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« on: May 27, 2008, 11:30:12 pm »
*sniff*
.....and then this one makes me cringe...a lot.
.....and then this one makes me cringe...a lot.
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Groans, Gripes, Brags & Boasts / Re: I never should have got out of bed....horrible day in my life
« on: May 27, 2008, 09:25:52 pm »
I am soooo sorry. Lots of healing and calming thoughts your way!
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Anything Non-Dog Related / Re: We are eight weeks old now, aren't we cute?
« on: May 27, 2008, 09:25:13 pm »They look gorgeous! I wonder what Cherry will look like when all his feathers come in.
Are you keeping them?
Nope!!! looking for homes for them, want one?
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: Lord help me I brought home a Pyr
« on: May 27, 2008, 09:21:27 pm »
Good news for Owen- the foster mom who has him, Lynn, just called me and said they have absolutely fallen in love with him and want to keep him. I told her to think it over for the next day or so but she was dead set- she has fostered a lot of dogs for me over the years and has almost kept one or two but was always wishy washy about it, mostly because the dogs were older or "unadoptable" and she felt bad for them. Owen... she was absolutely positive- she was waiting for the perfect dog, but didn't really know what she was looking for. Then she saw Owen and it was love at firt sight! So Owen has a home, and with one of my best volunteers so I get to see him all the time. Yay for Owen! Last I talked to her she was scrunched at the bottom of the bed while he took up the rest.
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Lord help me I brought home a Pyr
« on: May 27, 2008, 06:46:10 pm »
I'm supposed to be on break from taking in more rescues!!!!
I got a call from AC telling me that someone had turned in their seizure alert certified dog, they weren't having luck getting her out of there, and her time was up so they were gassing her. So of course I went to go and get her, and then instantly there were 9 groups willing to take her as soon as I had her in my posession (I dont know what it is about groups not wanting to take the same dog when they are on death row but the instant a rescue group has them they are all about them), so she is going to a training group where a little 8 year old girl has been on the waiting list for a dog forever.
So anyway, as I am walking out with this little spitz mix seizure dog, I spot a polar bear. Its a big pyr boy. He's a year old, and has horrible food allergy reactions around his eyes so his eyes are all crusty and pussy and look like he has goggles on. He was an owner surrendor and his time was up. They dont get much time.
Soooo I took him with me. Hes a very very gentle and sweet one year old pup. His name is Owen. We are looking to get him in a pyr group ASAP as I have no place for this monster! He was very good at the vets and did excellent for the skin scraping and testing- no scabies or demodex or fungas, so they are guessing food allergies. Hes on antibiotics and creme.
Everyone say hi to Owen- and if you volunteer with a pyr group near NC that has room (yea right!) let me know!
I got a call from AC telling me that someone had turned in their seizure alert certified dog, they weren't having luck getting her out of there, and her time was up so they were gassing her. So of course I went to go and get her, and then instantly there were 9 groups willing to take her as soon as I had her in my posession (I dont know what it is about groups not wanting to take the same dog when they are on death row but the instant a rescue group has them they are all about them), so she is going to a training group where a little 8 year old girl has been on the waiting list for a dog forever.
So anyway, as I am walking out with this little spitz mix seizure dog, I spot a polar bear. Its a big pyr boy. He's a year old, and has horrible food allergy reactions around his eyes so his eyes are all crusty and pussy and look like he has goggles on. He was an owner surrendor and his time was up. They dont get much time.
Soooo I took him with me. Hes a very very gentle and sweet one year old pup. His name is Owen. We are looking to get him in a pyr group ASAP as I have no place for this monster! He was very good at the vets and did excellent for the skin scraping and testing- no scabies or demodex or fungas, so they are guessing food allergies. Hes on antibiotics and creme.
Everyone say hi to Owen- and if you volunteer with a pyr group near NC that has room (yea right!) let me know!
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: Pics from the adoption fair
« on: May 27, 2008, 06:38:02 pm »Sounds like a wonderful and sucessful Adoption Fair. Good job! Love the pictures!
I just got off the phone with our Coordinator a few minutes ago and we were talking about you and are SO impressed. Now we're wondering how you did the microchipping. Did you do it yourselves? Or did you have a volunteer Vet there with you? What a great idea! Was it the Home-again? (think they may have changed the name since my guys were chipped.)
We're open to any and all suggestions for the upcoming fund raiser here with the Pyrs.
Again - LOVED all the pics! You're amazing!
Jane
shucks marm, LOL
Yes, its Home Again Chips, and yep we had a volunteer vet, Dr. Ryan who is a good friend of mine and also one of our shelter vets. We split the cost and then half went to me and half went to the Chinese Crested Club (Dr. Ryan is on their board)
Are you here in NC?
