The dog musing/vent thread

[Laurelin]

I want ren! I wish.

I think part of it is I don't need a superstar but just a dog with some drive and enough speed to Q. I don't have the extra cash to really trial every weekend or really more than once a month. At least not at this point in my life.

I don't know what I'll do. Depends on timing and such. I just wish there were more honest breeders.

 

[k9krazee]

Rotten dog.

Our friend was walking by our house with her new Springer that we hadn't met and she had never met Crossbone-just heard stories over dinner.

Crossbone runs over and SNAPS at this meek, shy dog.
Then initiates play.
(Whyyyyy does he have to snap first!) Fine, whatever.

He continues in the next 39 seconds to prove how bad he is. Digging holes. Stop it. Grabbing sticks and barking at dog. Stop! Attempt to chase motorcycle. Wha!! Then all of a sudden he RUNS back through the gate, jumps on the chair and grabs a grilled chicken thigh, immediately eating it.

Good first impression, Crossbone..


ETA: Maybe he's acting out 'cause we aren't getting a friend for him anytime soon.

 

[Laurelin]

Summer and Mia get so excited by hotel rooms. Must jump on all furniture and play and be goofy.

On a bad note there is a family reunion going on with kids screaming up an down the halls (though we face out). Two opened the door right behind is and came running past us very suddenly. Mia flipped her lid and started growling so they started screaming which made Mia more terrified.

 

[Southpaw]

For crying out loud. This is the lint trap after washing Cajun's bedding. I WASH IT EVERY WEEK. It's not like this hair has been accumulating for an eternity.

HOW IS SHE NOT BALD. The other 3 dogs combined don't even produce that much.

In other news, she and Juno played AWESOME together when I got home from work today. They were in the backyard for an hour chasing and wrestling each other (supervised). I normally don't let them play because Cajun always takes it into "too rough" territory, but I thought what the heck, I was waiting for a pizza to be delivered lol and wanted to tire them out. And they were dead tired afterwards.

 

[sassafras]

^^Dogs who actually play with each other are the best.

 

[PWCorgi]

^^Dogs who actually play with each other are the best.

Which is why Siri and Crossbone need to be neighbors. They play SO FREAKING WELL TOGETHER!

 

[SaraB]

Oh god is it Ren? I have never wished so hard that I could have another female.

Ya, Ren is passively looking around for someone who flows and connects with her better.

 

[yv0nne]

Ya, Ren is passively looking around for someone who flows and connects with her better.

I am THISCLOSE to saying ship her to me.

 

[Ozfozz]

I think people get into this mindset that it's not difficult to find a sport rescue, just adopt any old border collie or sporty looking mix or whatever. But there's so much more that goes into it than breed. And if you do manage to find the dog that seems to fit right away, there are factors that can pop up later that suddenly makes morphing that dog into a superstar more difficult.

Case in point:
"Australian Kelpie Border Collie mix, GREAT sport prospect"
That's cool, too bad Rigby would rather sleep than play agility and is either terrified or aggressive when it comes to new things.
No teeters ever.
But she's my couch-mutt and I do care for her. She's just not what I expected.
In all fairness though, she was an impulse buy, if I cared about sports THAT much, I would have divulged myself into her behaviour analysis much more.

 

[Locke]

Caught my dog's barf in my hands so it wouldn't get on the bed. It overflowed a bit, but I feel like I've unlocked a new level in dog ownership or something. So gross.

 

[JazzyTheSibe]

Caught my dog's barf in my hands so it wouldn't get on the bed. It overflowed a bit, but I feel like I've unlocked a new level in dog ownership or something. So gross.

I'm sorry but... I totally cracked up when I read this.

 

[Melle]

Do you have a ped? LET'S SEE THE PED POST THE PED

This made me laugh because it reminded me of when I introduced Nina on one of the working APBT forums and a bunch of people asked me how she's bred but she's just a shelter dog with no papers. It amused me she at least looks enough like one to even them.

 

[JazzyTheSibe]

If you really want to watch people go mental, post a bully-ish looking dog and call it a pit bull.

That would be entertaining


I have never seen anyone in any other breed be so vehement about the fact that if you don't have PAPERS then it's not (x) breed. If you find a GSD in a shelter, it's a GSD. A golden is a golden. But a bully type never has ANY APBT. NONE. UNLESS YOU HAVE PAPERS TO PROVE IT, IT CANNOT BE EVEN PART APBT. IMPOSSIBLE.[/QUOTE]

I choose to stay away from those forums. A good amount of them seem to be stuck up, never listen to others opinions,& certainly won't change there's.If you don't have papers, you shouldn't have a dog.

 

[Laurelin]

I will say though that 6 of my favorite sport dogs in the area are rescues. 2 BCs, 3 Shelties and an ACD. I have to pick their owners brains to see what they went looking for.

I am fortunate that I know all the Sheltie rescue folk and also quite a few BC rescue folk. And they all do agility.

 

[SaraB]

I am THISCLOSE to saying ship her to me.

You buy the ticket, I'll put her on the plane!

 

[Laurelin]

And Summer is off her food. Great. I really think it's travel stress.

 

[DJEtzel]

And Summer is off her food. Great. I really think it's travel stress.

Patton's been off his food (off and on) for almost a week. I feel your pain.

 

[Torch]

DO YOU HAVE PAPERS

I have never seen anyone in any other breed be so vehement about the fact that if you don't have PAPERS then it's not (x) breed. If you find a GSD in a shelter, it's a GSD. A golden is a golden. But a bully type never has ANY APBT. NONE. UNLESS YOU HAVE PAPERS TO PROVE IT, IT CANNOT BE EVEN PART APBT. IMPOSSIBLE.

The reason bulldog people are like that is because no other breed is as villainized, discriminated against, or mislabeled as the APBT. Just today I had a long time customer tell me that I should really consider rehoming mine before I had children because, you know "they go crazy once they're not the center of attention anymore and could kill your baby with one bite."

 

[*blackrose]

I'm so proud of Abrams. We let him off leash at a park today and his recall was 100%, even when he couldn't see me and even when his dog buddy was still sniffing something. I really don't give him enough credit.

 

[sassafras]

The reason bulldog people are like that is because no other breed is as villainized, discriminated against, or mislabeled as the APBT.

Yes they are happy to explain that, too.

However, when it is consistently in the manner of a budgie screaming at itself in a mirror and completely takes over every single thread (in what is supposed to be a lighthearted for-fun FB group) with a remotely bullyish looking dog, it becomes a tediously ridiculous caricature.