Dog Owner Chat v4

[Lizbutt]

Val turned 1 last month. c:

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does anyone else have a rottweiler that "purrs"

[Roman'sGirl75]

So for what it is worth I just thought I would share a picture or two of Aurora my family's foster dog. She is a two year old spayed female Anatolian Shepherd, Great Pyrenees possibly Aussie mix. We had contacted the shelter she was in and they didnt want us to adopt her or foster her because we were planning to train her as a back up Service Dog for my husband who needs to be in a wheelchair now and then.

[Imzadi83]

Val turned 1 last month. c:

Happy belated birthday Val! She's precious.

[Keriae]

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Val turned 1 last month. c:

Oh my gosh, she's so big! Happy belated birthday! <3

[Luzien]

Frozen apples for summer, anyone? I slice apples, freeze them, and them give them to Lola and Zelda as chews. They love it.
I have 4.5 days off so I'm spending it all with my dogs, haha. Probably going to a local lake for a swim on Sunday c:

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My dog isn't very big on any fruit or vegetable. I've offered her apples, watermelon, carrots, and even lemon. She has yet to actually want to try any of it.



What do you guys think of your dogs drinking out of dirty ponds, lakes, and/or puddles? I personally don't like it because we have ducks around our ponds, and so a whole bunch of duck crap is in it :I

I don't like it either, because like you I worry about what's in it, same with communal water dishes. They're quick though so it's hard to stop them. And of course I'd rather they take a drink, even a dirty one if they were desperately in need of it. A healthy adult dog can likely do fine with a dirty drink once and awhile, I'd be more worried if a dog was very young, old, or immune compromised. I guess in general I'd try to discourage it if I could and make sure to have some clean water with me.

i would be careful with your og drinking from Standing water, there can be bacteria that make a dog very sick...it must not hapen but one never knows.
in summer i always have a bottle with water on me, so my dog and i can drink or that i can cool her neck and head with (and a Little Collapsible Water bowl for her to drink from...or two of those soft Collapsible Sports Travel Water Bottle for Sport and such, then we have each our bottle to drink from) when you dog wears a dog backpack then it can bring his own water what can make it a bit easy for you on Long walks^^
and to cool of i let her in out Little river that has a good flow and clean water, there she ca drink too when she likes.
maybe you can try this too ^^

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Roman'sGirl75

So for what it is worth I just thought I would share a picture or two of Aurora my family's foster dog. She is a two year old spayed female Anatolian Shepherd, Great Pyrenees possibly Aussie mix. We had contacted the shelter she was in and they didnt want us to adopt her or foster her because we were planning to train her as a back up Service Dog for my husband who needs to be in a wheelchair now and then.

i hope that you still can get this dog^^
even when only as foster family, when it really does not work out when she is not good enough for this work...and she really finds an other home, she then has got a good training not every dog gets!
so the shelter should be happy and thankful that you want to give her a foster or forever home!!

[darkbay]

When you're petsitting 2 horses, 10 puppies, and roughly 10 adult dogs.

The horses are no problem.
The puppies one of them is losing weight, and throwing up what she's eating. She's either eating too fast, or she's got some bug.
These puppies are 5-6 weeks old. I can't afford to take a puppy that isn't mine to the vet. She's throwing up her dry food, she's throwing up her wet food (I was told to try to give her a bit of that to see if that would help), I was told to bring a can of evaporated milk to the barn tomorrow to see if she can keep that down.

The other 9 puppies are doing just fine. 10/10 little balls of energy love and teeth. But that one is just dropping weight and I'm worried about her.

The 10 adult dogs. Oh man. My neighbor breeds Yorkie's. She's Got 5-ish. Three females, two males. Give or take a female or 2.
In the same pen she's got two spayed Chihuahuas. They all have food in two large feeders in both little rooms and a small air conditioned hut. I was told to not worry about them, but I check their food anyway.

Have you contacted the puppy's owner? They will probably agree to reimburse you for any vet fees.You should also keep the sick puppy away from the healthy ones. Puppies aren't exactly known for their strong immune systems.

[Marley.&.Me]

anyone else have their dog on the leash whilst riding a bike? oppie loves the run beside my bike as i ride it. i'll have to get a picture!

No, I'm not much of a bike rider. I think if I was though I'd have to get one of those bike attachment things. I wouldn't want to risk an accident to my dog or me by holding the leash.

that's what i need. if i could get some links that'd help!

[shadow~wolf]

So, i'm trying to get Lucky to lose weight still. I've been feeding carrots, cucumbers and blueberries instead of treats. I walk him 1-2 hours a day, play with him in the yard for 20 minutes a day, train with him for at least 15 minutes a day (usually more). I've also been feeding him a little less kibble and adding green beans to his kibble. Is this all good?

[Skysong]

Have you contacted the puppy's owner? They will probably agree to reimburse you for any vet fees.You should also keep the sick puppy away from the healthy ones. Puppies aren't exactly known for their strong immune systems.

I have indeed contacted the owner.
We've talked every day since she left because she worries so much about her animals.

Good news,
She kept food down this morning, though it was only a little bit.
Kinda bad news?
These puppies are all full of worms right now, and she's not gotten them a good dewormer, and she's very cautious about giving them any kind of real strong dewormer aws they're under 8 weeks old.
I told her she should probably get on that as soon as she can. Or she might start losing puppies.