DOGS

dunno what half these look like

someone do a pictorial guide

this really hasn't been done before?

where is the Shiba Inu?!

Write-in votes also accepted

oh God you just reminded me that I had a dream last night in which I had a dog but really didn't want it and kept asking myself "why the hell did I get a dog?"

The Shiba Inu is looking sad at its exclusion from the poll. As is the St Bernard.

http://seattlest.com/attachments/seattle_courtney/st-bernard.jpg

:(

SO SAD!!!

OK out of the choices listed here in no particular order

pug
corgi
boxer
old english bulldog
husky
akita
lab

I'm just going to use the Swiss mountain dog as a stand in for the Bernese but I do so under protest.

I had a Jack Russell growing up so I suspect mine will be the only vote.

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/3542/200805083542_1.jpg_w450.jpg

I am so gay for Jon's dogs :'((((((((((

and and write ins for shibas and bernese mountain dogs

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44426000/jpg/_44426529_flag_dog_credit416.jpg

http://www.alphadogcoats.co.uk/Staffy_Hoodie_Burberry_-_Large.jpg

WRITE-IN VOTE FOR SHIBA INU

my mother's dog is a tibetan spaniel, where are they?

http://my-doggy.com/images/articles/Tibetan-Spaniel.jpg

OMG WAIT

I can't believe I forgot a very important one

FRENCH BULLDOGS

Let's just petition for an "all" option

ok so my list is actually

pug
french bulldog
oe bulldog
shiba inu
akita
husky
bernese moutain dog

x-post

no way

some dogs suck

for example - really small rat-like yapping dogs. they suck.

dachshunds are pretty incredible, so ridiculous. i always wonder whether they realise it.

That's right E, I forgot about chihuahuas. My sister had one that you couldn't even pet and it just pissed everywhere. Useless animal!

Write-in for "non-Border" Collies.

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/wallpapers/1024x768/c/collie-1352.jpg

Even prick-eared ones. ^^ <3

oh but I remembered two more

brussels griffon
affen pincher

LOOK AT THIS RIDICULOUS BEAST

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/Brussels.jpg

Yeah I'm not too keen on chihuahuas

I was in the park with Benson the other day and this little asshole chihuahua came out of nowhere and started barking and nipping at him. The thing was so nasty! I had to pick B up because the little jerk was really starting to bite him.

That last dog looks like a German politician.

LOLLLLLLLLL

Shiba Inu stans can vote Akita Inu if they want, it will be counted. I went via images on Wikipedia so obviously the whole size thing got a bit confusing.

i'm not going to stan for small yappy lapdogs but i feel they often get unfairly slated cuz of their rep - cuz they're such girly dogs, and have those associations w/being kept in handbags etc

way prefer them to pitbulls or whatever

See, okay, that ridiculous beast is actually a puppet/mask from The Dark Crystal. Look, you can almost SEE where the hairs were glued on around the eyes. DQ.

lol laurel

Yeah I hear you Lex but I've just never really met a little yappy one that I loved whereas I have met some really awesome pitbulls (who also get unfairly slated).

English Bull Terrier is surely the worst dog. I saw someone walking a huge one the other day, it was about the size of a small pig.

http://mywhitepaw.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bull_terrier_h03.jpg

I also automatically assume that everyone who owns one of these is a racist.

Small dogs: I really really hate the lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs. Some people think this ridiculosity is "cute," apparently? I think it's repugnant, and my first reaction is to want to hurt them until they get a better idea of their place in the world.

I also think "ugly" means "ugly," and not, "Gather round and pity this creature before we put it to death for its own good."

Yeah Yorkshire Terriers are nasty little shits.

http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1191990474pembroke_welsh_corgi.jpg

Corgis though, all the awesome. Too good to be associated with the Queen.

lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs

Yeah, I know. I don't think I'd ever really noticed this before recently but it's pretty horrible when they do this. I hate Yorkies.

Also I know you hate ugly dogs but the thing is that I don't think pugs, frenchies or bulldogs are ugly at all - I think they're adorable. You want ugly?

This is ugly:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/16/article-1339113-0C81AC84000005DC-395_634x908.jpg

I really really hate the lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs. Some people think this ridiculosity is "cute," apparently? I think it's repugnant

i think it's sweet!

i like bolshy attitudes

re: pitbulls — There's this awesome pitbull I would visit every day in the summer who lives down the block who would always have his head stuck through the bars of the metal fence in front of the building. Once I was walking to the bus stop and I saw his owner walking him and the doggie recognized me instantly and jumped onto me, mortifying his owner.

