Dog Owner Chat V. 5

[Blue_Aussie]

for about five years now its been my dream to get a belgian sheepdog, and i might actually finally be getting one!

aww! I just got my dream pup 7 months ago c:

[acronymm]

@houndoom; how cute is he?! ;0; ❤️❤️ looks like such a sweet boy!

just going to share an occurrence I had last night-
okay so, i let my two pups out. they'd been out there for around 4 minutes before i start to hear this barking from Autumn, my 9 yo American Bulldog/Boxer. she normally barks, but not so aggressively. so I'm like ?? step out there, and walk around the side. my 2 yo American Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Hazel, is tearing across the fence line. at first, i didn't know what to think of it; untill I saw the white butt! i was v startled, it was hoping and had no tail, so it couldn't be a cat. our fence is black chainlink-ish, but with spaces? i assume the rabbit had gotten through the fence from the field behind our house. if they would've caught, im sure they would've killed the poor thing! luckily, it escaped through the gate gap. my 2 yo didn't know what the heck it was, running along side it, but too scared to bite it :"0

anyways, that was my night

[.Middy.]

O says she would really like to return this thing now 😂

Bucky Barnes- Nice! What made you decide on a Groen?

[bucky_stan]

Hey guys! I was wondering if you had any advice on pulling dogs? The trainer hasn’t helped and we had her on a k9 bridle for a while which helped then we tried a halti head collar on her the other day to see if it made a difference and now she’s got lumps and spots on her nose where the halti was rubbing her so we can’t use anything across her nose for a while 🤦‍♀️

Check out @lilly_the_weim on Instagram to see what she used to wear
Thank you people if you can help me

[bucky_stan]

Also we didn’t train her to pull she is a rehome and has just got the habit ingrained

[Imzadi83]

Hey guys! I was wondering if you had any advice on pulling dogs? The trainer hasn’t helped and we had her on a k9 bridle for a while which helped then we tried a halti head collar on her the other day to see if it made a difference and now she’s got lumps and spots on her nose where the halti was rubbing her so we can’t use anything across her nose for a while 🤦‍♀️

Check out @lilly_the_weim on Instagram to see what she used to wear
Thank you people if you can help me

No tool is going to beat proper training, so that's what I recommend. I'll link some videos down below. Ideally I'd recommend a back clip harness, but if she's pulling you off her feet using a bungee leash with the back clip harness or using a front clip harness.

Kikopup Loose Leash Walking playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVv_aeY9RP0&list=PL7287C737FB745168
Simpawtico Loose Leash Walking playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJEQ8p ... 1qXkjlIGqd

[shadow~wolf]

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[Fysha]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4n0kVppSFM/
i'd really appreciate if any of you guys could click this link and check out lucky's weight progress!
do you have any plans for your dogs at thanksgiving? lucky will be getting a raw air dried turkey wing from real dog box

You have done a great job on him. He looks good with a nice shiny coat.

As my Thanksgiving has come and gone, it's just another week for me. But have yourself a good one.

[rose.bloom]

hey guys! it's been literally forever since I've posted here, probably three or so years and I never was super active so not sure if any of you would remember me. honestly i'm kind of scared to, last time I did I got a littttle bit of backlash for owning doodles and everyone's allowed to have their own opinions on it but i've done my research and also don't really have the energy to fight with anyone on it soo if you don't agree with them just skip this post.

but anyways, I own an eight year old goldendoodle named Gretta and a four year old mini goldendoodle named Dazey. we got them both from a really great small local breeder near us and adore them. at some point in the three years I have been gone I fostered some crazy doodle mix named Lola. she was beautiful and all white, but absolutely crazy. great example of how not to do doodles, poor thing. my aunt was able to find her a good home with a family and a mom who was pretty dedicated to helping her settle so that was that.

however we're looking to get another dog! my brother and dad are severely allergic which is why we have the doodles, but we're looking to get a bernedoodle this time around. its taking us a while to find a responsible breeder however, yaknow one that doesn't just throw random dogs with poodles and sells them to people for $5000, haha, but when we do, we will be putting ourselves on the wait list! which is very exciting.

anyways nice to be back and lurking around some of these old forums I used to frequent and hope everyones dogs are doing good!

[Velveteen Hound.]

I think there can be a negative case made for most dog breeds, so don’t feel too bad. C:
It sounds like you are doing absolutely the right thing, I hope you find a responsible breeder soon.
I have never been a huge fan of the doodle breeds myself due to aesthetics. For what ever reason I just don’t love the wire/or curly haired dogs.

I did come across a basset/poodle mix the other day at the park, that was the absolute cutest dog (other than gizmo) I may have ever seen. That pup at least warmed me up to the ‘doodles’ just a little
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Sigh. So I really want to do a Dna test for gizmo. It’s pretty clear at this point that he is not full bred kelpie. The two affordable tests I have looked at say they primarily draw profiles from AKC breeds. Kelpies are not AKC recognized, nor do they have a strong North American profile.

I don’t want to get test results saying he is primarily an Indeterminate mixed breed.