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2021 Apr 12, 11:36am   689 views  12 comments

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1   Kepi   2021 Apr 12, 11:39am  

Hahaha! Bull's-eye!
2   richwicks   2021 Apr 12, 2:12pm  

Two are older dogs, about 7-9. There's a saying "a dog that barks doesn't bite". I used to do dog fostering, I can say that is GENERALLY true.

If a dog is barking at you and wagging their tail, they are bluffing. I'd approach such a dog and rub their neck - this makes it easy for them to back away and bite (basically, I'm showing trust by making myself vulnerable) - but a dog that is silent and/or just growling low and standing their ground, that dog may take a bite out of you. If you back a dog into a corner or to the end of the leash, that dog is afraid of you - and may attack out of fear.

Generally.

I used to train my dogs off leash - and when my dog was barking at a dog that was bigger than they were, I'd just drop the leash. Suddenly, their bullshit disappeared. They have lots of bravado until I'm not holding them back anymore. Had to know the other dog of course and also, they were well trained for off leash by that time.
3   Eric Holder   2021 Apr 13, 9:51am  

richwicks says
I used to train my dogs off leash - and when my dog was barking at a dog that was bigger than they were, I'd just drop the leash. Suddenly, their bullshit disappeared. They have lots of bravado until I'm not holding them back anymore.


Good observation and generally true. Terriers are the exception though.
4   Shaman   2021 Apr 13, 10:17am  

I usually offer the equivalent of a handshake to a strange dog. Stick my hand out for them to sniff. They always sniff and usually start wagging tails right after that. Then it’s ok for a pat or two, and soon we are buddies.
5   richwicks   2021 Apr 13, 10:55am  

Eric Holder says
Good observation and generally true. Terriers are the exception though.


The only dogs I know (reasonably) well are Labs, Huskies, Australian Shepherds, Border Collies (too smart for me!), and Samoyeds.
6   Eric Holder   2021 Apr 13, 11:33am  

richwicks says
Eric Holder says
Good observation and generally true. Terriers are the exception though.


The only dogs I know (reasonably) well are Labs, Huskies, Australian Shepherds, Border Collies (too smart for me!), and Samoyeds.


I owned big terriers and Aussies (not simultaneously). A terrier will go for it, leash or not. They are almost like different species in this regard: they fight for fun and the bigger the adversary - the merrier.
7   just_passing_through   2021 Apr 13, 10:14pm  

The older dogs peeled off first haha!
8   WookieMan   2021 Apr 14, 4:39am  

I've had dogs my whole life, love 'em as my username here is Star Wars related but also my first personal (not childhood) dogs name, Chewy. But I'm out after our current one passes, Penny. They're honestly too expensive and a burden to our movement/travel. You can't be spontaneous and change plans on the fly which you need to with kids and activities. Depending where we're going, it's ~5% of our vacation cost to board the dog. We had two dogs 3 years ago and it was closer to 10%.

Our dogs have always been well trained, no accidents in our home and not aggressive, but they'll piss and shit at family members homes. So we've always had to board, but we're lucky to be rural and the kennel we use the dog is outside most of the time (weather permitting). Sometimes she comes back filthy as shit, but that means I know she had a good time.

I will miss it, but with 3 kids now, all being very active in sports, the dog won't get the attention it needs. She's ~12 years old. We don't know because this was a legit "rescue" so to speak. A friend found her stuck in a thorn bush on the side of the road. Cut her out. No chip. Checked all missing dog reports, reported to the county, checked FB and other sites, etc. Nothing. So we got a new dog, lol.

She was f'ing wild. Coffee table, counters, etc. were free game for her. We trained her and got her to be a respectful dog and not jump on the kitchen table. She legit hadn't been groomed once. Looked like an 80lbs dog. Took her in and she was 35lbs.

People that just dump dogs and don't at least take them to a shelter to try and have them taken to a new home should be shot on site. I know many will get euthanized, but at least make an attempt to be a decent human. It's okay to make a bad decision, it's worse to double down and dump a dog in a cornfield. Someone either stole her or likely paid $2K for her. Golden Doodle. Obviously don't have paperwork, but vet is pretty sure.

If I'm still commenting here I'll likely post about her passing, hopefully a long time from now. Which is the other rough part of dogs and why I really don't want to get another one.
9   Ceffer   2021 Apr 14, 9:40am  

Tits don't bark. They meow.
10   richwicks   2021 Apr 14, 4:48pm  

WookieMan says
But I'm out after our current one passes, Penny.


I can relate to that.

I brought one dog through admina cacinoma at 12 (lucky to find that - my vet found it!) and another, he had liver cancer diagnosed at 9. The dog diagnosed with liver cancer was given 6 months to live so I was like, screw it, I'll cook for him until his death - he was supposed to live for 6 months. He lived for 7 more years.

