one of my furry loves: https://www.flickr.com/photos/10458905@N02/sets/72157660044595643/with/23732773105/
she will be 9 in January
she will be 9 in January
pictures of my Big Girl, Miss Violet
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She is a big silly girl ! Very cute photos !
/thanks!we love her and her little sister very much - they actually are literally half-sisters.
Violet is very confident and outgoing and loves to "ham it up"
she LOVES "belly" - belly rubs and will just flop over for one
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we love her and her little sister very much - they actually are literally half-sisters.
Violet is very confident and outgoing and loves to "ham it up"
she LOVES "belly" - belly rubs and will just flop over for one
I would never had guess that she a ham ! I hope that is a Kosher ham !
My dog Marty love belly rubs too, when a dog allow you pet their belly it means they feel very safe with you.WDYS! well i don't know guess honestly she eats treif all the time considering one of the many things she gets to eat is raw pork
yeah that's often true about the exposed tummy and safety - often a more confident and relaxed dog will flop loosely and just expose their belly.
Though- it can also be a "cut-off" signal - 'that's enough, I'm worried and want you to stop" - the difference is in the overall body language of the dog.
A dog who is enjoying the interaction and content will look like my girl did in her "belly" picture - all loose and spread out, mouth relaxed/loose, tongue might be hanging out, eyes are squinty, body is relaxed.
A dog who wants to be left alone/feels worried/exposed could still expose belly but would have tail tucked into himself, body tight, legs stiff and held taut or close to body and as opposed to just flat out "limp noodle" kinda way, dog might be licking lips, eyes wide, ears back and tight against head purposefully, mouth closed.
zephren for looking! AC!Originally I started teaching her that when she was about a year old, to give her something else to learn and help her with core strength and body awareness. I started by having her back against a wall and allowing her to brace herself on my arm outstretched arm, gradually I moved her further away from the wall and removed my physical assistance.
Calico kitties are quite pretty!
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Originally I started teaching her that when she was about a year old, to give her something else to learn and help her with core strength and body awareness. I started by having her back against a wall and allowing her to brace herself on my arm outstretched arm, gradually I moved her further away from the wall and removed my physical assistance.
Calico kitties are quite pretty!
Marty will stand on his hind legs and walk a little , I don't let him do it too much b/c he has bad knees. I was told this was common with small white dogs .
I bet there's lots of other things Marty loves to do with you
A very common problem in small dogs in general - and also maybe worsened due to the sad misfortune of small, white fluffy dogs being so popular with puppy mills - is the structural and genetic problem of luxating patellas. The kneecap pops in and out.
A very common problem in small dogs in general - and also maybe worsened due to the sad misfortune of small, white fluffy dogs being so popular with puppy mills - is the structural and genetic problem of luxating patellas. The kneecap pops in and out.
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Originally I started teaching her that when she was about a year old, to give her something else to learn and help her with core strength and body awareness. I started by having her back against a wall and allowing her to brace herself on my arm outstretched arm, gradually I moved her further away from the wall and removed my physical assistance.
Calico kitties are quite pretty!
My Millie was a beautiful calico. She was quite heavy (genetics, I think) so it gave her a lot of "fat" to rest her haunches on.
(She passed away nearly 2 years ago. I miss her very much.)
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I bet there's lots of other things Marty loves to do with you
A very common problem in small dogs in general - and also maybe worsened due to the sad misfortune of small, white fluffy dogs being so popular with puppy mills - is the structural and genetic problem of luxating patellas. The kneecap pops in and out.
My poodle who died of a stroke a few years ago had that. The vet showed me how to pull her legs to pop them back.
She was kind of resistant to exercise because of this, and it was pretty sad. She was a rescue too. Lots of rescue pets have genetic problems that people who got them from a puppy mill don't want to deal with.
I can see why it'd be sad. It's hard to see a dog uncomfortable or in pain! But your Poodle was lucky to have you
yes, I know - at the store where I worked, we had many people come in with dogs usually, from rescue or from some negative/questoinable source <neighbor down the road, someone's basement, found under porch, pet store etc> who had a host of problems coming from indiscriminate breeding, which is what happens with mill dogs.
The store actually was started because of multiple medical and behavioral issues of both the dogs of the store owners - one dog in particular, a female Bichon. The female store owner had gotten the Bichon from a pet store before she knew better.
The dog's issues <urinary, skin, digestive, behavioral> got bad enough that the traditional vet they had at the time told the couple to put her down.
The couple looked for other answers and found a holistic vet and started feeding raw food and decided instead of running out of the area to buy raw food, why not start a store of their own that stocks raw food <among other items>
so they did.
