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Had Kaidan's appointment with the specialist I liked this morning. Their price is just at the top end of my range, so I think we're going to get it done there. He gets his x-rays and other preliminary stuff done first thing tomorrow morning, then after that we'll start discussing surgery dates. I'm excited but kinda nervous 
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Looking for some guidance here. After deciding against adopting an epileptic boxer/bully, my girl and I have applied to adopt this dog:  She's listed as a basenji/aussie, and that looks accurate to me. I think we're pretty well set to adopt a strong-willed dog, we both had a few dogs growing up. The shelter says she's good with cats, crate trained (or at least is comfortable in one), and can be left alone. I've done my research on both breeds, and I think we could handle either as a purebred, but don't really want the additional needs of either as a purebred (9 - 5 jobs, etc). We run and hike and spend most of our time away from work outside, so keeping her active and stimulated won't be an issue at all. So my questions: Anybody have any idea how the breeds' characteristics might mix? I know both are very active and smart, but Aussies are pretty trainable. Will that override the basenji tendency to flip me off and do its own thing? Will it make off-leash recall a little more consistent? I've heard that a basenji will chase anything that flits across its vision and not stop till it's done, but herding dogs are bred to obey their handlers voice commands at a distance in stimulating situations. tl;dr Tell me things you might know about basenji mixes.
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There's really no way to tell how your dog's personality is going to turn up along the Aussie/Basenji continuum. It may be fiercely independent, totally keyed into you or somewhere between the two extremes. You can't tell how genetics are going to mix when you mix breeds, especially ones so totally opposite as the ones you've mentioned. I see no Aussie there, but of course I could be mistaken. It looks like a particularly good looking browndog. As with all dogs of all mixes, look into clicker training and positive reinforcement. You'll have a better time of things if you're able to convince your dog that it wants to do what you want it to do, rather than trying to coerce them through bribery or through force. rivals, my best to you and your pup!
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a life less posted:I see no Aussie there, If not Aussie, what's your guess? I'm going off the blue eyes, the heavier snout, and the red color. Also, there are tons of Aussies around the area, since I'm pretty close to where the breed arose. Just circumstantial evidence. Seems that just about every mixed breed around here has some Aussie.
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Honestly, I'm usually skeptical of shelters claiming Basenji in mixes. Yes, they're becoming a little more commonplace, as are Shar Pei but I still don't consider them heavily populated enough to be out making mutts in random neighborhoods. It might just be me, but the dog looks more like a pit/BC/something herding mix. Maybe husky but, eh.
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I can understand being dubious about that. It's a breed of which I've only ever seen one individual in person. That said, there's quite a few of them in rescues around here that are a lot more convincing as half or purebreds. Here's her listing: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/24574524. The pictures don't show it, but if you look at the video, she's got a freaky long neck. The tail seems to be in a low curl as opposed to the high and tight typical of basenjis. At any rate, that's still only three wide-angle pictures and 10 seconds of video, which you can't tell much from. I'm not tied to a breed and I don't think I would suddenly change my mind if I were to find out she was one thing or another. At the end of the day, she still appears to be at least partly a primitive breed, which is why I'm asking for help in this thread. edit: I don't know much about breeds, but I concur on herding dog in there somewhere. Herding breeds are prevalent around here.
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Just got back from picking up Kaidan. In the ~2 1/2 years since the last time x-rays were taken, his bad hip has gotten noticeably worse. The other one not as much. His surgery is scheduled for next Thursday morning. First set of x-rays:  Today's x-rays:  I'm anxious, scared and excited all at the same time. I've never had a pet go through surgery before (even including spay/neuters since they were all altered before us adopting them). I'll post progress updates as things happen. rivals fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Ouch, looking at the x-ray that must be really painful to walk around. On the plus side it looks like there's still a decent amount of muscle mass on the affected leg, so hopefully recovery won't be too long/painful. Do you know which technique they're going to use to correct it?
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I can understand being dubious about that. It's a breed of which I've only ever seen one individual in person. That said, there's quite a few of them in rescues around here that are a lot more convincing as half or purebreds. Here's her listing: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/24574524. The pictures don't show it, but if you look at the video, she's got a freaky long neck. The tail seems to be in a low curl as opposed to the high and tight typical of basenjis. At any rate, that's still only three wide-angle pictures and 10 seconds of video, which you can't tell much from.
