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

[Saracirce]

Labs carry the gene for ticking (the spots). You just never see it since white spotting on labs is a mismark.

[urie]

Yes, lots of breeds take the spots/flecking/ticking gene, however it wasn't just the spots - I saw his pose on the top image, and he just reminded me of Lola.

[sky dancer.]

This image his/her face looks like my Grandpa's dog who is a aussie golden retriever mix (although she is fully black with a hint of white. o.O) I'd have to say though he looks like Lola @Dog-Trainer's dog. The white on the chest could be a border collie. Which is something most dogs get when kin to a BC. Although the ears look Austrailan Shepherd like. Its hard to tell. XD

[gam]

Interesting, I forgot labs have that. Also, his right ear is deformed, we dont know how or why it is like that but its not supposed to be. his natural ear is his left one, that one is fully intact. it looks like a greyhound's.
He is also really athletic and can run surprisingly fast. He has awesome stamina too and can trot for miles on a walk. He prefers to just sleep all day though lol.

[MacGyver]

Dixie just learned 'weave' (through my legs) in 10 minutes! 8D 'Spin' is taking awhile though. I'm sure it has to be something on my end though. XD
I'll post the vid later. ^^ And here's Dixie's 2013 vid I made yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfeYNhVvhQw

[.Middy.]

This image his/her face looks like my Grandpa's dog who is a aussie golden retriever mix (although she is fully black with a hint of white. o.O) I'd have to say though he looks like Lola @Dog-Trainer's dog. The white on the chest could be a border collie. Which is something most dogs get when kin to a BC. Although the ears look Austrailan Shepherd like. Its hard to tell. XD

Actually fully flopped ears like that dog's natural ear is a fault in Aussies. They are called hound ears, you can see why they are faulted here:
http://www.shalakoaussies.com/BreedStandard_Ears.html

And since we are talking Aussie's here is a picture of Chewie waiting on a treat during a training session one day. It was a couple months ago, I think.

[Barron]

We had to put my dog Lady to sleep today :'(
It was terrible...
It's the first dog, I've ever had put a sleep.

We've had her for 14 years, and she was so much a part of our family.
I'm going to miss her so much!

[Cardinal]

Ugh, I'm so tired. Just spent time digging ditches. D:<

The dogs have been inside most of the winter, except pretty days where June goes out on her chain for a few hours. The main problems we've had is insunifficate dog housing and rain flooding. I just 'installed' Juniper a new dog house and swapped out Luckys old one as well. Dog out a trench diverting water out of Junipers area and flatted the ground Luckys dog house is on so its much more even, and now water is diverted into another trench away from her dog house, instead of flooding into her dog house. I feel pretty accomplished!

It didn't used to be so bad, but we had so much rain in the fall it had washed everything out. So now they should stay much much drier and warmer and a bit of rain wont be cause for concern.

Oh, and of course Juniper had to help me dig. Half the time she'd dig up what I had just done and the other half the time I was removing her tennis balls from the holes where she had dropped them. Siiigghh. A couple of times she was chest deep in mud. Gross. Guess who's getting a bath if she comes back inside tonight? D:<

[MacGyver]

Dixie just learned 'weave' (through my legs) in 10 minutes! 8D 'Spin' is taking awhile though. I'm sure it has to be something on my end though. XD

Here's the video! =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DVh96p_BA

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Accord to the instrutions on his food bag, I will now need to feed Wolf twice a day instead of 3 now that he has turned 6 months (I knew this before, but almost forgot when he turned six months yesterday). I also now need to feed him more than I was, plus it'll seem like even more since it'll be out into two meals. According to his feeding guidelines it says for dogs over 100 lbs from 5-7 months need 5-6 1/2 cups a day. I will be feeding him 6 cups a day (does that seem right for a dog predicted to be 130 lbs?). That'll mean feeding 3 cups in each meal.