| Author | Message | ||
     Wolfridgerider |
Mess'n with the wifes Iphone  | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
 | ||
| Stalker |
Milt and Squids, She had surgery to replace her ACL. It was going bad for a while, but we could not figure out what it was. She was going to get x-rays in a week then it just popped, and no I will never forget that sound. It is a very common injury in dogs, with a few option for fixing it. She is starting to really like the hydro-tread mill, and I can see improvement after each one it is amazing. She has 4 more sessions to go and we will see how she is. She should be pretty good after that, $50 bucks a session and an hour drive each way is getting kinda rough. I am very thankful I am in a position that I was able to do it for her. | ||
| Luftkoph |
G-Man  | ||
| Whistler |
Finally got to meet Autumn, my son's new German Shepard this morning. She's gentle, beautiful and smart, a real heart breaker. It's obvious she and my son have hit it off well. I'm really happy for him, and her. When we met this morning one of the first things she did was lay her head on my knee. She had me at hello. | ||
| Xdigitalx |
Check out the eyes on this puppy: | ||
| 86129squids |
Wow- those Cane Corsos are something else! Looks like it'd chomp a Chihuahua in one bite... OK, I got a huge laugh out of this today: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/11/16/14238 7948/shake-it-how-dogs-cats-even-hummingbirds-keep -dry  | ||
| Aeholton |
Charlie badly in need of a shave down.  | ||
| Xdigitalx |
Squids...thats some funny shaking photos! Aeholton, is Charley a Polish sheepdog? | ||
| Aeholton |
Aeholton, is Charley a Polish sheepdog? No. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. But he can act like a Pollack sometimes. (No offense to my Polish friends intended).  (Message edited by aeholton on November 17, 2011) | ||
| Guell |
 Buddy and I in the shop this evening | ||
| Gregtonn |
http://youtu.be/6SuFO4y8eFI G | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
bummer... archived... can we get a bump out of the archives? Its time for some more dog pics... and being Christmas is right around the corner Let see your dog/s dressed up in the best Christmas get up... in front of a Christmas tree.... doggy gift shopping... you know what I'm looking for, feel good doggy Christmas pics!! | ||
| Froggy |
 | ||
| Ezblast |
 EZ | ||
| Thumper74 |
 Goliath  Santa Paws  He was not amused... | ||
| Prior |
We had to put our sweet puppy down Friday night, so a bit tough to open up this thread this morning. I did get a few picture of her with her Christmas bow on; will get those posted soon. Rip Aster | ||
| Reepicheep |
Sorry to hear that Alex. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Sorry for you loss. Looking forward to seeing the bow pics. | ||
| Ulywife |
Aster was a sweet puppy. We had a chance to meet her Friday night. She was lucky to have landed in the Prior house! We are so sorry for your loss. | ||
| Sarodude |
A few weeks back we got ourselves a pair of JRT puppies. 2 female littermates. We were hoping to rejuvenate our 2 older terriers (11 and 13 years old). Turns out that one of these pups is deaf. We've been reading up on how to deal with the situation. I was wondering if anyone had some contributions on how to deal with a deaf puppy. -Saro | ||
| Ulywife |
We are on our 2nd deaf puppy. They will melt your heart more so than hearing pups alot of times. We have found that deaf pups do better when they have a hearing pup with them. We have taught our deaf dogs sign language. Very simple signs and we also use lights for signs to come in at night. You will find that the hearing dogs will start to pick up on the signs and follow hand signals. Down - hands out flat and in a downward motion No - thumb tucked in under forefinger and middle finger. We move the two fingers up and down for the motion for them to see Come here - wave them in Go potty - clap once at waist level then move arm to the right (90 degree angle) Speak - pat full hand on our mouth Come in at night - turn lights off and on again You will find that your deaf pup may have more acute sense of smell. One night Carlos was coming in from working 2nd shift. Chelsea was sleeping and usually smelled him as soon as he entered the house. This one night, she must have been sleeping good. He was almost up stairs before she realized someone was in the house. She went to growling at this figure in the dark. He called to her, then realized it was the deaf dog...he quickly backed down the stairs in search of a light switch. Once she realized it was Daddy, she was happy! There are several websites that have tips on raising a deaf dog. We had help from friends that had deaf Great Danes. Our signs are simple and very few, but effective. Deaf dogs melt my heart. Feel free to call (BRAN listing) or email me with any questions you might have. Good luck! | ||
