low, high and shortened whistles sounds for different things to do....when you are lucky there may be even one who gives lessons to teach dog owner this work....but from what i did hear is that nearly every one of those trainer use different whistling sounds, atleast that is what you see at shows, nearly non sounds the same for the same thing, at shows like this for herding dogs you also can learn much about whistle work or sign language^^

[Cardinal]

has anyone ever done conformation or rally before? if anyone has done
any of these dog sports, what is it like? is it easy or is it hard? i am
willing to participate into either conformation or rally so i could take
my passion for dogs to the next level. is it hard to study the standards
of a certain dog breed?

Rally is lots of fun and a very open sport, and its pretty easy tobdabble in! Barn hunt is another fun sport

Conformation depends entirely upon the breed; some breeds are cut throat compeditive while others are more lax. Did you buy your dog as a confirmation prospect?

[mellovesyou420]

hello, my name is mel, and i have gone 16 years of my life
without a pet/dog, and animals are my fave things in the entire world.

so please

anyone and everyone feel free to send me pictures of your dogs. please.
thanks ;0;

[Keriae]

hello, my name is mel, and i have gone 16 years of my life
without a pet/dog, and animals are my fave things in the entire world.

so please

anyone and everyone feel free to send me pictures of your dogs. please.
thanks ;0;

If you search Mary on the thread, you can find pictures of my dog! She also has a blog Mary the Staffy. This picture was taken yesterday!

[Naeco]

This is my Pitbull/*Yellow Lab cross breed. Her name is Mia and I love her to bits! Even though she looks tough she couldn’t be sweeter ((or dopey-er!)
*we aren’t sure about the lab

Honestly, I see Lab x GSD more than anything. Pits don't have naturally pointy ears.

Personally I believe she is a Lab x Dogo Argentino, though the ears could really be anything

Hmm Maybe. I see more GSD Lab still. She has the structure of my Nana's GSD x Lab x Husky but with pointy ears, with, with that cross, is very very possible.

[Marley.&.Me]

@the pit/lab..

I can see gsd and lab, maybe pit and husky, too.

with the dogo it depends on if they live somewhere where that breed is common

[Naeco]

@the pit/lab..

I can see gsd and lab, maybe pit and husky, too.

with the dogo it depends on if they live somewhere where that breed is common

Very true. In my opinion, I would just call her an Heintz 57 dog. That is what I call our dog that we don't know what breeds she is.

[Marley.&.Me]

@the pit/lab..

I can see gsd and lab, maybe pit and husky, too.

with the dogo it depends on if they live somewhere where that breed is common

Very true. In my opinion, I would just call her an Heintz 57 dog. That is what I call our dog that we don't know what breeds she is.

that’s what we called our past GSD mix

but if they were really curious, and can afford it, they could always get a Embark DNA test