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Malachite_Dragon posted:Why does everything need fancy words? It's like boats with starboard and port. Just say left and right! Just say 'Mother and Father' Honestly saying "mother and father" sounds furbaby-ish to me.
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Doggy dream team? #1 would definitely be a working Clumber spaniel. The rest, in no particular order: papillon, Rottweiler, Weimaraner, borzoi (okay borzois are just on the list because they look so cool).
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InEscape posted:When I'm finally ready I want something medium sized and vaguely active. I think. I like spaniels but I heard they are neurotic with interesting death-related genetic defects. Field bred spaniels are generally pretty healthy! I know it's true for many dogs, but I think spaniels especially have pretty big differences between show and field type.
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El Gar posted:Yeah I know that but what about when I want to go for a walk with my dog? Or go to a park? At some point in my life I would have to endure the situation I described earlier.  Well. It won't be warm anymore, at least.
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WolfensteinBag posted:Haha Speaking of, my husband was making fun of me the other day for training my son like the dogs. But I figure, hell, if it works... Welp, time to start him on the clicker!  But seriously, that's awesome about Wildhaus! Their dogs are just super.
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I putting together a huge gundog thread, and now I'm wondering if I'm possibly going overboard  . Oh well! I remember someone mentioned a website where you can build threads and check them out before you push them through (I think LPers use it)?
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Riiseli posted:Aren't they hunting dogs? Some breeds are, but there a lot of breeds that aren't hunted with anymore, or haven't ever been (some of the smaller spaniels, for example). Whereas, the hunting thread is a thread for anyone who is actively hunting with their dogs.
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I believe that's why she was asking. There are many breeds of "gundogs" that don't actually ever hunt, and the hunting thread is for individuals who are actively hunting with their dogs.
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I'm making a gundogge (spaniels, retrievers, setters, pointers) thread and if any of you people have an exceedingly clever or funny name for it, I would like to hear it.
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Robo Kitty posted:Question: So after hanging around here for a while and reading all the way through the old random nonsense and cat FAQ back before I adopted my cat, I've noticed people keep asking the same questions again and again (which litter to buy, where to get a good cat tree, etc) because they're difficult to find scattered throughout the threads. I know I had a hard time finding product recommendations myself and people have asked in the past what happened to an old recommendations thread. How would people feel about me writing up a few effortposts for a new product recommendations thread? Maybe someone else could do some dog posts for it, or I could just make a cat-specific thread. This would be based on what I've read of the collective PI cat lady wisdom, of course, not just my own opinions. I think a new product recommendations thread is a great idea, but I think you should keep it all-animal inclusive.
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Bash Ironfist posted:I love the names. Saw Wicked twice. Once when it first opened, then again on my birthday, because I asked for tickets as a gift. Could it have been a Presa?
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The Grid did a list of Toronto's top dogs – even if you're not in the GTA, it's a pretty cute article.
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Have a look at a lot of old dog pics!. Virtually all breeds represented, it appears.
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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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This is their picture for a Clumber. This dog is "ready for a day in the field!". 
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Cless Alvein posted:http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/23213406 Honestly he just looks like an ugly shar pei to me. I doubt he really has any pug in him.
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This guy's been at the shelter for couple weeks and he is such a sweetheart. Took him outside to a bit of lawn to brush him out with the BF, and he was totally chill the entire time while we took out his weight in fur. The picture doesn't do him justice – it looks like a hyena mane  .
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Next time she should make a corgi quilt! I found this shop on spoonflower and now I am longing to sew a nerdy dog quilt but I have zero time to finish the quilt I started 3 years ago so I probably shouldn't start a new one. I'm currently working on a quilt I started when I was 8. Nerdy dog quilts might have to wait for me .
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Captain Foxy posted:I can and I already am doing the petfinder/local shelter trawl, but honestly I think I'm doing that out of guilt rather than a desire to adopt one of the dogs. I don't really WANT a little randomly-bred Chi. Or a randomly bred Pom. I know exactly what I want, and I want a dog that's true to the type that I admire. I want a spunky, feisty, diffident little female, and I know I can find that in rescue, and I'm absolutely looking, but there's not a thing wrong with me choosing to support a breeder so that I can get exactly the personality and breed that I want. I SO hope you end up with a papillon. They were my favorite breed for years and years – my elderly neighbors had one named Teddy, and he was just a great little guy.
