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poodleOwned — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:32:16 GMT

What dogs would you like to own this lifetime that you haven't and why?

I have owned Poodles and Labs

I would love to own a Malinois. I love the way they work and their work ethic.

I would really like a wire haired German pointer. They can handle wheather and scrub well, i love the character, and the height is nice for me.

I love Wesites. Don't know why or how, but they are nearly the only terrier that i like a whole lot.

I think i could find a spot for a greyhound or a whippet that needs a home. They are just such great dogs.

Border collie puppy unable to calm down around new puppy

SkysTheLimit — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:53 GMT

Last summer I adopted a border collie puppy from a rescue. He's had many fear problems which I've worked through and, for many intents and purposes, conquered. He's currently approximately seven months old. Knowing that he's a high energy breed, I've taken to running him 2-4 miles each day (sometimes every other day depending on work schedule and amount of daylight), as well as going to puppy classes every week on Wednesdays (kindergarten, basic manners, now performance introduction), work on training at breakfast and dinner time including his very own mini-agility course in the basement, and take him to play with neighborhood and coworker dogs often. Because of all this activity, on top of traveling to 'observe' agility meets on some weekends, whenever he's with me hanging out around the house, he'll lazily play with toys, chew on chewies or just crash and go to sleep. He really is the perfect dog- amongst all the training and activity, life is smooth.

About four weeks ago, my mom bought a shih tzu puppy named Cassie, who is currently 16 weeks old. She's having some training issues, such as potty training and the like, but that's not really the issue. She absolutely adores Skylar, my border collie, and constantly wants to play with him. However, this is where the problems begin. She runs up to him and instigates play, and he happily obliges. Soon enough, sometimes immediately, he gets extremely rough to the point of picking her up and shaking her.

I had them meet on neutral ground. The night she came home, we went out into the neighborhood field and had them sniff noses and such. They immediately took to each other. I take them on walks- Sky on my left, Cassie on my right, and neither budge from my side or try to mess with the other. Because of this excessive rough play, we've put up baby gates and kept Cassie in the kitchen, allowing them to sniff and lick each other through the gates. I would love for them to be able to play, but Skylar just worries me. He gets overexcited and just takes more and more of his endless resource of energy out on her.

What should I do? I'd hate to keep them completely separated, but it feels to be getting to that point. I can tell Skylar to 'leave it' and he'll sit and stare at me pitifully wanting so bad to go get her, and she wants nothing more than to run up and jump on him! Lately she's been getting fed up with the rough play and hiding underneath couches and tables and getting upset to the point of peeing if he jumps on her too quickly. When he gets too rough I try to take him to a quiet room for 'time outs', which calms him down until the second he sees her again. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello I am new here

John Trainor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:34 GMT

Hello everyone my name is John Trainor I am an Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer. I am 20 years old and I live in Manahawkin, New Jersey. The name of my dog training company is John's Gentle and Effective Dog Training I use only gentle methods when training dogs. I also have a 4 year old chow mix that is a very good dog.

TGIF Chat

sharismom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:21 GMT

TGIF! And hooray for a 4 day weekend next week.

I am of my life (or lack thereof). Maybe I'll do something crazy.

rw-Friday Beaglet

rwbeagles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42:02 GMT

singular!

Some of my favorites from today's shoot...

I love how her whiskers look in this shot...

Getting so grown up looking...

She goes so nicely with the Autumn leaves...

head tilt...nose freckle!

Straight ahead look...

thanks for looking!

I have a craving.....

Jewlieee — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:20 GMT

but I can't figure out what for! It's not chocolate...what could it be? Help!

Any suggestions on how to keep Lucky

daisyprincess — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:16:00 GMT

away from the bird?? My brother gave me a cocktail and Lucky if she got the chance to get the bird she would which already happened which was my fault but the bird wasn't harmed I didn't close my door all the way when I went and picked the bird up from the cage outside to the cage inside and well Lucky went to attack it.

Lucky is a very friendly dog I wouldn't think of her to even hurt a fly but now thats changed. I think she's becoming obsessed with the bird last night I put the cover over the birds cage and she lays across from it and stares at it. She goes to the cage and tries to see if she can get into it, before I would leave the birds cage open outside and let the dogs out she sticks her whole head in the cage . I now keep the cage closed. Daisy of course doesn't know where the cage is, Copper doesn't mind the bird either it's just Lucky I think if she got a chance to harm the bird she would.

How can I get her to stop this behavior??

Good vibes for Kenya

Liesje — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:25:08 GMT

Kenya is not feeling well. She OD'd on a very heavy duty prescription drug and has vomited 7 times. She has been cleared by the vet but still feels yucky.

