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Maybe like greyhounds their actual asses are bony and it's just more comfortable to sit on the side?
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I normally see happy go lucky Goldens/Labs shift over onto one hip, or sit like doofuses. I tend to assume every Golden I see has knees/hips ready to pop right out of their sockets, so I figured it had something to do with that.
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redmercer posted:
It's common in trainwreck Bostons (all of them.) It is a disqualifying fault. 
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Jun 23, 2012 19:09
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The Boxer mix I'm dogsitting sits like that, rolled back onto his rear end, but only in the car. He looks very sombre and proper during car rides.
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Jun 23, 2012 19:45
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My mom's pugs sit like that all the time but I always assumed it was because they were fat, lovely BYB'd disasters. Who knows. My boyfriend texted me saying, "We are never babysitting cats again." Uh oh. I wonder what the kitten did. 
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Mostly for the reptile people, but posting this hear just in case some other people are interested, Gecko hatching cam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hatching-geckos Featuring crested geckos and a gargoyle gecko.   This is the kind of cuteness that can be expected. (in 2-12 hours, at least.) UltraGrey fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Jun 23, 2012 |
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Jun 23, 2012 20:25
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http://www.puppydivo.blogspot.no/ What kind of dog is this?
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please respond posted:http://www.puppydivo.blogspot.no/ Looks like a pom mix to me. Probably a designer mutt.
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Am I the only one who would feel really uncomfortable using a collar/leash on a puppy that small?
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Kerfuffle posted:Am I the only one who would feel really uncomfortable using a collar/leash on a puppy that small? No, but...my chihuahua puppy was so incredibly tiny when I first got him that no harnesses would fit him, so the first week I had him I found a very small collar for him, which he did just fine on. I was always very mindful of him. Someone did tell me once when I had him out he was going to break his neck if he ever went after something though, or if I ever had to pull him back :eyeroll: No silly person, I am more careful/mindful of things than that. I did find a ferret harness that worked perfect on him for awhile though...and used that for quite some time. I usually use a harness on him, but sometimes I'll use a collar. He's good with both, and him and I are both smart enough not to break his neck.
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please respond posted:http://www.puppydivo.blogspot.no/ An ugly one.
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Kerfuffle posted:Am I the only one who would feel really uncomfortable using a collar/leash on a puppy that small?
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I sure do love awful craigslist things (don't think this is up anymore, probably reported). I don't even know what to feel about this ad other than "wow".
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Jun 23, 2012 21:49
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"stop mutting up our REAL razors edge pits with FIGHTING DOGS."  
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Best part of that is that some p.o.s Razors Edge dog is 1000x more likely to "attack" someone than any FIGHTIN' DAWG. Also, wat. Speaking of Pits, the sweetest little pittie girl was running loose in our neighborhood and found her way onto our porch. I didn't see an owner anywhere in the vicinity, so I put a leash on her and went looking for them. She had a collar on, so I figured she wasn't a stray/dumped. She was a bit too thin, you could see her hip bones/spine a bit, but she was otherwise in good shape and seemed healthy and happy. All the neighborhood kids crowded around her and were petting her and she just loved every minute of it.  Finally found her owners, though it looked like they had only started searching for her by the time I got to them. I really hated their attitude - they were so "meh" about the whole thing. If my dog was missing I'd be freaking the hell out. Either way I was happy I got her back home and out of harms way, though I'll be keeping an eye out in case she gets out again. Totally wanted to steal that dog.  Also, she had a docked tail for some reason. Got me thinking - I know they probably just did it because lol it looks cool or possibly for a medical reason, but docking your pits tail would be a good way to avoid bsl/apartment bans/etc. People see a medium sized dog with a docked tail and it will be a lot easier to believe that it's just some Boxer mutt. Dunno if I'd dock my dogs tail just for that, though.
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Jun 24, 2012 01:15
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My cats doing some camouflaged lounging: Note Patrice's crafty method of concealing her orange amongst the peeled-paint patches.
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Superconsndar posted:It's common in trainwreck Bostons (all of them.) It is a disqualifying fault. *ahem*    Though he does sleep very oddly.
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Feldman is somehow much less goblinesque then Frankie. I'm not sure how to feel about that.
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Feldman reminds me of Stitch. He looks soft
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Frankie has got his own thing going on, I'm not sure 3 dimensional beings are capable of "getting" it, really.
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Superconsndar posted:Frankie has got his own thing going on, I'm not sure 3 dimensional beings are capable of "getting" it, really. My mom was laughing when she saw those photos, and kept going 'poor frankie'. She don't get it, man. Personally I'd want a house full of Frankies. I'd run through fields with them, full of joy to be surrounded by pure Frankiness. edit: Vvv I'm capable of handling Feldman's gas, so I figure I'd have a pretty high tolerance to it. Deep Thoreau fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jun 24, 2012 |
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Wouldn't you die of carbon monoxide poisoning from their asses before you ever got near the field?
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Yeah. Probably has hallucinogenic effects in high concentrations, so maybe you'd get to see some really cool Frankie Stuff before you died though.
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I've yet to experience anything near Fankieness but there's times when I think Fankie would fit in as an extra in Naked Lunch. Just so I actually contribute something, have a fuffball cleaning itself.  He's also not much of a help with New Vegas.  Here's a pic that's nearly a year old, ten months of good cat food did wonders for his coat. He gives lots of tongue. He takes turns with attention, once he's had enough brushing or petting, out come both paws to hold your arm in place, with just enough claw to let you know he's serious then the tongue comes out and he returns the attention. Either that or a headbutt contest starts. 
