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Shugojin posted:Buy some conduit and fish it through? I thought of that, but it's a rental and the wire has to go under a door we regularly close cause of the dog. It's fine. I was just venting..I'll keep replacing the cables till I find a position she can't move furniture to get to. 
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HootTheOwl posted:Do you roll down the window? I’ve tried but he shies away from the scary windy opening. Doesn’t seem to enjoy sniffing the air like a normal dog. No airplane chasing yet, he’s wary of the planes even if not fully spooked.
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i own every Bionicle posted:I’ve tried but he shies away from the scary windy opening. Doesn’t seem to enjoy sniffing the air like a normal dog. My pup is the same. Window down? Let me get as far away from that as possible.
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me: you're such a good dog! iris:  me: you're a very bad dog! iris:
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Ragnar Gunvald posted:She's honestly great, genuinely great at chewing her toys. Unless we have a lay in like this morning or we leave her home alone for an extended period. Well yeah she’s bored. That’s what happens.
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MarcusSA posted:Well yeah she’s bored. That’s what happens. Yeah, absolutely. It's not her fault. It's just a bit jarring that she chose something that wasn't hers to chew on. Like I say, she's normally very good about it. Exceptional tbh. She's very reactive as we over socialised her at an early age (lots of dogs in our building) and we're having a hard time teaching her that it's ok to settle and do nothing sometimes. She's the least lazy bulldog I've ever seen, it's almost like she has ADHD.
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Is there a senior pet thread somewhere? I am hoping to get some feedback from fellow dog owners on some "is it time?" questions but this thread is so dang wholesome and happy. EDIT: Oh I see that there's a health thread!!
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I got home from taking Pavlov to a nearby park, and as we got out of the car, he spotted a rabbit and lunged after it...and the leash broke. Snapped the carabiner right off. Fortunately, the rabbit got away, and Pavlov was more interested in going to the back yard to secure it than he was in exploiting his new-found freedom. It was an old leash, but I'm still surprised the metal would just break like that.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I got home from taking Pavlov to a nearby park, and as we got out of the car, he spotted a rabbit and lunged after it...and the leash broke. Snapped the carabiner right off. Fortunately, the rabbit got away, and Pavlov was more interested in going to the back yard to secure it than he was in exploiting his new-found freedom. Cheap cast metal is weird stuff, sometimes there are voids in it that turn into cracks over time and it breaks in expectedly. I had the exact same situation with Newton on his first walk ever but the clip came off somehow, like Pavlov he just ran home and waited by the fence luckily. I keep forgetting to buy a higher quality leash and harness for him.
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smoobles posted:Is there a senior pet thread somewhere? I am hoping to get some feedback from fellow dog owners on some "is it time?" questions but this thread is so dang wholesome and happy. You can ask here, it makes us hug our good boys harder Many in the thread are not on the first dog 
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Yeah this is the puppy AND DOG thread, a bunch of us are just on the puppy end of the timeline right now Maple passed the mostly-joke STAR puppy at the end of class tonight. IDK if I'll actually send away for the certificate but it was a nice confirmation that I at least learned enough to keep teaching her.
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Shugojin posted:Yeah this is the puppy AND DOG thread, a bunch of us are just on the puppy end of the timeline right now It cracks me up because at the place I work we have a regular puppy class and the star puppy class that are pretty much the same, star puppy is just longer because akc requires them to be 6 weeks long. People will regularly take our normal puppy class then learn the same stuff in star puppy (they know ahead of time it’s the same stuff) just to get their ribbon at the end. People love getting ribbons (it’s me, I love getting ribbons). If you haven’t registered your puppy with akc yet you get 30 days of free pet insurance if you do, that’s my usual selling point for people submitting their certificate to akc. I’m a cgc/star puppy/trick dog evaluator and my own dogs haven’t done any of those titles 
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Yeah it was just a test at the end of the regular puppy class because it matches it. I already had the 30 days free because Maple was registered by the breeder so it's really a "do I want a certificate" thing.
