This is how we get ours tired out. Sleeps well and gives us peace for the evening. 
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Where to get a puppy?
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Oopsā¦.looks like I waited too long and Lucy just started her first heat cycle todayā¦
Now I canāt take her to training because the other dogs will go nuts.
Iāll take a kid and train them in her place.
Now I canāt take her to training because the other dogs will go nuts.
Iāll take a kid and train them in her place.
Fred gets snipped in a few months. The kids don't appreciate when he lays on them and they can feel his balls.
Maybe Iām old fashioned but I didnāt think they cut off the balls when they do the op.
I know when I got snipped I got to keep my nut.
Mad Mike
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Ya, they do - dogs and cats are castrated which cuts off production of the hormones that drive reproductive behaviours.
They wonāt go nuts when they smell a ***** in heat, will be less aggressive, and most loose their enthusiasm for dry humping.
Well Iāll be damned. Glad to have kept mine then.
Now need diapers and more careful during walks. Seeing red spots around the house.
Thereās lots of debate of spaying before or post first heat. Too late now to decide.
Humans get tubes cut, animals get balls removed. For dogs/cats that's an expensive operation. For livestock, it's an elastic band. They sell rubber balls for owners that want their dogs to have something swinging. Iirc Humans can use them too if they lose a ball and want balance back.
They place we got Fred likes to neuter around a year old. Some places do it really early. Like with the girls, there is some debate over growth/behaviour benefits/downsides. They said if he got too humpy, call them and they do it earlier.
With male dogs they like to leave them with nuts until they are fully grown/ developed. It can be a challenge . Females my vet says before first heat / or after doesnāt really matter . Puppies wearing the cone of shame can be harder to manage around the house than a grown dog . Too rambunctious.
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Our vet also told us before or after doesn't matter.
I have no backing on this, but feel that giving her at least the first heat allows for more development...but I'm no vet, and when the vet says it doesn't really make a difference...only the walks will be more annoying with dogs trying to mount her.
That and the blood. Diapers on order.
Almost every day since I moved here 7-8 months ago.. on my morning walks.. I run into a lady with 2 small dogs.. almost always off leash. Whenever we run into them.. they run up to my dog, barking and putting on a little dog show.. and each time I see them coming.. I pull my dog in tight and hold one of her ears so she wonāt move.. the little dogs get a sniff and move on. A couple of times she has said things to me like.. theyāre friendly.. theyāre not going to do anything to your dog, the usual thingsā¦ The first time, I asked her to call them back, told her mines not cool with it.. she tried, couldnāt.. and I havenāt said anything since. I got the impression she thinks itās a joke.
Yesterday.. I met her husband.. same routine.. heās walking them off leash.. they run up on mine.. etc. unlike her, he came over to shoo them awayā¦ he stops, looks at my dog.. moves faster to get his dogs.. gets them. Then he turns back to me.. and says..
āIām so sorry manā looks at my dog again.. and tells me.. his wife makes fun of me, thinks Iām wacko for the way I react to their dogs approaching mine.. she thinks my dog is scared of hers.. ābut thatās not it, is itā..
I replied.. ānot at all.. quite the opposite.. Iām protecting yoursā
āDo you think sheād attack them?ā
ā100% certain.. if I let herā
āIs that a pitbull?ā
āTechnically.. no.. but close.. very similarā
just then.. my neighbors 4 lb Yorkie comes over, my dog lays on her back.. and the Yorkie jumps all over her, nipping at her.. she just rolls around and lets it.. (thatās how she plays with tiny dogs)
āI thought she wasnāt friendly?ā
āI never said that.. she gets along with a lot of dogs.. but your dogs have been doing that to her for monthsā
āIāll talk to my wife.. have a good walk, etc..ā
This am.. the two little dogs run up on mine.. with the lady walking behind them.. and she give me attitude saying something likeāyou shouldnāt have that dogā
āMe and my dog arenāt the problem mameā
āYouāre an *******ā
āYeah.. but your lucky Iām an ******* that doesnāt want to see your dogs get hurt or worseā
I wonder if sheāll let them do it again tomorrow?
Yesterday.. I met her husband.. same routine.. heās walking them off leash.. they run up on mine.. etc. unlike her, he came over to shoo them awayā¦ he stops, looks at my dog.. moves faster to get his dogs.. gets them. Then he turns back to me.. and says..
āIām so sorry manā looks at my dog again.. and tells me.. his wife makes fun of me, thinks Iām wacko for the way I react to their dogs approaching mine.. she thinks my dog is scared of hers.. ābut thatās not it, is itā..
