Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (new chat)

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Where have you gotten your dog/s or where are you going to get them?

A cheap backyard breeder or an "accidental" litter
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15%
Adoption via rescue/shelter/etc
616
45%
A responsible breeder
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35%
I bred them myself(hopefully with good purpose and health tests...)
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5%
 
Total votes : 1365

Re: Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (chat added)

Postby elizabethhher » Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:23 pm

      i guess i worded it wrong, a lot. with my chihuahua, we're not giving it away, in a sense. he's moving in with my sister, when she gets her new apartment, which should be soon. right now we'll be giving him to a rescue, where they promised to hold him for us. we'll visit him everyday until my sister gets her apartment. also, the maltipoo was given to our mother, who bought her and was the first to own her. she gave the maltipoo to us, as she was in the hospital. i guess i use given away very lightly.

      the 76 dogs thing was an over-exaggeration, as i was just counting off the names of the dogs that we had when i was a child and the dogs that i had shared with friends, family, and have fostered. as i had gotten tired after number twelve, i just put a random number, which turned out to be 76.

      i said i was experienced, but never did i say i was 'so experienced', as if i was the god of knowing everything about dogs. by experienced, i meant that i knew most things about dogs, and about their temperment. the shelter has given me some milk to feed the pup, as it mother had passed away. they told me they were euthanizing the pups (as i had said in my other post) but i have no idea if they said that to just get me to buy them or if they were being true.

      i'm not judging a dog's worth based on it breed. i live in a neighborhood where my house gets robbed quite frequently, and i am on the process of moving out. yes, i know it may seem silly for me to buy a new dog even though i am moving out, but i still think that i should have some sort of dog as protection, even if they are the kindest dogs in the world, if that makes any sense.

      my german shepherd has had proper socialization, and was a police dog, or so i was told. i bought her at a police dog event from an actual police man, who told me that she had been trained to be a police dog, but due to budget cuts, had to let most of the dogs go. in case you want to know, i do know her commands, and she does listen to me. i honestly just have no idea why she acts like this around my staffordshire, though.

      none of your opinions offend me, as i read back over my post and found some things that i realize i didn't clarify or worded in a way where it sounds horrible and disgusting. i hope i clarified everything here, and if not, please bring them to light. hopefully, you guys don't think bad of me now. i am just a female who wanted some advice about her pets. i want to state that i, in no way, dispose of my pets, as you may put it. i treat them all fairly and equally, and they are treated like the best pets in the world, though they are not at the point where they are too spoiled, if that makes sense.

      great, now i feel like the worst dog owner in the world...

      oh, just so you know, i'm way younger than thirty. way younger. not even close.
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Postby MayWolf » Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:05 am

Do you own a dog?: Of course! ;) I used to own two pugs, sadly they passed away :C About a year ago I adopted a pitbull & cattledog mix <3 named Kitsúne.

Favorite dog breed?: Border collies were my favorite for a LONG time, but now I'm leaning more towards cattle dogs and pitbull type breeds.

Tell us about your dog(s), if you have any!: Kitsúne, or Kit for short, is the absolute best dog I could wish for <3 I adopted her when she was a 9 months old at a local shelter. Now, she is 2 1/2 and still my little baby. The one problem with her is that she is way to smart x3 AND stubborn. That's not a good mix... Anyways, inside the house she's a sweety. The absolutely most laid-back dog you'd meet. However in-front of my house she's VERY territorial, which I'm trying to get under control :S Kit doesn't really play fetch (only when she's bored) but she LOVES wrestling and playing chase with other dogs. I'm looking into to getting her friend ;)

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Postby spiderfish » Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:08 am

Anyone got any tips on desensitizing dogs with hosepipes?

Toby LOVES water, but is terrified of hosepipes. Even when its not turned on, just the sight of it scares him.
Problem is, we don't know why he's scared of them. He has been ever since we got him. But considering what the first three years of his life were like, god knows why he's scared of em.
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Re: Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (chat added)

Postby Saracirce » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:34 am

Bought Clemmy this toy today at the store. Hoping it will be one plushie that lasts a decent amount of time with her. It feels pretty solid. No squeaker though. So, we'll see. Haven't yet given it to her so we'll see how much she likes it. She's not exactly picky though xD

@Spiderfish: Just try leaving the hose pipe out in the yard, put him on a leash and bring him out though let him stay as far away from the hose as he feels comfortable. Give him treats as you slowly move toward it but don't push him. Once he's totally okay with it being on the ground and can even walk over it or sit on it without a problem, you can work with him on someone holding it. Just remember to work from a distance at first and have someone else manipulating the hose while you give the dog rewards for being calm. Or, if there's someone in the house who the dog likes better/finds more rewarding to be around, they can reward the dog while you manipulate the hose. After that, then you work on water going through the hose.

