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    Interesting article on aggressive dog breeds

    We had a dachshund also and she was very loving and we had no problems with her at all. I have always known and heard that smaller dogs will be more aggressive just because of their size, My main reason for posting the article was for exactly what corgi love said...is that it was nice not to...
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    Need LOTS of Advice

    OK, I am taking on a nice little dog grooming project. My dad and his fiance own 3 big dogs. A Great Pyranees, St. Bernard and a Newfoundland/chow mix, they are outside dogs and always matted, they do so much for us I told them I would take on the grooming of their dogs. I hate to see them...
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    Is my dog OCD?

    We have 2.5 acres and live in a pretty rural area so there are many stray dogs in the neighborhood. Many times when I take Grizz to go out in the morning there is fresh stray dog poop near the front door. I left his frisbee out one day and they pooped on that too. We usually don't see them...
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    How to use sniffing ability!

    I hide treats all over the house sometimes before I leave for work so Grizz can spend the morning sniffing them all out. He loves it. I always lock him up in a room while I hide everything. He's so funny..as soon as I open the door to the room I hide him and point he walks right in and sits...
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    What a great de-shedding brush!!!!

    I also brought this to my dads house and tried it on their St. Bernard and it worked great on her. They also have a great pyranees but won't be able to try it on him for a while. The poor thing...my dad took him to be groomed trimmed and bathed and he came back looking like the groomer gave...
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    Interesting article on aggressive dog breeds

    Surprising dogs breeds to be wary of by Angie Felton Jul 7th 2008 9:00AM Categories: In the news When you think of dangerous dog breeds, which animal do you picture: a pit bull or a wiener dog? According to the results of research published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, the...
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    Why is he getting destructive again?

    Grizzley is now 1 year and 4 months. For the last 4-5 months he has been staying out in the house while we are at work with no problems at all. Now all of a sudden in the last week I have come home 3 times to him taking things off the coffee table and him destroying them (magazines and a small...
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    What a great de-shedding brush!!!!

    My husband just came home from Walmart with a Furbuster. Looks like a furminator but it was only $20 and you can by a small, medium or large comb and they all are interchangable on the same handle. WOW WOW WOW:hail::hail: It worked great on our dog Grizzley who is and Aussie.GSD mix and also...
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    What can I do for his eye?

    well in doing a little bit a research it has the appearance of cherry eye but its not in just the corner is around the whole eye. He will definitely be at the vet tomorrow but again if anyone has some at home remedy that wiill help him for the time being I am all ears. I read the previous...
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    What can I do for his eye?

    Yesterday I noticed a little bit a debris next to grizz's eye and didn't think anything of it, well today I just got up and his eye is very swollen, it looks like a swollen pink membrane around the inside of his eye and you can see his actual eye in the middle. I'll take him to the vet first...
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    Best type of brush to use

    Ok, this is my first experience with a longer haired dog. Grizzley is a Aussie/GSD mix. I have 3 types of brushes that I have tried on him, the slicker brush seems to really only work well on his "feathering" I think it is called, on his hind legs. Then I have the brush that has the pins...
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    I'd like to see your aussies

    Yes I see what you mean, I've never heard of the belgian Tervuren before but I do see the resemblance. We are not positive what he's mixed with, we got him from the flea market and every one in a while he gives a look that resembles a GSD. Micksmom...your Aussie is gorgeous!
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    He did it...he's swinging!!

    Look how tall he is:
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    He did it...he's swinging!!

    Well with the help of Todd Grizz finally managed to get his feet off the ground...hilarious. Todd was helping him and grizz realized if he leaned some of his weight on Todd he could swing, here are the pics: This one looks like grizz is helping Todd LOL ***MORE**
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    I'd like to see your aussies

    Todd and I have been looking at pics of GSD on the internet and comparing them to Grizz trying to pick out what features he has of a GSD but we are having trouble finding pictures of Aussies. If you guys could post a few pics of your Aussies or let us know of a good website we would really...
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