My other dog had glaucoma, a terrifyingly expensive disease, every eye drop was $3 and that was 2 times a day then 3 times a day, and that bitch would blind. She still went blind. Azopt and Xalatan only slow the progression.

I did dog fostering for a long time, but the dogs I kept I went through extraordinary efforts to protect and make a part of my life. I sought out bars and places I could eat with my dogs. I was the guy that always had my dogs around me. Kind of the male version of the cat lady, I was the dog guy. I wasn't a hoarder, but I was extremely obsessive.

Best thing I've done was to give them a good life but the worst thing I did was to euthanize them. I went through extraordinary efforts with them, I brushed their teeth, I force fed them at times, I cooked for them. I'm done. I've had over 20 dogs in dog fostering and rescue, it's easy to own a young dog, even a senior dog, but an elderly dog, that just crushed me. I may foster again, only if I'm certain I won't do something stupid like adopt.

I had over 20 dogs in fostering but I only pulled 2 out of the group I fostered. Any dog I adopted out displaced some other dog somewhere. I used to think I was saving the animals, but I only saved the ones I adopted. If I didn't foster, the dogs I fostered would have died earlier, and some other dogs would have been pulled from a shelter and the market rate for buying a Samoyed would have gone up. I'm absolutely done and I don't know if I can even foster again as it seems pointless.
11   WookieMan   2021 Apr 14, 5:07pm  

richwicks says
I've had over 20 dogs in dog fostering and rescue, it's easy to own a young dog, even a senior dog, but an elderly dog, that just crushed me.

What you did sounds rougher than my experience given the quantity of dogs, though probably rewarding personally for you.

When I was 17 my parents were too busy and I had to put down my original family dog down on my own. 13 years of companionship as a kid. Still fucking pissed at my parents for that. She had diabetes and I was testing daily and giving her insulin injections daily. I was youngest, so the folks went MIA, although that was to my benefit as I was on my own much of the time, which I liked. My parents were good, they were just mailing it in my junior and senior years of high school.

Put down the original family dog my folks got before I was born. My parents could make that one. Not sure why I attended that one at 6 years old though. Then did Chewy about 3 or so years ago. I've only got one more in me and I think it will be the last. People that have them know dogs are amazing companions and it's hard to put them down when it's their time. I'm confident Penny will be the last. She could go another 5 years though I think. She can still jump close to 15' across the pool at 12yrs.
12   richwicks   2021 Apr 14, 5:42pm  

WookieMan says
What you did sounds rougher than my experience given the quantity of dogs, though probably rewarding personally for you.


Not really. I didn't grow personally attached to the dogs I fostered for, but it was rewarding because of the delusion I was saving a life. I just think what I did was useless. I was just displacing another animal.

WookieMan says
When I was 17 my parents were too busy and I had to put down my original family dog down on my own. 13 years of companionship as a kid. Still fucking pissed at my parents for that.


Now that would be difficult. If my parents forced me to put down the family animal, I'm certain I would have resented that.

I'm pissed off with my parents because when I was 30 something, I told them that their neighbor's dog had mange in the middle of the winter, and it would die unless they intervened and they didn't interevene, and the dog disappeared before spring. I'm in California, they were in NY and I was visiting, I couldn't do anything other than to tell them about the problem, they didn't believe I had enough experience in this area, and I strongly suspect the dog died by freezing to death.

I was pissed off with them for years, but I've never voiced it and never will. The dog had a dog house, there should be no outside dogs. It cuts their life in 1/2.

WookieMan says
Put down the original family dog my folks got before I was born. My parents could make that one. Not sure why I attended that one at 6 years old though. Then did Chewy about 3 or so years ago. I've only got one more in me and I think it will be the last. People that have them know dogs are amazing companions and it's hard to put them down when it's their time. I'm confident Penny will be the last. She could go another 5 years though I think. She can still jump close to 15' across the pool at 12yrs.


It just sucks to put a dog down. You put all this effort into protecting them and caring for them, only to kill them. They truly are amazing companions and even the average dog owner, in my opinion, doesn't recognize that.

My dogs could read a person better than I could. The ONLY time my male dog barked at a person, the person was either insane or on a ton of drugs. Took me over 2 minutes to realize that the guy was either insane or drugged up. Kelsey saw it in seconds.

If you and I ever meet, and your dog isn't certain of me, trust your dog. My dogs may have written off good people, but they always detected bad people. I've had enough dogs for a lifetime - 2. I was a great owner, but it's so much work to be a good owner. I'm too old for it now. It was also debilitating to put them down. I was a great dog owner, but feel I can only do it one time.

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