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Those are Canadian German Shepherds... they're too polite to be intimidating. Can't really fault them for it, it's just their cultural upbringing.
This is a REAL German Shepherd, ready for war and in jungle camouflage.
Jack
Moe Doodle goes nuts for most things on D-TV and silently pogo sticks in front of way up there 72" HDTV (we have an x-pen in front so they won't hit it.) He'll do it for hours if we don't limit his viewing choices. When he gets old we are going to have to give him a trampoline to limit the wear and tear on his joints. His first favorite is any equine close or distant, moving or not, sound or not, and even cartoon. Just down on list are bugs, birds, reptiles, mammals moving or still, sound or not, real or cartoon. He especially loves the pipe dog in the incontinent commercial. Next best is any puppet. He watches sport but only leaps of the sofa for certain plays. Curly Doodle gets excited by only a quarter of what excites Moe but he barks while pogo sticking. If Moe is outside and hears birds on TV he races in the house. The moment DH picks up the remote when TV has been off Moe races to the TV and waits quivering in anticipation.
But...............
Curly Doodle loves my notebook screen more. Jack, the moment Dawg's feet came into view Curly did a hop up towards NB.
Hugs, Feisty Alice
Then I must have missed your responses.
Put him outside while you run it. Or maybe leash him so you will have him under your control until you train him to leave it be.
the only thing is , is that he sees moving things a sport especially when bailey eggs him on as she surely will
I am I am I know she uses them with multiple hounds so I want to be sure to get a good one
This is a great place to do some research. Go to the forum. I used to be really active on this forum several years ago. I was the "extreme environment" specialist; same with the pool/spa forum.
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Hugs, Feisty Alice
Sorry. It took some time to write my "book."
Hugs, Feisty Alice
I would Imagine took me a while to read it
thank you
Alice I just read you post..........I can't believe all that work.
You love your puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You love your puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did all those things for some of my dogs in past. Becket, Top 10 AKC, breed and group points, high AKC obedience scores, doing Shutzhund while AKC showing, got a natural looking crown when he was being "campaigned" conformation as a Special, for most of one year. My dogs mostly broke teeth, on chain link, while having extreme, bloody, fence fights with their house mates. I had about 300 ft of heavy duty chain link panels and loaned some of them to a Mastiff friend when we move out here. When I got a few back two of the gates had been torn up by his Mastiffs but they never had any broken teeth. We never had any chips or breaks from bite work and they started on advanced sleeves because they could break arms using beginner/intermediate sleeves. (They didn't have to learn to go in with a full bite as it came naturally.) Mastiffs have very dull, blunt teeth but incredible crushing power. My Rotties and Briard had teeth like razors. I saw one 18", most of the length of arm, Rottie bite that looked like someone had used a surgical scalpel.
My Vet didn't like to extract upper canines as it disrupts the integrity of the maxilla. Those got root-canals and/or crowns or implants and we had to go to a Specialist. Thank doGness there were few. (Edit .. actually can't remerber if it was top or bottom now........ it was one or the other.)
Hugs, Feisty Alice
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Interesting but Simba would Kill it I think
Up until our current pack of monsters none of the dogs paid much attention to the 'bots as seen in video of Ned Mastiff above. Several times, and I'm so sorry I didn't ever get a picture, I would hear a hard plastic object go bouncing on the floor or deck. It was Cissy Briard with a 'bot that had gotten hung in her long tail hair. She never freaked or didn't even seem too annoyed by it. I think spending most of her first year with glued up ears and the constant attention they needed and so many hours on grooming table, being subjected to so many things, she probably experienced the 'bot "attachment" as just another thing she was expected to put up with.
Our current five aren't very interested in them but are less tolerant. Current Bubs are allowed on furniture, a first for us, so they usually get up on sofas when 'bots are running. The Bubs before them would usually just let the 'bots bump into them and clean around them or sometimes get on the big doggie beds. The Dirtdogs bump harder than the Roombas so they usually didn't put up with too many bumps from them before moving.
In 12 years we never had any freak, bark, or attack them except for this........... {edit} correction ... 10 years with Roombas
Baby Lily Heeler's attitude about Scooba.
Baby Lily Heeler using Scooba as perch while enjoying a treat. {edit} old computer robbed of a few parts, and hard drive, waiting to be carried to Good Will.
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Up until our current pack of monsters none of the dogs paid much attention to the 'bots as seen in video of Ned Mastiff above. Several times, and I'm so sorry I didn't ever get a picture, I would hear a hard plastic object go bouncing on the floor or deck. It was Cissy Briard with a 'bot that had gotten hung in her long tail hair. She never freaked or didn't even seem too annoyed by it. I think spending most of her first year with glued up ears and the constant attention they needed and so many hours on grooming table, being subjected to so many things, she probably experienced the 'bot "attachment" as just another thing she was expected to put up with.
