I always walk my dogs offlead,i make sure to stay away from roads. However,my dogs usually stay within a 10-20 feet radius of me unless they are having a sprinting/playing race with eachother which only happens for the first 5ish minutes of our walk,or lag way behind when there are just too many good smells to sniff! They never run up to other dogs,ever,they just have no interest for some reason. So not everyone who walks their dogs off lead is a selfish idiot with uncontrollable dogs.The very reason

I just think it's extremely sad that so many dog owners don't give a hoot about their dogs behaviour around others :( Touch wood...I havnt had any bad experiences with other off lead dogs. It's just extremely frustrating that a handful of irresponsible dog owners give the rest of us a bad name!!

poor Charlie must be in mourning

I havnt read any of the other replies,so sorry if this has already been mentioned.But the first thing that struck me was the age of this dog.Danes are such a short lived breed,wouldnt you be better off taking a pup or a much younger dog,so you can have more time with it?

[quote user="SalemsMom"]She loves food, and would just eat until she popped if we let her. [/quote] One of my dogs is like that.I have real trouble figuring out if she is actually hungry or just being a pig! Every time i go into the kitchen she's not far behind,(she licks her bowl clean each and every time and then hassles the others for theirs) and i cant tell if she asking for food because she genuinely is hungry or she's just taking advantage.... She is slightly overweight so

[quote user="probe1957"]How unkind.[/quote] Wasn't meant to be.

Cocker spaniels,and most spaniel/hunting type breeds are chow hounds,one would be hard pressed to find a finicky cocker.I wouldnt either call them a 'small' breed.To me a small breed are those found in the toy group. Yorkies,maltese,shihtzu's,pugs,paps,chi's etc etc etc I've met my fair share of picky eaters in my time,and they have ALL been small/toy dogs.There was one who thought nothing of holding out for a week if her owner didn't give her what she wanted.This dog literally

[quote user="fish n dog"]Our dogs and cats should not be the Guinea Pigs.[/quote] But i don't want anyones dog or cats to be the guinea pigs for our pets food. I don't want to see any animals in a Laboratory setting,no matter what the circumstances are,for any reason!

Huskymom you've obviously missed the pattern that others have picked up on. No biggie,i've given my experience and disagree with a couple of "opinions" stated here...

[quote user="24Pawsnclaws"]my dogs have never turned their nose up at their food unless they were feeling ill for some reason. In fact, my dogs are so anxious to eat they clean their bowls and look for more.[/quote] Pawsnclaws i agree with everything you have written,but what do you say to die hard kibble only feeders who say the same thing as i highlighted above?? I often say similar things that you have just said on other websites,and there are members who feed ONLY kibble and crap kibble