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I wish we had gotten Pochi in time to take her to puppy class. It would have helped so much and she would have been even cuter We didn't want a puppy back then, but we ended up with one anyway.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I got home from taking Pavlov to a nearby park, and as we got out of the car, he spotted a rabbit and lunged after it...and the leash broke. Snapped the carabiner right off. Fortunately, the rabbit got away, and Pavlov was more interested in going to the back yard to secure it than he was in exploiting his new-found freedom. It was more expensive, but I got a climbing carabiner rated at like 15 kN, even if my dog was running his fastest, he couldn't possibly exert that much instantaneous force to break it.
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I've been using this dog toy: Bungee Cord Dog Toy which my dog LOVES, but winds up chewing on the bungee cord. Once it starts fraying a few good tugs will pull it apart. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with a more durable but stretchy dog toy, or is this a pipe dream? Would it be easier to just make my own with bungee cords and a solid stick, then replace the bungee cord as it frays? Replacing these would be expensive as hell.
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Teddi got bit by another dog during our morning walk today. He's up-to-date on his rabies vaccine and so was the dog that bit him. I was only able to find one puncture wound on his neck, buried under a lot of fur, where there's been some light bleeding. I've cleaned the wound, disinfected it, and applied soft pressure until the bleeding stopped, so I feel like I've done all I can myself. Is this the sort of situation I should get him to a vet for or am I sweating the small stuff on this one? This is the first time he's actually gotten hurt in a scuffle with another dog, and his vet isn't going to be open until monday. 
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Since there was a puncture and bleeding yeah you probably wanna get to the vet. My dog got bit twice and both times it was strongly recommended to bring her in for antibiotics (she needed stitches one time though).
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Ragnar Gunvald posted:I thought of that, but it's a rental and the wire has to go under a door we regularly close cause of the dog. Powerline network adapters are what you want, if it’s only one cable you’re running then a single pair will do the job. Lets you run Ethernet through the house via the electrical wiring and, unless the dog is really hell bent on getting at whatever tiny length of cable you use at either end for the actual device connections, leaves no loose cables for dogs to eat while also requiring no holes that landlords can get upset about. History Comes Inside! fucked around with this message at 00:52 on May 12, 2024 |
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MadFriarAvelyn posted:Teddi got bit by another dog during our morning walk today. He's up-to-date on his rabies vaccine and so was the dog that bit him. I was only able to find one puncture wound on his neck, buried under a lot of fur, where there's been some light bleeding. I've cleaned the wound, disinfected it, and applied soft pressure until the bleeding stopped, so I feel like I've done all I can myself. When this happened to our dog, the vet tutted and implied it was a waste of our time. Apparently only something like 20% of dog bites become more complicated and you just need to clean them. All I'd suggest is squeezing it a little if it happens again, it helps flush out anything that may have got into the wound before cleaning it. It may hurt the dog, but it helps prevent infection cause dogs mouths aren't known to be the cleanest of places..
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History Comes Inside! posted:Powerline network adapters are what you want, if it’s only one cable you’re running then a single pair will do the job. Funnily enough that's actually what I ended up going with! Great suggestion!
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MarcusSA posted:Since there was a puncture and bleeding yeah you probably wanna get to the vet. My dog got bit twice and both times it was strongly recommended to bring her in for antibiotics (she needed stitches one time though). Ragnar Gunvald posted:When this happened to our dog, the vet tutted and implied it was a waste of our time. Apparently only something like 20% of dog bites become more complicated and you just need to clean them. Follow-up to this: it was absolutely the right call to take him to the vet. They shaved the side of his face to get a better look at it and found out the wound goes significantly deeper than we originally thought it did and the risk of infection is so much higher. So now he's scheduled for a procedure on Wednesday to clean it out and close it up, got a prescription for a round of antibiotics and pain meds to take and got a rabies booster as a just-in-case. He's being a little trooper though and is still all smiles. Crossing my fingers he has a quick and easy recovery.
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Glad to hear you made the right call and it didn't become anything more serious! I'd always rather get moaned at and judged by the vet than risk the dog tbh. The 2nd time it happened to us we didn't go as we knew it wasn't very deep and was superficial. But any doubt it's deffo worth it for the peace of mind even if the vets are a dick.