Our current five aren't very interested in them but are less tolerant. Current Bubs are allowed on furniture, a first for us, so they usually get up on sofas when 'bots are running. The Bubs before them would usually just let the 'bots bump into them and clean around them or sometimes get on the big doggie beds. The Dirtdogs bump harder than the Roombas so they usually didn't put up with too many bumps from them before moving.
In 12 years we never had any freak, bark, or attack them except for this...........
Baby Lily Heeler's attitude about Scooba.
Baby Lily Heeler using Scooba as perch while enjoying a treat.
Maybe the doggie just knew it was for messes!!!!!!!!!
the only thing is , is that he sees moving things a sport especially when bailey eggs him on as she surely will
Most of my Bubs have been and are now very prey oriented. We never could have many toys in the house, though, except for Nylabones. Imagine 200-1000 lbs slamming into furniture chasing balls or each other. (Way back we had a boy on boy Mastiff fight in our kitchen, 180lbs vs 240 lbs. They actually tipped the fridge. Fights stopped soon after we had one neutered.) We had to keep the huge, rope/knot "toys" in one yard and not allow them inside as Mastiff could, with one swing, knock your feet out from under you, damage human body parts or furniture, or knock holes in walls or hollow doors. But they certainly had lots of toys outside like the big hard plastic balls they spent hours kicking up and down the hills. The Mastiffs dug at them with their teeth and soon after could get a grip on them and carry around. Those were the huge extremely hard ones!!! I made the mistake, only once, of getting in the way of one of those. I thought my ankle was broken. So there was a pretty defined difference between what was a toy or something to be chased or attacked as virtually all toys were outside. (No matter how "tough" any toy is they can destroy them.)
We don't ever do any tug play with them as it encourages dog against human challenge. They do that amongst themselves in play. And no "average" house has enough room for Mastiffs to do much of that or too much romping, en mass, inside. With four "small" agile dogs now, 60-70 lbs, and only one Giant, we can allow romping in the house. And they certainly do a lot of that.
Hugs, Feisty Alice
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Maybe the doggie just knew it was for messes!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. Will have to admit that the Heeler girls are pretty brainy.
It's been fun. Have to go outside and clean Roombas now. Except when it's extremely cold and windy I clean them on deck and use forced air to clean the dust out. Not an inside job even in garage. Really bad weather I will vac them but blowing gets more dust out of innards. I wash the filters every few uses as the dust is so fine blowing or vaccing the filters doesn't get it all out.
It's only 74F outside but sun hitting side of house. AC just came on first time today.
Hugs and love, Feisty Alice
It's only 74F outside but sun hitting side of house. AC just came on first time today.
Hugs and love, Feisty Alice
I certainly do. It was a lot easier when we could afford full time help who also helped with the dogs and house/doggie/greenhouse sat for us. Recent years I have lowered my "clean" standards drastically. Actually I've become slovenly about house keeping. I'm still waiting for that tornado to come and carry the house, clutter, and dirt off. My chances of that are about as good as winning the lottery, though.
Lamb shanks in rosemary/dill sauce, brown rice, and fresh steamed zucchini and yellow squash for dinner. For some reason DH doesn't like lamb shanks; probably too much hassle to eat as he likes other cuts. He's being nice accepting lamb shanks, one of my favorites, for dinner. I've gotten tired of looking at them in the freezer.
Love and hugs, Feisty Alice
When I got shelter Kittie I immediately called the vet and made an appointment to get her fixed. First available appointment is Wednesday. She came into season today.
Lock her up, Jen.
Out here, they don't adopt out any cats, kittens, pups, or dogs until they have been neutered from shelters or Rescue groups. When I adopted Ben the Dog from the Rescue group, he had just been neutered and still was wearing his fancy collar and had the shaved leg where they sedated him for the surgery.
Out here, they don't adopt out any cats, kittens, pups, or dogs until they have been neutered from shelters or Rescue groups. When I adopted Ben the Dog from the Rescue group, he had just been neutered and still was wearing his fancy collar and had the shaved leg where they sedated him for the surgery.
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When I got shelter Kittie I immediately called the vet and made an appointment to get her fixed. First available appointment is Wednesday. She came into season today.
Jen. Congrats getting Kitty. I miss having kitties.
I asked DH what he doesn't like about lamb shanks. He said last ones had too much fat and he doesn't like to eat "suet."
Movie time then recorded game. Movie looks promising. WWI "Lost Batalion"
Just discovered why I needed to do Costco run today..... out of Bub food!!!!!! They don't mind though....... bunches of biskie bones for dinner.
Hugs. Feisty Alice
Oh yeah. As soon as Heeler Girls recovered from so many intestinal worms and well into sarcoptic mange treatment we had them spayed. First girls we spayed so young in 30 years as all others were show with potential for breeding. Certainly is liberating to avoid messy heats, unwanted breedings and howling, sleepless, miserable boys.
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