http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/ This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:54:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/doggiestyle/misc/rss.jpg http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/ http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4413&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:57 GMT I don't know what to say. Sparky is not doing well at all. She's been on her amino acids for about a week now and has not made much of any improvement that we can see. Last night she had a full on panic. She wouldn't even let Jason use the bathroom without panicking. She had to stay with us in our bed or the panic attacks would start up. She'd claw her way in to the bed if we tried to put her back on the floor. It's hard to say she had a moment of calmness when I came to bed. She needed us both there for her to feel more rested. She's been fighting more with Skye. She's just not enjoying herself anymore. She might have one or two moments of happiness during the day, but it's not every day. Jason has tried to play with her and her spark will light up a little. But, meanwhile, she just paces and paces around the floor heavy breathing and at time trying to get closer to either of us one way or another. We found a way to keep her from going under the bed when we aren't looking, but that means she needs to be on our bed. I just hope I don't wake up to a bed full of pee again. It may happen, and it's not her fault, but it's definitely not the way I wish to be woken up again.

We just can't figure if her panic attacks are only due to her sensory losses or is she starting to lose her mind too. It's just so hard. This is no life for her. I hate that we have entertained the idea of putting her to sleep. She's my baby and Jason's best friend. He's bonded with her and he too has a hard time figuring out what's best for her. We know we are facing that possibility of putting her down. Even though she hasn't lost her bodily functions yet and is walking around well enough, her mind plays a big part on her quality of life. Being frightened and panicked all day is no life to have. I think we are looking to try the Valium first. If that does not work, we have to really consider her quality of life, our needs, her needs, and how does all this effect the babies. We know Skye would be really sad, but we are all here for her too. She's already started to snap towards the babies again. She doesn't want to bite them, but she's having a hard time with her mood swings and the babies. We can't just lock her in a room. She panics so much and that's just mean if she doesn't get our attention like she needs.

So we are also questioning when is it too soon and when is a good time to consider putting a dog down. It's so hard!!!! It's not like they can always tell you. She's still eating ok (with some hesitancy sometimes), but when I look into her eyes, I'm not looking at a dog that has a strong will to live anymore. ]]> Conventional and Wholistic Health Timber Wolf http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4413 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4412&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:55:19 GMT Beautiful day here, 60s, so we raked leaves, and then made a huge leaf pile for when the kids were coming. Of course once the leaf pile was mon=unded, Linus and Bella decided to play in it for a while. Image: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/mombert510/leafpile.jpg Image:... Beautiful day here, 60s, so we raked leaves, and then made a huge leaf pile for when the kids were coming. Of course once the leaf pile was mon=unded, Linus and Bella decided to play in it for a while.





]]> Center Stage Alberta Hanko http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4412 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4411&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:27:09 GMT Like everyone else I have been rushing around a lot lately and feeling a bit stressed. This morning I was driving DH to a doctor's appointment, nothing serious but he was having a reaction to his latest bp medication, and thinking about meeting with a customer in my office--about 40 minutes from home, and hoping I would make it. We were on the main roadway, very busy, going past an apartment complex when I saw something small and white (an adorable maltese) run out into the road, I pulled over and beeped my horn, and it ran back to the shoulder and looked at me. I started out of the car and it started back into the road, so I again hit the horn, it stopped again and looked at me, and I then ran out, crouched down, facing sideways and started calling to it in a very high and playful voice. It came flying to me (whew) and I picked it up and put it right into the car. We noted a phone number on a sign outside the complex and kept going to get to the doctor.

I called the number while we were at the doctor's and was told by a lady in the lasing office to bring it over when we left the doctor's and they would find the owner. What a little charmer--we got back to the car and he was wagging his tail, bouncing all over and just having a great time. We stopped at the apartments and I took him inside, set him down and he just ran all over greeting anyone he could find. They did recognize him, so were going to call his owner and I left--in a great mood--not at all stressed any longer. Happy ending! ]]> People Chit-Chat Alberta Hanko http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4411 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4409&goto=newpost Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:48:49 GMT The National Dog Competition is coming up! Do you guys try to watch this every Thanksgiving? I've missed it the past couple of years, but am going to make an effort to watch it this year.

