spaying a large breed dog??? HELP!
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Comments (13)I`m going to give some insight into the livestock guardian dog we chose for our small farm, the Maremma. They don`t fit everything on your list, but quite a few. Size - 75lbs, female Coat - white, medium length, slightly coarse. Shedding is not too bad in the spring, but she lives with the goats outside year round, so we don`t pay attention to it. Temperment - loves people, loves kids (and goats), chickens Exercise - Sleeps (with one eye open) most of the day if we aren`t around, but loves to go for walks every once in a while. At night, she patrols the fence line and her boundaries and is training the new Maremma pup we just bought. They dig many holes to lie in when hot, so to keep a Maremma in a small yard is asking for trouble. Intelligence - very smart and independent thinking, but they need to be to take care of their territory. If the owner is not home and a coyote comes around, they need to decide on their own what needs to be done. However, she does listen and understands who is boss, us. This comes with firm training. Behaviour with animals - the goats, chickens, cats and us, are hers to protect and she has never attacked anyone. She takes care of everything from the smallest chicks, baby goats to the adult goats, and even the neighbours horses if they come close. I will admit that when she was in her teenage stage, she had a tendency to want to play and chase with the animals. Chickens don`t handle that very well and we lost a couple, but not as many as we lost to coyotes. Again, training is important and to us, the loss at that time far out weighs the benefits of not losing any to predators. Now that we have another pup, they take their energy out on one another. Barking - if there is danger around, she will bark. There is always a reason for barking, which occurs mostly at night. We find that the coyote pack moves through every few weeks, so there can be nights when there is a lot of barking, but it is her job to keep them off her property. Then, there are nights when she doesn`t bark at all. We spent some time rewarding her for good barking, versus I-want-attention-barking. Now we know that when she barks, there is a good reason for it. My opinion on retrievers of any kind - they were bred to retrieve birds while hunting. It is in their nature to go after birds, whether wild or domesticated. I wouldn`t feel comfortable leaving them alone with chickens. Good luck....See MoreSaving Seed vs Breeding Dogs
Comments (25)I'm entering this discussion pretty late, having just got back into town and onto the computer. As a mechanical engineer I can certainly claim no special knowledge regarding the laws of genetics: frankly, I do not comprehend them. However, I do have over 50 years experience growing tomatoes, make notes regarding performance of varieties and the response to various experiments over the years, and so feel qualified to offer my own experience, not as proven "law or science", but rather as a relevant observation or opinion. So here are some of my opinions regarding tomato genetics: 1. Will every tomato taken from a single plant yield seed true to the plants variety?-----NO!!!!!!! All blossoms may be capable of self pollination but there is a heck of a lot more multicultural fertilization going on out there in the garden than many believe in, particularly on warm summer nights--just shine a flashlight into the garden and see. How else can I account for the many crosses I have experienced over the years in spite of extreme care in seed saving and labeling tecniques. 2. Will all seeds from a single tomato be consistant in the plant and fruits they produce? NO!!!!! Over the years I have done more than a dozen grow outs comparing one variety of tomatoes to another. This was done by planting rows of seed I had saved against other adjacent rows of either commercial sourced or saved seed of an alternate variety or strain. All my saved seed comes from one tomato, the only exceptions being certain paste or plum varieties which yield extremely limited amounts of seed. Yes, I am aware of contrary recommendations, but this is what I do. Typically my comparitive rows would have in them 6 to 8 plants. All these tests showed minor variation plant to plant in vigor, fruit set and size, desease tolerance, and days to first fruit. More variation than I could ever imagine could be charged to lack of soil consistancy, and certainly enviromental variation was not involved. But here is the key fact: Every now and then one of those plants in a test row would vary extremely from all its siblings--could be very good or could be a very bad variation. One variation even produced bicolor fruits! So, in summary, my experiences contradict some parts of genetic science others have presented. Maybe if the Good Lord will give me another fifty years I can get this matter down pat and straightened out!...See MoreWould like to hear from apt managers on large breed dog rejection
Comments (26)ok--not to bore everybody else around here into a coma-- its the difference between being a landlord tenant lawyer and being a landlord and a lawyer. You have an application --the person has a wonderful credit score, and a good job, and while he is in my office he is dead drunk at 10a.m and slaps his wife. Is he in a protected class because of his credit score? I don't think so--I have a responsibility to the rest of the tenants in my building. They have a right to peace and quiet and since I live there also--so do I. He does not have a right to rent an apartment in my building. No attorney is going to sue on his behalf either. Protected class refers to marital status, race, color, creed, and you may not discriminate against them because of that. A high credit score is not a protected class. You are in Minnesota--where maybe that simple discrimination is still an issue. I am in SoCal--I am the only blonde in the building for whom English is a first language so racial discrimination is not one of our issues. Here, we are expected to check Megan's list and make sure we don't rent to a sexual preditor. In San Diego area a city is considering an ordinance penalizing landlords for renting to illegal aliens. If I have good reason to believe that a tenant will be a threat to the rest of the building--I have liability if they injure somebody. So don't get hung up on credit scores--you get to use your eyes and ears and brain. Of course you keep good records of the problems. If you read the posts, more tenants are unhappy because of jerky neighbors than anything else.I try to prevent that. So after we found the escaped rosy boa constrictor, and I found out that a tenant had three cats and was using the bottom drawers of the kitchen cabinets to put the kitty litter in--we went to a pet free building....See MoreDoes anyone have a spayed dog that has a brownish discharge?
Comments (16)you rescued this dog, i'm sure with the intentions of keeping her. she NEVER should have been spayed if she was in heat, it should have waited 2-3 months post heat. unbelievable that a shelter would do this. have you taken her to a vet at all?? if not, that's what you should do, at the very least. if you don't want to "spend a lot of money" for vet care for your dog, you probably shouldn't be a dog owner. dogs are for life. i'm sorry but you don't sound like you are making much of an effort to see what this problem is and what can be done to take care of it. yes, vet care can be expensive, i know because i have 4 great danes. if this was your child, would you not take it to the doctor right away? you brought this dog home, you owe it to her to do everything possible to make sure she is healthy....See Moreolyagrove
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