Oh wow, she's lovely. Collie/bassett? Even close?
yeah Henry really digs his crate - if you approach it the right way it doesn't have to be a prison or anything, more of a sanctuary really. key part here is to never ever use the crate as a time out or bad dog training substitute, that will fuck it up for sure.
We had a six-month American Pit Bull here for a week once who was going to a rescue in Sweden, and she was so well crate trained that she took all her meals in her crate, slept in it, and would climb into it by herself when she just wanted to groom herself and get away from it all. This all paid off in spades when I had to bring her to the airport, and while other dogs who weren't used to crates were freaking out around her in the cargo lounge, she just lay down in her crate and went to sleep.
The thing I took away from the toilet training regime described on that site is not so much the crating as the toileting on command. I was amazed that it could actually work.
So happy for moonship's dog now though. He probably never imagined he'd have such a nice place to live (not that I really think dogs are like Oliver or Annie or anything).
― trishyb, Friday, 27 August 2010 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
We think she is border collie and corgi. The vet thought part basset hound, but she never seems interested in *smells* like a hound is. Also she lookjs like other border collie/corgis I have found pics of on the internet, like this one:http://ncaws.org/gallery/current%20dogs/Corgi%2011sm.jpg(^^^not the Moo)
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Friday, 27 August 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's definitely Corgi in the Moo.
― winston burchill (suzy), Friday, 27 August 2010 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I dogsat the same mix a while back - Borgis! One of the stupider/more awesome names.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 27 August 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i am v glad to be schooled on positive uses of crating bc my perceptions have been negative. for ex, i knew a beautiful keeshond whose owners would use the crate as punishment and the poor thing would just go crazy in there and chew on himself. just awful.
another dog -- whippet/pit mix owned by a friend -- gets horrible separation anxiety and is v destructive if alone & crated, so i always associated the crate to a prison for her misbehaviour. but it's good to know that being in the crate may actually provide a sense of security when she is alone!
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 August 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
got up early, took santi outside for potty. santi refused to potty, came inside, with 30 seconds promptly pottied on floor. conversation on drive to work: how we wished he'd hurry up.
got home early from work today. took santi outside for potty, fully expecting no results. santi immediately potties. right where i buried his poop the other night.
we freak out, heap praise on santi. tail wags like nuts. i pick santi up. santi promptly sprouts massive erection and ejaculates on my shirt.
moral of story: be careful what you wish for.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 August 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh god!
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Friday, 27 August 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
eh, it's not the first time. easier to clean than pee.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 August 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
one step at a time, it seems
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Friday, 27 August 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
omg
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 August 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Poor confused Santi. He's so lucky to have you.
― trishyb, Saturday, 28 August 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― itsinthetrees, Saturday, 28 August 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i would like to introduce ilx to gordon
this is gordon
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs618.ash2/157052_10150101363789813_507284812_7422463_1392291_n.jpg
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
too cool 4 school
― kanellos (gbx), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― mauricio kagel exercise (corey), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I love his furstyle!
― quincie, Friday, 17 December 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome!!!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
You may not know my official stance on this but dogs are the bestest
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
gordon looks like a hipster kinda puppy even without any accoutrements
― nax arrrrrgh (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Also I just got all excited because h had that same duck when he was a pup. Also because I am a dork.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 17 December 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
GORDON!!!!
― ENBB, Friday, 17 December 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
it is like a door has opened in my heart
<3 this lil guy
am very groggy because of getting up with him during the night -- but he is crate training pretty good so far
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Top three threads on ILE currently:
# PUPPY!!!!!!! [Started by Finefinemusic in January 2008, last updated 2 seconds ago] 10 new answers# DOGS [Started by Matt DC in December 2010, last updated 32 seconds ago] 59 new answers POLL closes: December 23 (in 5 days)# CUTE [Started by I CAN LEAD YOU THROUGH THE ZONE (ex machina) in July 2004, last updated 48 seconds ago] 3 new answers
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 December 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi gordon is mostly maltese with a tiny drop of some other breed -- not exactly sure but he's bigger than a maltese
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 17 December 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I approve of Gordon, he looks similar to puppy-Max who inspired this thread!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
This is my parents' 1.5 year-old long-haired weinerdog named Tootsie Roll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnFzJbdVUj0
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
last dogsitter i left my dog with let her boyfriend take her surfing. i just got the pictures:http://i.imgur.com/vnMwI.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/wPy0S.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/A0avL.jpg
― gr8080, Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
aw. <3
― Sister is dating a (CONTROVERSIAL MOD EDIT) (Nijoli), Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^ omg
― markers, Thursday, 17 February 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ok that is awesome
― ullr saves (gbx), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Agree 1,000,000%
― Madchen, Thursday, 17 February 2011 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Have you heard about this silly but obviously much-loved puppy? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0216/breaking28.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/images/2011/0216/269351_1.jpg
"A dog breeder saved his eight-week-old puppy with mouth-to-mouth after it almost drowned in a garden pond."
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9503/mandyhat.jpg
dog hates pirate hat
― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Monday, 21 February 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183072_10150142002779813_507284812_8027455_3197556_n.jpg
oh my gordon!!
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 21 February 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184228_10150142002699813_507284812_8027454_8088726_n.jpg
LOL
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Monday, 21 February 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Gordon looks kind of like an old bear I knew named Gordon! But obv way cuter, no contest.
― great & spacious building (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
awwwwwwwww gordon
― ENBB, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5468768611_c444a80324_b.jpgRiver by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
puppy that started the thread grew up, made an enemy out of a cockatiel:
http://tinypic.com/r/2agi6q/7
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
oops
http://i55.tinypic.com/2agi6q.jpg
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
awww
― ENBB, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
my dog's worst habit is getting into garbagehttp://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/183152_728266476176_19508224_38554085_1538127_n.jpg
― gr8080, Saturday, 26 February 2011 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
For enbbhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RducUTyjzQk
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
dog detures pretty horrifying tbh
― ENBB, Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
you loved the pug with dentures though. I bet you went "awwwwwwwwwwwwwww"
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
nope. too creepy!
― ENBB, Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
buying toothpaste for benson then?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
If I thought for a second that he'd be anywhere near as cooperative as this pooch I sure would be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF97Akx3Siw
― ENBB, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf is that dog wearing? (not a sentence I've ever written before)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not really sure tbh.
― ENBB, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link