Petcentric has a couple interesting articles about it. I didn't realize there were over 150 different breeds represented at the competition. You guys should check them out to learn a little more about the competition! ]]> People Chit-Chat Snoopie http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4409 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4407&goto=newpost Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:31:20 GMT There is an article on Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul that highlights how many pets have been returned because of their microchip. I am really glad we decided to microchip our pup it is like having one extra reassurance that I think is well worth having. Did most people here choose to microchip? ]]> Doggie Yip-Yap NewPupMom http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4407 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4406&goto=newpost Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:03 GMT Wanted to stop in and say hi. I am relatively new to owning a puppy but have now had my dog for 3 full months and am loving every minute of it. Look forward to getting to know everyone! Wanted to stop in and say hi. I am relatively new to owning a puppy but have now had my dog for 3 full months and am loving every minute of it. Look forward to getting to know everyone! ]]> Welcome Sniff NewPupMom http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4406 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4405&goto=newpost Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:57:14 GMT i HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG AND A 5 YEAR OLD PUG, HAVE HAD BOTH AS PUPPIES AND BULLDOG CAME ALONG AFTER THE PUG. i AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY BULLDOG ATTACKING MY PUG (2 DAYS AGO SHE (BULLDOG) ATTACKED MY PUG WHICH INJURED HER AN REQUIRED STITCHES. THEY ARE BOTH FEMALES AND ARE BEST OF... i HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG AND A 5 YEAR OLD PUG, HAVE HAD BOTH AS PUPPIES AND BULLDOG CAME ALONG AFTER THE PUG. i AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY BULLDOG ATTACKING MY PUG (2 DAYS AGO SHE (BULLDOG) ATTACKED MY PUG WHICH INJURED HER AN REQUIRED STITCHES. THEY ARE BOTH FEMALES AND ARE BEST OF FRIENDS MOST OF THE TIME BUT ON OCCASION EITHER OVER FOOD OR ATTENTION THEY FIGHT.
MY WIFE IS FED UP WITH THEM FIGHTING AND OUR PUG IS MUCH SMALLER THAN OUR BULLDOG AND SHE WANTS ME TO GET RID OF THE BULLDOG. I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND DONT WANT TO GET RID OF HER AND THIS IS WHY SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER.
i AM WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS WITH THEIR DOGS AND WHAT WAS DONE TO STOP IT...PLEASE HELP I LOVE MY BULLDOG TOO MUCH TO GET RID OF HER BUT I ALSO LOVE MY PUG AND CANT SEE HER GET HURT.
THEY ARE BOTH FEMALES AND AGAIN ARE THE BEST OF FRIENDS MOST OF THE TIME
PLEASE HELP ]]> In The Company Of Dogs and Kids nickegan007 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4405 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4404&goto=newpost Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:57:33 GMT Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


A sweet-tempered, mixed-breed mutt has become the surrogate mom for nine newborn African painted dog pups at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium whose real mother died shortly after they were born.

Honey, a black-and-white female dog from the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society's North Side shelter, gave birth six weeks ago to her own litter of six pups and was brought in last week to nurse the black-and-white painted dog puppies that were born at the zoo on Oct. 25.

It's the first time a domestic surrogate has been used to mother and feed newborn wild painted dogs, which are endangered in the wilds of Africa. The pups' natural mother, 10-year-old Vega, died of a ruptured uterus last Wednesday at the zoo.

"Latching onto nipples is huge for them, much better than latching onto a bottle," said Dr. Stephanie James, the zoo's director of veterinary service. "Raising African painted dogs on a domestic dog has not been done before. We're breaking the mold."

The mortality rate for African painted dog pups, even with a healthy mother, is 50 percent in the first 30 days, in the wild or in captivity.

The death of Vega put the lives of her pups, six males and three females, in great jeopardy, said Dr. Barbara Baker, the zoo's president and chief executive officer.

"Our dilemma was whether to attempt to hand-raise the pups or to contact the local animal shelters to find a female dog that had just given birth and was nursing her pups," Dr. Baker said.