"i hate yappy dogs" is just a bit of a let-me-prove-my-manliness/coolness cliché to me

It's Little Man Syndrome. If they were human those dogs would be like particularly repulsive contestants on The Apprentice.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

Stayed with a friend in Spain who had a Yorkshire terrier, a German Shepherd and some kind of bloodhound, and the Yorkshire terrier was the undisputed leader. It was weird but possibly not uncommon.

http://www.we-love-dogz.com/boxer.jpg

Repping for boxers here. They're like a pug's older cooler brother. Manly without being thuggish.

I LOVE boxers (but the pug is just as cool ;p). There is one who lives next door and he's the cutest thing ever.

I esp love boxers with normal flappy ears like that one. :)

Love boxers as long as they belong to other people. :D I just couldn't make room for that much drool in my life, but I'd like to visit it occasionally.

Like when they've just been at the water bowl and then you sit down and they trot over to put their chin on your knee and gaze up at you...and that's the end of whatever your knees are wearing.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

― mauricio kagel exercise (corey), Friday, December 17, 2010 10:03 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

Since moving in with my gf and her Dane I am continually amazed what a giant lovey doofus he is, but some people are just fucking terrified of the dude. I don't know if it's possible to be licked to death but that's probably the extent of the damage he could willingly do. He does tend to knock things over occasionally.

also otm wrt drool

A dog in Russia grabbed the reporter's microphone and ran away during a live broadcast pic.twitter.com/R1T8VZ5Kpt

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) April 2, 2021

Anyway the whole unsavoury incident reminded me why I mostly prefer walking with the dog in deepest possible cuts of nature locations and avoiding bumping into as few a humans as possible.

I mean, this is me most of the time anyway, but doubly so if there's a chance of drama.

I'd gotten a bit lazy in the quagmire season but am back to 6-7 miles a day now - so it isn't all bad.

We're not allowed go more than 5k from our house.

I'm talking two daily walks here so I wouldn't be breaking Irish rules either!

If you are one of those people with a new puppy, please please please get them acclimatized to having their claws clipped and their hair brushed and people putting their hands into their mouths to take stuff out and all that other stuff. By the time we get dogs in our house, they've usually been neglected to the point that they won't let you do any of those things. I had to take Kittser to the vet today to have his claws clipped because he will bite me if I try to do it at home. It took two nurses to do it, and he was so stressed out by the whole experience that he got sick in the car. He's a poor little sausage.

when Douglas had dry pads that were cracking I tried to apply some sudocrem and he growled and tried to take my hand off and that was when he was quite young. He's used to me taking things out of his mouth without getting so radged although at least thankfully not so much these days. But when I've had to change bandages on his paws he has always had to be muzzled, he feels totally attacked if you go near his paws. My last dog wasn't like this and feel like it might be quite a complex emotional trauma buried deep within his psyche or something!

Yeah, it doesn't help if their paws are already sore when you start handling them, I guess. Poor Douglas.

As a new dog obsessive parent I've been trying to get him used to everything. Brushing is going ok (it's managing his determination to see brush as chew toy rather than any aggro), we're ok around the mouth so far and I've done a bit of paw/claw handling but I'm a way away from a proper clip.

No vaccinations yet, so he hasn't seen much of the outside world - turns into a wriggler and moaner if I try to walk him out in my arms or a sling & clearly wants to be down and sniffing about. We've got a bit of a garden for him to play around in, but the sooner I can get him seeing the world, the better.

But he's a pretty confident & trusting little beast - just hope that I don't screw it up over the coming months.

Nominative DogtermiNism !

hah dogs have been near the front of my mind for a long time!

Widget at nearly six months is happy to be left for a couple of hours if bribed with some kind of bone, a scatter of treats, or (his favourite which he knows by name) BLUEBERRIES. I can do one or two claws at a time - he doesn’t mind his feet being handled at all but if the clipper comes out, he won’t cooperate.

I don't think I've ever met a dog that doesn't love blueberries.

Our AmStaff Canela's favorite meal? Beef and peas. We serve it to her every year on her adoptiversary.

