We like all size dogs, but for ease of keeping and lack of a large yard to run around in we keep small to medium size dogs.
Ha. That's not the greatest photo but it is me. What's a snarky tech geek liberal Gen X'er supposed to look like?Well...you certainly don't look like I expected
Ha. That's not the greatest photo but it is me. What's a snarky tech geek liberal Gen X'er supposed to look like?
Recently got a kitten to be friends with my dog
Our small dog is also a huge hiker. You think she won't be able to clear some rocks in the Whites, but she just mountain goats her way up or leaps 4 feet from a standing position.
Here she is, hamming it up:
Understand your Newfie will take about 3 years to fully grow—physically and mentally.We've got a Newfoundland and a Corgi, so... kind of both? I grew up around cats, so I had very little experience with puppies, and the biggest thing for me was how vastly different the two have been. The Newfie just turned a year old, and it almost seems like she has taken longer to "grow up". In the first month or two of having her, we had so many issues with her going to the bathroom in her kennel, which required extensive cleaning. (Made me wish we would've sprung for the plastic one instead of the metal one.) To my knowledge, the Corgi (about 11 weeks) has peed in his kennel a time or two, but never anything else. He does still require a bit of watching, as he doesn't always alert you to when he needs to go, and if you don't catch him... the wet spot will catch your sock.
We had a similar situation when I had dogs, a huge mixed breed from the Humane Society, something like 110 lbs, and then a Maltese.We've got a Newfoundland and a Corgi, so... kind of both? I grew up around cats, so I had very little experience with puppies, and the biggest thing for me was how vastly different the two have been. The Newfie just turned a year old, and it almost seems like she has taken longer to "grow up". In the first month or two of having her, we had so many issues with her going to the bathroom in her kennel, which required extensive cleaning. (Made me wish we would've sprung for the plastic one instead of the metal one.) To my knowledge, the Corgi (about 11 weeks) has peed in his kennel a time or two, but never anything else. He does still require a bit of watching, as he doesn't always alert you to when he needs to go, and if you don't catch him... the wet spot will catch your sock.
The dying part is teh suckage.I prefer no dogs. At least not in my house.
I grew up with pets and want none of my own. I love animals but they are a lot of work and dirty. And it sucks when they die.
How about 1 of each? Steve is 17 lbs and Ozzy is 106lbs. Ozzy is still a puppy 10 months old next Friday.View attachment 67411
Speaking of dogs, our Moose (not quite 13 months old) started vomiting blood a couple of hours ago. We SUSPECT it was caused by him eating a piece of one of his chew toys...That will PROBABLY mean an expensive vet visit in the morning.
(could possibly also be from the carprofen he's been on for a couple of days following an injury to a paw when he came flying down the stairs in the house.) damned teenagers...
I hope he's ok soonThis episode went from bad to worse. Saturday, he started shitting bloody mash...his regular vet was closed, so we bundled him into the truck, drove 75 miles to the emergency vet in Olympia. 10 hours and $2000 later, we still didn't know any more than when we started...still waiting on the results of the x- rays and stool samples. They gave him an antibiotic and some kind of "digestive protectant" pill that has to be dissolved in a syringe of water then squirted down his throat. The way he fights that, I can only imagine it tastes like shit. He's feeling a bit better, but he's a LONG way from being over this. No longer puking or shitting blood...but he's pretty much stopped shitting all together. NOT a good sign.
I have a call into his regular vet.
This episode went from bad to worse. Saturday, he started shitting bloody mash...his regular vet was closed, so we bundled him into the truck, drove 75 miles to the emergency vet in Olympia. 10 hours and $2000 later, we still didn't know any more than when we started...still waiting on the results of the x- rays and stool samples. They gave him an antibiotic and some kind of "digestive protectant" pill that has to be dissolved in a syringe of water then squirted down his throat. The way he fights that, I can only imagine it tastes like shit. He's feeling a bit better, but he's a LONG way from being over this. No longer puking or shitting blood...but he's pretty much stopped shitting all together. NOT a good sign.
I have a call into his regular vet.
This episode went from bad to worse. Saturday, he started shitting bloody mash...his regular vet was closed, so we bundled him into the truck, drove 75 miles to the emergency vet in Olympia. 10 hours and $2000 later, we still didn't know any more than when we started...still waiting on the results of the x- rays and stool samples. They gave him an antibiotic and some kind of "digestive protectant" pill that has to be dissolved in a syringe of water then squirted down his throat. The way he fights that, I can only imagine it tastes like shit. He's feeling a bit better, but he's a LONG way from being over this. No longer puking or shitting blood...but he's pretty much stopped shitting all together. NOT a good sign.
I have a call into his regular vet.
That carprofen stuff is garbage. It had a similar effect on my dog, minus the vomiting, within a day or two of starting it after a recent surgery. The vet was pretty unconcerned so I guess it must be common, and prescribed him metrodinazole to stop it along with some better pain and anxiety meds. It worked immediately but he didn't poop for about 72 hours, then 48 hours after that, and has been back to normal over the past few days.