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I gotta say you all have real cute doggies. We just figured out why our rescue yorkie has been licking his front left paw the last few days. It turns out he cracked his left dew claw on a basic walk two days ago. Vet appt isn't till next week, any recommendations for keeping our baby okay aside from putting a collar on him? He's so sad right now 
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adnam posted:I gotta say you all have real cute doggies. A nonstick pad and some vet wrap would keep it secure and maybe less ouchie. You'd still have to watch for licking because you don't want it to stay soggy but at least it would be covered and not getting irritated any further.
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Sailor got neutered today and it is heartbreaking to see him so low and whimpering. We got it done at a vax/neutering clinic and the post surgery pain meds and sedatives cost another $20 or so extra. I don't know why anyone would opt out of those, I already feel like a monster seeing him hurt 
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They bounce back pretty quickly. Jarvis barely even noticed, and by the time we picked him up, he was rambunctious as ever. The challenge was keeping him chill for the first few days to let the incision seal up. Kept him partially sedated for that time and it helped a lot. Plus he got bonus loads of peanut butter.
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When Brisket got fixed the vet sent him home with a letter like "They were so nice, I was scared at first but then I got lots of treats and then I slowly fell asleep and when I woke up it was over!" It was really weird.
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HootTheOwl posted:When Brisket got fixed the vet sent him home with a letter like "They were so nice, I was scared at first but then I got lots of treats and then I slowly fell asleep and when I woke up it was over!" Sign me the gently caress up
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Scout really loves fastcat. I really love the faces she makes while running fastcat. i brought home a blue cattledog on sunday. she's 14 weeks old, raised in the pen by her mum and grandma, barely met any humans in her life, never been in the house, never been on a leash, not toilet trained  i was expecting it to be a total disaster, but she's actually been great? getting them at this age with zero training, it really becomes apparent how incredibly smart they are. socialising her is going to be interesting, but she's had heaps of dog contact and the human contact she's had has all been nice and non-traumatic, so i'm just going to take it slow and keep things fun. her name is iris and i love her  i'd normally include a psa about "don't buy a 14-week-old untrained unsocialised cattledog", but will probably have stories to tell in the next few months that will make that unnecessary lol mahershalalhashbaz fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jun 22, 2022 |
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Jun 22, 2022 23:47
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Please post photos of Iris
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Casey before day care Casey after day care  "Aww she looks tuckered, did she play hard?" "You think that's bad, you should see her victims." "?" "I mean playmates" My puppy tilts until the machine breaks. Harvey Mantaco fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jun 23, 2022 |
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Jun 23, 2022 04:34
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mahershalalhashbaz posted:wow that's a fast cat I got Scout at 14 weeks and even without the intense 100 people in 100 days early socialization she’s completely unflappable and afraid of nothing. I recommend taking her all the places and just having low pressure fun everywhere you go. If you can find a puppy class that takes older pups that’s a great option too. Cattle dogs just speak English so training them is easy mode when they decide you’re worth listening to, it’s figuring out how to convince them to do what you’re asking that’s tricky. Don’t let people convince you that because she’s a heeler you need to be harsh or use physical corrections with her but do set boundaries or she’ll walk all over you when she becomes a teen They’re the bestworst dogs in the world  Also please post pictures! All the pictures!
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 here’s Gobi. He’s doing well and is handsome.
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Hi Gobi!
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People see Jarvis and his massive feet and say "OMG he's gonna be huge!" He's full grown. He just has snow dog feet (and I love them) and with him at 42lb, they're bigger than the 90lb doberman's down the street. Not apropos to any current conversation, I just want to show off my handsome boy.
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Instant Jellyfish posted:A nonstick pad and some vet wrap would keep it secure and maybe less ouchie. You'd still have to watch for licking because you don't want it to stay soggy but at least it would be covered and not getting irritated any further. Thank you, we put this on him and a cone and now he is very sad but we are very relieved.
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This is Gaeul. She’s about 20 pounds of love and fear. She just had what we are calling her first birthday on Sunday. Her favorite activities are playing with other dogs, and running away from their owners. This week’s goal is getting her to jump into the car by herself. Right now she will only get in if I pick her up. She will walk almost to the door and then try to run away. She is a good girl.
