~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

CROJAM95

MayDay10 wrote:

This is my best pal Scooter

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THESE PICS!!!!!!!
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CROJAM95

PJaddicted wrote:

BIG PETE!!!!! NEXXXT TIME IM IN THE AREA, I HAVE TO MEET HIM!!!!
~SEN!

PJaddicted

SEN....yes you do have to meet him!!!

dave grolsch

dave grolsch wrote:

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here is george from a year ago,the little,uns are jake&gemma,sadly jake the border is in doggie heaven

here is a pic of our latest addition,Millie a working strain cocker spaniel,she is only four weeks old in the pic! we get her for keeps in a month

dave grolsch

here is quite a nice pic of my family,you can see george is now an adult and is in fine nick,very athletic for a big dog! a well socialised rottie is such a darling to know and own! love ya george! oh yeah wife,kids are great too

Wobbie

dave grolsch wrote:

here is a pic of our latest addition,Millie a working strain cocker spaniel,she is only four weeks old in the pic! we get her for keeps in a month

Good luck with that. My pup just turned a year and is still driving me nuts!

dave grolsch

imalive wrote:

dave grolsch wrote:

here is a pic of our latest addition,Millie a working strain cocker spaniel,she is only four weeks old in the pic! we get her for keeps in a month

Good luck with that. My pup just turned a year and is still driving me nuts!

CHEERS!

PJ_ROCKS

ZiggyStar wrote:

My Boxer, Ziggy



My deaf Dalmatian, Floyd

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PJaddicted

Love all the new doggie pictures!!! Petey loves to suck on his pillows, it is a very common OCD behavior in Dobermans.

Wobbie

I need your help! Gracie looks pretty sweet, huh? Well, the thing is, she's not! We lost our last Golden a year ago and that one was sooooooooooo sweet. Even at Gracie's age (just turned one year), Shelby could be left in the house and was pretty mellow. She was funny spunky but not out of control like Gracie. I try not to compare the two, but it's impossible. "This one" (her unofficial name) is light years away from being left in the house while we're gone.

Gracie is pretty sweet during the day. I take her to the park every morning to try to wear her out. She does do her fair share of sleeping during the day. If I have errands to run, I take her in the truck. In the evening, we go on a 40 minute walk. The thing is, no matter how much excercise she's had, she goes crazy at night. She launches her 75 pounds at me, humps my leg, scratches and chews at me (playfully), attacks and chews her bed, destroys her toys, etc. I've never hit her (and never will) but, man, I'm tempted . She knows the meaning of "no" but she just ignores us and that pisses me off even more. It's exhausting. Short of doggie Prozac, anyone got any tips how I can get her to "settle" at night and get through this?

DrockNJ

Fat Boy Rosco.....

norm

imalive wrote:

anyone got any tips how I can get her to "settle" at night and get through this?

the only thing i can think of after watching too many hours of cesar milan, gracie may not think you're the packleader....


that or she's nuts...

vedderfan10

imalive wrote:

I need your help! Gracie looks pretty sweet, huh? Well, the thing is, she's not! Short of doggie Prozac, anyone got any tips how I can get her to "settle" at night and get through this?

Something called Res-Q Remedy is supposed to be good for hyperactivity and anxiety. It's a naturopathic type of thing. I haven't used it on my dogs, but people I know who have swear by it. The other thing is that some dogs take a long time to mature. My friend's golden took about 2.5 years before he even thought of calming down. Our dog Charley (although not a Golden) is five now, and he's only just started to settle. Anyway, not all goldens have the same temperament...Gracie will settle eventually...

vedderfan10

DrockNJ wrote:

Fat Boy Rosco.....

He looks more like "Fun Boy" Rosco! What an awesome dog! Does he fart? I don't care - I love your dog!

Austicman

Rosco's an absolute champion!!!!! What a hound!!

iamalive. I got Ice one of those toys you can stick peanut butter in and that occupies her for about 2 hours whatever I need her to settle down.

PJaddicted

Very sorry you are feeling so overwhelmed with Gracie. Just know you are not alone, most people get very frustrated at some point during puppyhood. I have a couple of suggestions to help with Miss Gracie. With the behavior she is exhibiting she sounds bored to me. She is still a puppy and will be for another year or more. She needs more then just exercise to have a full happy life. She is a smart breed and sometimes they just need more then the average dog.

