Dog Owner Chat V. 5

[Skysong]

So update on lilly.

She has a dislocated kneecap that’s going to need surgery.

She’s on pain medication and she’s going to start on cbd oil next week when it gets in.
We can’t afford the $3000 surgery right now, so we’re doing pain management for it while we get the funds to get her the surgery she needs.

[eleutheromania]

Welp, we have a mini garden in the yard with watermelon, tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers, and cucumber.
Piper and the boys love it when i pick a few a give them some. ^^ Exhibit A. Loki.

[mierose]

Hey all! I'm posting here with some exciting news. Kahlua (who will be 6 months old September 3rd) has been doing level 1 puppy training, some pretty simple stuff. However, she's been constantly excelling and we're often complimented on how well we communicate and work together as a team. That being said, our trainer is putting us on the fast track to becoming a therapy dog team as she believes we'd be perfect for that sort of work. We need to graduate puppy level 1, complete puppy level 2, then she signs off on us to skip adult level 1 and jump to adult 2. After that, she works with us through CGC training. We were concerned about the closest CGC testing center being just over 2 hours away, but thankfully our trainer said that if we continued to work hard that she could have someone test us locally. Kahlua is incredibly calm and well-mannered, and our trainer describes her as having the "look" you want in a therapy dog, which I've noticed as she always checks in with me through strong eye contact. I'm thrilled, and happy to see that our daily training sessions and communication exercises have paid off. I understand what Kahlua's saying, and she understands what I'm saying, which is ultimately what I believe will benefit us most on this journey.

[.Middy.]

My friend took my new favorite picture of Kes and I the other day! I absolutely adore how focused she was on me, and the fact I was holding a ridiculous reward in my hand 😂 not many dogs highest reward is a cup of water, but since we only had one shot to get the photo I had to bring out the big guns! I’ll share the actual photo we were going for later on, but for now this one of me setting her is great imo.

[eleutheromania]

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My friend took my new favorite picture of Kes and I the other day! I absolutely adore how focused she was on me, and the fact I was holding a ridiculous reward in my hand 😂 not many dogs highest reward is a cup of water, but since we only had one shot to get the photo I had to bring out the big guns! I’ll share the actual photo we were going for later on, but for now this one of me setting her is great imo.

can't wait to see the shot you were going for. xD

[Julia]

Do you have a CS dog that looks like your dog? 8D





I am sooo happy with the August doggies <3

[Gizmutt]

Do you have a CS dog that looks like your dog? 8D





I am sooo happy with the August doggies <3

These dogs could be a couple of different breeds, (I think that was the intention)
They look quite a bit like my dog too (other than the full white chest) (kelpie x/) ... -I will be hoarding them as a result-

[angel23456]

My Wendy lookalike is pretty close.
(Sorry for the large image if you're not using a phone)


Pet's name: Wendy
Adopt virtual pets at Chicken Smoothie!

[Gizmutt]

My dad handed my little brother the leash to his huge 120lb mastiff for just a minute at the park and she ended up violently ripping it out of his hands, going after a little Boston terrier that was barking at her. There’s nothing more frustrating than knowing these kinds of things are going to keep happening if my dad doesn’t socialize and take care of HIS dogs... I wish he wouldn’t have gotten a second mastiff puppy. (Don’t worry, both of the dogs ended up fine, but it was a scary situation)

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I am glad both dogs ended up ok. Mastiff are amazing dogs, but a large responsibility.

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I have a similar/different issue at our part lately. We have a very nice park, that is split in two sections a large dog, and a small dog section. There have always been the random rebels that brins a small dog into the large dog section, regardless of the warning posted in big red block letters stating that small dogs should not be in the large dog park, that owners enter at their own risk, small dogs have been injured in the large dog park. It seems like over the past two weeks we have had a mass influx of small dogs entering the park, and things are starting to get a bit dicey. We had a squirrel run though the park the other day, and the dogs were already in array, and then a lady with two Italian greyhounds came in the big dog park, and of course they were treated like prey. Every one ended up fine, but it very easily could not have. I love the park, I feel like it is a good outlet for Gizmo on days when I am just not up for running and playing early in the morning (After a long night of work) for Gizmo -I do always walk him in the evenings/afternoons- . However, I can not have him in a risky situation, and when people don't follow the rules, it puts all dogs at a high risk .

[.Middy.]

Our big shot! We had a lot of fun with this shoot, and I absolutely love how the pictures turned out! Can’t wait to do O’s powder shoot in a few months!