Dog Owner Chat v4

[Faybell]

RWBY; the only thing dachshund in her i could possible see now is maybe her muzzle. can’t really tell if she’s a long body with the angle of the picture. definitely don’t see basset anymore because she’s growing into her feet and she isn’t thick boned at all. Could be a beagle/rat terrier. honestly her head throws off any breed i can think of xD

on the food, what are you feeding? also how active are you with her due to the fact that food sometimes need to be increased based on the lifestyle of the dog. a good active dog will probably need more food than the amount on the bag.

I tried taking a better picture of her standing but her stay doesn't compute to standing yet, she just sits/lays down when I tell her to stay... and just snapping ends up a blurry mess. :"D
I compiled all the photos I have of her in a album on imgur though
https://m.imgur.com/a/jqnas

She's not super active. I mean I play with her inside practically all day by trick training, fetch, and tug of war; usually 30 minute session wears her out for an hour. Her walking loose leash isn't great yet so I don't spend more than an hour a day walking her outside. So she is active but it's not the level of say .middy's dog Kes from this club gets.

Edit: Oh and science diet. It's what the shelter had her on. I've only had her a month. I don't mind switching it to something better as long as it isn't more than 40 a month once the bag I currently have starts to get close to finishing.

[Imzadi83]

Can I get a quick opinion on Rachael Ray food before I buy a $40 40 pound bag of food?

I've got the chicken and rice bag in my cart now.

The ingredients don't seem all that bad to me, butter than Purina, honestly.

It depends what variety of each you're comparing. https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/brand/ Personally I wouldn't feed either brand though.

[ru.]

Can I get a quick opinion on Rachael Ray food before I buy a $40 40 pound bag of food?

I've got the chicken and rice bag in my cart now.

The ingredients don't seem all that bad to me, butter than Purina, honestly.

Late to the party but it depends on what you like to feed your dog, really. If you usually prefer high-end grain free brand or raw, then it probably isn't good. But to me it's a decent mid-grade food. It has better ingredients than standard supermarket dog foods like Purina/Pedigree and even Beniful for sure.

About 4 months ago I switched Edgar to the Rachael Ray line and he's been doing great on it. His coat is healthy, he hasn't been so itchy/hasn't had skin issues, and he actually eats it which is a big deal because he's picky with kibble. He gets bored of a certain food after a month or so, soI alternate between the Just 6 line, the Zero Grain line, and the Nutrish line.

I tried taking a better picture of her standing but her stay doesn't compute to standing yet, she just sits/lays down when I tell her to stay... and just snapping ends up a blurry mess. :"D
I compiled all the photos I have of her in a album on imgur though
https://m.imgur.com/a/jqnas

She's not super active. I mean I play with her inside practically all day by trick training, fetch, and tug of war; usually 30 minute session wears her out for an hour. Her walking loose leash isn't great yet so I don't spend more than an hour a day walking her outside. So she is active but it's not the level of say .middy's dog Kes from this club gets.

Edit: Oh and science diet. It's what the shelter had her on. I've only had her a month. I don't mind switching it to something better as long as it isn't more than 40 a month once the bag I currently have starts to get close to finishing.

Since she's still a growing puppy, the food increase will probably be okay. Just keep an eye on her and if you notice her starting to get chunky then cut back on her food again. :)

By the way! She's adorable! My dad had beagles growing up, and it's hard to say if I think she has any Beagle in her. It almost looks like her ears were trying to stand up for bit?
How tall is she at the shoulder, do you know?

To me, her face looks almost (Smooth) Fox Terrier-ish! I could see Daschund too, but it's hard to say for sure. Since you see her in person every day, could you see Fox Terrier?

Maybe a little bit of Min-Pin in the eyes? If her ears are trying to stand up? I definitely see small breed in her eye shape/size.

[Faybell]

Thank you, she is super precious when she isn't being a hyper mess! <3

Her ears are floppy. If she looks up they point up but when she looks straight they are folded. She's still a puppy so maybe they will eventually go up? She's a smidge under 12 inches from the shoulders. I put a 9 x 12 blank canvas up next to her since I couldn't find my ruler. She's around 6 months so she might grow a bit more?