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: Pics from the adoption fair
« on: May 26, 2008, 10:20:17 pm »
More:
Tired dogs after a long day
Wolf, isn't he looking just gorgeous now? his mom is doing such a great job with him. He has that infamous BBDS (big black dog syndrome though) and even with his fancy bandanas he really didn't get a lot of attention. We did discover though that he has a HUGE problem with bikes/wheelchairs and motercycles. Whenever someone would ride their bike past he would bark and bark and lunge at them. It was all we could do to redirect his attention and get him to sit. At one point he broke the leash and charged the guy and I thought OMG he's going to bite him. But all he did was run up to the wheel, sniff at it and then walk away. VERY strange. One of our volunteers is in a wheelchair and he "walked" Wolf from the chair, and Wolf was just freaked OUT. He kept lunging forward and jumping away from the wheels, but then the same thing, when he saw him from a distance wheeling, he would go nuts again. And this boy is STRONG!!! Its very weird, but we are going to keep working on him and see what we can do.
Tired dogs after a long day
Wolf, isn't he looking just gorgeous now? his mom is doing such a great job with him. He has that infamous BBDS (big black dog syndrome though) and even with his fancy bandanas he really didn't get a lot of attention. We did discover though that he has a HUGE problem with bikes/wheelchairs and motercycles. Whenever someone would ride their bike past he would bark and bark and lunge at them. It was all we could do to redirect his attention and get him to sit. At one point he broke the leash and charged the guy and I thought OMG he's going to bite him. But all he did was run up to the wheel, sniff at it and then walk away. VERY strange. One of our volunteers is in a wheelchair and he "walked" Wolf from the chair, and Wolf was just freaked OUT. He kept lunging forward and jumping away from the wheels, but then the same thing, when he saw him from a distance wheeling, he would go nuts again. And this boy is STRONG!!! Its very weird, but we are going to keep working on him and see what we can do.
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Re: Pics from the adoption fair
« on: May 26, 2008, 10:13:23 pm »
More:
Nana
Nana and Cricket playing
Shilo (previously Kobe, really not a good girls name and hard with Keebler, Kiki, Koki, and Cookie in the house)
Sunnypenny (like Moneypenny) the golden- she's 5 years old, HW positive and was severely cystic when we got her- she was just loaded down with cysts all over. Got them all removed and she is on the mend, about to start HW treatment. In the second picture is Sunny's sponser, she and her husband drove down from VA to meet Sunny and donated $500 towards Sunny's HW treatment and recovery. Way to GO!
Nana
Nana and Cricket playing
Shilo (previously Kobe, really not a good girls name and hard with Keebler, Kiki, Koki, and Cookie in the house)
Sunnypenny (like Moneypenny) the golden- she's 5 years old, HW positive and was severely cystic when we got her- she was just loaded down with cysts all over. Got them all removed and she is on the mend, about to start HW treatment. In the second picture is Sunny's sponser, she and her husband drove down from VA to meet Sunny and donated $500 towards Sunny's HW treatment and recovery. Way to GO!
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Helpful Groups & Dogs in Need / Pics from the adoption fair
« on: May 26, 2008, 10:09:38 pm »
Still missing some- camera ate a bunch! But here's a few pics from this weekend's adoption fair. We did ok- 7 dogs adopted, 10 microchipped (we get $10 a microchip) and we sold some items and got some donations. All in all we made about $2200 in adoption fees, donations and microchip fees, which covers about a month's vet work/food etc.
Pics in order:
Jasmin the great dane pup, she was SO pretty, a lovely blue harlequin- I'd never seen a blue one before. She came in to get microchipped and stayed to play while her mom fell in love with schnepherds
Keebler- Boxer/shep mix adopted! yay!
Kiki- All her pups were adopted but no one was interested in her
Nala and Benji- No applications although Nala *almost* had a home, but they decided to take Bijou, another schnepherd, instead.
Nala konked out in Marci's lap. I got another REALLY cute picture of this with the bandana in front and on ear over an eye and her eyes closed but thats one the camera ate.. trying to get it back.
Nana trying to kiss us
Pics in order:
Jasmin the great dane pup, she was SO pretty, a lovely blue harlequin- I'd never seen a blue one before. She came in to get microchipped and stayed to play while her mom fell in love with schnepherds
Keebler- Boxer/shep mix adopted! yay!
Kiki- All her pups were adopted but no one was interested in her
Nala and Benji- No applications although Nala *almost* had a home, but they decided to take Bijou, another schnepherd, instead.
Nala konked out in Marci's lap. I got another REALLY cute picture of this with the bandana in front and on ear over an eye and her eyes closed but thats one the camera ate.. trying to get it back.
Nana trying to kiss us
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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: well the meeting with the other OEM went horrible!!
« on: May 26, 2008, 03:55:32 pm »
I realize this, obviously his show career would be ended if he was neutered, which is why I asked if he was going to be used for breeding, or was it a fun thing.
Ahhh ok I thought you meant that if he wasn't going to be bred, then she could just neuter him and keep showing him for fun. my mistake!
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Anything Non-Dog Related / We are eight weeks old now, aren't we cute?
« on: May 26, 2008, 02:19:37 pm »
Well, 8 and 7 weeks old. They are very cute! Apple is the bigger guy and Cherry is the littler one.
