For animal lovers - Page 1379

gabriel · 11-10-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by norealityhere

Wow, 13 yr old! Monet is just a year older, but not nearly as svelte.
I may just have to get a tall cat tower. Monet could stand to do some exercise!!

Joey SVELTE?

hardly. although he and Daddy have been trimming down a bit.

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Originally Posted by ElizabethG

How do you stop your dog from chasing your cats? Threatening hasn't made a dent in her behavior and neither has stern faces and saying "No!!!! Bad dog!!" What comes next?

Is the dog REALLY frightening the cats? Are you sure they are not playing? Usually if cats are ticked off they WILL let a dog know, or anyone for that matter. No and bad dog usually make them laugh.

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Originally Posted by doxie

The kid laughed and pointed at said "Look at that OLD FAT dog"....

Henry was highly offended. Today isn't going so well for him either. The power went out for several hours so "his" electric blanket wasn't functioning. He's also been shoved out into Ida's rain and wind a few times and he does not care for that!

He's now wearing his Snuggie and I'm sure he'll perk up when he finds out that I'm having grilled cheese for lunch!

OLD FAT dog? I would've gone wal mart on that kid. You give Henry a skritch for me with a grilled cheese sandwich all for himself.

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norealityhere · 11-10-2009, 06:16 PM

Compared to Monet, Joey is definitely

svelte.

gabriel · 11-10-2009, 08:16 PM

The Dorito kid:

prhoshay · 11-10-2009, 08:18 PM

Joey REALLY eats Doritos!

Fierce Critter · 11-10-2009, 08:23 PM

Wow, Gabriel. Your Joey, my Isabeau and my sister's Calder would get along great.

gabriel · 11-10-2009, 08:23 PM

You probably thought I was joking...

Fierce Critter · 11-10-2009, 08:38 PM

Regarding my dog, Oakley, and the cats...

We got Oakley when he was 10 weeks old. At that time, we had between 4-6 cats, who would have been anywhere between a year and a few months old. We also had Tuckle, our rabbit, who was litter-trained and free-roaming, with a cage he was locked into on the floor at night.

Oakley from the start got along great with the cats and the rabbit. His shepherding instinct actually came in handy. When it was clear that he was of a temperment that he would not hurt them, we used him to "herd" them when necessary. If one of them got outside accidentally, we just had to send him out and tell him "go get Ripley, find Ripley" and he'd sniff her out and shoo her home.

When any of them gets in a tussle, he'll go nose them apart.

When one of them attacks another, we tell him "go get Grover" and he'll go corner said cat, mouth him until he's spit covered but otherwise unharmed, and leave him alone when we say "enough".

There have been less than one handful of incidents where Oakley bared his teeth or growled at any of them. They all were when he was given a treat and the cats tried to horn in on the goodie action. But we made it implicitly clear that this was absolutely, positively, without a doubt completely and totally unacceptable and he got the point. As a result, he tolerates them when they nose into his treats, but he'll eat faster and move around so they're forced to move themselves, losing out in the process.

Oakley is a dream to have with other pets. When we first got him, however, we used to put Tuckle in a cage at night because a dog we had before Oakley was not as nice to him. Oakley got used to this so when we decided we could get rid of the cage altogether, Oakley was a little upset at this because he was so used to Tuckle being in a certain place at a certain time. He would follow Tuckle around and try to nose him back toward where his cage used to be. Eventually, he got over that.

A prime example of how good Oakley is in this respect. This past summer, my husband let him out into our rather large yard. Jon let him be out there a while, then realized Oakley was barking and carrying on, and looked like he was digging. There was also a squirrel out on a power line, giving Oakley hell. I said to my husband, "maybe he's got something pinned out there, better go check." What Oakley had was a nest of tiny baby rabbits. He was digging in FRONT of the nest, and barking like crazy because, in his mind, they didn't belong out there in the yard, they belonged IN THE HOUSE. He was trying to tell us, "Hey, I don't remember these guys, and I don't know how they got out here, but you better come put them back in the house where they belong." The baby rabbits were totally unharmed, and we settled Oakley down and kept him away from the spot until the mother decided to move them herself, out of the yard with the crazy herding dog.

Now, we did have a dog prior to Oakley who was NOT good to cats. We ran a video camera when we were gone once and came home to footage of him dragging our first kitten down from a stack of boxes by her head. She was fine, but we discovered him being inappropriately rough with her another time, too. He was tragically hit by a truck before he was a year old, so we never got around to seeing if we needed to train that behavior out of him. But there was a difference between him and Oakley - we suspect the first dog was not purebred Shepherd as we were led to believe. And we know for a fact Oakley is a pure Shepherd. There ARE risks of unpredictable behavior in mixed breed dogs. Mutts can be wonderful, absolutely. But there are breeds out there that are not very good with other animals, and if those are mixed in, you can end up with a dog that won't get along well with cats, rabbits, birds, etc.

I don't generally recommend bypassing a rescue/shelter for a dog usually. But if you have small children, or other pets, you should at least consider a dog from a rescue group that adopts out specific breeds.

Just suggestions. Of course, we could have just gotten VERY very lucky with our dear Oakley.

myrosiedog · 11-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Elizabeth, we can't get Bogie and Waldo from chasing each other.

Doxie, that's terrible. Henry had every right to be offended and I probably would have said something to the kid. That's not nice at all.

The Dorito kid. I love it.

Reminds me of Blazing Saddles.

Does he get dip too?