Her snout is a tid bit shorter than a typical dachsund and the fox terrier's snout looks longer than a dachshunds? I don't know anyone with a fox terrier so I'm only going off the pictures you have shown me.

Maybe after the holidays I'll splurge on a DNA kit. I'm a bit curious to find out for sure. :"D

She might be half something that typically get their tails docked, we didn't dock her tail. I doubt whoever had her before did it for medical reasons since their reasoning for giving her up was they couldn't afford her.

[.Middy.]

Thanks guys! Yeah it took Kes awhile to be trustworthy around the small animals lol. She's got some serious prey drive in her, but after a ton of work, I now trust her around my small animals. She just wants to lick them lol. Now wild rabbits and rats are still fair game lol. She's a pretty good hunter!

And yes the rats are a ton of fun. I love having them! Mine are all well bred minus 5 of them, and they are basically mini dogs lol. Even four of my crappy bred ones are the same since I had to hand raise them. Just have one rescue that's a grump and doesn't really enjoy my company. Not aggressive or anything just not super interested in me beyond treats

[Faybell]

Oh I know, I did my research on them and found out about their mini dogness lol. I'll probably eventually get a pair of female rats from a different state... when Aika is older. She's enough work by herself. I can already tell I'm going to have to watch her if she's ever around them. She loves going after bugs, she almost chomped a moth or butterfly just the other day. :"D

[blueh]

Yeah as weird as it is people do dock border collie tails same with Australian shepherds. I don't know why they do it or how come they do it.According to people tail docking apparently reduced the risk of injury but actually, it didn't really significantly help at all. so it makes no difference whether you dock the dogs tail or not. but my collie did not have docked tail. cause there is no need for docking in border collies anyway. I think australian shepherds have their tails docked cause some people think it looks good and blah blah tradition/identification. But really It's probably that people are like oh that looks good which to me it doesn't look good on either breed. it's not needed.

I think having a feather duster of tail wack ones coffee table is hilarious and fun plus who wants to see a butt-wiggling when you can see the entire butt plus the tail, it's why I love border collies cause they are wiggle worms with their butt

ohh okay sorry for bring this up, but I can actually explain why people dock border collie and aussie tails! Traditionally, since they are heading dogs and were used to heard livestock, there was more of a chance of a livestock animal stepping on their tail and hurting it or pinning the dog. The bigger the animal, the more danger it was to the dog. So, back then, working herding dogs would have their tail docked so it wasn't smashed by livestock.

As for why they do it now with non working dogs, I can't answer. A lot of it has to do with conformation and breed standards, I'm sure.

[.Middy.]

Border collie's tails are generally not docked unless for health reasons. Aussie's are though.

Border collies were bred to herd sheep, and have a very different herding style to Aussie's. Aussie's are bred to herd cattle and their herding style is more getting up close to the cows to move them. So Aussie's are at a higher risk of tails getting stepped on and are docked to prevent it. Border collies are not, so they are not docked.

As for current day docking of Aussie's. There are multiple reasons. Some are docked for working still, some are docked for conformation, some are docked just to fit breed standard and preserve the history of the breed. Docking is done at a very young age before they even really have feeling in their tails.

I personally love the look of a docked Aussie. There are very few Aussie's I like with full tails, I can think of 2 off the top of my head lol.




Speaking of adorable docked Aussie's! Today's theme was 'hot cocoa'

Besides Kes being a turd and sticking her nose in my drink, this was fun lol. Little brat knew not to even think of drinking the cocoa, but she couldn't resist dunking her nose in.

[maninkari]

Kes' cup hits too close to home Also I love her blanket.

I was holding Pete on my lap and JJ came up and licked him. I'm going to take that as a good sign! She came up, sniffed him, and then licked his ears which is something she does to him in the mornings. I didn't put him down because I couldn't tell if she was completely comfortable with him yet, but I'm happy with how she reacted.

[ru.]

I know the topic has changed, but I was able to dig up some pictures of my family's old rescue dog. I'm sorry these don't show his tail very well; but it is there! (I wish I could get access to my old photo bucket because it has a ton of pictures of him. Unfortunately, he passed in 2009 and the computer that I had back then completely died which means I don't have access to the original photos either.)

Here's my old undocked Rottie, Pete. The photos are pretty small but it's all I have at the moment.