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04-27-2021, 02:52 PM | #31 |
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Springfield,MO
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Our current guide dog puppy is a 5 month old GSD/Lab mix. So much different than our previous pure Labradors. Smart as a whip, nothing escapes her gaze, she was ringing the sleigh bells to go out 2 days after we showed her. It's no wonder the people who like GSD's as a guide dog want no other breed.
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04-27-2021, 04:27 PM | #32 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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GSDs are a noble breed indeed. So are labs. Last December we had to put our Chocolate to rest after 13 years. My three sons and I took him in. It was the shit-show that all pet owners know about. He was more person than dog. I tried the sleigh-bells on the door thing with my Mali. He learns things in one telling, figured out real quick the bells would get me to let him outside so he constantly rang them to get me to come out and throw the ball with him. Little shit. But, he has never once gone potty in the house since the day I got him at 12 weeks old. |
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04-27-2021, 07:35 PM | #33 | |
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Location: Springfield,MO
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Great place to tour (before covid), just north of Detroit, hopefully in the fall they will reopen for tours Oh lord do I know about that trip, kudos to you for being there for your "family member", I know of some who just abandon them because its too difficult |
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04-28-2021, 06:26 AM | #34 |
Live free or die hard
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Durango, CO
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Boxer.
My go to is take her to the baseball field because it's a huge fenced in area where I throw her a tennis ball she gets it and never brings it back then looks at me like 'wtf, why aren't you throwing the ball?' Not sure which one of us is playing fetch. And a side note: boxers can't swim for shit. I'm surprised she hasn't drowned in her water. |
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04-28-2021, 12:12 PM | #35 | |
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04-28-2021, 03:34 PM | #36 |
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: nemo
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bought my lab a collar w/his name and my phone# on it and it came in the mail last night. as i was trying to put in on, the crazy bastard grabbed it in his mouth and ran off in the woods. i still haven't found the ****in thing.
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04-28-2021, 05:45 PM | #37 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: INDEPENDENCE,KANSAS
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i have a blue heeler 2 yr old, crazy as a loon but a very smart dog. his favorite thing is frisbee at least twice a day no matter what, maybe that will help? o yeah make sure its a KONG brand or you'll be buying one a week !
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04-28-2021, 05:47 PM | #38 |
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: nemo
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Found it down by a deer blind. Couple beers for me and one for zeke and we staggered back to the house.
Don’t think I could handle a malinois Sec |
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04-28-2021, 10:56 PM | #39 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Do you all use “puzzle” toys at all? Because she destroys most anything we give her, even the “heavy chewer” rates toys. |
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04-29-2021, 04:38 AM | #40 |
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Join Date: Jan 2021
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I would say do lots of mental stimulation.
You shouldn't do too much exercise with a large dog until they are a year old. Even then you are just making the dog fitter and fitter and they will need to more exercise. Play games with the dog throughout the day, give them kongs and other slow food release toys where they have to use their minds and do lots of training with them. |
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08-03-2021, 08:34 PM | #41 |
Don't Tug on Superman's Cape
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: clear out in the sticks
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Cesar Milan has a new show better person better dog or something like that. I missed the first episode but set the dvr. It’s on Fridays National Geographic I think. I just bring it up because I’m raising another Doberman who’s just over a year old and watched Cesar Milan on the dog whisperer when I had my first Doberman as a pup back in’07. I learned tons of things and found ways to apply them in training my dog. Hope everything is going well with your dog VP! Just bumping this for a reminder Cesar has a new show to anyone who used to watch him like me or anyone needs pointers
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08-04-2021, 05:18 PM | #42 |
Bolton gonna knock you out
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Free Vybz Kartel
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We rescued a Great Dane puppy in June. He was super malnourished, and had some virus that we had to keep him away from our other dog until he got a clean Bill of health. Never had a GD before, but thought they were laid back and mellow. Well as an 11 month old he’s far from that. When he stands up he can put his paws on my shoulders, and he is FULL of energy 24/7. Sometimes it’s hard to remember he’s just a puppy because he’s so big, but he’s adapting well so far. But he’s constantly either trying to attack you to play, or zooming through the house full blast.
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08-04-2021, 05:27 PM | #43 |
That's just f***in' stupid
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Location: suburbia
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08-04-2021, 05:37 PM | #44 |
Bolton gonna knock you out
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Free Vybz Kartel
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That’s totally him so far, and has separation anxiety. My daughter has a Pomsky and it’s about a third of his size. She comes in and just owns him, and runs the house every time. It’s comical as hell. She never backs down and has him on his heels for a while.
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