Our young one is an annoying little shit and we're all still getting used to each other. He just doesn't have any goddamn manners, so it will take a bit...luckily he's very smart and still young, so very trainable.

(Also strawberries, if they're sweet. God Nela loves strawbs)

Heeeeeeere's Josie!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51102126801_c1a8e21b63_c.jpg

is that even a dog???

idk I think she's her own species

or a gremlin

She is so damn fluffy and cuddly and fun. Still working on the whole come-when-called thing though :P

adorable

"Still working on the whole come-when-called thing though"

my dog is 2 and a three quarter years old and am still working on that project, but at least now when I call him he'll stop and wait for me and wait for me to put him back on the leash which is some progress I suppose.

"just hope that I don't screw it up over the coming months."

it's just like with human kids, you should never be too hard on yourself about your failures - because no matter how hard you try they will embarrass the fuck out of you one day and that is where the unconditional love is needed most!

I'm thinking bout castration at the moment and am very conflicted, been through all this before but this time it seems a much tougher decision. I mean wtf gives you the right to surgically mutilate your best friend? I just don't know anything anymore tbh.

Very consistently-voiced "come" commands, coupled with consitently-delivered treats on arrival, was all it took to get out dog to come when called. Then again, she'd probably run through a brick wall for food.

Re: castration/neutering, if you’re not planning to breed from a dog, the stats on canine testicular cancer in lads and pyometra in female dogs suggest it’s a good idea to have a dog fixed. With larger dogs and sighthounds, it’s supposed to be advisable to wait until they’re two to let growth hormones do their job.

yes I've emcountered a dog before where the owner told me he was castrated too early and the poor lad had a very unfortunate shrill whistle of a bark. I probably would have got him "done" by now and would have done if it wasn't for the lockdown. Thanks for that bit of perspective, Suzy - it probably does probably make a lot of sense to get it done for various reasons.

probs probs!

Also with sighthounds, early neutering basically hands them arthritis due to aforementioned growth plates not closing properly. My beloved Wilf was fixed around six/seven months and at 10.5 has started arthritis meds - early for a whippet. Poor Wilf is also experiencing early dementia and macular degeneration and I well up whenever I think about it.

Widget is pedigreed (granny, aunties and mum owned by breeder all show locally and at Crufts) and I’m thinking of letting him sire a litter before having him fixed because the stud fee can be one of the pups, who would go to Wilf’s family as a gift if they lose him before Widget turns three.

I reckon I could pimp Douglas out even though he's bit of a rough diamond. When I bumped into a kennel club type he told me in quite eugenic terms what a magnificent specimen he is and the matriarch from a local farm hinted that she would be quite happy if *something happened* between him and her golden retriever. But alas I think his nuts are going to go before he gets that chance ;;

I'm very negative about dog breeding and puppies, but even I wouldn't begrudge someone a Douglas pup.

There's a setter called Cooper who lives near us who normally hangs out in front of his house near the beach and comes down to play with his dog pals as they go by. He is one of Kittser's best pals for running about with, and Kitt has even got to the stage of going all the way up to Cooper's yard to see if he's around for a run. But today we met Cooper out on his actual walk with his human man, on a lead. Poor Kitt just couldn't understand it. He ran up to Cooper and shouted and shouted at him from every possible angle to get him to run, but no joy. He was so dejected when I clipped him onto his own lead and dragged him away.

Good boy is seeing Darth Vader for the first time... pic.twitter.com/KMDvY8mBBG

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 8, 2021

OMG that poor puppy!

I totally wish I could adopt Prancer, but I think he would hate me:

This is the best thing I’ve read in awhile. pic.twitter.com/rdn3X6GeWH

— Hot Little Mongoose (@HLMongoose) April 9, 2021

We are having a lot of trouble with our young one. Had to really convince my partner not to just immediate surrender him today. It’s going to take a shitload of money but i love this little fucker.

That sucks. I hope you're able to get it sorted, whatever it is.

how old is he?

He’s about 3. Sweet as pie with our other dog, incredibly affectionate and wonderful with people— and seemingly wants to kill every other dog he sees.

Sorry table, that's a horrible stress and hard work. Good luck to you and the boy.

