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Turkey
Posted to: News & Entertainment
well.... almost. its a turkey baby... chick.. what ever you call them. my mom bought some day old turkey chicks a few days ago and for some reason all but one died..... and he looked like he was on his last legs today. i decided to take him to my place. i felt so bad for him being all alone. he...
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doggles?
Posted to: News & Entertainment
what do you all think? we are going to the beach for 4 days and I know Bugsy will be out in the sand with us for long periods, should I get him some doggles and if so is there a best lens color for him I'm thinking the neon yellow color would look cool on him but the lenses aren't very dark...
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Puppies at 1 week old!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Official 1 week old pics! First Hero...
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New Fish Tank!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Well, I've been bugging BF for quite some time about getting a fish tank, and yesterday we finally decided to do so... We bought a 29 gallon aquarium, as its our first tank, and we did not want to go too large or too small. We are planning to keep a freshwater tank, saltwater is too much for...
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Mastering the dominance ritual
Posted to: Training & Behavior
Caution: I posted this in the CM section to get good advice on how to do this properly. If you want to engage in an ideological debate on alpha rolls in general, please start another thread elsewhere! Thank you in advance for your respectfulness. I've been doing counter-conditioning/desensitising...
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Hi everyone! Just wanted to give a big hearty Hello!!!:)
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Hi everyone! My name is Ali and we have a puppy named Pepperoni who is about 5ish months old! We are so excited for her to get spayed! ( I know that might sounds mean ..I'm worried that she will go through "stuff" ) and as first time dog owners..that scary for us. Anyways I am...
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Groan............I have to share (long post)
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Let me tell you about my week, first this is both dog and undog related. I had been feeling stressed all week because I have friends and family coming in from several states to stay with me for derby, so I have been working and cleaning house, getting the ground ready for my garden at the community garden...
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Pitbull poll
Posted to: News & Entertainment
This is not actually going to determine if there will be a ban but it will be printed in the newspaper tonight. If you scroll down the page on the right side there is a poll on wheather or not you think pibulls should be banned in the city and so far the pitties are loosing [sm=sad.gif]. So if you could...
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Reaction to rawhide...advice please
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
I know I should ask this question on another forum but no one is there at the health forum. A colleague gave my dog a compressed rawhide (her dogs love the rawhides). He chewed about 1/5 of it. Early this morning (3:00 AM), he was having diarrhea and vomit some brownish liquid. I waiting to take him...
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What do you do with your working dog?
Posted to: Choosing A Dog
I'm looking for ideas on jobs to give my aussie. I can tell already that he will make a great worker. He follows me around relentlessly and is SO eager to please. It seems like he'd be the happiest camper if I could include him in some of the housework or yard work I do. So, I'm thinking...
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Anyone been to a TAGteach seminar?
Posted to: Training & Behavior
I went to the seminar in Massachusetts this weekend. It was awesome! No, actually, beyond awesome. I loved it. Karen Pryor was our opening speaker, which totally rocked. If you like clicker training your dog, and you've ever wanted to try it on people, or even if you've never thought of it, you'll...
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Teaching gundog to be steady
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
Can anyone give me some starter tips for teaching a gundog to be "steady"? (I think that's the right term?) I mean, sitting still while an object is thrown and waiting for the release word. She is a lab pup and will be used to retrieve. I posted a loooong rant in General ("Clueless"...
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Adopting a new dog...
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Well, I've rather convinced myself to adopt another dog from the local shelter. My primary motivation is to have another dog around to keep my current dog company when I'm not around. Otherwise he tends to turn into a kleptomaniac and collects things that I don't want him to collect. then...
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Scared of the crate...
Posted to: Training & Behavior
My family has adopted a 10 month old Blue Heeler/Great Dane (that's a guess, his actual breed is unknown), who has separation anxiety. We haven't left him alone yet, but we have been told that he will chew and have 'accidents' when left alone (he is housebroken). We have a crate for him...
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Blue's been attacked
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Blue and I were walking our usual route when I saw a boxer up ahead off lead just watching us as we were walking down the street. I heard the lady call for her dog and as soon it was with her she grab hold of his collar she started taking it to the house. I continued to walk Blue up the street with him...
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