The Bichon still has major food restrictions and various issues but they're under control and she has quality of life now.
yes, I know - at the store where I worked, we had many people come in with dogs usually, from rescue or from some negative/questoinable source <neighbor down the road, someone's basement, found under porch, pet store etc> who had a host of problems coming from indiscriminate breeding, which is what happens with mill dogs.
The store actually was started because of multiple medical and behavioral issues of both the dogs of the store owners - one dog in particular, a female Bichon. The female store owner had gotten the Bichon from a pet store before she knew better.
The dog's issues <urinary, skin, digestive, behavioral> got bad enough that the traditional vet they had at the time told the couple to put her down.
The couple looked for other answers and found a holistic vet and started feeding raw food and decided instead of running out of the area to buy raw food, why not start a store of their own that stocks raw food <among other items>
so they did.
The Bichon still has major food restrictions and various issues but they're under control and she has quality of life now.
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I bet there's lots of other things Marty loves to do with you
A very common problem in small dogs in general - and also maybe worsened due to the sad misfortune of small, white fluffy dogs being so popular with puppy mills - is the structural and genetic problem of luxating patellas. The kneecap pops in and out.
Yup ! That is just what happen to Marty knees . I was trying to get a small black dog but I was told it was not good with kids Marty loves to eat with me he begged for food and I am a sucker to begging dogs !
My granddog really knew how to use her big brown eyes on me. I miss her Did you buy and gifts for doggie? I should buy a toy for Marty but he would play with a stick .
yeah i know about begging dogs...looking at you with the "I never eat anything" eyes! My big girl whose pictures I posted loves lettuce among other things.
I miss my other first furries, always in my heart
Sticks and dogs often just naturally go together! A stick can make a lovely chew, or a great thing to fling around and hit your human parents in the knees with! An amazing adult male Rottie we knew LOVED to uproot and carry logs....
I have sometimes bought holiday gifts for them, not always. They get goodies throughout the year. I do have two stuffed blue dreidels for them I got specifically one Chanukah time...couldn't resist.
With my first pair of dogs we'd get them doggie birthday cakes and ice cream from a doggie bakery in the area. The first few years we did that we also had their picture taken at the bakery and they wore birthday hats.
At home we would get pictures of the handmade cakes. The store still produce the cakes and have ice cream available. The cakes are made with whole wheat flour, or rice flour, if the dog can't have wheat, and come in either banana, carob or peanut butter, with cream cheese frosting. No added sugar or anything else. For me, since I eat "health food" the cakes taste good and I've eaten them, although the dogs get the frrosting.
We originally started it as a fun novelty and a way to spend time with the dogs, and support the small, family-run, local business.
Then, as we learned of my first dog <my first Rottie> kidney disease - diagnosed at age 2 <years> it was a way to do something special for her and something fun for her to eat as she couldn't eat a lot of other things my other dog at that time could eat.
It became an extra, bittersweet thing we did for my first girl <my other dog was male> because we wanted to focus on quality of life for her.
She lived to be 8 and 1/2 with kidney failure, but had good life quality and you'd wouldn't have known anything was amiss til the last weekend.
among other things.I miss my other first furries, always in my heart
Sticks and dogs often just naturally go together! A stick can make a lovely chew, or a great thing to fling around and hit your human parents in the knees with! An amazing adult male Rottie we knew LOVED to uproot and carry logs....
I have sometimes bought holiday gifts for them, not always. They get goodies throughout the year. I do have two stuffed blue dreidels for them I got specifically one Chanukah time...couldn't resist.
With my first pair of dogs we'd get them doggie birthday cakes and ice cream from a doggie bakery in the area. The first few years we did that we also had their picture taken at the bakery and they wore birthday hats.
At home we would get pictures of the handmade cakes. The store still produce the cakes and have ice cream available. The cakes are made with whole wheat flour, or rice flour, if the dog can't have wheat, and come in either banana, carob or peanut butter, with cream cheese frosting. No added sugar or anything else. For me, since I eat "health food" the cakes taste good and I've eaten them, although the dogs get the frrosting.
We originally started it as a fun novelty and a way to spend time with the dogs, and support the small, family-run, local business.
Then, as we learned of my first dog <my first Rottie> kidney disease - diagnosed at age 2 <years> it was a way to do something special for her and something fun for her to eat as she couldn't eat a lot of other things my other dog at that time could eat.
It became an extra, bittersweet thing we did for my first girl <my other dog was male> because we wanted to focus on quality of life for her.
She lived to be 8 and 1/2 with kidney failure, but had good life quality and you'd wouldn't have known anything was amiss til the last weekend.
