Dog Owner Chat v2

[Saracirce]

NO prey drive at all is a very uncommon thing. I've only met one dog in my life who I can confidently say had zero prey drive. Prey drive is a spectrum. You can have a dog who wants to kill every small furry animal even those they've been raised with to dogs who only chase things that run from them and never cross into wanting to hurt them. Honestly, your best bet would be finding a low prey drive dog and teach a solid 'leave it' cue.

Also... what do you mean by easily trained? There are super intelligent dogs out there who will get what you're trying to get them to do almost instantly but easily get bored with repetition and need to be kept on their toes. Or you can have dogs who take longer to 'get it' and need more direction from the handler but they handle repetition better.

@Middy: I think if you're confident in her ability, go ahead. Just stay on the outskirts to give her time to get used to the number of dogs and people for a while before joining in on the activities.

[Kagi]

I mean I don't want a stubborn breed like a Chesapeake, ("You can command a lab, but you have to reason with a Chesapeake" is what my dad would always say). And I need a breed with a smaller prey drive because we have skittish cats (and one mean cat that will not hesitate to attack a dog). The person that we adopted our Chessie from said that he handled cats well, but that was a lie, so I find it hard to believe when people say that kind of stuff now. I just wanted to know breeds to avoid when having to coexist with cats.

[.Middy.]

I think I will, thanks Sara! I may try to take her to the pet store or something today to give her a test. Either way we can show up early, and see how she does. Then if she is super stressed, run her home real quick and come back.

She's been doing so well, but there is still that fear in the back of my mind that she's going to go up to the wrong dog with the wrong attitude and get in a fight she can't get away from.

It's times like this when I really miss Gracie, I know she would have loved this event, and I bet a rat riding on a dogs back would win hands down haha. (Which would mean more love for Gracie which she just loved)

[Jinhwan - LEFT]

My puppies eating socks, it's making him sick. Plan B: block off the laundry room and the bedrooms.

[catcher.]

Eating or chewing? If he ate some of the sock you'll probably want to take him to the vet.

[1120]

LET ME INTO THE KITCHEN ASDFGHJKL;
no seriously
move

[Temper]

@Joe
Haha, I thought I was the only one who fed my dog organic! Goldy is looking very nice

[Jazi]

I mean I don't want a stubborn breed like a Chesapeake, ("You can command a lab, but you have to reason with a Chesapeake" is what my dad would always say). And I need a breed with a smaller prey drive because we have skittish cats (and one mean cat that will not hesitate to attack a dog). The person that we adopted our Chessie from said that he handled cats well, but that was a lie, so I find it hard to believe when people say that kind of stuff now. I just wanted to know breeds to avoid when having to coexist with cats.

All breeds except stuffed animals.

In all seriousness, no matter what breed you get, you will have to teach the dog not to chase cats unless you get an adult that already knows not to chase cats. Even Mocha, who is good with ALL cats, had to be taught not to chase as a puppy. Dogs are, well, predators. They chase things. Even Creed who was exposed to cats before coming home chases Saffron from time to time.

[Kagi]

-snip-
LET ME INTO THE KITCHEN ASDFGHJKL;
no seriously
move

That's hilarious, we have that exact same gate for our dog and he does the same thing. If the kitty door on the bottom is open he'll lay with his head through it.

@Jazi- Thanks. ^^ I guess we'll just have to work really hard on training.

[Jazi]

Creed updates!



He puts himself in his crate! Now that's crate training. He goes in without a fuss but sometimes still cries if he knows I'm still in the house while he's in his box.



Wabbit season! (Duck season!)




Mr Muscles did a very nice self almost-stack in the yard. No chubby puppies allowed here!



He's soooooo much bigger than Mocha now.



Mocha's version of "playing with the puppy" aka ROOOOOOOOAR in his ear.



Creed's version which is... I don't even know what the Hell this is...



I think he's growing and developing very well