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Jarvis: I wanna go outside Me: ok, here you go Jarvis: I'mma eat ALL this grass! Me: sure about that? ... ... Jarvis: I'm gonna go hork it all up now, brb Me: k, dude. Tried to warn you Jarvis: that's better. Want kisses now?
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We got a puppy a few weeks ago and ever since I have been playing what is effectively a tower defense game where instead of AI, I have a motivated and increasingly clever and mischievous labradoodle called Holly. It's been pretty funny. And fun. I'd largely given up on hanging tea towels off the oven door, but tonight I forgot, hung one up while she was sleeping, and it immediately became her tea towel as soon as I let her out of her gated area. I figure trying to yoink it back from her when she glommed onto it is exactly what she wants, so I try to distract her before doing anything about getting it back. It's also been really difficult - she bites. Hard. Puppies biting is normal, and I know poodles are notoriously bitey, however, she's been amping up the force on me particularly. Clearly I was messing it up somewhere, coz the bite inhibition stuff I'd tried from puppy kindy, YouTube, etc either made things worse or was useless (or I was just doing it horribly wrong) so last week I admitted defeat and Can't wait to see what new thing to amuse herself or get our attention she comes up with this week. 
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Instant Jellyfish posted:I got Scout at 14 weeks and even without the intense 100 people in 100 days early socialization she’s completely unflappable and afraid of nothing. I recommend taking her all the places and just having low pressure fun everywhere you go. If you can find a puppy class that takes older pups that’s a great option too. Cattle dogs just speak English so training them is easy mode when they decide you’re worth listening to, it’s figuring out how to convince them to do what you’re asking that’s tricky. Don’t let people convince you that because she’s a heeler you need to be harsh or use physical corrections with her but do set boundaries or she’ll walk all over you when she becomes a teen unfortunately i was brought up with traditional physically abusive dog-training techniques. those never worked, they just ended up producing a hugely anxious dog that would still chew everything to poo poo when no one was watching. learning to communicate with iris without smacking her or rubbing her nose in anything has been so educational, i'm having to do a lot of research on the fly. she's an amazing communicator. there were ten in her litter, they were all raised outside by multiple adult dogs in the most incredible breeder set-up i've ever seen, so she's had minimal human interaction but heaps of dog interaction. now she's in a house with no dogs and 24/7 human contact. to make things even more difficult, she hasn't had her second vaccinations yet (the breeders had their own medical emergencies, and vets in my area are snowed under due to covid and can't fit me in until next week). so i am keeping her away from other dogs. it's a hell of a thing keeping a baby cattledog exercised and entertained in a backyard, especially given the environment she came from, and socialisation is going to be interesting when it finally begins, but so help me i signed up for this mahershalalhashbaz fucked around with this message at 12:31 on May 6, 2024 |
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OMG she's too cute. I have puppy fever so bad I started out not working on anything but relationship building and play. We did Absolute Dogs Sexier than a Squirrel course (the name is awful but the games are fun) and I really like Fenzi Academy online courses so I picked out some stuff from my library to work on until I could get her into a puppy class that accepted older puppies. Nosework especially has been great to wear out her busy little mind, although she struggled with having enough focus to do it as a puppy. Don't get in the habit of trying to play or exercise her into exhaustion to get her to settle because she'll just keep getting more fit and impossible to tire out. Teach her to settle and reward her every time you see her choosing to just chill out with an appropriate chew. Scout is 2 now and it's still something we struggle with, especially in the summer when she's super fit and wants every day to be a sports day since we do so much on the weekends. If you're new to positive dog training I highly recommend The Power of Positive Dog Training, Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program, Perfect Puppy in 7 Days, and if she's a crazy wild child Mission Control by Jane Arden. Cooperative Care by Deb Jones is good for teaching positive grooming and nail trims. ACDs in general are terrible about nails/handling in general so get her used to being handled now. My vet was so relieved that Scout is easy to handle and cooperative because so many aren't. For safe socialization before she's got all her shots you can go hang out in your car in the parking lots of places with a lot of people and dog traffic and just watch with a special chew. Also environmental socialization is just as important as meeting lots of people so set up lots of different surfaces for her to experience. I used to throw Scout's meal in a tub full of my recyclables and let her dig around in the plastic bottles or cardboard, or a bunch of spoons in a metal bowl with treats mixed in. Anything I could do to make sure she was fine with loud noises and things moving weirdly or being slightly uncomfortable.