@Squid Girl: That's a pretty intense fear if she's peeing herself. If your girl's not food possessive, I'd start with the puppy in it's crate with him occupied with something Maybe a kong filled with wet/soft food if he's old enough to be weaned? Ask a vet before doing that though and going through simple, basic tricks on the opposite side of the room with the GSD. Make sure she can see him. Gradually work closer to the pup. Even if she seems okay with the pup in the crate, this will set the ground work for later. Once you're at the point you can be right next to the puppy in it's crate and your girl's still listening, put the puppy in a harness and leash and tie him to something solid. Again, give him something to be occupied with and, again, work with your girl on the opposite side of the room while slowly getting closer. This will probably take weeks for her to get comfortable with him. Even once she no longer seems scared of him, do not have them in the same room together unless you or someone else can give them their complete, total undivided attention. Puppies don't know body language yet and don't know any better. If you see your girl giving the pup signs to back off, reinforce it by redirecting the pup onto something else.
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Postby Jazi » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:02 am

Video of the day- how hot does it get in a parked car?

http://youtu.be/JbOcCQ-y3OY
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Postby spiderfish » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:08 am

@ Saracirce
Thanks :) That was my original idea, but because I don't know why he's afraid, I didn't know whether that'd be best.
We'll try it tomorrow :)
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Postby .Gone.Traveling. » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:07 pm

Imzadi83 wrote:
.Gone.Traveling. wrote:Do you own a dog?: Yes, three!
Favorite dog breed?: Wippets, pugs and beagels.
Tell us about your dog(s), if you have any!: We have two female Bichon frises (?), Amy (3 or 4?) and Lucy (14). We also have a french bulldog x pug puppy name Bella who turns 1 in september...
Pictures of your dog(s): Can't find any good ones of the two fluff balls, but here's Bells:
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My mum has her suspicions about Bella actually being just a frenchiexpug as apparently she's alot bigger than she's supposed to be and she's so hyper-active. She races around the lounge/kitchen and jumps up on the couch, using it to push herself off and then off she goes again! I swear if the couch didn't have the support of the wall behind it she'd push it over!
Although just like a pug she is food-driven, she learns quickly and will do almost anything for any piece of food you give her. We have a long list of all the tricks she can do somewhere...
We feed all our dogs home cooked meals, including liver, vegetables, rice with a mixture of dry dog biscuits and Bells puts on weight quite fast, but loses it in just about the same amount of time it took to put it on... We stopped feeding them regular dog roll a few months ago as their skin starting playing up.
We have to take her on at least two walks a day to calm her down as well.
Currently she's taking a holiday with some friends as Amy is having puppys near the end of July, it was quite unfair on our two other dogs to have Bella here when Amy's expecting puppies and all Bella wants to do is jump and play...

Does anyone have any tips on things we can do with Bella at home to get rid of all this extra energy?? Something we've found quite fun to do with her at the moment is play hid and seek!


Since she's food motivated have you considered a toy that dispenses food? Or maybe stuff her regular food into a kong toy. We used to play fetch and tug of war indoors with our little dog. As long as you keep it a calm version and in a safe area you could even play fetch by rolling the ball. Maybe try a big ball she'd have to learn to push around with her nose.


Thanks for the ideas, although she's pretty crafty and we gave her a konk and she managed to get the treats out without much effort? XD so it really needs to be something to get here running and being active. We often play "soccer" with her in the garden too but she gets bored and actually picks up the ball and runs off with it!
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Re: Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (chat added)

Postby Saracirce » Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:39 am

Don't you just love when a dog seems to injure themselves, act up just enough to get you worried and then, five seconds later, they're acting completely normal? Clemmy likes to do that to me a lot xp The most recent time (and why I'm writing this), she seemed to have landed on her front right paw wrong while trying to catch her toy and was limping, sniffing and licking at the back of her wrist. Naturally, I go up to her to check on her paw. Feel it and the wrist, flex it to see if it hurts her any and, when I let her go to see how she walks, she's acting normal again xp Frigging butthead. I swear, she likes to scare me like that and she's such a ham xD I guess she just tweaked it a bit and needed the muscles flexed for her.
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Postby Onew~ » Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:58 am

Saracirce wrote:Don't you just love when a dog seems to injure themselves, act up just enough to get you worried and then, five seconds later, they're acting completely normal? Clemmy likes to do that to me a lot xp The most recent time (and why I'm writing this), she seemed to have landed on her front right paw wrong while trying to catch her toy and was limping, sniffing and licking at the back of her wrist. Naturally, I go up to her to check on her paw. Feel it and the wrist, flex it to see if it hurts her any and, when I let her go to see how she walks, she's acting normal again xp Frigging butthead. I swear, she likes to scare me like that and she's such a ham xD I guess she just tweaked it a bit and needed the muscles flexed for her.



EXACT same situation happened to me and Asia. Goes to fetch toy, steps on front paw in a weird way, suddenly yelps and is a whining, limping mess. I call her over to check to see what's wrong, then she runs off without a limp or anything. xD
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Postby Keletheryl » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:15 am

Saracirce wrote:Don't you just love when a dog seems to injure themselves, act up just enough to get you worried and then, five seconds later, they're acting completely normal? Clemmy likes to do that to me a lot xp The most recent time (and why I'm writing this), she seemed to have landed on her front right paw wrong while trying to catch her toy and was limping, sniffing and licking at the back of her wrist. Naturally, I go up to her to check on her paw. Feel it and the wrist, flex it to see if it hurts her any and, when I let her go to see how she walks, she's acting normal again xp Frigging butthead. I swear, she likes to scare me like that and she's such a ham xD I guess she just tweaked it a bit and needed the muscles flexed for her.


Similar thing happened with Piper yesterday. I went to close the door and she decided she wanted to go back inside so she put her paw there right as I was closing the door and yelped, so I immediately burst the door open again and was all over her, making sure she was okay and when I picked up her paw she pulled it away from me and was whimpering and wasn't standing on it and was licking at it, but as soon as people came over to check my garage sale, she goes running up to them to say hi, not limping or anything. Well then.
















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