Has she been to Obedience training classes? I highly suggest to seek out a group class that uses Positive methods, clicker and treat based. Sign up and go to OB1 and then follow to OB2. She not only needs her exercise, she needs to work her mind, doing Obedience with her will help you to mentally wear her out. After you finish with OB, you might find you have had so much fun you want to continue with another class. Agility might be a nice class to try. Do some OB practice with her everyday. I keep a treat jar and a clicker on my counter and when Mr. Petey is bored, we do some OB work....he loves it, and I get a better trained dog out of the extra practice.

Also....with her exercise, is she getting off lead time? like playing with another dog or running through hiking trails? Are you doing structured exercise everyday for at least 1/2 hour(or two 15minute sessions, one before work and one after) like a game of fetch? You could teach her to play Frisbee....and do that with her everyday.

As another suggested, you could put a couple of Kongs in the freezer filled with one of her meals, canned food mixed with kibble, let her spend time working on eating. Puzzle type toys doled out could break up your evening, so you could get some much needed R & R http://www.dogplay.com/Behavior/toys.html

Petey's favorite game in the entire world is Tug. Do you have a good tug? That really helps to wear them out too.

One last suggestion. You could begin implementing the NILIF program with her. Make her work for everything you do with her. It will keep her mind busy and get you the respect from her that you aren't getting right now. http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm

We rarely get the dog we wanted, but we always get the dog we need. Petey is by far the biggest handful I've ever owned. He is also the smartest and he has pushed me to step up to the plate and become a very responsible dog owner. I have always been a very lazy owner, and have never trained any of my dogs, Petey has not let me get away with that attitude. At 2.5 years old today.....he is turning in to a awesome dog, my favorite ever! We are still going to OB classes and start Agility next weekend!

Wobbie

Thanks, all!! I'm feeling a little better.

DrockNJ - Roscoe (perfect name) is too cool!

Austicman - Gracie has a rubber thing that we fill with treats. She really has it figured out. She rolls it around with her nose but knows she has to pick it up and slam it down to have any real chance of a treat falling out. As a consequence, she spends a lot of time slamming it and getting it stuck under the kitchen cabinets. I swear she gets it stuck on purpose. So, it's a double edged sword.

Norm - I'm gonna go with "she's nuts." Maybe you can lay the magic hand on her when you're in Vegas.

Vedderfan - I'll check out the Res-Q Remedy. As PJaddicted surmised, I'm a lazy owner . And, yeah, part of it is probably that I'm expecting too much, too soon. Five years??? I'll be in the looney bin if it takes five years!

PJaddicted wrote:

We rarely get the dog we wanted, but we always get the dog we need. Petey is by far the biggest handful I've ever owned. He is also the smartest and he has pushed me to step up to the plate and become a very responsible dog owner. I have always been a very lazy owner, and have never trained any of my dogs, Petey has not let me get away with that attitude. At 2.5 years old today.....he is turning in to a awesome dog, my favorite ever! We are still going to OB classes and start Agility next weekend!

Finally, PJaddicted, I knew you'd have good advice. Yes, she does get off the lead and runs. She's actually quite a good frisbee catcher (not so good about giving it up, tho ). Hiking trails? Not so many of those in my concrete jungle . Hey, little Miss Gracie just wandered in. She's being sweet this morning. I'll try to "step up" my responsibility. I guess nothing worth having ever comes easy .

Wobbie

http://organicpharmacy.org/products/Res ... DQodFwxKNg

I just checked it out. Probably not the ticket, because Gracie is not stressed, just wild. Damn, the lazy pet owner was hoping for the easy way out!

DrockNJ

Vedderfan10 wrote:

DrockNJ wrote:

Fat Boy Rosco.....

He looks more like "Fun Boy" Rosco! What an awesome dog! Does he fart? I don't care - I love your dog!

Does he fart?? ...Does a Bear Crap in the Woods??? sometimes i cant believe the scents that come out of his body...and he know's it too because he'll give a little sniff and then get up and walk to the other side of the room..

norm

imalive wrote:

Norm - I'm gonna go with "she's nuts." Maybe you can lay the magic hand on her when you're in Vegas.

too bad i can't bring norm with me...he needs a good 48 hour play date with a high energy dog