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Meet Tugboat, the english mastiff
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Scionix posted:Meet Tugboat, the english mastiff Tugboat is gonna be a big, big, big boy
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canyoneer posted:Tugboat is gonna be a big, big, big boy dad was 220, mom was 180 😅
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Instant Jellyfish posted:I started out not working on anything but relationship building and play. We did Absolute Dogs Sexier than a Squirrel course (the name is awful but the games are fun) and I really like Fenzi Academy online courses so I picked out some stuff from my library to work on until I could get her into a puppy class that accepted older puppies. Nosework especially has been great to wear out her busy little mind, although she struggled with having enough focus to do it as a puppy. Don't get in the habit of trying to play or exercise her into exhaustion to get her to settle because she'll just keep getting more fit and impossible to tire out. Teach her to settle and reward her every time you see her choosing to just chill out with an appropriate chew. Scout is 2 now and it's still something we struggle with, especially in the summer when she's super fit and wants every day to be a sports day since we do so much on the weekends. thank you for all the positive puppying resources! last night i was trying to look up fenzi academy, but misremembered the name as kenzie academy and thought you'd taught your dog to code. quote:For safe socialization before she's got all her shots you can go hang out in your car in the parking lots of places with a lot of people and dog traffic and just watch with a special chew. Also environmental socialization is just as important as meeting lots of people so set up lots of different surfaces for her to experience. I used to throw Scout's meal in a tub full of my recyclables and let her dig around in the plastic bottles or cardboard, or a bunch of spoons in a metal bowl with treats mixed in. Anything I could do to make sure she was fine with loud noises and things moving weirdly or being slightly uncomfortable. currently i'm trying to train her not to kill or terrorise my pet quail, which you can imagine is a battle of wills. yesterday she lost control and took one in her mouth, but did it so gently that the quail wasn't even frightened.
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mahershalalhashbaz posted:currently i'm trying to train her not to kill or terrorise my pet quail, which you can imagine is a battle of wills. yesterday she lost control and took one in her mouth, but did it so gently that the quail wasn't even frightened. I don't feel like quail get frightened that much, of things that can kill them at least, from reading the backyard thread
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Culex posted:I don't feel like quail get frightened that much, of things that can kill them at least, from reading the backyard thread  we had a setback yesterday when iris grabbed a rooster, but still she didn't hurt him, and again he was barely bothered by the near-death experience.
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Does anyone have any experience having a pregnant dog? I have a breeding dog for a service organisation and she's about to have her first pregnancy. They'll go over everything with me of course but I have first time nerves and would love to hear about anyone else's experiences, especially re: playing with other dogs and exercise. edit: some excellent puppy photos this page btw. Thank you all. Metis of the Chat Thread fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Jun 29, 2022 |
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Metis of the Hallways posted:Does anyone have any experience having a pregnant dog? I have a breeding dog for a service organisation and she's about to have her first pregnancy. They'll go over everything with me of course but I have first time nerves and would love to hear about anyone else's experiences, especially re: playing with other dogs and exercise. I haven't had a pregnant dog but I've got an intact female that could potentially one day be bred so I've done a ton of research. Absolutely follow the instructions from the organization first and foremost because everyone does things a little differently. Are you going to be whelping her or returning her close to her due date? The embryos don't implant until 21 days after ovulation so for that first "trimester" they're just floating around in there and the bitch just lives her life as normal. Usually, it's around implantation that they start having symptoms like nausea/lack of appetite if they're actually pregnant, but they can also be signs of pyometra, a uterine infection, so watch for discharge or fever. Most people I know have sport or competition dogs who remain active as long as they can comfortably get around. I would absolutely not let her interact with strange dogs because if she gets canine herpes virus while pregnant it can be deadly for the puppies. Most people I know avoid dog-heavy areas in general when they have a pregnant bitch to reduce the risk of tracking things home. Playing with known dogs at home should be ok though, most bitches naturally chill out during pregnancy due to the hormonal changes. My girl is more calm and able to settle better for 3 months after her heat cycle even though she's not been bred despite being an absolute maniac otherwise. As long as your other dogs know how to take no for an answer supervised play should be fine. Edit: The Book of the Bitch and Canine Reproduction and Whelping - A Dog Breeder's Guide are supposed to be good resources if you want to do some reading. Instant Jellyfish fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Jun 29, 2022 |