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I'm having a really hard time ascertaining my 17-year-old chihuahua's quality of life. He recently went blind, having gone deaf a few years ago. He eats well, and is physically very healthy. Mentally though, he's senile, and he's not adapting very well to blindness (however it's only been 2 weeks). He spends a lot of his waking hours standing in the middle of rooms crying until someone finds him and touches him. He knows how to navigate the house blind (nails his pee pads every time!) but when he's not near us, he stands around and cries, like he's frustrated or scared. He never cries when he's in the back yard; in fact that's where he seems to be happiest, wandering and smelling things for up to an hour at a time. But when he's indoors he's inconsolable. Have any of you experienced elderly dogs adapting to blindness? I hate to hear him cry, I want him to adapt to his new life. I know it's only been 2 weeks and elderly dogs take longer to learn anything. smoobles fucked around with this message at 16:54 on May 17, 2024 |
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We adopted Waffles, a maltipoo(?) last Saturday (6 days) ago from a Petsmart adoption event. He was from a rescue in Tijuana that gave him a pretty decent cleanup, of most of the shots, neutering, microchip etc. He came with Giardia meds as their water isn't great apparently. They said he was two years old but yesterday's vet trip said his teeth may indicate he's older than 2 due to plaque buildup, she didn't say how old. We assume he was definitely housed at some point in his life due to his leash manners and other social behavior, but was found as a stray and unclear for how long. He's definitely a bit anxious but is extremely affectionate, he wants to be around us all the time, like velcro. He's obviously getting used to a huge change in lifestyle but our main issue right now is crate training. Here's how our days have gone so far and note, that during these days he never just "hangs out" in the crate. We can sometimes get him in with treats, and the doors are always open, but he loves the couch far more. Day 1: he must not have been fed that morning as he was ravenous for the Churu treats they gave us to interact with him with. We bring him home, he plays fetch well with his stuffed duck, eats his dinner in his crate enthusiastically, but doesn't seem excited for dried pork sticks or greenies. As he'd peed on the floor during the day, we put him in the crate to limit damage, and he didn't seem to mind going in, but dug at the crate pad a lot over the night. Day 2: We give him the first day of Giardia meds after breakfast in the crate, by putting the pill on his tongue and closing his mouth, as he ate around it in the bowl. He poops on the morning walk but also on the floor of my mom's house (it was mother's day), maybe just due to anxiety. Eats his dinner in his crate. Seems to go in the crate fine for bed, we added a blanket to it and there's no digging this night. Improvement! Day 3: Pill goes fine after breakfast again, however he doesn't finish even half of his dinner and has no interest in treats. He's a little more hesitant to go into the crate at night, but goes in with encouragement and there's no digging. Day 4: He has no appetite for breakfast, but he still needs his giardia meds, right? He spits out the pill the first time (I swear he'd swallowed), I go to do it again, he fights me more and gets more and more agitated and snaps at me, breaking the skin on a few of my knuckles a bit and growling as I pull away. This is on me too, as I was treating him like my past dogs which I obviously had a long, loving relationship with. I'm still a bit of a stranger to him and had trapped him with my fingers in his mouth (he may have a sensitive tooth too). It's something that absolutely needs working on, but I understand why it happened. He's extremely fatigued all day, so i discuss with a vet friend and we don't force the pill issue (I wouldn't know how at this point anyways). The rest of the day he's as affectionate as usual but quite fatigued. We give him some freshpet with his kibble in his crate and he eats it all. He goes to bed in his crate after a bit of encouragement pats on his butt. Day 5. Appetite is back to normal and his poops don't look like Giardia poops. He's playing with toys and is interested enough to work on tricks for treats. We have a good day, he eats his meals in his crate (doors open always, I haven't specified this before) but when going to bed he's a bit resistant and just a light push gets him in, but he's really dragging his back legs. Day 6. Meals in the crate as normal, good appetite, not the firmest stool but well shaped. (I think I can see some of the freshpet carrots in his poop...) He's making good progress on Sit with treats. We take him to our first vet appt. They give us a few vaccines he's missing for our area (flu, bordatella) and do a fecal test to confirm giardia. They also say he may be older than 2 due to his teeth. He does growl at the vets a bit when they put the thermometer up main street. The day goes well, however when it's crate time he's extremely resistant and stands very stoic. We try and gently encourage him in, but as we're lifting his back legs to get over the crate doorway, he turns his head and snaps a bit and growls. That's not good at all, he's in the crate though so we close the door and go to bed. Neither of us fall asleep as we talk about how we've probably hosed up crate training and what to do. SO, in an effort to limit night-time bathroom issues ruining carpets and floors (he admittedly hasn't had an accident since day 2, but we take him out at least 4 times a day), the current plan is to buy a adjustable pen to let him sleep near the crate, but not in it. I've read lots of things about sleeping next to the crate while you're training a puppy, so I'm considering sleeping in the pen with him. Also, all of our treat-training will be on positive associations with the crate. Sit can wait. If we don't do the pen, he'll just jump up on the bed as again, velcro. Please chime in with any suggestions, I am sure we did some things wrong, and am happy to change our tactics going forward.
