Dog Owner Chat V. 5

[Imzadi83]

So i don't know if anyone remembers about the situation I posted earlier this year. So my job ended on April 1st. My boyfriend and I just found a place to possible move into. then I got the price on what it would be to fix my car....$1700 ..... So they goes all my saved money to move with.


So still going to live with with my boyfriend...to his place with no pets allowed......



thankfully my mom is going to take Killian. I'm so thankful for that. At least I don't have to rehome me. But its killing me. I'm going to miss him so much.

Ouch, good of your mom to take him though. Are you close enough to your mom where you can visit?

its a 4 hour drive. so something to do on the weekend. and extra gas money

If you haven't already you might want to look into different grocery stores that offer gas points. *hugs*

[eff]

I think we got Pip at 7 weeks - he was said to be 8 weeks but we didn't quite believe it. Atlas came at 16 weeks because the breeder was so attached she didn't want to give him up quite as soon as his siblings.

[ᴍᴀᴏᴄɪғᴇʀ]

What age did you get your dogs?

> We got Ruby at or younger than 7 weeks, since it was pretty much take her or risk her getting carried off by foxes after her mum stopped looking after her. She was a sickly pup but she's 10 now, and doing well.

> We got Shady as a rescue at around 6 or 7 years, and she's 17 now <3

> And Winston came in at 2 years, right when he was going through his moody teenage years. Bless him, he'd be 5 late this year.

> Django —as the pup is now almost certainly named— will hopefully be joining us once we're all moved in, so around 9/10/11 weeks old c:

[eff]

17 years? wow! i hope my boys can live to such age!

[ᴍᴀᴏᴄɪғᴇʀ]

I hope they do <3

She's getting a bit senile, but still acts like a puppy.
She's only just started loosing her sight, and thing is, she only pretends to be deaf. It's "selective hearing" xD
"Dinner" and "ball" can be heard just fine, but "let's go home" and "wash time" are blocked out. She's so cheeky in her old age, haha.

[eff]

Pip, he's seven now, already acts like an old man. Completely ignores you unless you say "What's this?" as though you have food. He also refuses to play with Atlas, and the only toys he likes are rope toys where he can gnaw of the strings individually.

[mierose]

I hope they do <3

She's getting a bit senile, but still acts like a puppy.
She's only just started loosing her sight, and thing is, she only pretends to be deaf. It's "selective hearing" xD
"Dinner" and "ball" can be heard just fine, but "let's go home" and "wash time" are blocked out. She's so cheeky in her old age, haha.

Gidget is turning 17 next month!! She’s definitely an old lady, but really still has that puppy thing going on and loves to play and run around <33

[PemCorgis]

What age did you get your dogs?

I got Gimli at 7 weeks, he's four now.
Reven I got at about 19 weeks. So a little over four months.

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Just enrolled in our first desensitizing and handling course for agility foundations! Very excited to get to work with Reven! We have a long way to go still, but I think he's going to do great!

[eff]

I think that I really need to get Atlas into some puppy-training lessons.
I have no one with a dog that I can get him socialised with, and no nearby dog parks or closed off beaches.

So far, my 3lb chihuahua has barked at 2 alaskan malamutes, 2 german shepherds and a staffie, in the span of three walks.

He isn't aggressive or anything, a nice lady let him sniff her elderly golden retriever/lab and he licked 'em.

[ᴍᴀᴏᴄɪғᴇʀ]

Speaking of small dogs v big dogs:
I remember a chihuahua coming up to Winston once or twice while we were at the park and yapping at him and like snapping at his ankles, and Winnie just kept walking like nothing was happening -- totally off with his head in the clouds, he just looked at me and walked ahead. This tiny dog was getting so mad and I just found it hilarious that it saw the biggest dog in the park, and decided to that that was the one it wanted to fight xD
It's owner quickly came a picked it up, apologising, but I was just proud of my boy for not eating it lol.