The dog musing/vent thread

[Dogdragoness]

With the proper exercise I would think being a traveling buddy would be fine with any dog, I have seen greyhounds, jrt, shiba inu, chow chow, and many many mutts, the key is proper exercise.

This, my ACDs love to be traveling buddies and we all know how high octane that breed can be.

 

[Southpaw]

This is why people don't feed raw: I punctured my 10lb Bravo roll and had blood come shooting out of the hole and all over my kitchen. The dogs were like OMG DELICIOUS BLOOD ON THE FLOOR AND WALLS and I was horrified.

Kibble will always, always be easier. Lol.

 

[CharlieDog]

This is why people don't feed raw: I punctured my 10lb Bravo roll and had blood come shooting out of the hole and all over my kitchen. The dogs were like OMG DELICIOUS BLOOD ON THE FLOOR AND WALLS and I was horrified.

Kibble will always, always be easier. Lol.

Bwahahaha, my dogs WAIT for that moment to happen. Or for me to lose control of whatever is on the cutting board. Or for me to drop an entire carton of eggs, or for me to have a whole chicken breast slip out of my hand.

I think they pray for it, actually, and all of those have actually happened to me

 

[Southpaw]

Bwahahaha, my dogs WAIT for that moment to happen. Or for me to lose control of whatever is on the cutting board. Or for me to drop an entire carton of eggs, or for me to have a whole chicken breast slip out of my hand.

I think they pray for it, actually, and all of those have actually happened to me

It's a struggle!

 

[Melle]

Just had a pretty great walk Yayyy!

First we ended up on a corner about 5 feet from a little Bichon while some cars were going by. She pulled just a little, but it was more like leaning, and easily turned her attention from it.

Then on the next block, a family went by about 6 feet away with a reactive Aussie and Nina pulled a little harder, but nothing like how she used to be. Just interested, and wondering why he was barking so loud.

Also passed some bikers, kids, blah blah. For the first time, only squirrels were the real issue, only because she had to sit before we went on. All this training is paying off! :banana:

 

[JustaLilBitaLuck]

This is why people don't feed raw: I punctured my 10lb Bravo roll and had blood come shooting out of the hole and all over my kitchen. The dogs were like OMG DELICIOUS BLOOD ON THE FLOOR AND WALLS and I was horrified.

Kibble will always, always be easier. Lol.

I was in a hurry to divide one up, and I didn't have time for it to thaw completely. It had been in a cold water bath for a little while, and I took it out and made the mistake of using an electric turkey carver. The minute I touched the package the entire thing exploded blood EVERYWHERE.

 

[Ozfozz]

Collectively spent about 15 hours in the car since Friday...with my mom and 4 dogs.
Rigby did quite well on her first road trip (aside from trying to beat up a very nice pit bull at the meet). Cobain was excellent in the car as always.

It could have gone better, but I'm proud of them

 

[xpaeanx]

I didn't do a whole lot today. Ran a few errands, did some work, mostly played with the dogs in the yard. It was an amazing day.

 

[Southpaw]

I was in a hurry to divide one up, and I didn't have time for it to thaw completely. It had been in a cold water bath for a little while, and I took it out and made the mistake of using an electric turkey carver. The minute I touched the package the entire thing exploded blood EVERYWHERE.

Is there a way to avoid it? Mine was completely thawed and didn't even LOOK like there was any blood in the packaging... but apparently there was quite a lot of it This is my first time buying Bravo, obviously.

Or I guess next time (if I wanna chance a next time!) I'll just make sure to hold it over the sink when I make my incision lmao.

 

[SpringerLover]

Is there a way to avoid it? Mine was completely thawed and didn't even LOOK like there was any blood in the packaging... but apparently there was quite a lot of it This is my first time buying Bravo, obviously.

Or I guess next time (if I wanna chance a next time!) I'll just make sure to hold it over the sink when I make my incision lmao.

I never thaw my bravo completely. I use a sharp knife to cut what hasn't thawed. I made the mistake of thawing it completely only once.

 

[iriskai]

Is there a way to avoid it? Mine was completely thawed and didn't even LOOK like there was any blood in the packaging... but apparently there was quite a lot of it This is my first time buying Bravo, obviously.

Or I guess next time (if I wanna chance a next time!) I'll just make sure to hold it over the sink when I make my incision lmao.

I have Blue Ridge Beef, not Bravo, but I cut the tubes when it's still semi frozen. If I don't get to it until it's thawed, a little poke at the end of the tube into the sink to relieve some pressure and avoid the... Spurting. Hah. I'd rather feed semi frozen chunks of ground anyway, makes them actually work at it a bit as opposed to inhaling it.

 

[iriskai]

Side note, back to back breed wins and a group placement this weekend for Mimi.

 

[Beanie]

So I heard Gander Mountain is like Cabela's and will sometimes host Dock Dogs events.
And we just had one open in town.

Yesssssss.

 

[DJEtzel]

So I heard Gander Mountain is like Cabela's and will sometimes host Dock Dogs events.
And we just had one open in town.

Yesssssss.

Really!?

There's a GM less than a minute from my house and they never host events.

 

[Beanie]

Really!?

There's a GM less than a minute from my house and they never host events.

Yep! They've hosted before, and rumor is this one is going to be hosting in a few weeks...
http://www.gandermountain.com/store-locator/details/Indianapolis-IN-272

Don't you have some reason to be in Indianapolis?

 

[Laurelin]

3 mice in 3 days. I'm sort of impressed but mostly grossed out.

 

[Laurelin]

My Old Dog is good. So good.

 

[Ozfozz]

Apparently Rigby is afraid of thunder storms again. Yay.

And Cobain has been bizarrely cuddly and affectionate with Josh today, like 10 solid minutes of happy love and cuddles....he doesn't usually do this

 

[noludoru]

The LBD is panting and hot. Shaking the bed with his panting, even. So he gets off the bed, and walks around to the side farthest from the open window - right next to me - and hops back up. He wedges himself between me and the fluffy pillow.

HOW is this a cooler spot?

 

[Sekah]

We had a crazy thunderstorm come in right around the time I would have left for agility class last night. High winds. Heavy rain. I didn't feel comfortable driving in it. I decided not to go.

The rain was done by the time my class would have started, and shortly thereafter the sun came out. I'm irrationally upset at having missed the class. It's normally the highlight of my week. It's a decent chunk of money down the drain. And I have Regionals in 3 days and that was my last opportunity to practice.

I'm STILL pissed for having missed it. Very disappointed.