what to do with a fierce dog?
ktr689
7 years ago
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Comments (13)I usually look like someone from the CDC when I spray, but Pete has made a good point with his picture. No matter what, SOMETHING is going to get us sooner or later. Whether it is steak and potatoes, or a distracted driver, or whatever. I'm sensitive to chemicals, whether it's certain antibiotics, strong scents wafting out of the Yankee Candle shop or smoke, so I'm one that needs to suit up for spray duties. I've already cut back on the steak, so with my luck I'll get mowed down by some red-neck smoking a cigar and not watching the road. (No offense to red-necks, so no hate mail please). Sandy...See MoreWhen you put manure in your yard what do your dogs do?
Comments (3)No odor. But that may also mean no nutrients. My uncle, an old farmer when I was growing up, spread manure on his fields and tilled it in within 24 hours of spreading it so the nutrients would not be lost to the atmosphere. He said what you smell from manure is nutrients going out into the air....See MoreWhat do you do for a grieving dog?
Comments (15)the grown son is thinking only of himself. from what you describe, it would have been a kindness to this dog had they opted to go with the parents' wishes. no dog should be forced to live a life of solitude and to my way of thinking, would be better off dead than alive and miserable. :( i hate to attribute human characteristics to animals but from my own personal experience, especially with maggie, nobody will ever convince me that dogs don't grieve almost as much as we do. we had hospice for 3 weeks before my husband passed away. we were up the lane at his mother's house. my dogs came up every day and kept a vigil at her back door. i took them home every night and shut them in the house and would go up every morning and let them out. they would come and take up their stations at her back door. the night gary died, i took the dogs home and went back up to spend one more night with his mom. the next day, i spent most of the day with her at her house. the dogs never came up. they just knew he wasn't there any longer. at one point, i had moved gary's favorite recliner from my house to her house for him to use. after he died, every evening for many weeks, maggie slept on the floor in our living room, in the very spot where gary's recliner used to live. she refused to come to bed with me for a very long time. it was truly heartbreaking to watch her grieve because i could not explain to her what was happening. she was truly HIS dog and for the 21 months he was ill, she rarely left his side....See MoreLoose dogs - what do you do?
Comments (14)People are stupid. Hah! How's that for a nutshell response? Dogs bite and scuffle with other dogs and people all the time - every day. ALL dogs can bite and will probably bite another dog or a person in its lifetime. What part of this do people not understand? Yes, you have a nice dog - we all have nice dogs. No, your dog has never bitten anyone or another dog - YET. Please get a clue. If you are in any area where there are other dogs - whether its in your front yard or a public trail - keep your dogs under your control at all times. I've seen bites, scuffles and I've been at the vet when dogs came in bitten. And I've been at the "human" emergency room and seen a child come in screaming with dog bites. It happens every day and it's not just pit bulls and yadda-yadda. It's Fluffy and Rex down the street who felt threatened and bit. I have a tiny dachshund. He's very mellow and submissive. But if your bigger dog runs up to us off-leash and starts to sniff my tiny dog - he will bare his teeth and snap the air. "Keep away from me and my mom" is what he's saying. I've gotten control of those situations up to now. And the bigger dog owners always come up and say "oh, he won't bite." Lady, I'm worried about my little dog biting your dog as much as your dog biting mine. Don't you get it? Being a big dog doesn't prevent him from being bit by a smaller dog. DUH. I've had occasion on local trails where my husband had to hold a strange dog by the leash away from our dog, until the clueless owners came. "Oh, he's harmless." No, lady. Dogs are not harmless. They can and do harm - each other and people as well. It's the circumstance that may not have happened yet. But letting your dog run loose - you are asking for that circumstance to happen....See Morektr689
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