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Returning her, I'm not whelping thank GOD. I know some similar organisations have the raiser whelp the puppies but I'm definitely glad mine takes care of all that. That's cool to know about the embryos not implanting, I won't stress too much about those first few weeks then. She's usually the one instigating play with my other dog so that should be completely fine. I'm dogsitting for another service dog I raised for a few days when she'll be around four weeks in so I'll keep on top of them to make sure they're both happy playing. I'll have to check out that book, it sounds like a good resource! Metis of the Chat Thread fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Jun 29, 2022 |
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Anybody have guidance as far as dog-friendly pesticide/insecticides are concerned? We've held off on spraying in the backyard because we have two rescue yorkies but this year is the return of the vengeance of the insects and I'm waving the white flag. I've been calling around and so far the blanket answer is 'yeah it **should** be safe for dogs and kids' but no stronger guarantees
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adnam posted:Anybody have guidance as far as dog-friendly pesticide/insecticides are concerned? We've held off on spraying in the backyard because we have two rescue yorkies but this year is the return of the vengeance of the insects and I'm waving the white flag. I've been calling around and so far the blanket answer is 'yeah it **should** be safe for dogs and kids' but no stronger guarantees
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I don't think dogs are safe for chickens though.
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Alucard posted:I don't think dogs are safe for chickens though. Yorkies are pretty small but they are bred to instinctively catch mice. Something their own size might not be a problem but they are terriers so I wouldn't guarantee it. I didn't have that problem with mine but she would definitely find mice if allowed into the unfinished basement where they sometimes get in. edit: didn't realize this was the dog thread instead of pest control and I figured someone would chime in with more useful advice. OP, I'd stop by the pest control thread; Motronic does his own and may have advice on invertebrate management: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3944991 I mostly trap mice and spray wasps, the only thing I'd be sure of for insect control around pets would be a bug zapper or some traps targeted for the species, but it will depend on what insects are causing the issue. Rexxed fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jun 30, 2022 |
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every morning iris rises at the crack of dawn, and she has some unsupervised play time while i'm still asleep. i'd been marvelling at the lack of destruction in the early mornings. little did i know she had found her way into a box of soft chalk pastels and was devouring them one by one, leaving no dust or trace of her crime. she only ate the natural earth tones and the red-orange-yellow spectrum, leaving the blues, greens and purples untouched. i had no idea she was doing it until yesterday i was presented with this
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That's much more attractive than the pitch black turds my dog has after she's been eating mud.
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Metis of the Hallways posted:That's much more attractive than the pitch black turds my dog has after she's been eating mud. the quail training has taken a few steps backward. last week i think she was just so desperate to please me and scared of being shouted at that she was afraid to go near them, but this week she's more secure and daring to be naughty. she keeps so gently taking them in her mouth, or doing sudden huge pounces on them that just avoid making contact, and then when i bark at her to get back she looks at me like "you cannot possibly expect this of me at this moment in time." and she's right mahershalalhashbaz fucked around with this message at 12:31 on May 6, 2024 |
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Rexxed posted:Yorkies are pretty small but they are bred to instinctively catch mice. Something their own size might not be a problem but they are terriers so I wouldn't guarantee it. I didn't have that problem with mine but she would definitely find mice if allowed into the unfinished basement where they sometimes get in. oops didn't realize this existed. i'm gonna head over, thanks
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Weekends are for dog sports. I had a brilliant plan to get Scout tired out running fastcat before dock diving in the hopes that she would end up at the top of the 10'-14'11" distance class instead of the bottom of the 15'-19'11" distance class but I underestimated her fitness. She shaved half a second off her average fastcat time with a personal best of 25 mph, earned her bcat title for reaching 150 fastcat points, and then jumped a 15'6" and a 15'7". Then we had a playdate with one of her dog boyfriends where she spent another hour and a half hiking and swimming. Don't both trying to wear out a cattle dog, it's impossible. The facility provided hats and things for their ribbon photos because they know we're all just there for the ribbons and posting pictures of the ribbons.
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