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Sorry, I meant to not force him into the crate. The end goal is absolutely to have him sleep in the crate, but last night definitely felt like a negative crate experience for him, so I want to avoid that while still keeping him from exploring the whole house.
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Deceptor101 posted:Sorry, I meant to not force him into the crate. The end goal is absolutely to have him sleep in the crate, but last night definitely felt like a negative crate experience for him, so I want to avoid that while still keeping him from exploring the whole house. In that case I think you have the right idea, giving him a confined, safe area with the crate accessible is a good baby step towards him sleeping in the crate long term.
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gorram menace charged into me full force with a toy right when i was going to take a sip of coffee this morning
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Shugojin posted:gorram menace charged into me full force with a toy right when i was going to take a sip of coffee this morning Get used to it. My lump bashes into us anytime she gets over excited. She looks small but she's all muscle (33kg) and she's almost knocked my Mrs over a couple of times. She's getting better with it as we obviously don't want her thinking it's acceptable but yeah, she loves being a hunk of meat, at terminal speeds, crashing into legs. I think you're well on your way either crate training too. I think, for the first 2 months, with Freja, I slept on the sofa with her, then in the living room on the sofa while she was in her crate, then slowly transitioned back to the bedroom till she stopped noticing/caring.
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Shugojin posted:gorram menace charged into me full force with a toy right when i was going to take a sip of coffee this morning 
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Deceptor101 posted:Sorry, I meant to not force him into the crate. The end goal is absolutely to have him sleep in the crate, but last night definitely felt like a negative crate experience for him, so I want to avoid that while still keeping him from exploring the whole house. feed him in his crate. put the bowl inside the crate. gradually start closing the door while he's eating. this has worked pretty well for me for three dogs (not a large sample) for getting past the early "is the crate OK" stage at least.
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Tips for getting dogs to learn to like/play with other dogs? My buddy has a pomsky who is the sweetest goddamn thing in the world once she gets to know you. She’s well behaved and super affectionate. Taking care of her a few times was a big part of me deciding to adopt Newton. Problem is she was a Covid puppy and didn’t get a lot of socialization and doesn’t like other dogs. She snarls and growls a bit if they come near her until she gets used to them and then she is indifferent. My friend has been trying to get her to learn to like other dogs but she hasn’t had a good buddy for that yet, the only other dog she had to play with is a lot smaller and was intimidated by her bullshit. Newton loves other dogs and wants to play, but with non-cooperative dogs like her he just ignores them. Being that he has good manners and is not intimidated by her I thought he might be a good buddy for her to become less awkward. Newton and the sass machine: 
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Soooo the vet is closed for the day and I need goons to reassure me.. my lab puppy is 4.5 months, and when I was petting her belly just now, I noticed she had some blood further down. I wiped it up and it was definitely blood with a mucus-like consistency. She seems perfectly fine, and I assume she's going into heat now, but I just worry because she seems too young.
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The timing of first heats can be pretty variable depending on the dog and the genetic line. My lab/golden's wasn't until she was 12 months which is considered quite late. If you have the breeder's contact details, you could reach out to them and ask if 4.5 months is typical just for some reassurance.
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It could also be a UTI. It's not uncommon in puppies while they're learning their limits and how long they can hold their pee etc. At that age, I'd say if she's not peeing every 4-5 hours that a UTI is very likely, we had the same thing with our pup when she started sleeping through the night.
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