Dog Owner Chat v4

[awakening souls.]

aspen is now part of the family!

on another note, a sad one, my horse, airborne, is very ill. we took her in yesterday afternoon to a big animal vet. she has colic. :c we're not sure what is causing the colic, and we have yet to find out from the vet.

sokra, my aussie, misses her the most. airborne and sokra are best friends. airborne loved her from day one, and she's very good at obeying sokra's herding actions.

[Imzadi83]

aspen is now part of the family!

on another note, a sad one, my horse, airborne, is very ill. we took her in yesterday afternoon to a big animal vet. she has colic. :c we're not sure what is causing the colic, and we have yet to find out from the vet.

sokra, my aussie, misses her the most. airborne and sokra are best friends. airborne loved her from day one, and she's very good at obeying sokra's herding actions.

Congratulations on the addition of Aspen!

I'm sorry to hear Airborne is sick. I hope she gets better.

[_K9_]

aspen is now part of the family!

on another note, a sad one, my horse, airborne, is very ill. we took her in yesterday afternoon to a big animal vet. she has colic. :c we're not sure what is causing the colic, and we have yet to find out from the vet.

sokra, my aussie, misses her the most. airborne and sokra are best friends. airborne loved her from day one, and she's very good at obeying sokra's herding actions.

I'm so sorry about Airborne! Praying for her! Congrats on getting Aspen!

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I have a quick question... I'm getting a puppy and I want to be his person, and I am going to be doing all the training and taking care of him. I live with my parents and an older brother, and I'm a young teenager... have any of you guys experienced a dog choosing a person other than its caretaker?

[Naeco]

aspen is now part of the family!

on another note, a sad one, my horse, airborne, is very ill. we took her in yesterday afternoon to a big animal vet. she has colic. :c we're not sure what is causing the colic, and we have yet to find out from the vet.

sokra, my aussie, misses her the most. airborne and sokra are best friends. airborne loved her from day one, and she's very good at obeying sokra's herding actions.

I'm so sorry about Airborne! Praying for her! Congrats on getting Aspen!

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I have a quick question... I'm getting a puppy and I want to be his person, and I am going to be doing all the training and taking care of him. I live with my parents and an older brother, and I'm a young teenager... have any of you guys experienced a dog choosing a person other than its caretaker?

Sorry about Airborne.

And yes, my current puppy is more fond of my father than me. It is just something you risk when having a family in a dog's life; especially when your family won't work with your training methods.

[Kasper]

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:

@_K9_ - I'm also a teen, but I'm an only child. I have two parents and one other dog. My Dane puppy is totally my dog, and my Australian Labradoodle is our family dog. A dog forms a bond with you best when you put a lot of work in to take care of them, honestly. I prepare all of my dogs' food, walk them, work them, show them, and compete with them in sports. It's just about how much they bond with you.

[awakening souls.]

thank you everyone for the kind messages about airborne. <3

tomorrow, i'm taking jasper and persy up to the mountains (jasper, canada) for a hike. sam, aspen, and sokra are going to spend the day with my dad. c:

[.Middy.]

Kes went to a pet expo today! She really wanted to jump on every booth but managed to contain herself lol. (We may need to work on her understanding not everything is Parkour lol)

She did good with the group we went with though! I kept her doing tricks the first bit to help her chill out and it worked great! I got nervous and caused her to fail at the crappy little agility course though haha. She failed at lure coursing too, the bag just doesn't interest her at all.

We are going back tomorrow with K and Miya and maybe a few others that K knows, so that will be fun. I'm sure Kes will talk me into more things since I'll have time to look around more lol. (Group today kinda kept walking so didn't have much time to look) She's got a free second try at lure too, I may just give it to Miya though to not waste it!

[Imzadi83]

^ OMG they all look adorable! I'm glad Kes had fun.

Next week is the start of the Good Manners course I'm taking with Chloe. I'm excited to work with the trainer, I'm hoping she can help me with me with my clicker timing and see what I'm doing wrong so that Chloe and I can progress in her training. I expect Chloe to do reasonably well with the course work but a little fine tuning never hurt anyone. She does well listening to me when there are distractions around, but other dogs so close may give her some pause. I'm interested to see what will happen. I think the greatest benefit she'll get out of it is some socialization and positive interactions with other dogs. The place it's at is the same place where she gets her picture taken with Santa every year so hopefully that'll help make her comfortable.

[bytes]

my dog Daphne, has been recently quite wimpy.
she's a rottweiler, and a runt, and I'm nervous about her hips.
she's been showing weakness to them , and my parents are refusing to take her to the vet. she's 7, but she's always so energetic. I try to calm her down, so she doesn't slide on our wood floors. she's my little angel though ;^;

here's a picture of her when she was younger, but its one of my favorite pictures!
|| pff yes I use DA to post photos ||
http://sta.sh/01vnnqm81dm6

[NopesaurusRexx]

So since I've had Harley and did a lot of research before I got him, after I got him, as well as talk to my aunt who is a professional trainer, I've gained a lot of knowledge about dogs and what is good and not good. My friend keeps asking me for advice on her dog, but as soon as I give it to her, she does the exact opposite. Her dog is completely out of control at this point and I just feel so horrible. I don't need advice, I just needed to let some feelings out for a minute.

In good news, Harley is getting a buddy at college! I'm so excited! His name is Cosmo, and his owner and I have already planned for at least one doggy date a week! Harley is going to love actually having another dog to play with, and I am so glad we actually have found someone to have these doggy dates with!

@Hazza;
I wish I could do that with Harley. Too much energy to keep close by!