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Warbadger posted:Ouch, looking at the x-ray that must be really painful to walk around. On the plus side it looks like there's still a decent amount of muscle mass on the affected leg, so hopefully recovery won't be too long/painful. Do you know which technique they're going to use to correct it? Yeah, thankfully we've kept his weight down and kept up on low impact exercise to try to reduce overall discomfort. They're going to do a total hip replacement. It looks like the recovery period is about 8 weeks, so trying to keep him calm and not moving much during that is going to be tough. The hardest parts are going to be people coming to the door (my dogs have bad habits) and my other dog getting hyper and trying to rile him up. Going to pick up an x-pen for him this weekend.
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More Goliath pictures. They just keep on coming. We've (I've) been trying the leash training, when he starts to pull, doing a u-turn and saying "no pulling." Sometimes he gets it and sometimes he doesn't, it depends where we are. He has the neighborhood mapped out in his little doggy head, and he knows when we are walking towards our house versus away from it. He does fine walking away, but the closer we get to the house, the more excited he gets and wants to pull. We are having uncommonly warm weather for January, so I took him down to the lake. The sidewalk was covered in ice, and he was pulling and slipping and sliding and ice was flying everywhere, it was pretty adorable. I also discovered he doesn't like Native American men. This nice old guy came up to me and started talking, and Goliath actually barked at him several times. That's the first time he's ever barked at anyone. Then he stood behind my legs and whined. I'm wondering if he had a past owner that looked like that guy who maybe wasn't so nice? Anyway, still working on the leash stuff. Goliath doesn't know any commands like "sit" or "stay," and we've tried to teach him, but there's no getting that dog to sit down at all. PICTURES.  Lil Explorer  Deep in Thought  BLINK  Boopable nose.  Little hairy hands.  Ice dogge. Koivunen fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Apr 25, 2017 |
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Goliath is adorable  Kaidan's surgery is tomorrow. I'm getting nervous.
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TVs Ian posted:Honestly, I'm usually skeptical of shelters claiming Basenji in mixes. Yes, they're becoming a little more commonplace, as are Shar Pei but I still don't consider them heavily populated enough to be out making mutts in random neighborhoods. Shar pei mixes aren't common, but they aren't rare either. They were a trendy dog in the 90s, so a lot of urban areas have wrinkle dogs running around, and some more rural areas still have people byb'ing them. I agree with you on basenjis, though.
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Wheats posted:Shar pei mixes aren't common, but they aren't rare either. They were a trendy dog in the 90s, so a lot of urban areas have wrinkle dogs running around, and some more rural areas still have people byb'ing them. I agree with you on basenjis, though. I've seen puppy mill shar pei puppies come in several times to my shelter.
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But all I was saying is that you wouldn't automatically assume any wrinkled mutt was a Shar Pei mix any more than you would assume a bat eared small dog with a curly tail was a Basenji mix. To me, it falls in the same line as thinking an obvious pit is a mix because it isn't a hippo dog.
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rivals posted:Kaidan's surgery is tomorrow. I'm getting nervous. Awww, he'll be ok!! And he'll feel a lot better in the long run. I'm watching White Fang, totally made me think of this thread, btw.
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He's home, and as big of an rear end in a top hat as ever trying to walk all over the place alone When I spoke with the surgeon yesterday his first comment was "As soon as I got in there all I could think was, 'Oh, you poor dog'". Poor guy's hip was awful. Can't wait to see how he is after the recovery. Next few weeks are going to be rough.
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Poor guy. Did you see much inhibition in his movement recently? Was he rickety at all? I hope he heals quickly!
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Yeah, he started favoring it much more than before. There was a particular incident where he got a little overexcited and slipped (wood floors in common area of new house :\) and wouldn't put that leg down for a couple hours, even after giving him rimadyl. That was kind of the breaking point where I decided we should get him checked out again.
