Post photos of your dogs (Vol 3)
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Jamie VTS said:
Today Cooper ate a tampon. After a panicked visit to the vet, a diamorphine injection and lots of vomiting, he’s back home with a prescription of tlc, a close watch and a new (secure) bathroom bin! God dogs stress you out!
Get well soon Cooper.Dogs can be a f
king nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
HTP99 said:
Dogs can be a fking nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.
She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
king nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
Konan said:
HTP99 said:
Dogs can be a fking nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.
She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
king nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
Konan said:
HTP99 said:
Dogs can be a fking nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.
She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
king nightmare; Daisy will eat anything, we had to go to the out of hours emergency vet a few years ago as Daisy ate a paracetamol tablet; paracetamol is deadly to dogs, she had something to make her sick and then she was force fed liquid charcoal, it cost us £350.00.She has also eaten the whole contents of a Dairy Milk selection box; she was vomiting liquid chocolate for ages, and she also managed to get into our daughters room and demolished 2 Easter eggs, doesn't stop her though, she still tries it on.
Daphne is similar; she is a bit of a scavenger and pretty much once a month she will be ill and off her food for 24-48 hours, we are sure she has eaten something, we have had to cover the outside drain from the sink as, as soon as she hears water going down the pipe she is out there like a shot, having a sniff about to see what delicacies she can scavenge!
HTP99 said:
Daphne is similar; she is a bit of a scavenger and pretty much once a month she will be ill and off her food for 24-48 hours, we are sure she has eaten something, we have had to cover the outside drain from the sink as, as soon as she hears water going down the pipe she is out there like a shot, having a sniff about to see what delicacies she can scavenge!
That's Misty all over. She's generally well behaved but can't resist eating anything that might turn out to be food, Chew first, ask questions later. Every couple of days our neighbours hear me shout "stop eating st off the floor!". which is the accepted command now - even if there's not a crumb there, she'll go around licking.She once found a discarded half sausage roll at the park which I told her to leave. For the following few weeks, she'd try to subtly head that direction to check for more. Our lunchtime walk also takes us by a fence on the edge of an industrial estate where people sling their lunch remains over the fence... and she knows it.
Then there's cat litter. Although she's had enough of a telling off for that I've not caught her at it for years.
We know she's got bad guts when she starts stretching and staying down. You can garuntee it'll be the runs followed by a dog-bum-scoot across the grass later.
Dogs.
Benji update:
He's doing great! Such a great little character that just loves being around people. Training is going very well, with very few issues.
Here's a few photos:
He is now 14 weeks old and growing very well. He loves company and does get very upset when left alone (only for an hour or 2 at a time). Can anyone advise on separation anxiety?
He's doing great! Such a great little character that just loves being around people. Training is going very well, with very few issues.
Here's a few photos:
He is now 14 weeks old and growing very well. He loves company and does get very upset when left alone (only for an hour or 2 at a time). Can anyone advise on separation anxiety?
TV for dogs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D1K_bguPrc
FourWheelDrift said:
TV for dogs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D1K_bguPrc
On the Roku there is a channel called DogTV. No, we don’t pay for it!SA is a tough one - I think I used to get more anxious than the dog when it came to leaving him, knowing how upset he would get.
You can start my getting him used to being on his own when you are in the house. As much as its hard to do when he's SO CUTE (!) he needs to learn he can't have you 100% of the time. This is where crate training can be really useful. Start by shutting him away from you when you just have some odd jobs around the house to do. Be noisy and let him know you are about, but stay out of his sight and just get on with things. If he cries and whines, you just need to ignore it. The last thing you want him to learn is that if he's noisy in his crate or wherever, you will appear.
Once he's comfortable being separated from you, you can start thinking about fake-leaving, where you go out the door and he's left in silence. Start really small, like literally walking out the door and coming back in immediately, and reward him if he's been quiet. You basically don't want to be away long enough that he has the chance to cry or whine. If he cries, you've been away too long. Work up to 5 seconds, 10 seconds etc etc until you're stood outside your door for a few minutes. Every time you come back in, quietly and calmly give him a reward but keep him in the crate or wherever you are keeping him, wait a few little while then go through it all again.
When you start out, especially when you're in and out every few seconds, he'll love it and probably sit waiting on you coming back in quite excitedly because he knows a treat is coming. You want to try to get past this as quick as possible - by doing a tonne of repetition, the aim is for it to become sort of boring for him. What you really want is a dog that just makes himself comfy and settles down when you go out the door. I should say you want the training to become boring. Once you're actually leaving him alone for longer periods the last thing you want is a bored dog. Give him something time consuming that he has to work at to get his food. On days when I had to leave the house, all his meals were served in a kong wobbler thing, or in a plastic drinks bottle with a one of the wee feet sliced off. He now loves going into his crate and doesn't make a peep when we come or go, and just sleeps confidently all day..