Dryers, which one?

huskymom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:16:39 GMT

I'm seriously considering getting a dryer for my dogs. I hardly ever bath them in the winter anyway, but its only half cause they don't get dirty. The other half is that there is no way to get them dry in the winter before they need to go back outside. They have way too much coat! So I was looking at the dryers her on Dog.com. They have 3.

The Commander $129.99

The Quick Draw $99.99

And the Mini Cadet $72.99

I'm writing off the Mini Cadet, but only because I assume the smaller size would not be sufficient for two large dogs, both huskies, one 80+ lbs and the other 40ish lbs. Ok, so Onyx isn't really a larg dog, but she's got enough coat to qualify as one I think. I could get the Commander if that is what is recommended, but I'm leaning more toward the Quick Draw simply because of price. HOWEVER, I've never used one, nor seen one used, and I have no clue about them. So groomers, if I can get some input here...Julie too, I think its you that has one you got on Ebay or somewhere? What would you suggest that I get? If I'm wrong about the little one, let me know. If you think I need the bigger one, let me know. I mean its just 2 dogs, and they'd likely get 3 or 4 baths a year each, to thin coats during coat blowing, and the odd rolled in something dead crisis'.

Oh, and if I'm gonna order a dryer, I might as well get a new rake too, if there is a difference between a good rake and a cheap one. Is there? I know there is a difference between pin brushes and slickers, but rakes look like rakes to me...but then, what do I know?

I call this "New Flavor of Dog Food"(outdoorschik)

outdoorschik — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:10:12 GMT

Pix From Todays Walk (grady)

gradyupmybutt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:31:22 GMT

Okay, so we tried another trail that goes by a small creek. I kinda pooped out due to icky weather & sore foot. so here are just a few more pix of the G-dawg.

Duck races

Come oooonnn, ma! There are things to smell, plants to pee on & poop to do.

You HAVE to read the sign. :)

Josie stacked

RidgebackGermansShep — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:45:38 GMT

Well someone who shows dobermans stacked Josie for me. Josie hasn't been stacked since she left her breeders, but i think she looks pretty good!

Talus, the Label Monster

t__m — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:42:44 GMT

We just got rid of two old sheds in the backyard....
It added about 20 ft of new space for Talus...
Here he is enjoying the new sod....

Talus has always been a label fan....

Nom nom nom nom....

Thanx for looking....
Maria

Positive Thoughts and Vibes Needed for Tessy

Johnny&Tessy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:37 GMT

I'm hoping that it's nothing serious but Tessy has to go back in to the doctors again today for her eye. It seems as if her mouth doesn't want to open as it usually does. She doesn't even seem interested in her ball.....and that's unheard of with Tessy. Perhaps the eye is in a little pain and it is affecting her jaw or mouth in some way.

I'll let you know what the outcome is in a few hrs or so.

Thanks

Johnny & Tessy

Good thoughts for Austin (Outdoorschik)

outdoorschik — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:24 GMT

We have a quite large sled dog kennel so I don't normally post everytime we have a crisis because I'd be taking up the whole board with just my dogs :). But, I'm hoping you all can share some of the good vibes this morning for a special dog. Austin, has run the Iditarod 6 (yes 6) times! He's seen more in his life that I can imagine. He is an Alaskan Husky, around 14 years old (give or take some). We are his second owners and he's retired now from running tours, though he worked up until last year and LOVED it. This morning he had very pale gums and couldn't get up ... last night he was very wobbly... he hasn't been eatting though I got him to eat the last two meals with my crockpotted chicken stew mixed in heavily. One of our employees is bringing him to the vet this morning for me. Let's all hope it's something that's treatable ... I'm so worried about IMHA, because we just gave him his bordatella vacc a few days ago (I didn't really want to due to age, but living amongst so many dogs I felt the risk of kennel cough/complications due to age was more importnat)...

This is all of a sudden ... he's been quite spry and friendly and athletic up until these last few days...

Thanks everyone,

Karen

Derailing habitual over-excitement

corvus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:44:44 GMT

My poor partner is going through major work stress at the moment, and when he comes home it seems to be a cue to Erik that it's time to get very excited and bark at us for the next 2 or 3 hours. It's really bizarre to me, as I come home around 5-6pm and he's very excited, but makes hardly any noise and for the next couple of hours before my partner gets home, he is relaxed and even when he's playing he's relatively quiet. Poor partner is not a happy chappy. He wants to come home to relaxing dogs and instead is coming home to a wired Vallhund that never shuts up.