The search of local animal shelters quickly turned up Honey, who was the right size and coloration. Her own pups were in the process of being weaned but she was still able to nurse.

"She's just been perfect, an absolutely fabulous mom," Dr. Baker said. "All of the pups are gaining weight."

They were born weighing a little more than 12 ounces and now weigh 19 ounces. They'll be weaned after two weeks, when their diet will be changed to blended meat infused with digestive enzymes.

Dr. James said the zookeepers are doing everything they can to protect the pups from infectious diseases, including common viruses such as rabies, distemper and parvovirus, that domestic dogs are vaccinated against.

African painted dogs, so named because of their spotted tri-colored coat, cannot be vaccinated.

Dr. Baker said it's too early to say if all the painted dog pups will stay at the zoo if they survive, but the painted dog exhibit area, where the zoo formerly housed its cheetah, is large enough to accommodate them all.

"There are pack animals and in the wild are used to running in large packs," she said. "Our exhibit is big enough to handle 15 dogs."

Two male dogs, Drako and Puck, the pups' father, remain in the exhibit. After they're weaned, the new pups will be kept in a heated house at the exhibit but won't be let out until next spring, Dr. Baker said.

The African painted dog, Lycaon pictus, also commonly called the painted hunting dog, African hunting dog, the Cape hunting dog, the spotted dog, or the painted wolf, is endangered by human population, habitat loss and hunting.

There were once approximately 500,000 African painted dogs in 39 countries, and packs of 100 or more were not uncommon. Now there are only about 3,000 to 5,000 in fewer than 25 countries.

In the wild, it is strongly affected by competition with larger carnivores that rely on the same prey base, particularly the lion and the spotted hyena. Lions often will kill as many wild dogs as they can but do not eat them. Hyenas usually follow them to steal their kills.

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010601-455.stm ]]> News Stand Alberta Hanko http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4404 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4403&goto=newpost Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:30:22 GMT I can't believe that my little baby will be two years old on the 25th of this month. She is the joy of my life.

I have always had rescue dogs and this time I decided to get a baby. A couple of days after I told a friend about wanting a new dog he called and told me that some friends of his said their dog was pregnant and due almost any time. About a week and a half later he told me they were born. I asked him how much they were going to ask (Shi Tzu / Bichon X) and he phoned back and told me $400. I told him to forget it .. I'm a poor monk with not alot of money. He called back that day and told me we were going to look and I said forget it. I didn't want to fall in love with one of them and then not be able to afford it. He said no problem, it would not cost me a penny. That was a price I could handle.

We visited when they were 4 days old. I immediately picked up the runt of the litter and she crawled under my beard and fell asleep ... that was the one for me. I named her at 6 days old (Mitzy) and went to see her every couple of days until I could bring her home. What a joy it was ... piddling on the floor and everything (the dog, not me). She is still half the size of her brothers and sisters and is totally devoted to me. Wants to be with me every moment of the day and night. Spoiled rotten but very well behaved.

Anyway, I've yapped on long enough ... you get the picutre. So on the 25th she will go for her grooming, then off to the pet store to buy some new winter clothes ..... BTW, did I mentions she was spoiled??? :excited: ]]> Doggie Yip-Yap brjohnbc http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4403 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4402&goto=newpost Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:26:35 GMT By SARAH KERSHAW Published: October 31, 2009 Life as a Labradoodle may sound free and easy, but if you’re Jet, who lives in New Jersey, there is a lot of work to be done. He is both a seizure alert dog and a psychiatric service dog whose owner has epilepsy, severe anxiety, depression,... By SARAH KERSHAW
Published: October 31, 2009

Life as a Labradoodle may sound free and easy, but if you’re Jet, who lives in New Jersey, there is a lot of work to be done.

He is both a seizure alert dog and a psychiatric service dog whose owner has epilepsy, severe anxiety, depression, various phobias and hypoglycemia. Jet has been trained to anticipate seizures, panic attacks and plunging blood sugar and will alert his owner to these things by staring intently at her until she does something about the problem. He will drop a toy in her lap to snap her out of a dissociative state. If she has a seizure, he will position himself so that his body is under her head to cushion a fall.

