Dog Owner Chat v3 ~Open!~

[Angelus Gaston]

She could still have got lost I've seen stories of dogs walking days to get back to old homes after they have moved there is one of a dog who traveled two states to get to his owner after she left him at a kennel to go on holiday.

Also if you fed her how did she follow you home. The dog warden could have picked her at anytime if she was on a highway. I would still get in touch with the larger cities just to make shore.

[akuma <3]

@-k9- I hope it will! i have summerschool, but that shouldn't slow me down!!! i've been non stop talking about her and annoying my friends for DAYS on end XD

[K9.]

She could still have got lost I've seen stories of dogs walking days to get back to old homes after they have moved there is one of a dog who traveled two states to get to his owner after she left him at a kennel to go on holiday.

Also if you fed her how did she follow you home. The dog warden could have picked her at anytime if she was on a highway. I would still get in touch with the larger cities just to make shore.

I agree that the dog should be checked, maybe its got a micro chip which the vets can check for. Plus check local facebook groups, local stores etc to see if the dogs been lost locally. If you feel the dogs not from around the area, check the closest cities, towns etc for any signs of a missing dog similar to her description. Its nice that you are actually looking after the dog though Macdisney123.

@-k9- I hope it will! i have summerschool, but that shouldn't slow me down!!! i've been non stop talking about her and annoying my friends for DAYS on end XD

I would be exactly the same. Before I got my second dog, all I did every day was talk about the dog. Its just because your excited which you should be

[Dream~]

She could still have got lost I've seen stories of dogs walking days to get back to old homes after they have moved there is one of a dog who traveled two states to get to his owner after she left him at a kennel to go on holiday.

Also if you fed her how did she follow you home. The dog warden could have picked her at anytime if she was on a highway. I would still get in touch with the larger cities just to make shore.

We don't have a dog warden where we live and she was most likely dumped near our house.

[eleutheromania]

No pictures of the chocolate hotdog, still need a new phone or camera to do that xP. But he's do big. I can't believe he'll be six months old come August. He's loving the tug of war rope and is constantly trying to get Rosie to play with him. Been practicing stacking with him and he's starting to catch on to being still. Rosie's recall is improving, been working with her in high distraction areas and she's listening. At home she responds immediately. Piper's no long running off if someone leaves the door open and she's coming when she's called to. That's an update from me since I haven't posted in a while.

[fairytale.]

Mavis is coming home on Monday :) She was supposed to come home this week, but I found out my sister is moving this weekend and didn't want to bring her home to that environment. Needless to say, I am excited. I just ordered her crate (which is coming between the 24th and 29th so I'm hoping it comes in time lol?), I picked up new dog beds and a bag of her food, a back of nylabones, washed Beaker's old collar, and I have a pile of stuff at work I am going to buy. I have more than enough toys. I am pretty much set, just need the dog.

In other news, Beaker needs a new microchip. The animals all went in for their annuals today, and I had a funny feeling and asked them to scan his chip. They could not find it. Anywhere. What the heck Beaker how could you be so irresponsible and lose that? Anyway, since he is so nervous and prone to running off, he needs a new one. His tattoos and GPS are not enough >.>
We got a shipment of raw today. I think we got around 50 pounds? I had to play freezer tetris and still didn't have enough room, so now I have some stuff thawing. The dogs will be happy. They've been eating kibble lately. I've been really overwhelmed and we ran low on raw, so I really only had it in me to scoop kibble for them. I felt bad, but they've been doing well on it, and it isn't bad food. Good kibble is far from the end of the world lol. This premade raw is easy, since it is pre-portioned and everything, I just need to thaw it. It is expensive and we aren't going to order it anymore, I don't think, but it came at a great time for me. It also came with eight pounds of tripe, which I am excited for and saving for when/if we switch Mavis to raw :)

[ouija.]

those are some seriously sick names!
thanks so much for the help guys, so many good names!!
I got a few in mind from your guy's list and my own as I
explore his personality more :)

[ouija.]

hope this qualifies to go her, but I drew myself
and the puppy I'm supposed to be getting soon! (he's not
exactly a puppy in the picture though cx) I'm still pondering
name ideas... so if you guys have and suggestions I'd love
to hear them! :) anyways, here's this I guess lol

[.Middy.]

Chewie thinks he is the most helpful dog. He lays right in the middle of everything when we work in the kitchen lol. Only when 2 or more people are working though, if it's just one person cooking, he stays in the living room lol.

Also I really love putting bandanas on him lol. I need to get another sewing machine so I can make him some fancy ones!

[catcher.]

Bruisest@
Cute drawing ^-^

Long time no see eh?
We moved again for personal reasons
I like our new neighborhood better, it's an actual neighborhood instead of houses spread far apart, and the backyard is bigger with a taller, higher quality fence. (Yet Tally still managed to find a loose board even though I checked the fence before letting her loose. Darn terriers)
There's also a park with a dog park in it a half mile away. Tally has been there twice, and I've been to that park to go blackberry picking quite a few times (they've come out early this year) There seems to usually only be 1-5 dogs in the dog park at a time which is nice. And everyone remembers to pick up their dogs poop which is awesome. And all the dogs are very friendly
Tally has gotten much better with other dogs and now enjoys a visit to the dog park, but I don't let her off leash unless she has met all the dogs without becoming aggressive.


I however have a problem. Tally has never lived in an actual neighborhood, in previous houses she's lived in we were always a good distance from our neighbors. However at our new house the buildings are so close together, and Tally keeps on hearing things and barking at them. Does anyone have any tips on stopping her from barking? Nothing seems to work, and my mom wants me to hit her hard when she begins cause "it works" but my mom doesn't seem to understand how much it crushes Tally to get slapped. (She doesn't get slapped often, but if Tally does something like dig in the flowerpots, which she rarely does, my mom will shove her nose in it and smack her, and she ignores me when I tell her not to do that to my dog.)

Also, Tally loves playing in the hose, but she gets too riled up and starts barking at the water, and when I turn the water off she gets frustrated and barks even more, so badly I have to take her inside.
I've tried saying no in a firm voice when I sense she's about to bark and that didn't work, so then I began to turn off the water while saying no, but she still started to bark.
Now when she barks I just say no and turn it off before bringing her inside, but Tally soon caught on and will now bark yet avoid my grasp as soon as I turn the water off.

I don't want to have her stop playing in water because it gets hot, but she's too obsessed with it! And I can't just let her bark cause it A. Annoys me, and B. It'll probably annoy the neighbors.
I might buy one of those plastic kiddy pools, sense she seems to enjoy playing in ponds, lakes, puddles, etc. and doesn't get riled up with those like she does with hoses or sprinklers.
Yet she hates bath time

She rarely barked before (only when someone was on our property), but sense we moved she seems to get more riled up than ever. I've been taking her on more walks/runs than usual and it's helped a little, but it's still bad.