|
Warbird posted:Guess whose sister-in-law is moving to California and very likely can't bring along their beloved husky, Fuckface? Are you sure you want to do this to yourself?
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 04:06
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 21:02 |
|
|
Any advice on edible chews that won't do horrible things to my dog's insides/teeth/whatever? Do such things exist?
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 11:16
|
|
|
Any tips on training my 11 year old basset not to bark at other dogs on leashes on walks? I guess I should've tried 6 years ago when I adopted her, but here I am. It's embarrassing, she really just wants to say hi but she has an obnoxious bark. It's especially a problem now because we're watching my sisters corgi mutt, and when the corgi starts barking like the basset, the terrier (20lb) tries to start a fight with the corgi (40lb) and gets her rear end beat down. So I'm standing there with a 60 lb basset barking wildly while trying to pull the corgi off the terrier. Trying to walk three dogs that aren't well behaved is a pain in the rear end. I assume I just shove some food in her face when she starts barking until the other dog passes? She only barks at other dogs on leashes while we're on a walk, dogs behind fences are fine.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 14:50
|
|
|
Dogwood Fleet posted:Are you sure you want to do this to yourself? You've never met Mrs. Burd. Thankfully she actually shares a zip code with me now, so FF would be her problem as well.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 07:04
|
|
|
thylacine posted:
I would do it before she starts barking, so start treating as soon as other dogs come into sight. Lots of praise/high value treats for really good behaviour as always. Hopefully won't take long to sort her out. (we had a similar situation with our dog being grumpy about other dogs and the open bar method has worked on her because she's hellishly food motivated.)
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 10:38
|
|
|
Anyone a petsmart petperks member? I have a coupon/barcode for $7 that needs to be used by today, in case you needed to pick something up
|
|
#
?
May 17, 2017 01:10
|
|
|
Darth Walrus posted:Any advice on edible chews that won't do horrible things to my dog's insides/teeth/whatever? I like benebones. If your dog is okay with something softer, bully sticks/pizzles are good and tasty and stinky but my dog will eat a footlong one in 3 minutes so they're not worth it.
|
|
#
?
May 17, 2017 02:43
|
|
|
Is there a concensus on the best flea/tick prevention and heartworm treatments? Mine are on revolution and heartguard from the vet but im wondering if there is something better I should be looking at for my pups.
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2017 00:30
|
|
|
The Spookmaster posted:Is there a concensus on the best flea/tick prevention and heartworm treatments? Mine are on revolution and heartguard from the vet but im wondering if there is something better I should be looking at for my pups. If it's working then don't mess with it IMO. The ticks are bad here and we go hiking and to other outdoorsy places a lot, so my dog has a Seresto collar and gets oral Simparica and applied Frontline Plus for flea/tick control (and Revolution for heartworm/more flea control). I still find the errant dead tick on him but for the most part the combination has seemed to help significantly. Alone none of them worked very well for ticks. I haven't seen any fleas but the season is young.
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2017 04:57
|
|
|
The Spookmaster posted:Is there a concensus on the best flea/tick prevention and heartworm treatments? Mine are on revolution and heartguard from the vet but im wondering if there is something better I should be looking at for my pups. *I actually came here to ask a flea question as well. Her body is flea-free, but they seem to have taken a liking to her head. I see them occasionally and it's causing her to scratch her head, and it's leaving visible marks on the poor pup's snout from scratching. Is there anything I can do to spot-treat? I've read the mint castile soap can keep fleas away (and I use that stuff religiously around the house anyway so I have some), but she's squirmy as hell and I don't want to get it in her eyes. Also, her skin seems to be sensitive to flea bites, so she's still an itchy pup. Is there anything I can put on her to help ease that?
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2017 06:08
|
|
|
Did you try good old fashioned flea shampoo? Frontline stopped working on mine, so I tried bob Martin tablets and then they stopped working. Flea shampoo worked, I'm assuming that it's because everyone switched to the new modern flea treatments and they lost their resistance to it. It's also not going to hurt your dog if it gets in her eyes.