Jet seems like a genius, but is he really so smart? In fact, is any of it in his brain, or is it mostly in his sniff?

The matter of what exactly goes on in the mind of a dog is a tricky one, and until recently much of the research on canine intelligence has been met with large doses of skepticism. But over the last several years a growing body of evidence, culled from small scientific studies of dogs’ abilities to do things like detect cancer or seizures, solve complex problems (complex for a dog, anyway), and learn language suggests that they may know more than we thought they did.

Their apparent ability to tune in to the needs of psychiatric patients, turning on lights for trauma victims afraid of the dark, reminding their owners to take medication and interrupting behaviors like suicide attempts and self-mutilation, for example, has lately attracted the attention of researchers.

In September, the Army announced that it would spend $300,000 to study the impact of pairing psychiatric service dogs like Jet with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder. Both the House and Senate have recently passed bills that would finance the training and placement of these dogs with veterans.

Hungarian researchers reported in a study last year that a guide dog for a blind and epileptic person became anxious before its master suffered a seizure and was taught to bark and lick the owner’s face and upper arm when it detected an onset, three to five minutes before the seizure. It is still somewhat mysterious how exactly dogs detect seizures, whether it’s by picking up on behavioral changes or smelling something awry, but several small studies have shown that a powerful sense of smell can detect lung and other types of cancer, as the dogs sniff out odors emitted by the disease.

Beyond these perceptual abilities, in which trainers can use the dogs’ natural instincts, some research has examined dogs’ actual cognitive ability, and found not just good doggie, but smart doggie.

“I believe that so much research has come out lately suggesting that we may have underestimated certain aspects of the mental ability of dogs that even the most hardened cynic has to think twice before rejecting the possibilities,” said Stanley Coren, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and an author of several books on dogs.

Dr. Coren’s work on intelligence, along with other research suggesting that the canine brain processes information something like the way people do, has drawn criticism. And there is good reason. For most of the last century the specter of a horse named Clever Hans hung over anyone who tried to prove that dogs were acting in thoughtful ways — not merely mimicking or manipulating people into believing that they in fact grasped human concepts.

Clever Hans was said to be able to count, make change and tell time by tapping his hoof, until investigators in the early 1900s learned that Hans was merely responding to his trainer’s body language, tapping when the trainer nodded his head. This provided an enduring example for those who believed thought was the exclusive domain of humans.

But in 2004, German researchers reported that a border collie named Rico could learn the name of an object in one try, had 200 objects in his repertoire and remembered them all a month later, all very human. Even skeptical animal behavior researchers found the Rico results impressive and sound. Is it possible that Rico turned the tide on the Clever Hans problem, even though there is debate about how we can reliably measure what dogs know?

By giving dogs language learning and other tests devised for infants and toddlers, Dr. Coren has come up with an intelligence ranking of 100 breeds, with border collies at No. 1. He says the most intelligent breeds (poodles, retrievers, Labradors and shepherds) can learn as many as 250 words, signs and signals, while the others can learn 165. The average dog is about as intellectually advanced as a 2- to 2-and-a-half-year-old child, he has concluded, with an ability to understand some abstract concepts. For example, the animal can get “the idea of being a dog” by differentiating photographs with dogs in them from photographs without dogs.

But Clive D. L. Wynne, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Florida who specializes in canine cognition and has himself said he met a border collie who knew 1,500 words, takes issue with efforts to compare human and canine brains.

He argues that it is dogs’ deep sensitivity to the humans around them, their obedience under rigorous training, and their desire to please that can explain most of these capabilities. They may be deft at reading human cues — and teachable — but that doesn’t mean they are thinking like people, he says. A dog’s entire world revolves around its primary owner, and it will respond to that person to get what it wants, usually food, treats or affection.

“I take the view that dogs have their own unique way of thinking,” Dr. Wynne said. “It’s a happy accident that doggie thinking and human thinking overlap enough that we can have these relationships with dogs, but we shouldn’t kid ourselves that dogs are viewing the world the way we do.”

