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  • PJaddicted
    PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Lots of rehab babies in (4 squirrels & 1 Chipmunk) and Monty isn't trying to eat them like someone else we all knew well and loved! :?
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  • PJaddicted
    PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Another gift came in the mail today, Petey was so well loved in the Dobe community.

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    ~*LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH*~

    *May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*

    He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    PJaddicted wrote:
    Another gift came in the mail today, Petey was so well loved in the Dobe community.

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    Somebody made me a poster of this with a drawing of the boys and me crossing the bridge, I cried so hard..It's still packed up and goes with all my rock posters when I get my own place.. it's such a lovely poem.. and was obviously written by someone who loved their doggie..
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,652
    some of you may know...I have rectal cancer and just came home from the hospital. I had to borrow a recliner because the doc said no direct pressure on your butt! so, the recliner is next to our bed. Gracie likes to lie on the bed and keep me company...

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    and, yeah, she looks pretty mopey here but she sure was fired up when she jumped on the bed this morning....direct hit to my man region :shock: . the little shit! :lol::mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    imalive wrote:
    some of you may know...I have rectal cancer and just came home from the hospital. I had to borrow a recliner because the doc said no direct pressure on your butt! so, the recliner is next to our bed. Gracie likes to lie on the bed and keep me company...

    Photo0263.jpg

    and, yeah, she looks pretty mopey here but she sure was fired up when she jumped on the bed this morning....direct hit to my man region :shock: . the little shit! :lol::mrgreen:
    Doesn't exactly sound like a fair deal. Gracie gets the bed while Dad gets the chair!
    Then she adds insult to injury! :lol:
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    How old is said puppy dog?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?

    he's an adult dog
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    norm wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?

    he's an adult dog


    ok but if he grows up too quickly im coming for you norm. ;)
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Who Princess wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    How old is said puppy dog?

    he was born early last year.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    catefrances wrote:
    ok but if he grows up too quickly im coming for you norm. ;)

    :P :D
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    Here ya go hon.. a puppy is a puppy for the first year, a Whelp for the second year.. and a dog or bitch according to gender by the third..for small breeds you free feed puppy food for year one.. for large breeds you usually free feed puppy food for the first two years..some breeds however like Great Danes and Saints you only free feed the puppy food for the first year.. this also usually applies to most English bred Labradors.. after this period refer to the dog food's instructions for food/weight ratio feeding schedule.. now cut that in half and feed twice twice dailiy in the halves for large breeds three times split for small breeds.. good luck!!
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,652
    whispering hands wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    Here ya go hon.. a puppy is a puppy for the first year, a Whelp for the second year.. and a dog or bitch according to gender by the third..for small breeds you free feed puppy food for year one.. for large breeds you usually free feed puppy food for the first two years..some breeds however like Great Danes and Saints you only free feed the puppy food for the first year.. this also usually applies to most English bred Labradors.. after this period refer to the dog food's instructions for food/weight ratio feeding schedule.. now cut that in half and feed twice twice dailiy in the halves for large breeds three times split for small breeds.. good luck!!
    well, there's our answer! :lol:

    I will add that we started our previous dog on adult food too soon....she grew too fast and had elbow problems :cry: . about 1000 dollars worth!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • PJ_ROCKS
    PJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    imalive wrote:
    whispering hands wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    Here ya go hon.. a puppy is a puppy for the first year, a Whelp for the second year.. and a dog or bitch according to gender by the third..for small breeds you free feed puppy food for year one.. for large breeds you usually free feed puppy food for the first two years..some breeds however like Great Danes and Saints you only free feed the puppy food for the first year.. this also usually applies to most English bred Labradors.. after this period refer to the dog food's instructions for food/weight ratio feeding schedule.. now cut that in half and feed twice twice dailiy in the halves for large breeds three times split for small breeds.. good luck!!
    well, there's our answer! :lol:

    I will add that we started our previous dog on adult food too soon....she grew too fast and had elbow problems :cry: . about 1000 dollars worth!

    Same questions here, i have heard or been told with Dalmations, you feed puppy food for the first year, some people have said otherwise, so i am not sure. I will stick to 11 months feeding puppy food then start mixing in adult food in the 12th month. Like imalive, i fed my first pup adult food to soon. Just another one of my guilty feelings.

