Dog Owner Chat V. 5

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Hi guys! Thought you’d like to see updates on Tiger and Dexter! They’re both doing great!!

Tiger


Dexter

[XxAnubisxX]

⚠️ Trigger Warning: Mentions of pet loss. ⚠️
(The dog in the photograph is NOT the dog who passed away)

Ravioli

I HAVE to share my excitement somewhere! ~

Just a little over a year ago, my parents lost one of their beloved dogs (Bandit) due to a significant health issue that wasn’t caught until it was too late. The loss was sudden and unexpected, which hit my family extremely hard especially because Bandit was only 9 years old and had seemingly been in decent health, with the exception of being a tad overweight, otherwise up until that point. While the loss hit everyone hard, it hit no one harder than my mom - Bandit was my mom’s everything. He was her shadow; quite literally, wherever she went, he went. Ever since his loss, my mom has felt an increasing emptiness by not having her best fur friend in her life; 6 months later she realized she was ready to have another set of furry paws in her life, while she wasn’t sure if she was fully ready to take on a new set permanently she was at least open to the idea of foster care (until the realization came, that more than likely any dog would become a foster fail).

Shortly after realizing she was ready, she reached out to me to not only help her find the right dog for the family but to help her going forward with any new dog since I have professional experience as a dog trainer (as well as some brief experience as a dog groomer) and my partner has worked in the veterinary field. After many hours of doing breed research - including training and grooming requirements, activity levels, individual breed needs, etc; we were finally able to narrow the list down to 10 breeds. We had long discussions about what was the right fit from age to whether they wanted to do a rescue or a breeder, with both my parents expressing concerns about the age of a new potential dog; with my mom stating while she didn’t mind a dog that was a year old, both her and my dad didn’t want to go back down the journey of a puppy especially a young puppy and my dad was open that with the recent loss of Bandit he wasn’t prepared nor ready to go down the journey of a senior dog yet. My mom began her journey to help find the right dog for the family.

There have been many “almost” fits, but up until recently my family had been taking trips to our local shelter to simply just love on all the dogs even if they weren’t the right fit for our family. While there recently, my dad who had been very reserved to the idea of a new dog, not only fell in love with several of the dogs there; but had a puppy steal not only his but my mom’s heart. This puppy was an energetic little fur ball who was only 3 1/2 months old (which was beyond young for what they had initially planned for, but both realized that for the right dog, they were ready and willing to go down that journey again). After the meet and greets went well, and all the paperwork was signed; they officially brought home their newest family addition “Ravioli”.

Ravioli has brought such a bright light back to my family’s home, and to say he’s the “life of the party” is an understatement, in so many ways he has some of the same mannerisms and reminds my family so much of Bandit. He’s a big boy, who is 33 lbs at now officially 4 months old. I get the joy of teaching once again, as well as having the opportunity to help a family (even if it is my own) experience the joy of the journey of not just having a puppy but a dog in their life! I can’t wait to get the opportunity to work with this little fur ball!! ~

[LozLegend]

Ravioli is so gorgeous!

It can be so hard to let another animal in after a loss, I'm sure Bandit would approve of the little guy getting his amazing family.
I hope he's settling in well

[beignet]

• i haven't posted here in a while! last i posted, i think i mentioned about my AKC labrador
  when he was much younger as we were working on his service dog training. he has made much progress!
  
  i am so impressed with him, especially considering he is only a year and five months old. we have worked
  on scent tracing with him as well since we live in a ski town and would like him to be available as an avalanche
  rescue dog in the event of an emergency. i might join ski patrol myself in a year or two anyway. he participated
  and walked in our 4th of july parade in town and greeted and met many kids! there were a lot of reactive dogs
  that barked or responded to him but he didn't react at all. he was amazing and our float won the parade.
  
  i also brought my 6 month old mini long-haired dachshund on the parade walk and he met lots of new people
  as well! i'm really impressed with him too. but he's also my baby. while i love all my animals, im completely
  attached and entirely privy to my dachshund ❤（っ＾▿＾）he has gotten to the point in his potty training
  where i feel comfortable to leave his kennel open so he can come snuggle me in the mornings. he loves his
  kennel though and sleeps there through the majority of the night. we went hiking in the backcountry this week
  and little man managed to hike over ten+ miles with his little legs and only had us carry him for about two or
  three miles.
  
  they're also both really good friends with my horse which is just wonderful. my mare loves to groom my little
  dachshund. i'm certain it's because she knows how small he is and can likely sense his importance to me. i am
  hoping i can configure a little pack seat so my weem can ride in the saddle with me in the future haha. my lab
  already goes out on trail rides with us. he loves it and i trust him to warn us of bears should we encounter any.

[XxAnubisxX]

Ravioli is so gorgeous!

It can be so hard to let another animal in after a loss, I'm sure Bandit would approve of the little guy getting his amazing family.
I hope he's settling in well

Thank you so much, I definitely think Bandit would approve for sure!!

He’s so far settling in pretty well, especially for such a young puppy. He handled being in the kennel overnight well (aside from having to go potty twice during the night, there was no fight to be in the kennel nor whining), he’s learning his boundaries with their resident dog who is being extra patient (as much as possible anyways) with him. So all in all, so far so good!! He handled Fourth of July actually really well as in my country people go crazy with the fireworks, and where I’m from the area is well known for going as crazy as possible with them well into the night; so the fourth was a real concern on how he would handle the fireworks especially with our town festival not far behind with their own fireworks show planned - surpassing all expectations, he did unbelievably well! He was a little unsure, but overall remained unfazed to the sound of them; he was more concerned about why their resident dog was freaking out and barking up a storm while pacing (in her older age, she’s developed an anxiety around fireworks among a few other things and while she is on an anxiety medicine it does take a bit for it to kick in).

I genuinely think Ravioli couldn’t have come at a better time for them and is definitely that perfect fit for the family!

[peachymxlk]

Celestia, also known as Celest, Monster, Crazy, Munchkin, and Munch. She'll be a year old on the 10th and oh goodness does she have my whole heart!
She's Husky, German Shepard, and Bull Terrier

[Custard Cat]

This is my girl, Evie. She's a poodle cross (Doodle, if you prefer). She turned two a few days ago :) I had owned a beautiful Australian Kelpie prior to her, Finn - he was my best friend. Unfortunately Finn was attacked by a dog we would walk with every day - one day it just switched on him, and after that he became extremely reactive. Despite my best efforts to help him, I couldn't do much more at the time and made the heart breaking choice to rehome. He went to a foster home, and then to a home with land and two other Kelpies. I occasionally get updates on him and he is doing well.
I didn't intend on getting another dog after that as it broke my heart, but I stumbled upon Evie during a really bad breakup and tough time in my life and I knew instantly I had to bring her home. She is the SWEETEST girl and full of love. She's scared of other dogs (except for my parents 2 dogs she lives with), and is obsessed with licking people but other than that she's the perfect dog :')
Her best friend is a cat.

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Dexter is the ultimate giver of puppy dog eyes.. and he’s got the beagle begging eyes that just make you cave into whatever he wants and i love him so much.



He’s a beagle x heeler and he’s psycho 🤣

[tenor]

minnie got spayed thursday morning, so we got her a new toy (a fox with a chicken hoodie), and a surgical recovery suit with grapefruits. she is so stinkin sweet. have a lot of stress for her and watching her super close because i just lost my girl penny back in march from a spay infection, hoping for a quick recovery with my minnie mouse.

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“Yes may I help you?” -Dexter, probably.



I didn’t mean to have that flash so bright but he’s okay, he got checked out. 🤦🏼‍♀️