Source...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/we...er=rss&emc=rss ]]> News Stand Timber Wolf http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4402 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4401&goto=newpost Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:17:27 GMT http://www.flickr.com/photos/13031100@N03/4062637646/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/13031100@N03/4061858871/in/photostream/ This weekend i have a house full of fur kids, i have my two, Frodo and Tika. Then i have Ms C, Weezie and Skye. Some of you have seen video i have done of weezie before... http://www.flickr.com/photos/13031100@N03/4062637646/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1303110...n/photostream/

This weekend i have a house full of fur kids, i have my two, Frodo and Tika. Then i have Ms C, Weezie and Skye. Some of you have seen video i have done of weezie before and her timidness and stuff, well this weekend she has started instigating play with Ms C and Skye...

we have only had a few incidents with frodo or tika being nasty tempered... ]]> Doggie Yip-Yap Luciann http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4401 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4400&goto=newpost Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:27:34 GMT Good news: Sparky's physical therapy appointment today went really well. Her muscles are relaxing and she even let the therapist pet her without biting her. She was very impressed with Sparky's overall appearance and movements. She showed me some more massages and found some more areas of sensitivities that are most likely due to protecting her left leg joints (wrist, foot, etc...).

However...

Bad News: When we put the muzzle on her, she looked right at me at one point. She gave me such a pitiful look, but it gave me the opportunity to look closely in her eyes. I knew she was getting cataracts so the white fogginess was not a surprise to see especially in her right eye where she has it worse, but now I saw both an iridescent circle and right next to it was a tiny white ball or dot. That is not a good sign. Now, I have a better idea of why she's been acting so funny. If that ball is what I think it is, her eyesight is not only going blurry, but it could be a little warped. That may be causing her to not only go blind, but not see straight. Her episode in the laundry room could be that she couldn't really see what I was doing and it frightened her. Her neediness of both Jason and I could be that she's afraid of what she's seeing and lack there of. She still could be going a little senile in her old age, but I'm not thinking it's her eyesight that is causing her to act strange. I mean, she's literally scared of some things that normally wouldn't scare her. Her odd behavior around the babies, trying to get in if I'm in there, her licking Cameron, her anxiety is normal, but it's not always the same focus. It all could be she's looking for some comfort from something familiar even from something that would normally make her very uncomfortable when she is feeling afraid and vulnerable. Today, she actually tried to climb on to my bed. She knows she no longer has the strength to jump up. She lately has been squeezing herself under the bed some nights desperately. The space is only high enough for maybe a miniature dachshund to get under or another toy breed, so you can imagine she has to be really desperate to want to go under there to hide. I only let her on the bed today while I napped because she looked so scared of something, it was obvious she needed the extra comfort. Then a couple of hours later when she woke up, she panicked and tried to jump off. Luckily, Jason caught her and let her down easy so she wouldn't hurt herself. She sleeps under the office desk under our feet when we are sitting using the computers. She needs to be around us at all times. She's afraid of the laundry room, mostly because she feels she needs us with her, but also because she just doesn't feel safe in there. Yesterday she started to throw herself around and scratch at the door. She normally just sniffs, but now she panics. Skye is not enough of a comfort to her. She doesn't pay much attention to Skye anymore. Skye still tries to play with Sparky outside and Sparky will occasionally respond with a happy play stance, but beyond a minute of playfulness, Sparky doesn't want to play long at all. I just feel awful for her right now. I can see she's really not doing great. She counts so much on her sight and hearing...even her sniffer is starting to loose it's function, so she really is not coping too well. I'm trying, but it's just so hard to watch. I do think she is going a bit senile through a lot of this, but it does not seem to be to the point where she's forgotten who I am or where she is. She just doesn't always recognize where she is because of her loss of sight. ]]> Conventional and Wholistic Health Timber Wolf http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4400 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4399&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:08:34 GMT You have heard me discuss Courtney and Ms C. well Courtney took Frodo and Ms C for a walk and told me that a dog named JJ who has been returned home by one or the other of us several times in the last month and whom roams the neighborhood frequently followed her again The last time she took him... You have heard me discuss Courtney and Ms C. well Courtney took Frodo and Ms C for a walk and told me that a dog named JJ who has been returned home by one or the other of us several times in the last month and whom roams the neighborhood frequently followed her again

The last time she took him home she had a talk with the owners about their responsibility to this wonderful creature.

