Dogs - who owns what and how did you choose it?
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The oldest at the far end of the couch
One of her sweetest poses
Compared to her younger days before she went grey
One of her sweetest poses
Compared to her younger days before she went grey
We were all young dogs once, weren't we? Was good.
My hair was turning grey before I finished high school.
Now all I wish for is spare parts for my model.
Hell of a thing to watch a dog zoom through life for what? 12 years for big breeds?
Was about 11 years of adventures. Don't know who had to slow down faster.
My hair was turning grey before I finished high school.
Now all I wish for is spare parts for my model.
Hell of a thing to watch a dog zoom through life for what? 12 years for big breeds?
Was about 11 years of adventures. Don't know who had to slow down faster.
I kept quiet here until reports of santaman's sick dog recovering. That was the best news for a while.
From my doggy experience I would just like to say my puppy is driving me crazy late at night! She has a crazy hour! They were bred for running with the hounds then going to ground to flush the fox out. I guess that means endurance, speed and determination considering their legs are shorter than hounds.
I guess I should learn to enjoy these traits as she demonstrates them at 10pm for at least an hour straight! As funny as her rear frog legs descent if the stairs at speed is I am definitely looking forward to her last vaccinations taking effect so I can tire her out earlier in the night. If she's not running then she's digging, scratching, biting, squeaking, barking, pooing or weeing.
I still don't regret signing up for this but it's still infuriating as well as funny!
From my doggy experience I would just like to say my puppy is driving me crazy late at night! She has a crazy hour! They were bred for running with the hounds then going to ground to flush the fox out. I guess that means endurance, speed and determination considering their legs are shorter than hounds.
I guess I should learn to enjoy these traits as she demonstrates them at 10pm for at least an hour straight! As funny as her rear frog legs descent if the stairs at speed is I am definitely looking forward to her last vaccinations taking effect so I can tire her out earlier in the night. If she's not running then she's digging, scratching, biting, squeaking, barking, pooing or weeing.
I still don't regret signing up for this but it's still infuriating as well as funny!
Welcome to the dogbaby world!
Like with baby humans, cherish the different stages in her development.
If you are lucky, she will run down the stairs at speed using her front legs only, with the rear legs in the air.
One of our dogs did that. Looks incredibly funny, and he ran downstairs at the speed of sound!
She seems to spread her rear legs out kind of frog like coming down the stairs. When we first brought her home she wasn't allowed upstairs and stayed down there.After an invite into one room upstairs she took that as a general invite to the upstairs.
For a day or two she occasionally got her descents wrong and rolled downstairs from the top. She just got up like it was how she intended to go down.
Do border terrier dogs have the rear leg working outside the body not underneath it like most dogs?
Fun times indeed. I've got an hour and a half before crazy time. She's looking at me now. If I return her gaze i might trigger crazy hour early! Seriously it drives me to bed early because that's the only way to calm her. Us going to bed is a cue for quiet time. She has too much stamina at 10-11 weeks for me!
For a day or two she occasionally got her descents wrong and rolled downstairs from the top. She just got up like it was how she intended to go down.
Do border terrier dogs have the rear leg working outside the body not underneath it like most dogs?
Fun times indeed. I've got an hour and a half before crazy time. She's looking at me now. If I return her gaze i might trigger crazy hour early! Seriously it drives me to bed early because that's the only way to calm her. Us going to bed is a cue for quiet time. She has too much stamina at 10-11 weeks for me!
Fun Part 2 starts when she start teething.
We gave our puppies chewy and tasty dried bulls dicks to chew
We gave our puppies chewy and tasty dried bulls dicks to chew
Sounds like your having fun Paul
I'm very wary of young dogs and stairs, your pup is growing and developing and you don't want to create issues further down the line, hip dysplasia, etc; Same with getting out of the car, best lift them when they're young.