ETA - what I used to do was put him in his crate in the hall, then go into the living room and shut the door, and make a point of watching an episode of something which was about an hour long through Bluetooth headphones. This helped because a) he couldn't hear anything going on in the house so got used to relative silence, and b) if he did whine, I wouldn't hear it and start to feel guilty. Once the show was done, I'd take off the headphones, and if he was quiet for the next few mins, I'd go out and give him an awesome treat.
There's lots of tips and tricks but that's the general basis that worked for me. I used to have my TV set up on a timer so it would come on just after the house would empty on a work day and play Radio 6 Music (because he's a bit snobbish about what he listens to) so that there was some background noise distracting him from other sounds outside which would set him off barking. You can also leave an item of your clothing in with him so he gets some comfort from smelling you, Look around online for other things like that, but defo start off really small and try to be tough and learn to ignore his cries - that's the hardest, most heart breaking part.
You can start my getting him used to being on his own when you are in the house. As much as its hard to do when he's SO CUTE (!) he needs to learn he can't have you 100% of the time. This is where crate training can be really useful. Start by shutting him away from you when you just have some odd jobs around the house to do. Be noisy and let him know you are about, but stay out of his sight and just get on with things. If he cries and whines, you just need to ignore it. The last thing you want him to learn is that if he's noisy in his crate or wherever, you will appear.
Once he's comfortable being separated from you, you can start thinking about fake-leaving, where you go out the door and he's left in silence. Start really small, like literally walking out the door and coming back in immediately, and reward him if he's been quiet. You basically don't want to be away long enough that he has the chance to cry or whine. If he cries, you've been away too long. Work up to 5 seconds, 10 seconds etc etc until you're stood outside your door for a few minutes. Every time you come back in, quietly and calmly give him a reward but keep him in the crate or wherever you are keeping him, wait a few little while then go through it all again.
When you start out, especially when you're in and out every few seconds, he'll love it and probably sit waiting on you coming back in quite excitedly because he knows a treat is coming. You want to try to get past this as quick as possible - by doing a tonne of repetition, the aim is for it to become sort of boring for him. What you really want is a dog that just makes himself comfy and settles down when you go out the door. I should say you want the training to become boring. Once you're actually leaving him alone for longer periods the last thing you want is a bored dog. Give him something time consuming that he has to work at to get his food. On days when I had to leave the house, all his meals were served in a kong wobbler thing, or in a plastic drinks bottle with a one of the wee feet sliced off. He now loves going into his crate and doesn't make a peep when we come or go, and just sleeps confidently all day..
ETA - what I used to do was put him in his crate in the hall, then go into the living room and shut the door, and make a point of watching an episode of something which was about an hour long through Bluetooth headphones. This helped because a) he couldn't hear anything going on in the house so got used to relative silence, and b) if he did whine, I wouldn't hear it and start to feel guilty. Once the show was done, I'd take off the headphones, and if he was quiet for the next few mins, I'd go out and give him an awesome treat.
There's lots of tips and tricks but that's the general basis that worked for me. I used to have my TV set up on a timer so it would come on just after the house would empty on a work day and play Radio 6 Music (because he's a bit snobbish about what he listens to) so that there was some background noise distracting him from other sounds outside which would set him off barking. You can also leave an item of your clothing in with him so he gets some comfort from smelling you, Look around online for other things like that, but defo start off really small and try to be tough and learn to ignore his cries - that's the hardest, most heart breaking part.
Edited by Wrathalanche on Thursday 24th January 12:50
Deebo007 said:
He is now 14 weeks old and growing very well. He loves company and does get very upset when left alone (only for an hour or 2 at a time). Can anyone advise on separation anxiety?
Not any direct advice on how to deal with it, but it's definately something to nip in the bud. It can also suddenly get worse when they're 4 or 5 years old - and it be far wose than a bit of noise.Our dog's not been left in a house for 3 years now. She'll demolish all the doors, chew on windows till they give way and then jump out of them.
It's now a 2 way thing - I've completely forgotten that it's possible to go out without a dog.
Deebo007 said:
Benji update:
anyone advise on separation anxiety?
Lovely benji!!anyone advise on separation anxiety?
In addition to all advice there, tire the dog before you leave. I have a 6 months Beagle, she can stay up to 3-4 hours without issue for now. Its big for beagles, cuz they usually bark.
We started playing with her a lot and make sure that she had her both toilets done. We leave in her room and leave. We got camera too so she sleeps nearly 2 hours without any issue. Her excitement starts kicking in after the long sleep anything after 4 hours, shes already bored. Either chews stuff or poo (big one) to get attention. But in the evenings we leave her in the room, and close the door cuz she cant sleep in our living room, too much distraction for her.
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