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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: texasmom on June 11, 2008, 11:04:38 PM
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I knew that dang dog was up on my couch. Funny how it works: by the time I enter any room, those little mutts are long gone from the off-limits areas... but they do trust the kids well enough to pose for the incriminating photo!
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You realize that this means the kids are involved in the dog being in the Restricted Areas in the first place?
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No, actually... I hadn't thought about that!
Double busted! Thanks to Hub the detective! TY!
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My dog is a proud idiot!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m248/bj229r/DSCF0002.jpg)
WHAT did I do NOW?
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Every once in a while my dogs will get into the garbage.
You know the deal.
Come home and garbage and coffee grinds are spread all over the kitchen.
I know which one is the one that initiated it by which one greets me at the door and which one is hiding.
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Gotta love'em! :aok I miss having a dog around. Real soon though. I've got the wife on the verge of breaking down....hopefully!
Txmom, who gets punished?
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It wasn't me, nobody saw me do it, you cannot prove it!
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:lol :aok good stuff!
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:lol Priceless pictures.
My dog is actually ok so far, but my whitw ninja monkey killer cat as window seems and kitchen counters off limit. When you enter the room, you sometimes ear the sound of the cat jumping on the floor, then he acts all inocent and cutely. Little punk. :mad:
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My Australian Cattle Dog would tear up apart her toys just to get the squeaker thing out. Just like that Dalmatian photo, 5 minutes after getting her new toy, there would be a pile of stuffing, an inside out toy and a happy dog chawing on the 25 cent plastic squeaker.
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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. :lol
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I have two German Shepherds...the male is 7 and the female is a pup (21 weeks). The pup can rip the stuffing out of a squeek toy in about 15 minutes. The male helps if he wants to play.
We got new leather furniture after the last kid left the nest (you can't have anything nice with kids in the house) and let the male know the new couch is off limits. I let the hedge in front of the window grow another foot higher so he can't see out the window if he does jump up on the new couch, so he's pretty much left it alone.
If the female starts to get destructive---I WILL break out the puppy launcher!
ROX
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We fought the dog on the living room couch battle for about a year then gave up. We have disciplined the dog pretty well otherwise, he's very obident, but this was a loser.
He knew it was wrong, and he knew how to avoid getting directly caught most of the time (you could hear the plop as he jumped off the couch as your walked toward the room). In the end it was a battle we decided to not spend the time and energy on fighting. Less stress for all involved, and since we allow him on other couches it was also probably a bit confusing for him.
It helps that he doesn't shed at all, and is usually very clean and the couch is dark colored. And, generally, we like having him close to us when we are relaxing. A small price to pay for what he gives back in return.
Charon
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Couple of years ago, I went into a movie theatre. In the parking lot, was a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a german shepard inside sitting nice and pretty. Nearly 3 hours later after my movie, I saw the dog still in the same car. Except for now, he had ripped all of the cloth and foam off of all the seats. Nothing but bare frames left. He was sitting with a kind of grin on his face and foam bits hanging off of his mouth. Funny as heck. Wish I would have stayed around to see the look on the owners face. :rofl :rofl
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Don't know what you'd use for dogs but with cats it's easy to keep em off furniture. Find a citrus based spray, lemon seems to work the best but orange scented also works, spray your couch, chair, etc... You won't see them on your furniture till the smell wears off. :aok
This worked with every cat i ever owned except for 1 and he had a permanent sinus problem. His name was Snort, for obvious reasons, and you didn't want to be anywhere around when he sneezed. :O
I won't describe what it looked like, only to say, green slime had nothing on him. :lol
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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. :lol
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.
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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.
ROX
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My dog is a proud idiot!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m248/bj229r/DSCF0002.jpg)
WHAT did I do NOW?
bj229r... Your dog is a Dalmation... What do you expect! :lol
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bj229r... Your dog is a Dalmation... What do you expect! :lol
Yah she's cute, but not a brain in her pointy little head :rofl :rofl (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 :lol
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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 :lol
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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...
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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.
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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. :D
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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.
(http://www.entertainmentworlds.com/maxankeabc.jpg)
ROX
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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. :aok
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
ROX
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:rofl 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. :D
Punishment way after the fact has no effect on dogs, or most animals for that matter, men also. :lol
I still leave the toilet seat up. :D
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I still leave the toilet seat up.
So do I. My master gets on to me for it all the time. At least she doesn't rub my nose in it. :D
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We're definitely dog people -- as one T shirt reads, "The more I get to know people...the more I love my dog!"
Our 9 year old Golden is the best dog I've ever been around. Smart as a whip -- has a huge comprehension vocabulary -- but is practically the second son in the family. He's obedient enough that he'll chase a rabbit but stop at the property line even if he's in instinct driven hot pursuit. <Insert multiple "very smart dog" stories> Also is the most empathetic animal I've been around, can read the situation and seems absolutely desperate to make everything right for everyone.
Unfortunately he has a bad heart valve, and is on borrowed time. (He's survived longer than any dog the vet's ever come across with this problem.) Months ago he was bad enough that we worried about him making through the weekend, but he's now on a kind of cruise control...not able to do much without getting short of breath, but still the great companion.
Our second dog is also a Golden, but is as dumb as a post. She lives in perpetual fear of something or other: The vacuum is her absolute nightmare, but she panics whenever my beeper goes off and hides shivering under the desk when it's windy outside. Not a thunderstorm, mind you -- just windy. As a puppy she would eat literally anything (she chewed up glass, crunched pens, swallowed paper clips), and even at age four she dug her way into my daughter's backpack, tore open a bag of candy, and ate about 20 Reese's cups including the wrappers. Later that night, she threw up a wadded ball of plastic wrappers...
Needless to say, she'd have been strangled long ago if she weren't the absolute sweetest dog ever. She's so desperate to have someone keep her safe, and she's incredibly devoted to my son. He credits her with getting him through the toughest times in his Junior High years...so no matter what the headaches, she's been a great investment.
And for the record, the dogs are allowed on the beds, but not the furniture. There isn't always room, because even though they think they're lap dogs they're 95 and 70 pounds!
Here's the old guy
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Bah.I cant keep mine off anything.Hes a hairy beast that leaves hair everywhere.
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Thanks for the explanation, ROX and Txmom.
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Bah.I cant keep mine off anything.Hes a hairy beast that leaves hair everywhere.
1. "No outfit is complete without dog hair."
2. Came across a product that is absolutely NOT a gimmick. It's called the "Furminator" -- a cheesy name for a specialized brush -- but it works so well I simply can't recommend it enough. When I use it (outside!) it looks like we're in the middle of cottonwood season, with tufts of white undercoat blowing around like snow! Used the way they say, the dogs absolutely love it -- must be like a nice body scratch on a dry day. After a good session, when we scratch the dogs (which normally sends hair flying) we see practically nothing come off.
The videos on the product website look too good to be true, but they aren't. This thing really works that well! One video (under the "demos" tab look at the black lab) shows a dog being groomed with one product after another, with nothing more coming off the dog. Then they get out the Furminator, and enough hair starts flying that it looks like he's being shaved!
http://www.furminator.com/ (http://www.furminator.com/)
The only bad thing is that the manufacturers know there's nothing else like it, and the pricing is flat out ridiculous. DO NOT pay retail; the big dog brush can go for $55 at a pet store. We got ours for just over half that at Amazon, and I bet there are similar deals out there. But if you have a dog hair problem, you really owe it to yourself to take a look at the thing.