Busted!

[Obie303]

I just put our dog down 2 nights ago. He was a little over 10 years old and having some pretty serious pain issues w/ arthritis and a couple other health issues. We decided it was time to say goodbye and end his suffering.

He was a good one for getting into the trash, then act all innocent when we see it. 

Sorry to hear about that Elfie.  I still my my sheppard and we put her down almost 6 months ago.  It's funny how after they are gone that you miss the things they did that made you mad when they were around. 

[ROX]

Oh, and BTW:

Before we got married, my then girlfriend would sit in her den and watch TV in the recliners.  Their family Carrin Terriers were used to getting up in the recliners when no one was around, and kind of resented it when people sat in them.

I remember one Saturday afternoon before a date, we were sitting watching TV, and I smell a TERRIBLE smell eminating from behind the recliner I am in.  

The blind male Terrier "Duncan" emerged after emitting his famous silent but deadly...came around the front, "looked" up at me with those large fake eyes---and SMILED at me.....then trotted away.




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[MajIssue]

My dog is a proud idiot!
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WHAT did I do NOW?

bj229r... Your dog is a Dalmation... What do you expect! 

[bj229r]

bj229r... Your dog is a Dalmation... What do you expect! 

Yah she's cute, but not a brain in her pointy little head (In fairness to Ruby, she's like 12, has health issues, and was on prednisone (steroid) to clear up a tumor-thingie) Stupid mutt started acting like she was a puppy after we fed her uppers for a week

[moot]

I actualy bought cheap furniture and left plastic bags out in the open, and ripped up pillows for my last cat to play (go batpoop) with while I was out.   I'd roll her up in a carpet and sprinkle catnip down both ends

[LePaul]

I never had a problem with mine being on the couch.  She always wanted to be on the bed.

Somedays she'd sigh and get up.  Somedays she'd look at you with that "geeezus what's the big deal"

And sometimes she'd look so comfortable and cute...I'd let her stay...

[Mustaine]

And people wonder why I can't stand dogs...

filthy, needy, evil, dumb creatures. They even make you pick up their poo. Dogs piss me off, I have never met a dog that gives anything worthwhile in return for what you have to do to take care of them. Get a dog, you get a cross between Andrew Dice Clay and an infant that never changes.

[SPKmes]

And people wonder why I can't stand dogs...

filthy, needy, evil, dumb creatures. They even make you pick up their poo. Dogs piss me off, I have never met a dog that gives anything worthwhile in return for what you have to do to take care of them. Get a dog, you get a cross between Andrew Dice Clay and an infant that never changes.

Are you sure you are describing a dog sounds suspiciously like a teen to me.

[ROX]

The German Shepherd in the foreground is Maximillian von Richthofen (7 years old).  He can leap up to 7 feet for a Frisbee, feeds and waters himself, can spell 17 different words in English, can take commands in both English & German, you can put a treat 3 feet from him and have him sit and he won't break for the treat no matter how long you wait until he gets the command...and does over 20 tricks, and insists on getting in on family hugs.

The German Shephard in the background is Anke Kunigunde von Richthofen (22 weeks old) her grandfather is German Sieger 2003 Show Champion Irk von der Werther Mühle, and she is currently showing what she thinks of Mustaine.







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[texasmom]

Mustaine,

I empathize with you.  While I don't hold any great amount of personal affection (*dog germs!* get hot water! get disinfectant!) for animals... I do tolerate our family dogs for the sake of my husband and sons... who all dearly love to have the companionship of dogs.

I would be thrilled to have *no animals* in my home... but hey... I guess it can't ALLLLLL be just about what I want. My husband & sons have each been brought a tremendous amount of happiness through their little four footed family friends.   So, if it makes them happy ~ good enough for me. 

[OSU]

My dog is a German Short Hair Pointer. She's probably one of the more stupid dogs that I've met. She will take food from your plate, when you're right next to her! She's got this weird skin disease that basically eats her skin, she's getting better, thanks to my dad (he's a veterinarian). She's gotten an entire corn cob into her stomach before. How she did that, I have no clue.

[Engine]

I'm not a dog owner... Can someone explain how you'd discipline a dog to behave when you're not around? My understanding is that if you scold them for something they've done hours ago, they won't understand what you're scolding them for.

[texasmom]

I'm not a dog owner... Can someone explain how you'd discipline a dog to behave when you're not around? My understanding is that if you scold them for something they've done hours ago, they won't understand what you're scolding them for.

You can't reasonably do that.  Basically, all of it has to be immediate.

[ROX]

I'm not a dog owner... Can someone explain how you'd discipline a dog to behave when you're not around? My understanding is that if you scold them for something they've done hours ago, they won't understand what you're scolding them for.

True.

You have to go with the :30 second rule.  If they were lungeing, caught in the act of violating housebreaking, nipping/biting, chewing on "people" items you can scold them in the first :30 seconds or they don't get it.

The only exceptions are if they have chewed up a shoe or remote (etc.) if you take them over to the "scene of the crime", they will remember and will understand what they did wrong.  Most times they will start cringeing when they see the "crime scene". 

Depending on the size (and age) of a dog, having them in a travel crate (their own personal house) when you are out of the house solves many problems.  Single dogs are more prone to get into trouble when left alone than two dogs.  Most problems when a dog is left out when no one is home is mainly based on the fact that they love you and are angry when you "left" them-as they have no concept of time (except a odd brain clock that tells them about the same time you get home everyday).

The smarter the dog, the quicker they are trainable.

At 19 weeks, the male German Shepherd in the photo above was already house broken when we got him.




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[wrongwayric]

  That's like getting up in the morning smacking your kid and saying "that's for all the things your going to do wrong today". You have to catch them doing it then smack em with a paper or some such so they know what the "just" did is wrong. The dog and kid i mean.
Punishment way after the fact has no effect on dogs, or most animals for that matter, men also.
I still leave the toilet seat up.