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Saint Bernard General Discussions / Re: Do any of your dogs do this???
« on: May 11, 2005, 12:45:43 am »
Quote from: coonie1970 on May 10, 2005, 07:50:57 pm
Im having more flashbacks.  :o Just before Christmas was about the worst for us. Judge was 9 months old. He managed to EAT a glass Christmas ornament, a whole bag of chocolates WRAPPED in tinfoil ( the only evidance was chocolate slobber all over my bed),my bed post( YES BEDPOST) the rung of a chair, the edge of the coffee table and the pogo...
Karen

Wow, and I thot it was only my dog that did that! My Rosie got into an old bag of xmas decorations once. It was really funny - there were some old things that I had stored outside by the shed that I needed to get rid of. When Rosie got to be around 6 months old she started taking care of that for me. She had begun to snatch things from the house and take them out to shred and eat, so I would have to regularly go thru the backyard and pick up after her, esp to make sure there was nothing there she could hurt herself on. She would take such offense when I'd pick up her "lair." (which is exactly what she turned the backyard into there for awhile!) I began to realize she was getting into these bags of stuff and shredding them, eating parts, and scattering the rest all over the yard when I began to recognize things from years ago! Well, it was December and we had just started decorating for xmas. One day, my son and I are in the kitchen, and suddenly we hear sleigh bells! *ching ching ching* like santa was here! We look at each other like 'wha???" then look for the sound, realize its coming from the open window and both say 'the dogs!" We go outside to find Rosie walking around the backyard with a string of sleigh bells hanging out of her mouth and banging on the ground, and the entire yard littered with the remains of xmas decorations!!! We found half chewed tree lights, broken pieces of glass ornaments, a half eaten santa figure, plastic pointsettas everywhere and tons of other xmas things, mostly in pieces. Sure we were concerned about the potential lights and glass bits in her stomach, but more than anything, we couldn't help but laugh our heads off at the fact that she had gotten into THAT particular sack right at this time of year!!! My son said that she just wanted to help decorate! LOL And tho I was appreciative of her trying to help  :D, the decorations had to go! I swear she was upset about it too! And that certainly opened my eyes a bit, so afterwards, I finally got all the old stuff out of the yard. Now the worse she ever eats is the occasional stolen sock. She DID eat a chunk of the WALL once tho...

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Wolfhound Discussions & Pictures / Re: He's a dog! A real dog!!!
« on: May 10, 2005, 01:25:20 am »
OH, Irish Wolfhound! DUH! LOL
Didn't notice what discussion group we were in here... nevermind!

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Wolfhound Discussions & Pictures / Re: He's a dog! A real dog!!!
« on: May 10, 2005, 01:22:53 am »
I love your avatar pic - you are so completely blissed out, in Doggie Nirvana! Its so sweet.  ;D What kind of dog is Finn?

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Newfoundland Pictures / Re: Oldest Newfie
« on: May 10, 2005, 01:11:09 am »
Beautiful foal

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Newfoundland Pictures / Re: Invasion of the Big Paws
« on: May 10, 2005, 01:06:58 am »
Bear is such a handsome boy!  :)
Glad you all had such a good time - it looked like a blast! Living in land-locked Oklahoma myself. Can't WAIT to get my water-lovin girl to the ocean someday.

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Newfoundland Pictures / Re: DOGGLES RULE!!!
« on: May 10, 2005, 12:56:02 am »
Oh I LOVE these. I got to get my Rosie a pair. To everyone who has them - How do your dogs take to them? Did they have to get used to them at all? I just know usually when you put something on a dog they start pawing to get it off! Do they seem to like wearing them?

And to Rufiesmom on the colorblind thing: I had always heard that too, or that they saw in black and white. But I saw something on Discovery channel that said that dogs actually see in color, and the right ones too (no switching), but they don't diferentiate as many as we do. Like, if they are looking at a field of grass, they don't see as many different shades of green as we would, they would see a more simple view of it with less shades. But they can see all colors. DON'T ask me how they know these things tho...

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: I bet they won't do that again!
« on: May 10, 2005, 12:39:11 am »
LOL!!!  :D
I can hear Samson now "Aw Mom, you're no fun!" lol

I can top that tho. Years ago (the 80s), my dad would come home from working the night shift to our family dog Maddie, who would keep him company until he went to bed in the wee morning hours. We all thot this was so sweet, until my father told us that he would sit and watch tv and share OREOS AND BEER with her!!! (YUCK!) Needless to say, my mom put an end to that. And oddly (and luckily) enough, Maddie lived another 15 yrs after. Sturdy little thing she was...

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Saint Bernard General Discussions / Re: Do any of your dogs do this???
« on: May 10, 2005, 12:29:53 am »
It really is so far! *knock on wood*

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Saint Bernard General Discussions / Re: Do any of your dogs do this???
« on: May 10, 2005, 12:22:33 am »
My Lab mix Rosie used to get up on the counter with her front paws and steal anything she could reach when she was younger but we pretty much broke her of it. She still goes for it tho occasionally for old times sake. Just the other night we looked over and she was snout deep in a tub of butter, eating away!

Now, its the INEDIBLE things that we've had the harder time keeping  her from eating! Plastic, leather, cotton, rubber, wood - she even got into some xmas decorations once and chomped on tree lights and some of those ball decorations before we could stop her! Its bizarre the things I have found half eaten in her 'lair' in the backyard. Sometimes things I didn't even know we had! LOL But we've finally found something that is helping. If we catch her in the act, take it away and say NO in a deep, disappointed sounding voice. Then, bring her one of her toys, say CHEW TOY all happy and when she starts chewing it, praise and praise her!