Exactly that.......Your youngster will have problems with joints and soft tissue damage if she's going up and down staircases at her age; her bones and her frame in general are forming and are soft and elastic. You need to be very aware of limiting the amount of tumbling around a dog of that age does, and many are of the view that stairs are a very unnatural movement for dogs in general. Breeds like terriers and spaniels will always be prone to driving themselves hard and doing too much, and if you don't limit the amount and frequency of robust excercise at a young age the consequences can be serious.
Yes it's load bearing activities that's the issue. A walk the lead is better than a ball throwing play session because of this.
As far as stairs go unfortunately my partner let the dog out of the bag on that one. She whined at being shut in one room overnight so we gave her another room. Then my partner carried her to the upstairs study to sit with her while working. In dog world that's an irrevocable invite. Before that she never tried to go up the stairs.
Can't easily change that now. My partner struggles with pitiful but highly manipulative whines! I'm hard as nails about that ploy.
Terriers love to push boundaries.
As far as stairs go unfortunately my partner let the dog out of the bag on that one. She whined at being shut in one room overnight so we gave her another room. Then my partner carried her to the upstairs study to sit with her while working. In dog world that's an irrevocable invite. Before that she never tried to go up the stairs.
Can't easily change that now. My partner struggles with pitiful but highly manipulative whines! I'm hard as nails about that ploy.
Terriers love to push boundaries.
Whats the vaccination thing? First jabJjab abouta10 weeks. Second ata12 weeks. Should there be a third? I've heard 2 is enough. Three is money making for the vet and can be too much for puppies. Lepto 4 vac kills so worth avoiding unnecessary vaccination.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leptospira-vaccination-in-dogs
Very rare that you get an adverse reaction.
Media needs strong headlines and ‘alternative medicine’ websites have an agenda.
Follow the recommendations.
Cost? More expensive to cure diseases than the vaccinations!
Very rare that you get an adverse reaction.
Media needs strong headlines and ‘alternative medicine’ websites have an agenda.
Follow the recommendations.
Cost? More expensive to cure diseases than the vaccinations!
Yes. It's high impact movements that are the issue. It's why a walk on a lead is advised over a play with ball.
Our pup never used to go upstairs even if free to move. Then My partner carried her upstairs to sit with her while she worked. Dog out of the bag! The pup took that as permission to go anywhere upstairs.
My partner cant cope with whining so its difficult to stops the stairs being used. I'm hard hearted so whining isn't a problem for me
Our pup never used to go upstairs even if free to move. Then My partner carried her upstairs to sit with her while she worked. Dog out of the bag! The pup took that as permission to go anywhere upstairs.
My partner cant cope with whining so its difficult to stops the stairs being used. I'm hard hearted so whining isn't a problem for me
So how many jabs?
BTW that low incidence equated to reports of 2000 cases between 2014 & 2016. It's tough if your lip is one of those.
The other issue is over use of it. A lot of vets insist on 3 jabs. Actual advice is one at 8 weeks and another 4 weeks later. Indeed i believe the reason for more than one is because antibodies from dam's milk can interfere with the vaccine effect reducing protection. The point at which this is no longer an issue isn't fixed. So theoretically it could need one at 8 weeks then another every 2 weeks until week 18.
What's your take on this?
BTW that low incidence equated to reports of 2000 cases between 2014 & 2016. It's tough if your lip is one of those.
The other issue is over use of it. A lot of vets insist on 3 jabs. Actual advice is one at 8 weeks and another 4 weeks later. Indeed i believe the reason for more than one is because antibodies from dam's milk can interfere with the vaccine effect reducing protection. The point at which this is no longer an issue isn't fixed. So theoretically it could need one at 8 weeks then another every 2 weeks until week 18.
What's your take on this?
The last one is usually one to top up the immunity to the small % that did not get immunity through the first two.
Check which diseases are in the area where the dog will live.
I am not sure if I would bother with a Rabies vaccine if my dog never ventured on fields and forests, but lived in a town all his life.
Just an example.
Check which diseases are in the area where the dog will live.
I am not sure if I would bother with a Rabies vaccine if my dog never ventured on fields and forests, but lived in a town all his life.
Just an example.
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