Lil Bit · 11-10-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by myrosiedog

Doxie, that's terrible. Henry had every right to be offended and I probably would have said something to the kid. That's not nice at all.

Besides, what's wrong with being old and fat????

doxie · 11-11-2009, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil Bit

Besides, what's wrong with being old and fat????

Nothing at all! That kid had HIS chubby paws wrapped around a milkshake. If we hadn't been in a parking lot, I would have let Henry take him on!

Gabriel - LOVE the Dorito pics. Henry needs to visit y'all - he and Joey could hang in the condo and eat!

Fierce - I think it's great that all of your pets get along so well. I loved the part about Oakley herding the cats. I have a friend who has a Corgi and two little kids. The Corgi herds the kids around

Storm is over. Electric blanket is back on and Henry had a bite of hamburger steak for dinner. He's now gone back to bed.

11-10-2009, 06:16 PM	#13782
norealityhere May 2010 be a better year Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,257	Re: For animal lovers Compared to Monet, Joey is definitely svelte. __________________ To Thine Own Self Be True

11-10-2009, 08:18 PM	#13784
prhoshay Signed, Sealed, Delivered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right Here, Right Now Posts: 14,340	Re: For animal lovers Joey REALLY eats Doritos! __________________ "...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer You are the only person responsible for your happiness.

11-10-2009, 08:23 PM	#13785
Fierce Critter Living Vicariously via RT Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 589	Re: For animal lovers Wow, Gabriel. Your Joey, my Isabeau and my sister's Calder would get along great.

11-10-2009, 08:23 PM	#13786
gabriel PFFT! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: At home Age: 52 Posts: 8,371	Re: For animal lovers You probably thought I was joking...

11-10-2009, 08:38 PM	#13787
Fierce Critter Living Vicariously via RT Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 589	Re: For animal lovers Regarding my dog, Oakley, and the cats... We got Oakley when he was 10 weeks old. At that time, we had between 4-6 cats, who would have been anywhere between a year and a few months old. We also had Tuckle, our rabbit, who was litter-trained and free-roaming, with a cage he was locked into on the floor at night. Oakley from the start got along great with the cats and the rabbit. His shepherding instinct actually came in handy. When it was clear that he was of a temperment that he would not hurt them, we used him to "herd" them when necessary. If one of them got outside accidentally, we just had to send him out and tell him "go get Ripley, find Ripley" and he'd sniff her out and shoo her home. When any of them gets in a tussle, he'll go nose them apart. When one of them attacks another, we tell him "go get Grover" and he'll go corner said cat, mouth him until he's spit covered but otherwise unharmed, and leave him alone when we say "enough". There have been less than one handful of incidents where Oakley bared his teeth or growled at any of them. They all were when he was given a treat and the cats tried to horn in on the goodie action. But we made it implicitly clear that this was absolutely, positively, without a doubt completely and totally unacceptable and he got the point. As a result, he tolerates them when they nose into his treats, but he'll eat faster and move around so they're forced to move themselves, losing out in the process. Oakley is a dream to have with other pets. When we first got him, however, we used to put Tuckle in a cage at night because a dog we had before Oakley was not as nice to him. Oakley got used to this so when we decided we could get rid of the cage altogether, Oakley was a little upset at this because he was so used to Tuckle being in a certain place at a certain time. He would follow Tuckle around and try to nose him back toward where his cage used to be. Eventually, he got over that. A prime example of how good Oakley is in this respect. This past summer, my husband let him out into our rather large yard. Jon let him be out there a while, then realized Oakley was barking and carrying on, and looked like he was digging. There was also a squirrel out on a power line, giving Oakley hell. I said to my husband, "maybe he's got something pinned out there, better go check." What Oakley had was a nest of tiny baby rabbits. He was digging in FRONT of the nest, and barking like crazy because, in his mind, they didn't belong out there in the yard, they belonged IN THE HOUSE. He was trying to tell us, "Hey, I don't remember these guys, and I don't know how they got out here, but you better come put them back in the house where they belong." The baby rabbits were totally unharmed, and we settled Oakley down and kept him away from the spot until the mother decided to move them herself, out of the yard with the crazy herding dog. Now, we did have a dog prior to Oakley who was NOT good to cats. We ran a video camera when we were gone once and came home to footage of him dragging our first kitten down from a stack of boxes by her head. She was fine, but we discovered him being inappropriately rough with her another time, too. He was tragically hit by a truck before he was a year old, so we never got around to seeing if we needed to train that behavior out of him. But there was a difference between him and Oakley - we suspect the first dog was not purebred Shepherd as we were led to believe. And we know for a fact Oakley is a pure Shepherd. There ARE risks of unpredictable behavior in mixed breed dogs. Mutts can be wonderful, absolutely. But there are breeds out there that are not very good with other animals, and if those are mixed in, you can end up with a dog that won't get along well with cats, rabbits, birds, etc. I don't generally recommend bypassing a rescue/shelter for a dog usually. But if you have small children, or other pets, you should at least consider a dog from a rescue group that adopts out specific breeds. Just suggestions. Of course, we could have just gotten VERY very lucky with our dear Oakley.

11-10-2009, 10:36 PM	#13788
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Waldo's World, Rosie's Universe and Bogies bed Age: 47 Posts: 15,700	Re: For animal lovers Elizabeth, we can't get Bogie and Waldo from chasing each other. Doxie, that's terrible. Henry had every right to be offended and I probably would have said something to the kid. That's not nice at all. The Dorito kid. I love it. Reminds me of Blazing Saddles. Does he get dip too? __________________ Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)