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2017 07:52
|
|
|
I've been using Trifexus for years. It's an all in one tablet for fleas/heartworms. My vet stopped carrying it though. They had a sign up about "compliance issues" or something like that--is there something about Trifexus I should know about? It's never caused me a problem.
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2017 14:21
|
|
|
Just noticed a red bump on my dog's underside. I think it's most likely a spider bite but I wanted a second opinion. It doesn't seem to be bothering him. If it hasn't begun to look better by tomorrow morning he'll be going to the vet. Warning: dog penis
|
|
#
?
Jun 2, 2017 02:35
|
|
|
Could someone please remind me all the reasons why keeping two pups from a litter is a Bad Idea, I'm usually the first to shriek "LITTERMATE SYNDROME" but actually having puppies on the ground is making me dumb
|
|
#
?
Jun 2, 2017 17:24
|
|
|
How can I train my puppy not to bite? He's a 6 month old Australian Shepard. He's housebroken, sits, lies down, crate trained and walks without his leash just fine. The only remaining issue is when he gets excited, which is, well most of the time, he likes to play bite. I can't seem to break him of it. I don't want to resort to beating his rear end, but that worked for my parents dogs growing up so should I just smack him and say bad boy? I've tried shoving my arm in his mouth and making in uncomfortable, telling him bad dog, and ignoring him. None of them work.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 00:31
|
|
|
Water bottle stream spray? Also how much exercise is this little dude getting exactly
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 01:05
|
|
|
Arrgytehpirate posted:How can I train my puppy not to bite? Don't beat your dog like a jerk. Every time he bites either immediately leave him alone or immediately get a bitey toy to play with him with. Just do it every time. It might take a while but eventually he'll clue in. Might take a month or two to stop.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 01:12
|
|
|
Nostalgia4Dogges posted:Water bottle stream spray? I about a mile with him three times a week. Walk him around the block every morning, then about an hour or two inside before I go to work and he goes in the crate, I let him outside right before I leave. Eight hours in the crate, another walk around the block with a few potty trips as needed as the evening goes on. I take him to the dog park once a week too. He sleeps with me not in the crate and only gets crated when I'm gone. Tsyni posted:Don't beat your dog like a jerk. Every time he bites either immediately leave him alone or immediately get a bitey toy to play with him with. Just do it every time. It might take a while but eventually he'll clue in. Might take a month or two to stop. drat, I hope it's not that long. What's a bitey toy? He has a tennis ball and a rope.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 01:17
|
|
|
Arrgytehpirate posted:I about a mile with him three times a week. Walk him around the block every morning, then about an hour or two inside before I go to work and he goes in the crate, I let him outside right before I leave. Eight hours in the crate, another walk around the block with a few potty trips as needed as the evening goes on. I take him to the dog park once a week too. He sleeps with me not in the crate and only gets crated when I'm gone. I know he's around 6 months, but are all of his adult teeth fully in? My puppy didn't stop with the nipping until his adult teeth were completely done coming in. Even now at a year old he'll still occasionally give me a controlled chomp when we're playing and he gets over-excited. Definitely make it known that it's not ok and stop playing the second he does it. He'll get it eventually. It's better to spend a month or two nipping it in the bud now while he's still young than deal with an adult dog that has it ingrained as a habit. By the way, does he ever play with other dogs, particularly other puppies? Most puppies naturally learn bite inhibition from biting each other during play and realizing that it hurts.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 01:41
|
|
|