Well tonight we brought him in to my house since he followed her to my house. we brought him in and it looks like he has been in a dog fight and the wound has almost "healed" other than the freaking abcess. so i called Holly to come over (she use to be a vet tech) and i lanced the abcess and drained it as well as i could. i then bathed him since he was covered in fleas...

Courtney and I are both pissed about this. our problem is that we both have the number of pets we can afford so we have to figure out what to do with JJ....our solution is to call animal control who will take him to the local shelter. even if the people come to claim him he will have to be neutered before they can get him and they might even get into trouble for not providing him with medical care...

i hate to say i would rather see this sweet dog at the shelter rather than have owners who don't seem to care if he roams the streets and is injured....

thanks for listening...at least my agriculture degree came in handy for a change ]]> People Chit-Chat Luciann http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4399 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4398&goto=newpost Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:28:32 GMT I was there this morning picking up food for Bella and Linus. I was just sort of focused on paying and leaving, but the observant woman behind me noticed a cage on the opposite counter, and asked iof it was a rat inside. The cashier said yes, it was a pet rat. Someone had taken it there last night... I was there this morning picking up food for Bella and Linus. I was just sort of focused on paying and leaving, but the observant woman behind me noticed a cage on the opposite counter, and asked iof it was a rat inside. The cashier said yes, it was a pet rat. Someone had taken it there last night and said if they did not take it they would just "let it go". Hearing this I looked over and saw a large white placid rat inside and realized that this was one lucky rat since he was taken to a place with kind people. He definitely would not have been able to survive loose, having spent his life being cared for, but probably would have wound up as a meal for a hawk or a feral cat, or starved. ]]> People Chit-Chat Alberta Hanko http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4398 http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4397&goto=newpost Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:09:02 GMT (Getting to know your dog) 5 Questions about your dogs.... 1. Does your dog(s) like to wake you up in the morning? if so, how? 2. What food do you feed your dog(s)? 3. Do you give in and give your dog table scraps? 4. What is your dog(s) favorite game to play? (Getting to know your dog) 5 Questions about your dogs....

1. Does your dog(s) like to wake you up in the morning? if so, how?

2. What food do you feed your dog(s)?

3. Do you give in and give your dog table scraps?

4. What is your dog(s) favorite game to play?

5. What breed/mix is your dog(s)?



1. Does your dog(s) like to wake you up in the morning? if so, how?
-Sparky used to like to sniff my breath in the morning so I'd wake up to her big nose and loud obnoxious sniffing sounds. Now, neither of them try to wake me up in the morning.

2. What food do you feed your dog(s)?
-I give them Holistic Opticoat from The Pet Pantry and VeRUS fish and potato canned food mixed together.

3. Do you give in and give your dog table scraps?
-Nope, I did that when Sparky was just a pup. I learned my lesson. Took her forever to learn begging for my MacDonald's French fries was not going to get her anywhere or any thing for that matter.

4. What is your dog(s) favorite game to play?
-Sparky used to like Tug-O-War and keep away. Skye loved fetch and belly rub. She'd fetch the ball as long as you'd give her a belly rub before hand. Otherwise her favorite game is run-like-a-lunatic. She'd run around in circles and back and forth messing everything up.

5. What breed/mix is your dog(s)?
-Sparky is a Shepherd/Terrier mix and probably somethign else, but her vets are pretty sure that's her basic mix because of her attitude, personality, appearance, characteristics, smarts, and posture. (Hmm, me thinks I repeated something there).
-Skye is a Purebred Siberian Husky (Woolie, she's got longer fur than what is accepted in the show dog world) ]]> Doggie Yip-Yap Timber Wolf http://www.doggiebagonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4397