It really is. God, it's so common nowadays, too. Every other dog I see in rescue has this problem. Funny enough, one of our little dogs has a very slight version of it, in that you would definitely describe him as "dog reactive". He shouts and bares his teeth at other dogs when he's on the lead on the street, and has to be dragged away from them. He will not focus on anything else if he sees a dog in the distance he wants to go over to. He will struggle to slip his lead and get away from you to go and see a dog he wants to see. But it's all because he actually loves other dogs and wants desperately to spend his days in a big dog gang. When we are with dogs he knows and they are all off the lead together, he is so happy. But we rarely get that opportunity. I'm very lucky that he's small enough for this not to be a real issue. If he was bigger, I would not be able to handle him and we would need to really address it. I hope you can get it sorted with time and training.

i have this exact same issue with my rescue dog too, except it is only half the time. my partner and i joke that she has 2 very distinct personalities. it is impossible to predict which one she will be each time we go out so i always have to be very vigilant about other dogs approaching. when she does go for other dogs, she particularly seems to want to go for bigger dogs who generally just laugh her off as she is so small, but i do worry one day she will meet her match and a dog will fight her back (it almost hppened one time). my brother in law has her brother and he is exactly the same with other dogs but is significantly bigger and stronger and therefore it is much more of an issue. working on it with training but it seems to be a very slow process.

It's so hard to deal with, too, because one of the big factors is YOUR nerves and tension, so trainers always say "just relax" and you're like "how can I relax when I'm waiting for some terrible thing to happen?"

Did you guys ever see Dog Borstal? It was great

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mkcy

I went looking for uploads on youtube and found Dog Borstal (1962) instead

Jesus, that poor retriever. If a child did that to one of my dogs I would simply let the dog eat the child.

yeah my dog used to be unpredictable and reactive with other dogs, he was a big guy and walking him could be a pain in the neck. his body would tense up if there was a dog approaching from 2 blocks away! which is always because we live in manhattan 😂
he mellowed out a lot in his old age though, and was finally able to socialize. by then he'd developed a "reputation" in my building and nobody wanted to let their dog near him, of course. but he got to play with every dog he met in the park.

hope there's a happy ending to this story too 🐕♥️

xp yeah sorry probably should have put a 'cheerful 60s dog torment' warning on that.

we are getting with a dog behaviorist and doing training, too— we cannot have what happened happen again. he really is the sweetest guy, and incredibly smart and driven to please, so i think we just need to be consistent and confident as we go through the process. in the meantime, i am reinforcing all his basic training and commands, and he is doing so well.

I really hope it works out for you.

my dog seems to alternate roughly 50/50 between friendly and playful Labrador charm offensive and very annoying, dog reactive shouty thug. It's really annoying because I can't predict how he will react to other dogs apart from certain friends of his that he has played with since a puppy. I used to think he only he only get's aggressive with big dogs as a lot of his play buddies are cocker spaniels and the daft fucker kept trying to start on a Great Dane (a really gentle and lovely one as well) but sometimes he acts like a dick with smaller dogs as well. I was in denial about this problem at first and his behaviour was getting me into trouble. But now I only let him off the lead when I'm out in remote places where I can see other dogs approaching from a big distance.

The only thing I have really learned about when dogs get into it is that the humans have to stay calm and keep it casual. Years ago one of my dogs was attacked. I got into a shouting match with the owner, and the dog that was attacked never liked to stop on a walk after that. If I stopped to talk to anyone, he would get really anxious and start barking loudly until we walked on. And with Kitt, who chases big dogs and won't come back, I used to get extremely frustrated and annoyed, until I realised that this was what had caused Bruno to start attacking big dogs, where he never used to. He obviously just figured if he could drive the big dog away, Kitt wouldn't get into trouble and I wouldn't get angry. So now I'm very careful not to get angry, even if everyone is being a dick, and it has helped. Kitt got chomped by a narky dog about a year ago, and neither I nor the other dog's owner got thick about it, and now Kitt stays away from that dog, but he isn't traumatized or anything.

yeah it took me a long time to learn about the value of calmness in fraught situations with humans and dogs not acting civil, lol. You need to remember that if you get angry yourself even if the other dog owner is acting like a prick then it still isn't a proper response and isn't going to do any good for the outcome at all. It's always so good when another dog owner is calm and not a complete dick in these situations. Someone who understands that not all interactions between dogs can be perfect, and there is no need to start yelling as a first response.

when I say it took me a long time, my last dog was such an angel I never had cause to think about this stuff.