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So I can't believe I've had the little man for 8 months already, but Ranja turns one year old on Monday. At the girlfriend's insistence, we are throwing him a pizza party (even though he won't get any of it). We will still be dressing him up though!  He honestly has been way too good to us as new dog owners. He has never had an accident, doesn't really chew on anything he isn't supposed to (besides a boot shoelace once and a specific corner of the slipcover repeatedly), doesn't bark or otherwise misbehave really at all. He also lives to snuggle his humans, something I didn't expect a Shiba to do much of at all.  He does have a few weird behaviors I'd love some guidance on. For some reason whenever I use the oven above 400 degrees he drops his tail and whines constantly and shakes nervously. My theory is that he associates the smell with the fire alarm going off at a deafening volume (whoever decided to place that thing in a still-air part of the hallway in a small apartment did us no favors). Any ideas on helping him out? It makes cooking (especially all day like on Thanksgiving) more of a pain than it needs to be. He kind of shuts down and doesn't take even his favorite treats once the smell/association has triggered him. The other thing pertains to walks. He's gotten a lot better but still has a long way to go. I've been rewarding him every time he heels and he seems to be getting it, sometimes for blocks and blocks at a time. Other times he seems more interested in everything else. I've been pretty diligently stopping whenever he gets to the edge of the lead and starts to pull, and changing direction and such, though I suspect my girlfriend hasn't which is probably making this take longer than it needs to. More puzzlingly, sometimes on a walk he will get the crazies and kick into a full "Shiba 500" pivoting and running full speed around you until he runs out of leash. I've tried nearly everything to end this behavior, but I honestly don't know what causes it. Doesn't really seem to be a pattern to it. Things that I've tried: Immediately shortening the lead when he starts until he has no choice but to stare at me. This has some success while we stand still, but when I take a step he starts running again. Immediately stopping and just waiting him out. This too works, but same thing with taking a step bringing him right back to running around like a wild man. If I stop and wait for like five minutes he usually forgets what he was doing and is good again, but I don't always have five minutes to stand there. Any ideas? Anyone ever heard of this before? Porterhaus fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Jan 19, 2013 |
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For the zoomies thing, try the premack principle. Next time he does it, get his attention whatever way you can and the second you get it, say 'okay!' or whatever and run with him. Do this a few times to see if he finds you running with him rewarding and then if he does start asking him to sit before you release him to zoom with you. You running with him should reinforce his asking you for permission to run, so you have some control.
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rivals posted:He's home, and as big of an rear end in a top hat as ever trying to walk all over the place alone Aww, poor Kaidan! Feel better, little guy!! I'm excited to see how he's going to be once everything's healed. Tenderloin posted:For some reason whenever I use the oven above 400 degrees he drops his tail and whines constantly and shakes nervously. My theory is that he associates the smell with the fire alarm going off at a deafening volume (whoever decided to place that thing in a still-air part of the hallway in a small apartment did us no favors). Any ideas on helping him out? It makes cooking (especially all day like on Thanksgiving) more of a pain than it needs to be. He kind of shuts down and doesn't take even his favorite treats once the smell/association has triggered him. This EXACT same thing happened to Pfox and Koji! She can let you know how she worked on it, but in the mean time you can maybe try building some good associations without putting the oven on full force. It would probably work best if your oven beeps when you turn it on, with the audio cue & everything. You can try giving him a really great, time consuming treat like a filled kong right as you're turning on the oven. Have him right there and let him see you're doing it. Let him go to town a little bit, then shut the oven off before it gets too bad (even if that's right away to start). Try building up more time with him distracted that same way, kinda like you would with increasing time in a crate, or leaving a dog with separation anxiety. That way he's not overloaded with the smell all at once. In the mean time while you're cooking, maybe give him the same sort of treat, but in another room, safe in a kennel. Then the smell is less and he'll have somewhere safe to go. You can also try a thunder shirt if it's really bad. If you try this sort of stuff and whatever other tips Pfox might have and you're not seeing any improvement, it might be time to call in a professional. It can really help having someone there to observe the behavior and it's MUCH easier to cut off behavior like this from the start rather than waiting for it to become a larger problem. quote:The other thing pertains to walks. He's gotten a lot better but still has a long way to go. I've been rewarding him every time he heels and he seems to be getting it, sometimes for blocks and blocks at a time. Other times he seems more interested in everything else. I've been pretty diligently stopping whenever he gets to the edge of the lead and starts to pull, and changing direction and such, though I suspect my girlfriend hasn't which is probably making this take longer than it needs to. I know your pain!!! I work like CRAZY with Buddy, but my husband doesn't make him wait at corners or crossing the street like I do, and he's more lax with him pulling, so if I don't walk Buddy for awhile he tends to fall back on old habits. Even if both parties were completely strict, though, especially with breeds like this you're going to have "relapses" every so often. Even if they know what they're supposed to do, the "charm" of primitive breeds is that they decide to do whatever they want and constantly test you about it. I'd say just keep doing what you're doing since it seems to be working well, but don't get discouraged if it seems like you're taking a step back. He could have found a smell he really likes, or he's trying to see if you let your guard down and maybe, JUST maybe, THIS will be the time you let him get away with pulling, haha. quote:More puzzlingly, sometimes on a walk he will get the crazies and kick into a full "Shiba 500" pivoting and running full speed around you until he runs out of leash. I've tried nearly everything to end this behavior, but I honestly don't know what causes it. Doesn't really seem to be a pattern to it. THIS is something he could outgrow. He's getting a crazy burst of energy, and if he were off lead or in the house, he'd be a little tornado. Dogs like that tend to get blinders put on until it passes, so teaching him a way to cue you that he wants to bolt (like Kiri koli suggested) is a good idea to figure out a way for him to vent that energy. A really good bout of play in the house before walks could help curb the behavior, too, since he'll get some of that out ahead of time. quote:Immediately shortening the lead when he starts until he has no choice but to stare at me. This has some success while we stand still, but when I take a step he starts running again. This could be making him more excited, too. Just because he freezes doesn't mean it's out of his system! When my dog gets zoomies around the house, he'll freeze in front of you in like half a play bow, ears back, side eyed. We'll look at him in sorta the same way (bent over, frozen) then say his name all fast and make a sudden movement and it gets him going again. Fun in the house, not fun on walks! Look for calm behavior if you're waiting it out, not stiff, excited body language, otherwise he's just going to stay in that heightened state.In other news, Buddy's in a cone! He cut his pad on something earlier this week and wouldn't leave it alone. I bandaged it with Neosporin, but the little bastard kept getting the wrap off. The cut is healing just fine, but all his chewing and licking made his paw swell up and get infected, so now he's on antibiotics, painkillers, and a cone.  Also, I'm a terrible person.
