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

[Onew~]

Don't you just love when a dog seems to injure themselves, act up just enough to get you worried and then, five seconds later, they're acting completely normal? Clemmy likes to do that to me a lot xp The most recent time (and why I'm writing this), she seemed to have landed on her front right paw wrong while trying to catch her toy and was limping, sniffing and licking at the back of her wrist. Naturally, I go up to her to check on her paw. Feel it and the wrist, flex it to see if it hurts her any and, when I let her go to see how she walks, she's acting normal again xp Frigging butthead. I swear, she likes to scare me like that and she's such a ham xD I guess she just tweaked it a bit and needed the muscles flexed for her.

EXACT same situation happened to me and Asia. Goes to fetch toy, steps on front paw in a weird way, suddenly yelps and is a whining, limping mess. I call her over to check to see what's wrong, then she runs off without a limp or anything. xD

[Keletheryl]

Don't you just love when a dog seems to injure themselves, act up just enough to get you worried and then, five seconds later, they're acting completely normal? Clemmy likes to do that to me a lot xp The most recent time (and why I'm writing this), she seemed to have landed on her front right paw wrong while trying to catch her toy and was limping, sniffing and licking at the back of her wrist. Naturally, I go up to her to check on her paw. Feel it and the wrist, flex it to see if it hurts her any and, when I let her go to see how she walks, she's acting normal again xp Frigging butthead. I swear, she likes to scare me like that and she's such a ham xD I guess she just tweaked it a bit and needed the muscles flexed for her.

Similar thing happened with Piper yesterday. I went to close the door and she decided she wanted to go back inside so she put her paw there right as I was closing the door and yelped, so I immediately burst the door open again and was all over her, making sure she was okay and when I picked up her paw she pulled it away from me and was whimpering and wasn't standing on it and was licking at it, but as soon as people came over to check my garage sale, she goes running up to them to say hi, not limping or anything. Well then.

[.Middy.]

Similar thing happened to me, except Chewie really did have burnt paws. Princess then started limping around like her paws were just killing her even though she hadnt been in a position to hurt them. She just wanted attention since Chew was getting it. Goofy dog!

[faraday]

Do you own a dog?:
Yep, I have two!

Favorite dog breed?:
Border Collies. (ﾉﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ They're just so cute!

Tell us about your dog(s), if you have any!:
I have two dogs, Max and Keira. Max is a two year old purebred white german shepherd, and he's really sweet and submissive. He was the runt of his litter which we think might contribute to this since he was always pushed around by his larger siblings. x) Keira is a five year old yokeranian, and is exactly 3/4 pomeranian and 1/4 yorkie. Her father was a purebred pomeranian and her mother was half yorkie, half pomeranian, and her parents were both purebred. She's a little grouchy but she loves attention and playing tug-of-war!

Pictures of your dog(s):
I might post some later, but I currently don't have any. ×A×

[MacGyver]

Fluttershy:
I would try to stress the hazard of an ear infection to your parents. Gather vet articles to back you up. Dogs have been known to lose their hearing from ear infections and they're also painful.


Hey guys! Been a while!
Question, can a dog's owner be traced through the number on their rabies tag? I mean, would it be in the vet's records?

[.Middy.]

Yes you can trace the owners through rabies I'd.

[MacGyver]

Yes you can trace the owners through rabies I'd.

Thanks! ^.^

[.Coyote]

UGH. So I was saving up to get my dog Poker neutered for a while now, and I finally had the 300 dollars. My sister and several family members and friends kept urging me to just take him to one of those places that does it real cheap, like for ten dollars, but I kept saying that I definitely wouldn't accept someone doing surgery on me for that cheap, so why would I do so for my dog? I mean, you pay for what you get, you know?

Anyway, so one of my tires was about to blow out and the treds on all of them were super shallow, so I had to get all four new tires. Which, even with my dad's rebates, equals 320 dollars. So like...

So like all that money I had been saving up to get my dog neutered is now gone. And I have to start all over. But I mean, the check engine light in my car is also on, and it is doing really funny things that need attention. And I have to get my lap top fixed for school. And I have to pay for school.

And it hit me again like a freight train today: I cannot afford my dogs.

[Saracirce]

It kills me inside every time I see someone suggesting choke chains or prong collars for heavy pullers. One of my Facebook friends asked for advice about their 8 month old large breed dog who is pulling so hard on a choke chain that he's rubbing his neck raw. Someone suggested a prong collar which, honestly, if he's rubbing himself raw on a choke chain, he's not gonna be deterred by a prong. Just, ugh.

I went ahead and suggested a front clip harness, a head halter and using the tree method but she told me that they'd heard head halters cause neck injuries -facepalm- And now people are suggesting martingales. Just kill me now.

[Cardinal]

UGH. So I was saving up to get my dog Poker neutered for a while now, and I finally had the 300 dollars. My sister and several family members and friends kept urging me to just take him to one of those places that does it real cheap, like for ten dollars, but I kept saying that I definitely wouldn't accept someone doing surgery on me for that cheap, so why would I do so for my dog? I mean, you pay for what you get, you know?

Anyway, so one of my tires was about to blow out and the treds on all of them were super shallow, so I had to get all four new tires. Which, even with my dad's rebates, equals 320 dollars. So like...

So like all that money I had been saving up to get my dog neutered is now gone. And I have to start all over. But I mean, the check engine light in my car is also on, and it is doing really funny things that need attention. And I have to get my lap top fixed for school. And I have to pay for school.

And it hit me again like a freight train today: I cannot afford my dogs.

Meh, neutering isn't a 'must' like a lot of people make it out to be, responsible pet ownership is. He wont explode into flames if you put it off longer. Or, really, you can opt for a cheaper neuter.. 300 is rather outrageous. Neuters are routine, vets do them day in and day out. They aren't even an invasive surgery like a spay. While ever surgery has its potential risks, a neuter is easy peasy lemon squeasy, no matter who performs it.