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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: well the meeting with the other OEM went horrible!!
« on: May 26, 2008, 08:24:01 am »
Well, unfortunatly if she neuters him then he can't be shown- he's being show in conformation classes, correct? They must be intact for breed classes.
IMVHO, I would pass on the girl. I know what you mean, its hard to pass up a sweet girl being handed to you, but you just listed a LOT of faults, preventing her from being what you wanted her to be. If you were getting her as a pet, then theres nothing wrong with those faults, those are just her little imperfections that make her unique, and her. But, if you are looking for another show dog, and you only have limmited room, as most of us do, then perhaps it is better to wait and save money for the pup you want. That would also give Titan some time to get adjusted to the idea, and for you to get him a little more socialized with other dogs. Plus, with Maya coming back, it will give you more time to focus on Maya and Titan's relationship without the added stress of a dog totally new to the household, and a dog that's not housetrained or leash trained and is huge!
How is he in the ring? He doesnt really sound aggressive at all, just doesn't like his space being invaded which is completely understandable .
IMVHO, I would pass on the girl. I know what you mean, its hard to pass up a sweet girl being handed to you, but you just listed a LOT of faults, preventing her from being what you wanted her to be. If you were getting her as a pet, then theres nothing wrong with those faults, those are just her little imperfections that make her unique, and her. But, if you are looking for another show dog, and you only have limmited room, as most of us do, then perhaps it is better to wait and save money for the pup you want. That would also give Titan some time to get adjusted to the idea, and for you to get him a little more socialized with other dogs. Plus, with Maya coming back, it will give you more time to focus on Maya and Titan's relationship without the added stress of a dog totally new to the household, and a dog that's not housetrained or leash trained and is huge!
How is he in the ring? He doesnt really sound aggressive at all, just doesn't like his space being invaded which is completely understandable .
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Golden Retriever Pictures / Re: The goldinis went to the lake today- WAY too many pics!
« on: May 25, 2008, 04:54:22 pm »
Oops! A lot of errors and doubles in there... my copy and paste failed me! I shall have to go back and fix them later Haha
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Golden Retriever Pictures / The goldinis went to the lake today- WAY too many pics!
« on: May 25, 2008, 04:46:42 pm »
Decided to take the goldens swimming today- Annie and Cisco's first swim! We also decided to put Whiskey's pack on for the first time since his hip surgery, and he did great. We just put a tennis ball and a few dog cookies in it and he managed it like a champ.
Here are way too many pics!
Warren and the dogs before we head out
Whiskey wearing his pack, he carried his own tennis ball and cookies
Leading the pack
They all went straight in! As soon as Whiskey dove in Cisco and Annie were pulling at their leashes ready to go so we didnt even have to introduce them they just bolted in
Whiskey and Annie
Annie carries a big stick!
Annie high speed
Handsome Cisco
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The Boys
Annie
Cisco spots a duck
Then we went for Ice cream- the boys are waiting for theirs
And Annie pops up!
these are actually only a few of the ones I took, LOL
Here are way too many pics!
Warren and the dogs before we head out
Whiskey wearing his pack, he carried his own tennis ball and cookies
Leading the pack
They all went straight in! As soon as Whiskey dove in Cisco and Annie were pulling at their leashes ready to go so we didnt even have to introduce them they just bolted in
Whiskey and Annie
Annie carries a big stick!
Annie high speed
Handsome Cisco
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/35568/2560964850054473373S425x425Q85.jpg[/img][/URL]The Boys
Annie
Cisco spots a duck
Then we went for Ice cream- the boys are waiting for theirs
And Annie pops up!
these are actually only a few of the ones I took, LOL
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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Cisco is driving me nuts... he will NOT sleep through the night
« on: May 23, 2008, 03:54:56 am »
I dont know whats wrong with Cisco. He and annie were doing great sleeping through the night, then all of a sudden in the last two weeks Cisco wakes up EVERY MORNING between 4:30 and 5am. He barks and barks and cries to go out, so I get up and take him out and he runs out, turns around and jumps back on the door. I leave him out and 10 minutes later he is barking his fool head off outside. I bring him in and he goes back into his crate voluntarily, I shut the door and go back to bed and five minutes later he is barking again. I have occasionally ignored it, and almost always I will then wake up to pee or poop in his crate, even though when I let him out he wont go to the bathroom. I have tried walking him, I have taken away his water in the crate, I have fed him earlier and made sure he pooped before he goes to bed, I have walked them RIGHT before I go to bed.
Its strange because its a new behavior, and I almost worry he has something medically wrong with him- he is peeing A LOT. He was doing pretty good on housebreaking until recently and now he is peeing around the house too. He's 7 months old and it just seems weird to go back three steps in his housebreaking.
Any ideas?
Its strange because its a new behavior, and I almost worry he has something medically wrong with him- he is peeing A LOT. He was doing pretty good on housebreaking until recently and now he is peeing around the house too. He's 7 months old and it just seems weird to go back three steps in his housebreaking.
Any ideas?