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    whispering hands wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    Here ya go hon.. a puppy is a puppy for the first year, a Whelp for the second year.. and a dog or bitch according to gender by the third..for small breeds you free feed puppy food for year one.. for large breeds you usually free feed puppy food for the first two years..some breeds however like Great Danes and Saints you only free feed the puppy food for the first year.. this also usually applies to most English bred Labradors.. after this period refer to the dog food's instructions for food/weight ratio feeding schedule.. now cut that in half and feed twice twice dailiy in the halves for large breeds three times split for small breeds.. good luck!!


    thanks.

    im dealing with an aussie bred labrador. they gotta be tougher than the english bred labs for sure. ;)
    he looks fully grown but then he does stupid shit and its like im dealing with a puppy. hes lovely though. dealing with kids is so much easier... you feed them what you eat but cut it up into tiny pieces. done! :lol:
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    catefrances wrote:
    whispering hands wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ok doggy peeps ive got a question:

    when does a puppy cease being a puppy?

    im doggysitting for 2 weeks and the supermarket confuses me.. is he a puppy or is he an adult dog... wheres the inbetweeny food?
    Here ya go hon.. a puppy is a puppy for the first year, a Whelp for the second year.. and a dog or bitch according to gender by the third..for small breeds you free feed puppy food for year one.. for large breeds you usually free feed puppy food for the first two years..some breeds however like Great Danes and Saints you only free feed the puppy food for the first year.. this also usually applies to most English bred Labradors.. after this period refer to the dog food's instructions for food/weight ratio feeding schedule.. now cut that in half and feed twice twice dailiy in the halves for large breeds three times split for small breeds.. good luck!!
    Your too funny.. do you mean the dog was BRED in Austrailia, because if so.. that matters not.. the reason you only free feed the English set Labs for one year is this.. they are shorter and stockier in stature than the American Bred Labs which tend to be MUCH MUCH larger and longer legged, with a slight amount more lank to them, and therefore the two year rule applies to them..the standard rule for LINGIE's ( the nick for English Labs) is if by six months, their legs are longer than their rib cage, you may feed the second year by the standard rule, same length or shorter, only six more months of free feeding.. why does it make a difference?? Because the fat/protien ratio in the puppy food, is not as easily burnt calorically by a shorter stockier dog, as they are by the longer legged lankier whelps, who are actually more active than their shorter relatives.. and there fore the shorter guys get fed less after the first year.. they also go to adult dog food at that point. I soooooooo want another doggie.. but have decided to wait til I can buy my own house again.

    thanks.

    im dealing with an aussie bred labrador. they gotta be tougher than the english bred labs for sure. ;)
    he looks fully grown but then he does stupid shit and its like im dealing with a puppy. hes lovely though. dealing with kids is so much easier... you feed them what you eat but cut it up into tiny pieces. done! :lol:
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    whispering hands wrote:
    Your too funny.. do you mean the dog was BRED in Austrailia, because if so.. that matters not.. the reason you only free feed the English set Labs for one year is this.. they are shorter and stockier in stature than the American Bred Labs which tend to be MUCH MUCH larger and longer legged, with a slight amount more lank to them, and therefore the two year rule applies to them..the standard rule for LINGIE's ( the nick for English Labs) is if by six months, their legs are longer than their rib cage, you may feed the second year by the standard rule, same length or shorter, only six more months of free feeding.. why does it make a difference?? Because the fat/protien ratio in the puppy food, is not as easily burnt calorically by a shorter stockier dog, as they are by the longer legged lankier whelps, who are actually more active than their shorter relatives.. and there fore the shorter guys get fed less after the first year.. they also go to adult dog food at that point. I soooooooo want another doggie.. but have decided to wait til I can buy my own house again.

    he doesnt look lanky... i guess he must be english.
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    catefrances wrote:
    whispering hands wrote:
    Your too funny.. do you mean the dog was BRED in Austrailia, because if so.. that matters not.. the reason you only free feed the English set Labs for one year is this.. they are shorter and stockier in stature than the American Bred Labs which tend to be MUCH MUCH larger and longer legged, with a slight amount more lank to them, and therefore the two year rule applies to them..the standard rule for LINGIE's ( the nick for English Labs) is if by six months, their legs are longer than their rib cage, you may feed the second year by the standard rule, same length or shorter, only six more months of free feeding.. why does it make a difference?? Because the fat/protien ratio in the puppy food, is not as easily burnt calorically by a shorter stockier dog, as they are by the longer legged lankier whelps, who are actually more active than their shorter relatives.. and there fore the shorter guys get fed less after the first year.. they also go to adult dog food at that point. I soooooooo want another doggie.. but have decided to wait til I can buy my own house again.

    he doesnt look lanky... i guess he must be english.
    Can you post a pic? Whole body if possible?
  • Phantom Pain
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,652
    catefrances wrote:
    dealing with kids is so much easier...
    I seriously doubt that. dogs don't move back home when they're 30 :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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