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He's gorgeous But I find my eye drawn to the TV behind him. What the hell is goin' on there?
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Malachite_Dragon posted:He's gorgeous A commercial I think. I don't leave porn running when I have the camera out if that's what you're wondering. Have more pics from nearly a year ago to distract you.  
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I wonder what life must be like when your biggest nemesis is the pillow that you don't like having on the couch and flick off with your nose when you think your owner isn't looking.
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Wellness core is great. I can open the bag without half gagging from pet food smell. I didn't think that was possible with higher quality food. Also visiting home has reminded me how much I miss having a cat around.  HOPING BAD to hear back from this job soon so that can actually be a possibility.
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Kerfuffle posted:Wellness core is great. I can open the bag without half gagging from pet food smell. I didn't think that was possible with higher quality food. The canned CORE (at least the poultry formula) is actually kind of appetizing smelling when you open it, it basically smells like pâté. I often joke that if someone shows up to my house unannounced they'll get dog food on crackers served to them.
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Azrael Alexander posted:Also, she had a docked tail for some reason. Got me thinking - I know they probably just did it because lol it looks cool or possibly for a medical reason, but docking your pits tail would be a good way to avoid bsl/apartment bans/etc. People see a medium sized dog with a docked tail and it will be a lot easier to believe that it's just some Boxer mutt. Dunno if I'd dock my dogs tail just for that, though. Maybe this is more common than you would expect? When I was house hunting I was told that some of the apartment complexes and landlords around here were starting to not allow unregistered boxers because people were trying to pass off pit mixes as boxer mixes. Rather than get into arguments or bother with actually checking some places just banned them. That's totally hearsay though in a "real estate person heard another real estate person saying they talked to a landlord that said another landlord told them..." kinda way. That's the only thing I can imagine besides people thinking they look vicious and never having been around the sweet-hearted goofballs.
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ChairmanMeow posted:I know some one else probably has a lot more info, but I thought it was standard MO among many so they didn't get their ears and tails torn into by hogs. I have no idea where you live though. Where I'm from obviously isn't the animal care capital but that might be their thinking. Shifty Pony posted:Maybe this is more common than you would expect? When I was house hunting I was told that some of the apartment complexes and landlords around here were starting to not allow unregistered boxers because people were trying to pass off pit mixes as boxer mixes. Rather than get into arguments or bother with actually checking some places just banned them. That's totally hearsay though in a "real estate person heard another real estate person saying they talked to a landlord that said another landlord told them..." kinda way. "Well it looks like it kinda sorta could be a Pit Bull so it's obviously going to viciously maul someone. Gotta ban it."
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Azrael Alexander posted:I live in Ohio, so it's pretty unlikely that she's a hoggin' dawg. Groudhoggin' dog, maybe. We've got plenty of those. :iamafag: I looked it up because I remember them docking the puppies and being told that's why, so I wanted to see how common it was. It's evidently super common for ears, but you aren't suppose to do the tail unless the dog has happy tail as it makes them unbalanced.  I guess they did it because people had been doing it, I am not surprised.
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Azrael Alexander posted:If that's true, that's completely ridiculous. I know there are places that include Boxers on the list of banned breeds. The reasoning behind it is like fifth-party information so it could be wrong, however I can't think of any other logical reason. I mean all a Boxer will do is wiggle-dance you to death in excitement. edit: also it may cropdust you with farts. Shifty Pony fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jun 25, 2012 |
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One of my local shelters just posted about a Boston/Dachshund mix that's available. It's like someone thought that both Bostons and Dachshunds just work too well and decided to do something about that.
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Aravenna posted:One of my local shelters just posted about a Boston/Dachshund mix that's available. It's like someone thought that both Bostons and Dachshunds just work too well and decided to do something about that. Makes sense, really. Nothing people like more than dogs with a) flat faces, b) teensy legs and c) adorable designer dog names!! The Bosthund is clearly the Perfect Dog.
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Shifty Pony posted:I mean all a Boxer will do is wiggle-dance you to death in excitement. I can confirm both these things. Jackson sleeps by my side of the bed at night, I can tell you being woken up by his dogfarts is just...just plain mean. We've actually managed to wear him out, which is AWESOME. We've been taking him out for 1-2 hour walk/run/hikes, and he spent Friday running around my aunt's backyard with her dogs. Yesterday he flopped around the house until I dragged him out for an short walk, and he went back to sleep as soon as we got home. My boyfriend took him out for a before-bed pee around 11:30, and halfway up the stairs coming back in he just laid down and wouldn't move for a minute. 
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I need some help from PI in heading off a potential train wreck, if it's possible. In a previous post, I mentioned that my family was petsitting a chihuahua. As it turns out, no, we weren't actually petsitting. Mickey was at the house to be introduced to one of our other dogs, Nia. To make a long and screwed up story short, Mickey has been given to my littlest sister. My first reaction is to say the dog needs to go back to where ever he came from. Except I have no say in that what so ever, and with the current situation (pending divorce and custody battle with hosed up mother), I am highly reluctant to deprive my sister of a companion that she is very likely to need. My second reaction is "Oh God, he needs to be neutered, right the gently caress now!" In the end, I am desperately seeking any sort of reference books/videos on caring for dogs that an 8 year old child would understand. Please tell me there's something out there! Anything at all!
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An 8 year old should not be fully responsible for a pet, especially not a dog. Can you not get the dog to the vet yourself to get it snipped? There are low cost places everywhere and the recovery time for fixing male dogs is pretty minimal.
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