Super Grocery Kart posted:I know he's around 6 months, but are all of his adult teeth fully in? My puppy didn't stop with the nipping until his adult teeth were completely done coming in. Even now at a year old he'll still occasionally give me a controlled chomp when we're playing and he gets over-excited. Definitely make it known that it's not ok and stop playing the second he does it. He'll get it eventually. It's better to spend a month or two nipping it in the bud now while he's still young than deal with an adult dog that has it ingrained as a habit. By the way, does he ever play with other dogs, particularly other puppies? Most puppies naturally learn bite inhibition from biting each other during play and realizing that it hurts. I got him at 8 weeks, after that he didn't have anyone to really play with until last month. Now he plays with a 2 year old lab next door sometimes and whatever is at the dog park. I've also been taking him everywhere since he was a puppy so he's really good with strangers and other animals.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 02:03
|
|
|
Arrgytehpirate posted:I about a mile with him three times a week. Walk him around the block every morning, then about an hour or two inside before I go to work and he goes in the crate, I let him outside right before I leave. Eight hours in the crate, another walk around the block with a few potty trips as needed as the evening goes on. I take him to the dog park once a week too. He sleeps with me not in the crate and only gets crated when I'm gone. Well, it might be less time, I'm just saying you need to be prepared to be consistent for a long period of time with some dogs. A bitey toy is just any toy he'd bite. I used a rope and a nylon bone with my GSD when she was super nippy. It's what I did after asking this thread for advice. She was around 8 months at the time.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 02:09
|
|
|
The weather here has been gross lately so we haven't been able to go to the dog park in a while. My dog has been trying to convince the cat to play with her. She's been getting in his face a doing the puppy butt wiggle. She brought him her favorite toy and set it down next to him pushed it over to him with her nose. It's adorable.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 02:55
|
|
|
I just had to google littermate syndrome because it's not a thing in the UK at all. "Many dog behavior experts agree it's a bad idea to bring home a pair of puppies from the same litter. “Littermate syndrome” is based on anecdotal evidence that often two siblings adopted together bond intensely with each other, to the exclusion of their human family." What a load of old cobblers. The risk of that happening is absolutely tiny and it sometimes happens with non-related dogs as well. You get littermates because they are bonded, the risk of having a older dog/puppy resent or reject a younger puppy is very real. Looks very much to me like people want to have a "thing" that gets them clients and helps them sell books, or two sets of separate training sessions. E: just pick two puppies that are playing happily with their littermates and don't get the one which looks sad and pathetic in the corner because you feel sorry for it, and that goes for choosing one pup as well. Someone else will feel sorry for it as well, potentially clingy dog is their problem. learnincurve fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Jun 5, 2017 |
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 06:48
|
|
|
Yes it's fun to have dogs that become an anxious wreck when their siblings are not around.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 15:11
|
|
|
Submarine Sandpaper posted:Yes it's fun to have dogs that become an anxious wreck when their siblings are not around. some dogs do that and they arent even siblings. Hell if one of the 4 need to go to the vet or something the other 3 go loving nuts until their friend comes back 
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 15:15
|
|
|
sneakyfrog posted:some dogs do that and they arent even siblings. Hell if one of the 4 need to go to the vet or something the other 3 go loving nuts until their friend comes back Mine go nuts when I leave with one of them not because they miss them, but because the only explanation is that Pop is clearly taking the other one someplace AWESOME and they aren't going.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2017 15:59
|
|
|
We are looking to add an additional pup to our household. Currently we have a pretty chill 3 year old border collie mix who is pretty much our speed. How bad of an idea is it for us to consider adopting a puppy from a nearby shelter when they have 0 clue on breed or mix? He is currently 6 weeks and will be up for adoption once he hits 8 weeks. Photo of puppy in question below: 
|
|
#
?
Jun 6, 2017 00:02
|
|
|
Basset is super terrified of cats, my cat now is comfortable enough to just lay on the floor and chill. When she does this my hound will not go anywhere within eyesight. What can I do other than getting rid of the Cat?
|
|
#
?
Jun 7, 2017 17:10
|
|
|
My dogs merely tolerate each other and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Bananaquiter fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jun 7, 2017 |
|
#
?
