The dog musing/vent thread
- Thread starter Laurelin
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We had a very handsome boy named Stetson at the shelter who got adopted in Oct.
Handsome boy heads to his new home
Handsome boy heads to his new home
We went skiing today since the weather was so nice. I went to a forest pretty close to my house. Venice recalled off a HUGE group of running deer! Good girl!
Ferdy of course would never dream of leaving the beaten path to venture into gross deep snow, so I don't need to worry about him. He's a good boy.
Ferdy of course would never dream of leaving the beaten path to venture into gross deep snow, so I don't need to worry about him. He's a good boy.
I haven't gotten Millie's hearing checked by the vet yet, but she's obviously going deaf. She's always been a dog to listen to even my tiniest whisper, but now I have to clap my hands and jump around to get her attention.
I know hearing can become a problem in older dogs, but it's still been an unpleasant surprise to me.
I know hearing can become a problem in older dogs, but it's still been an unpleasant surprise to me.
Best of luck, SaraB!!! I'm sure you guys will do great. Then you can fill us in on the details 
Elrohwen - Yeah Jari now wants to MARK ALL THE THINGS too. Which is frustrating because it's indoors, and also he's been going there and playing off leash with no potty issues since he was a baby puppy. It's super obnoxious. He won't leave to actually mark, but he will leave to sniff and he's attempted to mark a few times. I've luckily been able to stop him in time and take him outside. But ANNOYING. If it gets worse maybe a belly band would be a good thing to try.
Elrohwen - Yeah Jari now wants to MARK ALL THE THINGS too. Which is frustrating because it's indoors, and also he's been going there and playing off leash with no potty issues since he was a baby puppy. It's super obnoxious. He won't leave to actually mark, but he will leave to sniff and he's attempted to mark a few times. I've luckily been able to stop him in time and take him outside. But ANNOYING. If it gets worse maybe a belly band would be a good thing to try.
We had a great park trip up till the last couple minutes. I took my nosework gear and we worked recalls, stays, send outs, hide and seek, and also some nosework off and on on our walk. It was great and the girls had a blast.
But this [expletive] idiot with a pit bull and boxer that we've run into before and had trouble with before showed up. All I see is his dogs running over the hill with no owner in sight. His boxer is the annoying one (and I'm NOT a boxer person to begin with by any means) but this dog... I just don't like the vibe I get from it. It runs up and he walks over the hill and is paying it NO attention at all and continues to the lake. I'm at an ampitheatre with the girls on a leash and that dog comes up, hackles raised. the guy made no moves at all to call his dog or come get his dog. My dogs are going nuts. They do not like this dog and were growling like crazy. The guy never makes a move to get his freaking dog until I finally yell at him and he gives a lame 'Oh sorry!' and calls his dog back.
This guy must just let his dogs loose in the parking lot and just not pay attention. It's NOT an off leash park but people use it as such. Other than him though I have never had an issue with people just letting dogs run off out of sight. People usually use it as training or casual walking or frisbee playing. It's not a frickin' dog park! UGH
This is the second time. First time was in the parking lot and he let the pit and boxer just run around the busy parking lot while I was trying to load up my dogs. The boxer was the issue again there.
But this [expletive] idiot with a pit bull and boxer that we've run into before and had trouble with before showed up. All I see is his dogs running over the hill with no owner in sight. His boxer is the annoying one (and I'm NOT a boxer person to begin with by any means) but this dog... I just don't like the vibe I get from it. It runs up and he walks over the hill and is paying it NO attention at all and continues to the lake. I'm at an ampitheatre with the girls on a leash and that dog comes up, hackles raised. the guy made no moves at all to call his dog or come get his dog. My dogs are going nuts. They do not like this dog and were growling like crazy. The guy never makes a move to get his freaking dog until I finally yell at him and he gives a lame 'Oh sorry!' and calls his dog back.
This guy must just let his dogs loose in the parking lot and just not pay attention. It's NOT an off leash park but people use it as such. Other than him though I have never had an issue with people just letting dogs run off out of sight. People usually use it as training or casual walking or frisbee playing. It's not a frickin' dog park! UGH
This is the second time. First time was in the parking lot and he let the pit and boxer just run around the busy parking lot while I was trying to load up my dogs. The boxer was the issue again there.