We are starting Karen Overall's relaxation protocol and are trying to derail his habitual response to my partner coming home. Today we tried setting him up on his blanket with a pig's ear while my partner stroked and massaged him. It seemed to help.

Does anyone have other ideas for tackling over-excitement? Erik's not the hyped up type. When he gets over-excited he gets uber alert and spends a lot of time sitting in front of my partner barking at him, or walking around and getting up and down and just being quite restless. I wonder if he is responding to my partner's emotional state to begin with. We have found him to be a dog that works out very subtle cues for exciting things that will happen. For all I know, he's decided my partner's arrival heralds the iminent preparation of his dinner.

SECRET SANTA

Sera_J — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:23:02 GMT

Here you are, ladies and gents, your stickied Secret Santa thread :)

HO-HO-HO Merry Christmas.... we should gather and go caroling through the board... hehehe

Happy Birthday, Kaiser!

RidgebackGermansShep — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:54:50 GMT

A very big Happy 5th to Kaiser!!

Here's a nice pic from healthier times!

and baby Kaiser!

No more letters to the North Pole?? (Miranadobe)

miranadobe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:37:53 GMT

Seriously???

http://news.aol.com/article/us-postal-service-drops-letters-from/774212

pm's from David225 - kpwlee

kpwlee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:09 GMT

Not sure how they accessed so many members - I am going to ban the account - delete the spam from your inbox. Please dont' file abuse reports for this unless it is in a forum thread

thanks

Thurs chatter

Jewlieee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:35:50 GMT

I woke up at 7:50 and have to be at work by 8. I'm still not awake yet.

Last night's CU class was good and bad. Mostly just frustrating. Abbie and I are far behind everyone else in the class. The instructor pretty much won't even let us do box work because Abbie gets too worked up :( it sucks. How did I end up with a dog like this?

I have SAR training tonight but I'm toying with not going. I almost feel like Neiko needs a break or he's going to get bored. We'll see.

Dog Clothes...Cool or Cruel

Toy Dog Clothes Guy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:09:17 GMT

My Chiwat Lolita has more clothes than I do. Some people think the clothes for dogs are cool...others cruel. It seems to differ greatly from the owners of big dogs to the owners of the smaller breeds. What do you think?

I cannot wait...

IrishSetterGrl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:52:35 GMT

to meet Sarah Palin!

She'll be in my town tomorrow. I bought her book tonight and I plan on getting in line around 6am or earlier to meet her.

For any Palin supporters, you should check to see if she's coming to your area for her book tour.

Yaaaay. Sorry, I'm just extremely excited. I love politics and I think Palin is so much more capable and in touch with real Americans than the media makes her out to be.

Anyone else going to read 'Going Rogue' or meet her?

Please cheer me up

bdbull — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:56 GMT

I think I'm starting to get depressed. I'll try to give a condensed version: We have a 5 year old female Boykin Spaniel who has hypertension and high blood pressure. She's on meds twice a day and has to be rechecked every 3 or 4 months just to make sure everything is ok. Over the summer, we thought getting another Boykin would help her with her anxiety, so we got a male to keep her company. We were wrong. He is an absolute terror 90% of the time. He will not leave her alone and he eats everything in sight. He bothers her so much that she growls if he comes within a few feet of her. Since getting him, she's had a few spells where her BP has spiked and we had to take her in to get checked. Thankfully every time she's been ok. On top of her medical condition, she's afraid of our wooden floors. If I leave the room, she will stand at the edge of the carpet and cry until I come back and walk beside her while she crosses the floor. Lately this has really been wearing on me. Between trying to corral the Tazmanian Devil (that's what he's like) and babying the adult dog, for some reason it is really bringing me down. My wife says she's "over them" and will very rarely offer any help with them. As much as it hurts to even think about it, I've even thought about giving them away just so I can feel like I can get my life back. But, on the other hand, I get mad at myself for even thinking about that because I love them both so much and would be afraid someone else would not care for them like I do. Please give me some words of encouragement because I could really use some right now. P.S. Right now is one of those times when I couldn't think of giving them away. They are both asleep on the floor next to my chair.

49th birthday

fritz_08 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:14 GMT

A picture Mom took on my 49th birthday September 10th with Fritz.I have had this done since 2006 ,Dad was in the first one.We didn't do anything special ,we had Chicken Wings and Caesar Salad,may go out to Boston Pizza some time,we have gone there twice since to have Pizza and was very goo,brought Fritz home some to have.I am sure we will do something special on 50th birthday next ,it is Mom's 80th on June 3rd same day Fritz turns 8,she doesn't want anything special.I am sure dad and Ruffles were watching from heaven that day,sure miss them on my Birthdays.