Jun 7, 2017 17:17
|
|
|
That puppy is identical to our short haired farm dog border collie when she was a pup  it's the slightly wide head and eyes a bit far apart that makes me think you have a daisy. She's 3/4 collie and 1/4 staffy. Personally I wouldn't get a breed that can suffer from bad hips from a shelter. If it's about a saving an animal thing then go for it, but I would start a savings account for her later years just in case, if you don't use it then you can donate that money to the shelter in her name when she's gone.  I think I've found Mr LC a new gun dog for our anniversary  he does not know this yet. The Mr has been searching for so long his gun dog got old and died a year ago. It's a Liver and white springer spanial boy, dull story short he's from the best of the best and only available because he has a small hernia. Vet is not worried and says it may close up on it's own and even if it does not it might not need fixing. It's getting fixed. The important part of this story is that he has a thumbs up sign on his coat. I want to call him mittens but I suspect that will be vetoed on the grounds of "I'm not shouting out chuffing "mittens" while I'm flushing" Name suggestions welcome, because I can't think of anything dignified enough.
|
|
#
?
Jun 7, 2017 21:36
|
|
|
Arrgytehpirate posted:How can I train my puppy not to bite? DON'T HIT HIM. DON'T DO IT DON'T DO IT DON'T DO IT. I have an Aussie, He is a wonderful, smart, hilarious goofball and I wouldn't trade him for the world, And he was a bitey little poo poo as a puppy. Ignore him when he bites. If you have to, get up and completely exit the room for a few seconds. Teach him that when he bites, all of the fun things stop. Hitting him will just make him afraid of you, and it won't teach him not to play bite, just that you're a scary person who hits him sometimes. If you need to consult a professional trainer, that certainly couldn't hurt, but a LOT of Aussie pups are bitey. How old is he?
|
|
#
?
Jun 7, 2017 22:32
|
|
|
learnincurve posted:The important part of this story is that he has a thumbs up sign on his coat. I want to call him mittens but I suspect that will be vetoed on the grounds of "I'm not shouting out chuffing "mittens" while I'm flushing" Would Mitt be a reasonable compromise?
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2017 04:40
|
|
|
Hitch, as in hitchhiker  :iamafag:
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2017 05:10
|
|
|
 
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2017 07:12
|
|
|
I've been lurking this thread for years and finally, a week ago, took the plunge on this little cutie.  I've named her Penny, and she is the smartest, sweetest, and occasionally most obnoxious pup I've ever encountered. She's doing fantastic, and the tips I've absorbed over the years in this thread have been a huge help. Thanks, y'all.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2017 23:04
|
|
|
This is Duke and he's probably going to give Penny a run for her money in the obnoxiousness stakes . He's the alpha in that pack of puppies no question, absolute pick of the litter and it it wasn't for the hernia he would have been the first to go. I'll get that done when I have his bollocks seen to. (With his pedegree people would want him intact for breeding, but you don't breed from pups that have had hernias) We pick him up Wednesday. (Yay) 
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2017 14:52
|
|
|
While we're sharing puppy pix here is my dog's litter I was talking about And two hairy cuties (I'm keeping the black/tan/white!)  
|
|
#
?
Jun 10, 2017 00:08
|
|
|
Wanna rassle this pupper
|
|
#
?
Jun 10, 2017 00:11
|
|
|
I'll share a hound frozen in terror on steps leading to the house after I dump this cat.
|
|
#
?
Jun 10, 2017 01:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 21:02 |
|
|
Pussy Doodles! posted:DON'T HIT HIM. DON'T DO IT DON'T DO IT DON'T DO IT. He's a little over 6 months. He only does it when he gets too excited or really really wants to play. Like, when he gets out of his crate, when we've been playing awhile and it reaches maximum hype for him or when everyone is ignoring him and he's decided it's play time. I've been ignoring him and he really doesn't like it so hopefully there will be less biting soon.
|
|
#
?
Jun 10, 2017 20:16
|
|