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Superconsndar posted:Why. You know what you want, get it. People wring their hands so much because I ~bought a pit bull~ when there are ~so many in shelters~ and lol, guess what, I'm gonna buy a million more forever and I give 0 gently caress. Some people want something too specific to get from a shelter or rescue. A couple of weeks ago, for kicks, I asked petfinder if there were any Clumbers in the whole of the USA. Of the dozen or so that came up, two were purebred, one or two were possible mixes, and the rest were lab/pit/terrier/whatever mixes that people decided to name as Clumbers. And, of course, the two Clumbers that did come up probably have horrible hips and PDP1, and definitely have poo poo eyes/build in general.
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Bash Ironfist posted:Whippet/Bedlington Terrier/Awesome mix, you mean! You mean Bernese, but I got a giggle out of picturing a big shaggy dog hanging out in the Burmese rainforest
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This was pinned as a "Goberian" (Golden Retriever/Siberian Husky). Designer dogs are annoying enough, but neither of them even carry the merle gene! Still. Cute puppy.
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Bash Ironfist posted:Feldman barked a couple of times at a particularly loud firework, but that was it. The rest of the time he was just chilling, or getting Real Mad at his Tug-A-Jug, which he's too dumb to figure out. Just cus of the Merle or what? Do you think tricolors look like Frankendogs too?
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Never thought I'd see someone complain about too many dog pics in PI.
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It really should stay PI. Just because of PISS.
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It just wouldn't be a Boston terrier if it had a working face!
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2tomorrow posted:Bandit apparently wants to say hi to y'all since when I opened this thread just now he got all excited and jumped on my keyboard just right in order to open the reply window. I am not even sure how he did that since I was not aware that you could reply to a thread while just hitting keyboard keys. You don't post enough pics of your dogs . Cute Bandit!
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Superconsndar posted:My parents just brought home a puppy. ...what kind of puppy?
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Fraction posted:Wellll that was fun. Jesus, Fraction, you have just had no luck with those guys  . I'm so sorry.
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Fraction posted:It's frustrating especially because I tried to be ~responsible~ and got them from a breeder. But so far I've had: one death by tumor, one death by seizure?, one that's mysteriously ill... On the other hand my boy from a really terrible pet shop has had not a single thing wrong with him. Have you contacted the breeder about the health issues? If she's at all decent (which, at this point, seems unlikely) then she'd want to know. For mice and rats it seems to be just luck of the draw, but you're having enough issues that I'd avoid that breeder in the future. For my next rat, I'll probably just be going through kijiji, since there are some breeders posting adds there – there are zero active breeders with websites in my province. I figure health is a crapshoot, but at least I can get an interesting looking rat if I go through a breeder.
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Puppy at 1000 frames/second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeBLgal-6c
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What a handsome dog. I'm guessing Basset + some kind of spaniel? Such a sweet expression.
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adventure in the sandbox posted:Haha, I know. I feel so bad for those frogdogs who are only titled in the showring. Their dogs don't seem the type to be in schutzhund. The whole thing seems fishy. Nah, frogdogs can do Schutzhund too. This guy was BOG at Crufts in 2011, has the dumb rear, and is SchH3. I mean, he doesn't have the worst back end I've seen, but it's not great. e: I don't look at GSD breeders a lot or anything, but it seems like Canada has some really weirdly bred ones.
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More useful dog tricks with Jesse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PztO-OvzRyg
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My boyfriend's dad grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, so he's not especially inclined toward rats. He has a Dog Voice for his yorkies, though, and I've gradually seen it start to get used on the rats when he visits. It used to just be an uneasy look to the cage, but now it is "Oooh and does someone have a snaaaack?", "ooooh is someone sleeeeepy?", "yes I am just here sleeeping and hiiiding!". edit: he is still very clear that he does Not Like Rats Invalid Octopus fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Aug 10, 2012 |
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Re: off-leash dogs. The shelter I volunteer at is on the exhibition grounds, which are mostly empty most of the year. But the CNE (big-rear end Toronto fair) is starting next week so a bunch of people in trailers and general carny folks are showing up. Some dude was letting his labs run around off-leash right next to a loving animal shelter where people are walking dogs. Though I guess it doesn't count as off-leash if the dogs have leashes on. Even if the other end of the leash isn't connected to a human/anything at all.
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Skizzles posted:This is the one good article I have about them, but I really would like more sources on proper prong use if anyone has them. I want to make a post on my blog about them because I have nothing better to do than bitch about dog things online. Skiz, what's your blog?
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