Dog Owner Chat v4

[lesbian]

it's my girl's ninth birthday on tuesday. it's the worst thing when they get old! she's got problems with her legs and i had to carry her for a bit when i took her out, but even as i did that i could see her wee tail wagging. she's the happiest dog i've ever met, i hope she still has a long life ahead of her ;w;

she's beautiful, and her smile is so sweet!
i have a soft spot for border collies, and i can relate so much;
my collie is 11/12 and has arthritis in her hips.

i wish you the best of luck and i hope your pup has a good birthday<3

[LizzytheWolf]

Right before I left the shelter today, Charlie attacked the Staffperson assigned to work with him. Luckily, she was wearing protective clothes. The police came over and he's heavily sedated now. After they left, it took three more of the Staff to get a quarantine cage ready for him.

[Wishful Thinking.]

I got Jasper a vest to wear for when we're out training! He already likes wearing it, at first I started off giving him lunch meat while I put the vest over him and on the third time he willingly put his head through. Now when he sees me holding it he comes over exited to put it on. I think he thinks of it the same as the harness that he's used to having on all the time so he doesn't mind it. With all the training we've been doing the last few months he even gets excited when he sees me grab his muzzle, he walks over and puts his head in. A couple days ago he even got to meet one of the neighbors who wanted to meet him. He did growl for a second but he didn't react otherwise and he loved the attention. Though I believe it was my fault he growled because I told him to sit when he was leaning up on the guy (another thing I have to work on with him because he wants to always jump up on everybody) and the guy didn't mind so I think Jasper was confused. That or because I walked over closer to the guy and Jasper gets very protective of me when people get close to me (another problem on the list of things to work through with him, he used to snap at my brother and his friends just with them being in the same room as me). He's been making plenty of progress though c:

[LizzytheWolf]

I got Jasper a vest to wear for when we're out training! He already likes wearing it, at first I started off giving him lunch meat while I put the vest over him and on the third time he willingly put his head through. Now when he sees me holding it he comes over exited to put it on. I think he thinks of it the same as the harness that he's used to having on all the time so he doesn't mind it. With all the training we've been doing the last few months he even gets excited when he sees me grab his muzzle, he walks over and puts his head in. A couple days ago he even got to meet one of the neighbors who wanted to meet him. He did growl for a second but he didn't react otherwise and he loved the attention. Though I believe it was my fault he growled because I told him to sit when he was leaning up on the guy (another thing I have to work on with him because he wants to always jump up on everybody) and the guy didn't mind so I think Jasper was confused. That or because I walked over closer to the guy and Jasper gets very protective of me when people get close to me (another problem on the list of things to work through with him, he used to snap at my brother and his friends just with them being in the same room as me). He's been making plenty of progress though c:

Congrats on the progress, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I've been training Justin to do some simple commands. Sit, give paw, heel, down and my favorite - dance. He looks like a wiggly fish when I get him to dance. My new profile pic is some art of Justin by Kasezki.

[maninkari]

Goodnight from JJ with her bone <3 off to the beach tomorrow

Edit: not good night, she is currently running around with it while barking. Sigh.

[melbourned]

So, we are going to an adoption event "shelter" to see if any dogs are right for us. not advertising but i'll post more on my blog if we are successful

[shadow~wolf]

anyone have tips for teaching a dog to pay attention to you on walks? Lucky doesn't pull on walks and listens pretty well but he never "checks in" or offers any eye contact during walks.

[LizzytheWolf]

I went to the dog park with Justin today. It was a lot of fun and we met two border collies, their owner was really nice and he seems to think I should enter Justin in a dog show. I'd love to, but I don't have the patience and I don't think Justin does either.
A little girl came up to us in the park, I had a picnic blanket set up and Justin was on his leash, tied to the fence. She was playing with him and I showed her how to get him to do some tricks. The girl's mother ran up to us and started yelling at me, telling me my dog was vicious and shouldn't be allowed in a public park. I tried explaining and she threatened to call the police. Justin was very gentle with the little girl and the mother had no reason to yell the way she did. They left the park and I took Justin the a little cafe across the street. I got a coffee and a bag of special gingerbread treats especially for dogs. Justin really loved the treats, we hung out on the patio in front.
Other than the park incident, today went really well.

[rainbowwrowell]

Any tips on keeping dogs cool in very hit weather?

[Angelus Gaston]

Any tips on keeping dogs cool in very hit weather?

Cooling coats are a god send, there dog coats which can be wet and you just re-wet them once there dry. You can also wet an old blanket for the dog to lay on to help keep the dog and floor cool if you cant get a cool coat.

Rio currently has a cooling bandana we brought and honestly it lasts for hours and he isn't as warm as when he didn't have it.
Water we drop ice filled bottles in to a washing up bowl of cold water the dogs love it ( we have to stop them stealing all the bottles ) and even the cats enjoy a cold drink.