Dog Owner Chat v3 ~Open!~

[Dᴀɴᴅᴇʟɪᴏɴ]

Hello! ◕‿◕


Do you own a dog?:
Yes! 12, actually. Long story. o W o.
Favorite dog breed?:
I don't really have a favorite breed of dog, to be honest. They're all beautiful. ♥
Tell us about your dogs!:
I have twelve dogs. I first got a corgi and named him Bob, he's 3 years old now. A few months later I got a Greyhound, I named her Scarlet and she's also 3 years old.
On the 22nd of November in 2014, at work I adopted a pregnant dog, she's crossed between a lot of things. She was one of the 23 dogs (dogs, including puppies.) we saved from a pound. She's about a year and five months old, now. She had nine puppies on the eleventh of December 2014. The puppies' names are Monroe, Edgar, Zoella, Shelley, Tank, Austin, Shakespeare, Dante, and Maya!
♥♥♥
Pictures of your dogs:

I don't have a picture of Bob or Scarlet, but here's a picture of Chloe and her puppies the day that they were born!
Sorry for the overly large photo ;;.


Ohh, I'd love it if you could put any of this information on that page. o:

[darkvoodoo]

My mum tried to use an
'Anxiety Wrap' and did not work
as well as the commercials make
you think. Her dog, Lelu, has
anxiety toward loud noises.
During thunderstorms, fireworks,
gunshots, etc, it did not work.

My dog Hope is terrified of fireworks and gunshots.
I thought about getting her one of those thundershirts or Anxiety wraps, so glad I didnt!

We've actually been giving her treats soaked in chamomile tea during hunting season and when we know there will be fireworks.. Cooked oatmeal added to her food also helps.

[Dakonic]

Every dog is different. Thundershirts may be a life changer for one dog, and do nothing for the next. When I tried one on my boy, it actually stressed him out more. But my friend's bully breed mix can't be left home alone without one. He'll destroy crates due to his anxiety without it.

[Ackerm0an]

My mum tried to use an
'Anxiety Wrap' and did not work
as well as the commercials make
you think. Her dog, Lelu, has
anxiety toward loud noises.
During thunderstorms, fireworks,
gunshots, etc, it did not work.

My dog Hope is terrified of fireworks and gunshots.
I thought about getting her one of those thundershirts or Anxiety wraps, so glad I didnt!

We've actually been giving her treats soaked in chamomile tea during hunting season and when we know there will be fireworks.. Cooked oatmeal added to her food also helps.

Skittles is just scared of when doors slam.

[darkvoodoo]

Every dog is different. Thundershirts may be a life changer for one dog, and do nothing for the next. When I tried one on my boy, it actually stressed him out more. But my friend's bully breed mix can't be left home alone without one. He'll destroy crates due to his anxiety without it.

True. We tried something for her (cant remember what it was called) and it just freaked her out more, so we never bothered with anything else but the tea and stuff.

[Ackerm0an]

Here is a picture of skittles:

http://thewolfwiththeraven.deviantart.c ... 1421655628

I posted it on devianart cause it was a good photo

[The Winter Soldier]

Ltitle bit of tip leave the tv on when fireworks are going on most dogs find the talking to be calming that and it distracts I them from the fire works. Every dogs different though when it comes fire works so what works for mine might not works yours. I am just saying it is worth a shot to try it and see if it does work for yours.

[Bella.]

@Bella.: Food motivated dogs are literally the best thing over. It sounds like you might need to go back to the basics, however. Definitely don't reward for just cycling through his tricks. Do you use a clicker?

No no, I don't reward him at all - sometimes he just gets nothing because he just wont listen to what I specifically want him to do ^^ He is just way too eager to get food. When you say back to the basics, you mean pretty much making sure he understands everything he learned as a puppy such as sit, stay, come, shake, etc then move up to the more complicated things and see if he listens? I might have to try that anyway.
When we got Bella I contemplated getting a clicker for training but we never got around to it.

Clickers are pretty awesome.

I meant more, teaching him not to be so focused on the food. Rather, the food comes when he's NOT paying attention to it and when he's being calm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4IzTn-kMU0 (You don't have to have a clicker. You can substitute a short, verbal command like yes for it) This should help stop him cycling through tricks and being so frantic about food. Default leave it would also be a good one. Then, yeah, reteaching the basic tricks like sit and stay.

Thanks for the link! I had a quick look but it became way too hard to hear over this thunderstorm that has just rolled in - I will watch it over tomorrow ^^

[Uchuujin]

Every dog is different. Thundershirts may be a life changer for one dog, and do nothing for the next. When I tried one on my boy, it actually stressed him out more. But my friend's bully breed mix can't be left home alone without one. He'll destroy crates due to his anxiety without it.

Yeah I know I was more wondering if it like EVER worked. Like if it was worth trying or just some scam haha

My dog is sometimes struck with anxiety for reasons I can't predict - I guess she is hearing or sensing things outside that I cannot, or maybe she is just moody. She will be fine one second, and the next she is whining and restless. It mostly just makes me sad because I'm helpless when this happens. I try to soothe her but nothing really works that I had discovered. The next thing on my list was to attempt an anxiety wrap but I didn't know if it was just some TV scam or if it ever worked for anyone.

[MacGyver]

How is this-


-the same dog as this?