| 86129squids |
Prior- so sorry about your loss. I'm still dealing with losing my Basenji buddy Loki back at the end of May. Had an interesting conversation with a grandma yesterday- there's a small neighborhood park next to my property, she was letting her 2 little grandgirls play for a bit... me, the GF and our remaining dog Chloe happened to walk up, so naturally the girls began a serious petting session with Chloe... turns out the grandma was also the gramdma of one of our neighbors who live behind us, with a fenced in backyard for their now 3 dogs. They just added a West Highlands terrier, but the folks really don't want the dog. I've been occasionally giving those dogs treats- picky Chloe doesn't always like some of the new ones, so the neighbor dogs get them... this little Westie had already seemed to become very affectionate towards me (I know, the treats, but...)... now I'm thinking about adopting the little pup. For the life of me I can't figure why these folks don't want it, heck, they've got plenty of room in the backyard, and all the dogs get along great. Since Loki died, I've been planning to someday get another buddy for Chloe- I know she'd benefit from having a play buddy, Loki was both too old and absent the play temperament by the time they got together years ago. So- here's 2 questions: 1- How hard is it to fence in one's backyard, doing just a nice chainlink, with concrete corner anchors and a post driver for everything else? This would be my first step before getting another dog. Chloe is one of those rarest of dogs who we can let come and go as she pleases, never strays from the park and property, but I doubt we'll ever see another dog like her. 2- Who can tell me what a Westie is like? Terrier for sure, the ones I've seen seem super smart... whomever might have experience with this breed, lemme know. I'll do the rest of the investigating online, but peep's opinions are always welcome. Thanks- and thanks Frogs, for more dogs...  | ||
| Kyrocket |
Chain link is fairly easy to put up, especially if you can find a buddy who's put one or two up before. I had help putting mine up and we rented one of those gas powered post hole diggers and concreted every post in. One of my neighbors already had a fence and let me tie into it so we only put up about 180' including one double and one single gate. Heck, there's probably an app that will figure all your materials for you. It's been a few years but I think we did all of mine, (materials, rental, gates and all) for around $700. | ||
| Thumper74 |
Deaf dogs may lack hearing, but make up for it in affection and other senses. They will want to sleep with you and always maintain physical contact. There are some really basic signs that you can use for training and once they get the hang of it, they will always be watching your hands. Poop is the funniest one by far. | ||
| 86129squids |
Thanks KY- what made you want to concrete every post? Obviously that's quite a bit sturdier, but it seems to me I could do the straight sections with a post driver and be just fine... | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I had a chain link fence at my last house. I used a post driver for the whole thing. The only thing I can say, don't get cheap fencing. My Husky would lay on the ground and squirm under it every now and then. Chain link is a pain in the a$$ to run a trimmer on... Just a FYI | ||
| Kyrocket |
"what made you want to concrete every post?" Because he said to  Like I said, he'd done it before so I just went with what he suggested. It is sturdy for sure. I think we've had it about 10 yrs. now and haven't had the first issue with it, still looks as good as the day we put it up. | ||
| 86129squids |
Mark- how did your corners hold up, straight and true? As for the trimmer, I've got ideas about plantings along the fence itself, hopefully setting up a border with the grass so I won't waste tons of trimmer line. Also- once the posts are up, planning on putting up bluebird boxes on every other post. | ||
| 86129squids |
Oh yeah- just got back in from the vet with Chloe- we've been trying to resolve a bladderstone problem with her for the past couple of months or so, started out with pills, then switched to a Science Diet with medicine in it... the X-rays today showed no real progress at all, so now we've got to schedule a surgery. The aggravating thing is, I've spent enough $$$ to date trying to dissolve the stones through other means, I could've just gone ahead at the initial diagnosis and done the surgery. Oh well- she's completely worth it, every penny spent. Even though my buddy's gone, after well over 17 years with him, he was never as well behaved as Chloe. Anybody here ever had to deal with this? I understand the surgery's pretty straightforward, with much better results in females. I guess we'll giterduun later this week... |
