Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (new chat)

[Saracirce]

You know what my Golden did? He chewed a hole in the wall. I'm not sure if he was like 'I'm lonely so I'm gonna do this to get attention' or if he was bored.

Cause the hole he chewed was at the end of the stairs were he layed down against the wall. And I guess he just wanted to chew the wall

Does he have anything to stimulate his mind? Sounds like boredom. How about exercise?

I would assume not. He has a kong that is filled almost all the time with either frozen Pumpkin, Peanut Butter, or Applesauce. And we go to the store every month to get him a pack of bones. Like frozen bones that nobody wants from a cow. They are scattered all around the house cx
For Christmas we even got him a giant Bone

Try mixing it up? Maybe a different type of toy filled with food, a new type of chew, a water bottle in a sock, an old cardboard box filled with food. Hide treats around the house and let him find them. Variety is the spice of life after all. How often/long does he get walks or some other form of exercise?

Was he locked away from everyone else and unable to get to you when this happened?

@BlueBird: Well, when you put it like that, I totally don't see the problem! I keep wanting to call you BlueJay

[aura-]

He gets walks 2-3 Times a week.

No, I usually leave the gate open for him downstairs so he can come up whenever he wants and into my room. He is sitting next to me as we speak. When he chewed the hole in the wall the gate was open so he had access to my room

EDIT:
I just gave him a bath Outside ^^

And then my dad turned on the Sprinklers :D

[~JayFeather~]

He gets walks 2-3 Times a week.

No, I usually leave the gate open for him downstairs so he can come up whenever he wants and into my room. He is sitting next to me as we speak. When he chewed the hole in the wall the gate was open so he had access to my room

EDIT:
I just gave him a bath Outside ^^

And then my dad turned on the Sprinklers

lol cute my dog Nova, a female german shepherd, LOVES water almost as much as i love steak.. lol

[aura-]

lol, I have always wanted a German Shepard. My JJ is so funny XD
I held the hose and he just ran at me and knocked me down in the bucket of water. Then I was rinsing myself off he came up and tried to eat the water! then did it to the sprinklers. Like in the second pic! .-. I love him

[Saracirce]

roflmao, doofus (Clemmy) threw her toy down the stairs, which she's never done before. I guess she really wants to play.

[kal]

My beagle has a urinary tract infection and she pees all over the place! She can't go to the vet until Monday, so what do we do?

[aura-]

I'm not sure on that one. I would say keep her outside but that would be mean. Maybe only allow her to be on tile so it's an easy cleanup?

[kal]

We try to keep her in the kitchen, but we have another dog who's like her bff so when we play with the other dog and take her out, Malia (the beagle) will whine and whine.

[Keletheryl]

Went to the dog park today to check things out. There were THREE goldens there! This one lady, we were talking and walking with her and her golden, Scooby. Scooby came to say hi to me and jumped up, I was expecting it though because right as she said 'Don't jump, Scooby!' he jumped. xD I got all wet though, cause his paws were all wet. He then leaned against me, and I almost fell over, lol. Anyways, the lady gave us good advice on stuff, like what dog parks were good, where to take Piper swimming, etc. And I learned the other goldens names; the other golden was called Sherlock, and he really liked water. This other dog stole Sherlock's ball and they were trying to get him to get it back but he just let the other dog have it xD
Then there was Maggie. I didn't get to meet Maggie, cause she was just running around the whole time, but I learned her name cause her owner was like 'MAGGIE!' and she came running so, yup! c: That was fun. More fun then the blood test I had to get before that >.>

[.Middy.]

I have discovered Chewies 'OMG GIVE ME MOREZZ!!' food. He absoultly loves loves loves carrots. I was feeding my rats the other day and I dropped a baby carrot. He was hooked. So I have been cutting one up every night as I feed my rats and I give it to Chew.

Today I had him sit, give paw, other paw, lay, jump, and even crawl! I have never even tried to teach him crawl. He seriously got it on his first try! I'm so proud of him! I've never taught other paw either but I'm more excited about crawl. I have never had a dog get a trick on the first try. Carrots are flipping amazing!
(I will shoot a video of his crawl tomorrow and post it for yall. He was able to get crawl perfectly 4-5 times. He only stood up twice when I didn't say the word.)