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Tenderloin posted:So I can't believe I've had the little man for 8 months already, but Ranja turns one year old on Monday. At the girlfriend's insistence, we are throwing him a pizza party (even though he won't get any of it). We will still be dressing him up though! Ranja is so handsome! I'm actually getting ready for my own B&T Hi-Jinx bred pup! She turns 8 weeks old on Tuesday, but I go out of town next Wednesday for a week for a trade show, so I pick her up two weeks from today from my breeder.As WBag said, yep, that oven thing is EXACTLY what I have and am still dealing with a little bit with Koji. He regressed a bit because they tested the fire alarms one morning a few months back when I ran my foster to the vet for a blood test. I felt awful and should have brought him to the hated vet with me, but the foster hated him so much and I figured it would be way too much to handle. Anyway, yeah, I got Koji twice with the fire alarm while cooking (because my old apartment thought it was an awesome idea to place one right outside the kitchen in a still air hallway, too.) We had to start using a ThunderShirt on Koji wrapped really tight every time we would cook ANYTHING. The sound of something sizzling in the pan makes him nervous still sometimes, but instead of immediately going into freak out mode, Koji will now come to the kitchen when called and check things out, because that usually means deliciousness. I had to get into the habit of feeding him a bit of whatever we had cooking (bacon, eggs, ground beef etc.) unless he couldn't have it, then I would have some cheese on hand. I believe I also used a suggestion from the training thread of peanut butter on a wooden spoon. It makes it more difficult for them to lick off and eat right away so it takes longer and the licking is a calming act for dogs. This had to be a really new and special treat because it was a mega scary event for him, so regular Fruitables or Zukes chewies wouldn't cut it. Also, when I know it will be loud and scary for him (like hot pan searing meats and the like), I close him off in the bedroom beforehand, which is his safe spot, with a really good treat and he calms down right away. Since Ranja's anxiety really isn't that bad, I would definitely follow what WBag suggested with messing with the oven and giving a treat. Don't start off right away at the high temp, but every time the oven turns on, give him a treat right away, and keep treating until the oven is off. Distraction is a great tool, so I suggest training games or awesome play during that time. Distraction is a great tool for Koji, so we usually run through his old tricks if he is nervous, or start to learn new ones if he is willing. Work it up until you reach the dreaded 400/broiler stage. As far as like, zoomies on the leash etc, I only have experience with Koji doing that right after a good poop or when we lived on a property with lots of rabbits (and we would run and chase rabbits with him.) He mostly does it after we get back inside from our walks now, usually when it's cold or, again, after a good poop. v  v
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paisleyfox posted:As far as like, zoomies on the leash etc, I only have experience with Koji doing that right after a good poop or when we lived on a property with lots of rabbits (and we would run and chase rabbits with him.) He mostly does it after we get back inside from our walks now, usually when it's cold or, again, after a good poop. v Hell, who doesn't get the zoomies after a good poop? I mean. Dogs...
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Today is one week since Kaidan's surgery. His recovery is going well but he's a big doof who can't figure out how to fall asleep with a cone on so he's basically nocturnal at this point. Until his stitches come out next Friday, we are watching him 24/7 except when we're asleep. Thankfully life will get much easier at that point. He's recovering very quickly and has been pushing his limits of what we can allow him to do physically every since we brought him home.