I replied.. ānot at all.. quite the opposite.. Iām protecting yoursā
āDo you think sheād attack them?ā
ā100% certain.. if I let herā
āIs that a pitbull?ā
āTechnically.. no.. but close.. very similarā
just then.. my neighbors 4 lb Yorkie comes over, my dog lays on her back.. and the Yorkie jumps all over her, nipping at her.. she just rolls around and lets it.. (thatās how she plays with tiny dogs)
āI thought she wasnāt friendly?ā
āI never said that.. she gets along with a lot of dogs.. but your dogs have been doing that to her for monthsā
āIāll talk to my wife.. have a good walk, etc..ā
This am.. the two little dogs run up on mine.. with the lady walking behind them.. and she give me attitude saying something likeāyou shouldnāt have that dogā
āMe and my dog arenāt the problem mameā
āYouāre an *******ā
āYeah.. but your lucky Iām an ******* that doesnāt want to see your dogs get hurt or worseā
I wonder if sheāll let them do it again tomorrow?
That's so frustrating. I only run into one person with 2 dogs that are off leash, but the second the guy says 'no, other way' to his dogs they turn away and cross the street to the other side, so I'm fairly ok with that.
The training we're starting now, the owner states proudly how his dog is always off leash even downtown. No doubt it's well trained.
In the end, it's a dog. Anything can happen, and I can't understand why people are so content with letting them off leash.
It's simply to protect everyone and their animals from injury.
There's quite a few off leashers around here.. but almost all of them are good about it... and have control. I'm not against it in general.. not at all... but that particular lady is stupid about it and thinks everyone else should make way. Admittedly, I do off leash mine occasionally.. at 12-2am ish in the middle of Hungry Hollow.. no one else goes in there at those times.
Good to know!
Unfortunately if I let my dog off leash currently...she ain't coming back.
My little girl dog doesnāt like being sniffed or approached by dogs off leash that she doesnāt know or like. Sheās also built like a sumo wrestler and has no issue whatsoever in letting any dog have the good news that ensures they never do it again or that their owners never speak to us again. We warn anyone with off leash dogs. Most people leash their dogs, some donāt.
Sheās older now but will still make her opinions known. I donāt want dogs coming up to her as sheās unsteady on her feet now though.
I donāt like off leash dogs in places where they arenāt allowed. Iāve had too many close calls on bikes or seen the dogs tear after wildlife etc.
Sheās older now but will still make her opinions known. I donāt want dogs coming up to her as sheās unsteady on her feet now though.
I donāt like off leash dogs in places where they arenāt allowed. Iāve had too many close calls on bikes or seen the dogs tear after wildlife etc.
Mad Mike
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My dog is well trained and friendly, he can walk off leashā¦ but we donāt do it because of aggressive bylaw enforcement.
For decades locals have let their dogs run in local parks - thats over now the leash gestapo are on a mission in Markham.
Iām ok with off leash TRAINED dogs . Let rover enjoy the woods or whatever, but if recall isnāt one hundred percent , we will have to have a conversation about that . My last dog was reactive and had leash anxiety. She was a rescue and I had no clue about her history. If I ask you to leash your dog or call them back and you pretend itās a āordealā for you ? Iām going to hoof your dog under the chin with no remorse.
I donāt want to stereotype but why is it always a fluffy white dog on a sixteen ft flexi leash with a moron walking it that needs to be tangled up ?
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I donāt want to stereotype but why is it always a fluffy white dog on a sixteen ft flexi leash with a moron walking it that needs to be tangled up ?
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Mad Mike
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My last dog, a 35 lb Siberian returned to my side on command but could not be walked off leash. She was embarrassingly timid and submissive when approaching other dogs. Things changed if the other dog made an aggressive move, she turned into a wolverine.
My current dog has service dog level behavior, heās 50 lbs bug couldnāt fight off a gerbil.
I've always felt if in public keep your dog on a leash no matter how well trained it is.
1. Typically the law and why be that person.
2. Sets an example of responsibility. Sadly we all know this is useless.
On our propery our Ridgeback is always off leash, but the little guy he stays on a retractible, being a wild dog for most of his life if he sees something, he's after it. so this gives him some level of freedom to roam but gives us peace of mind he won't end up coyote chow if he left and got lost.
1. Typically the law and why be that person.
2. Sets an example of responsibility. Sadly we all know this is useless.
On our propery our Ridgeback is always off leash, but the little guy he stays on a retractible, being a wild dog for most of his life if he sees something, he's after it. so this gives him some level of freedom to roam but gives us peace of mind he won't end up coyote chow if he left and got lost.
