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Does anybody else ride them like a pony when playing tug? It drives Ephy crazy because I'll be tugging under her chest or to the side and she always tries to skedaddle when I "sit" on her back. Very much fun.
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What a pretty puppy. What do you do as a bridge for a deaf dog? I've talked to some pinniped trainers about what they do with a low-vision sea lion but I can't imagine how you'd get a deaf dog to know they did the right behavior unless they're always facing you.
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Oh hey have my BIG OL' DOG  In her battle gear  Expensive new cameras are for taking emotionally expressive pictures of your pets, right?  Everyone I know says she's the biggest dog that they've seen, but after reading this thread she's just not big enough...
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So good to remember that when my Ridgeback mix gives me this look like being outside is the WORST THING EVER... despite it never going below 45 degrees here, things could always be worse. She looks just like this. Ridgebacks and their floppy ears
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vacation in merica posted:Well I stopped taking him to the dog park and started to just take them on hikes, but we were camping a few weeks and I took our dogs on a 4 1/2 mile hike around a lake. As I'm coming back to the campsite an offleash Labrador just strolls on up and tries biting Flash on the face Here's some lovely camera phone photos of her being a big sulky baby.  Cow bones are soooo boring.  And this crib mattress (Thanks big dog thread people for the idea!!) is a perfect platform for dramatic sighs. Gonktastic fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 5, 2012 |
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It's pretty common for large dogs to have knee/leg issues as they age, right? Our Ephy has limped after runs for a while now, so we've stopped running, but is now starting to limp even after lengthy walks. She's about 4.5 years old now, and hovers between 85 and 90 lbs, so she's juust on the threshold of "whoa that's a big dog". Our best bet is Rhodesian Ridgeback/??/Dane mix, or maybe some kind of large shepherd. I always thought mutts were less susceptible to specific genetic disorders due to hybrid vigor, and the vet seems to agree it's general wear on the joints. I'm scheduling another vet appointment, but just want to know what other people have experienced and if it's pretty normal. Also, what do you do to accommodate a sore leg on an otherwise perfectly energetic and happy dog? She's mostly thrilled to snore on her heating pad all day, chew on a bone, and go for a walk but she definitely loooves to run and then pays for it later. We also have stairs into our apartment that are unavoidable that she won't climb when sore. She is heavy. 
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