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rivals posted:Today is one week since Kaidan's surgery. His recovery is going well but he's a big doof who can't figure out how to fall asleep with a cone on so he's basically nocturnal at this point. Until his stitches come out next Friday, we are watching him 24/7 except when we're asleep. Thankfully life will get much easier at that point. He's recovering very quickly and has been pushing his limits of what we can allow him to do physically every since we brought him home. Has he figured out that crate + cone = musical instrument yet?
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The surgeon actually recommended against using a crate during the recovery. He said that given an enclosed area with a close wall, they tend to leverage themselves against it when they try to move which is a bad idea with a new hip. For the time being he's in an x pen in the living room but sometimes when he gets up to turn around / get comfortable again he runs into the wall or gate which still wakes me up since I'm a light sleeper. The only real thing he's taken advantage of is that he figured out if he whines a little like he might be in pain we'll go in the x pen and hang out with him. It stops immediately and he really only does it at points in time where I know he's not in pain due to his medication schedule 
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Lots of surgery in this thread: my mom's 12 year old Chow sprained her knee or ankle or something and had to get surgery. From my mom:quote:Hi Sweetie...  On the other hand, apart from arthritis and bad knees (and, of course, that one injury), this dog is doing amazingly well for ~12. I told my mom everything I learned in the pet food thread and Georgia has been eating grain-free for years; I wonder if that has anything to do with it? HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jan 26, 2013 |
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:On the other hand, apart from arthritis and bad knees, this dog is doing amazingly well for ~12. I told my mom everything I learned in the pet food thread and Georgia has been eating grain-free for years; I wonder if that has anything to do with it? I bet it does. Buddy's just turning 11, and hardly seems any older than when we got him over 6 years ago. A little less stamina, and gray that apparently only I can see, but people are still shocked at his age. I really attribute that to the great diet he's had all these years. I'm bringing Coney in for a bath today. He's super overdue and it's driving me nuts, and I won't have another good day for about another month, so we're doing it despite his paw. I'm not worried, it's healing nice and I've definitely washed worse on dogs before. Besides, I think a good wash will do it good. So the nutcase is still wearing a cone. It doesn't fit in his crate, and bandaging it was actually making it worse, so we decided to leave him in the kitchen for now since we have the baby gate. That Buddy promptly jumped over when we weren't looking. Then jumped over the gate and 2 large Rubbermaid containers and a laundry basket, somehow without knocking anything over. Now we have a container barricade the whole height of the doorway, and that seems to work. HUSKIES!Oh, and the beauty of it all, Bud can still kinda reach that drat paw. 
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WolfensteinBag posted:So the nutcase is still wearing a cone. It doesn't fit in his crate, and bandaging it was actually making it worse, so we decided to leave him in the kitchen for now since we have the baby gate. That Buddy promptly jumped over when we weren't looking. Then jumped over the gate and 2 large Rubbermaid containers and a laundry basket, somehow without knocking anything over. Now we have a container barricade the whole height of the doorway, and that seems to work. My shelter once got in a three-legged husky because he kept climbing an 8 foot privacy fence and escaping the yard. Huskies.
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Ha ha, wow: in my experience, Chows just chill all day, maybe deigning to let you pet them if you must.
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So my friend wanted me to make a video to help garner interest in http://www.presspaws.org/. This is what me and Mona came up with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fua1GgIGT4s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKN_TT7-hI Video update on Kaidan kinda  It's been about 12 days since surgery and his 2 week check up is Friday. We opened up the living room for him once but him and Eris started getting rowdy so it's back to the sectioned off corner. When we're able to watch him easily and he's not sleeping we make it a bit bigger and sit in there with him Most of his meds are done so we're just on the pain medication and sedatives on an as-needed basis. For the time being we've been home and he's been pretty exhausted so we haven't needed to sedate him at all. Overall it's not as bad as I expected, but we haven't had to leave him home alone at all yet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RylAxzfAnhM Finally got a small video of Sitka singing for the sirens. She does this all the time. Particularly when she feels we have not been diligent enough in maintaining our running schedule. (Didn't run this morning because gently caress you storm Marco.) Side note: I think I may have broken Sitka and I'm not sure how I did it. My husband got me a stuffed malamute toy as a stocking stuffer for Christmas and Sitka has been obsessed with this toy. Like, wanders around and cries when she's locked out of the room its in. I don't let her chew it because, dude, my toy--so she just gently licks it. I have never seen her so fixated on one toy and I'm not sure what gives.
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It's her baaabyyyy.
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Jan 30, 2013 19:48
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