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: Unsure about getting another dog...
« on: May 10, 2005, 12:01:56 am »
I've had dogs for nearly all my life. For most of my childhood, we only had one dog (Maddie). Then when I got older, the family got a second dog (Captain). Then a third (Luna). When we got Capt, Maddie had begun her senior years, and was starting to feel and show it. After she got used to and bonded with Capt, it changed her completely. She was playful again and much happier, and became more involved in the family and the goings-on in the house again. In fact, Maddie became much more 'dog-like' and just seemed much more contented than she ever had been b4. And I think Capt added several years onto Maddie's life (she lived to be 17). Luna came along years later when Maddie had gotten old enough that she wanted to be left alone more, which was very good for Capt, because he then bonded with Luna and so Maddie's passing was not as hard on him. I now have two dogs of my own. I agree, it is a personal decision about how many dogs to have, but from my experience, it is a better thing to have more than one dog at a time. What that person said is true, 2 or more dogs is a pack - and dogs are pack animals. They think of us, their familiy, as part of that pack. But I think they need the company of other dogs as well. There are exceptions because some dogs don't 'play well with others' and just are better only children. But I just think that in general, dogs lives are far more enriched, balanced and contented when they have other dogs to complete their pack. If you've ever seen two dogs tumble around a yard together, or sleep piled up together on the couch, then you know what I mean.  :)

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: In this case it really was who was walking who...LOL!
« on: May 09, 2005, 11:40:26 pm »
oh you poor thing ... FENCELESS! I can't imagine! My dogs are too in love with their yard. They'd drive me nuts if I had to take them out everytime they wanted to go! But at least you're getting one put in now, so congrats.  ;D Now, if I could only get a doggy door...

Yeah, I see what you mean about the retractables. We don't use them the way they were meant to be used tho. We keep them short at all times - thats why the whole 'bird incident' came up because we were kind of thinking of it like a treat for them. So why use the retractables you ask? Believe it or not, my dogs pull SO hard that trying to hold on to a normal leash hurts too bad. They'll actually leave marks! So we use the retractables for the handle and having the counter weight of the pull-device seems to help too. I actually tried the same method you talked about several times with my 2 yr old but I got really frustrated when she  didn't respond ONCE. The one yr old probably would after awhile, but I'm just ready to let a professional handle them! The one yr old is a really good dog actually and responds to a lot of training I've already done, even on the leash sometimes, but she could use the help plus she has some food issues we need to take care of. Now the 2 yr old is a WHOLE different story! She's very neurotic and is responding less and less actually. And she's the worse puller of the two. Thank goodness she's the SMALLER also! Like I said, just can't wait to get a professional in the mix...

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Siberian Husky Discussions / Re: My dog
« on: May 09, 2005, 11:08:37 pm »
WELCOME! Not to worry about yer huskies either. Like you, I found this site but wasn't sure if I was going to belong because my Lab mix wasn't topping over 100lbs like so many of the breeds I saw on here at first. But everyone was so nice and excepted her as a 'big paw' anyways that I felt really welcomed! This is a really great site. Hope you enjoy it!  :)

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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: Out of hubbys mouth
« on: May 09, 2005, 10:55:57 pm »
Oh, who can BLAME you? Just look at that face! And who can resist puppy breath? I just want to rub those ears!  ;D

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: In this case it really was who was walking who...LOL!
« on: May 09, 2005, 10:47:33 pm »
Oh, this all sounds a little too familiar! LOL Unfortunately, we are having major leash problems at the moment with our two yr old and one yr old dogs. I TRIED to train the two yr old to deal with the leash and failed miserably (esp after she pulled out of a regular collar twice, then we tried a harness, which she promptly pulled out of as well!). We finally had to put fabric choke collars on them. I really didn't want to but had no choice - it was that or lose these crazy girls forever! And due to a TON of circumstances we havent been able to get them to professional training yet (not for lack of trying!), but fortunately just today I found what looks like will be the right trainer and should be getting them in next Saturday. BUT I HAD to share this story...

Because of all their craziness, we only take the girls on walks with retractable leads on choke collars inside fenced parks that nobody goes to (OI!). The 2 yr old (Lucy) is only about 35 lbs, but the one yr old (Rosie) is over 70 lbs and she's the one I walk. I'm NOT going to say how much I weigh, but I will say I'm 5ft8 and at least double her weight!  :D In other words, SHOULD be able to handle a dog her size (youd think!). So anyways, my friend and I are just about to finish walking the dogs one day when the two girls spot some birds about 20 ft away on the ground, and they go into hunting mode! VERY stupidly, my friend and I looked at each other and said hey, lets unlock the lock button on the leads so they can run after the birds! We said, 1, 2, 3 - GO! and off they went! Lucy just pulled my friend along a bit, but I wasn't very bright and didn't brace myself for the BIG PULL! When Rosie got to the end of the lead and kept on going, I was jolted forward so hard that my head flew back, my feet flew completely up into the air, and I landed on my back with a giant THUD! LOL!!!  Rosie's lead was jerked out of my hand and she went running away after the birds. Fortunately, she noticed everyone gathering around and me on the ground and came right back to make sure I was okay. I was fine except for the biggest bruise I've ever had that showed up on the back of my leg and didn't go away for a week!  :D

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Great Pyrenees Discussions / Re: This is my fav pic of Samson on his 9 month b-day
« on: May 09, 2005, 10:18:11 pm »
Oh he is just gorgeous! His name fits him so well.  :) And beautiful flowers too!

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