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yeah i know about begging dogs...looking at you with the "I never eat anything" eyes! My big girl whose pictures I posted loves lettuce
I miss my other first furries, always in my heart
Sticks and dogs often just naturally go together! A stick can make a lovely chew, or a great thing to fling around and hit your human parents in the knees with! An amazing adult male Rottie we knew LOVED to uproot and carry logs....
I have sometimes bought holiday gifts for them, not always. They get goodies throughout the year. I do have two stuffed blue dreidels for them I got specifically one Chanukah time...couldn't resist.
With my first pair of dogs we'd get them doggie birthday cakes and ice cream from a doggie bakery in the area. The first few years we did that we also had their picture taken at the bakery and they wore birthday hats.
At home we would get pictures of the handmade cakes. The store still produce the cakes and have ice cream available. The cakes are made with whole wheat flour, or rice flour, if the dog can't have wheat, and come in either banana, carob or peanut butter, with cream cheese frosting. No added sugar or anything else. For me, since I eat "health food" the cakes taste good and I've eaten them, although the dogs get the frrosting.
We originally started it as a fun novelty and a way to spend time with the dogs, and support the small, family-run, local business.
Then, as we learned of my first dog <my first Rottie> kidney disease - diagnosed at age 2 <years> it was a way to do something special for her and something fun for her to eat as she couldn't eat a lot of other things my other dog at that time could eat.
It became an extra, bittersweet thing we did for my first girl <my other dog was male> because we wanted to focus on quality of life for her.
She lived to be 8 and 1/2 with kidney failure, but had good life quality and you'd wouldn't have known anything was amiss til the last weekend.
That sound cute the doggie birthdays you're good mom ! I wish I could let Marty play with a stick but he end up getting wood in mouth and that not good. I can't find a nice hard wood stick around my city .
WDYS!At the store I worked at they did have some non-wood stick-like fetching toys that looked and felt somewhat like wood - especially looked "wood-y" but they're meant to be an alternative for dogs who really like the wood stick idea but maybe try to eat the stick they're playing with. The toy is meant to be a safer alternative to an actual stick and wonder if you can find one in a store around you.
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At the store I worked at they did have some non-wood stick-like fetching toys that looked and felt somewhat like wood - especially looked "wood-y" but they're meant to be an alternative for dogs who really like the wood stick idea but maybe try to eat the stick they're playing with. The toy is meant to be a safer alternative to an actual stick and wonder if you can find one in a store around you.
I have seen some fake stick made of hard rubber but they cost so much money and I am not sure Marty will like it. He really rather be outside sniffing around for rodents , he loved to poke his nose onto the holes chipmunks made . I just hope he won't get his nose bitten one day !
i understand, both my girls would much rather be sniffing around for rodents or deer poop or whatever than in fake sticks.
We have lots of ground squirrel holes in our yard and my youngest <who had the surgery> is forever sticking her nose in those holes, and she starts to dig and tries her get her whole self in there. And she huffs and snorts and carries on at the hole, getting all excited my hub has had to go and actually pick her up out of the hole, with dirt flying. I sure hope too she doesn't get her little nose bit sometime, I usually try to move her away if I think she's starting to get real excited because there's something in there.
One time this past summer she found a little mole inside the window well depression against the side of the house, in the backyard. There's a drainage pipe also in that depression. The mole was scurrying back and forth in the bottom and my dog was going nuts...mole eventually took shelter in the pipe opening. She was absolutely determined on destroying that mole, as well as the pipe...I had to go get my husband
to come outside and lift her up and carry her in the house.
Later that day I took her back outside for bathroom. She went right back over to the window well and started searching for her earlier find!
i was VERY glad the mole had finally left!
We have lots of ground squirrel holes in our yard and my youngest <who had the surgery> is forever sticking her nose in those holes, and she starts to dig and tries her get her whole self in there. And she huffs and snorts and carries on at the hole, getting all excited
my hub has had to go and actually pick her up out of the hole, with dirt flying. I sure hope too she doesn't get her little nose bit sometime, I usually try to move her away if I think she's starting to get real excited because there's something in there.One time this past summer she found a little mole inside the window well depression against the side of the house, in the backyard. There's a drainage pipe also in that depression. The mole was scurrying back and forth in the bottom and my dog was going nuts...mole eventually took shelter in the pipe opening. She was absolutely determined on destroying that mole, as well as the pipe...I had to go get my husband
to come outside and lift her up and carry her in the house.
Later that day I took her back outside for bathroom. She went right back over to the window well and started searching for her earlier find!
i was VERY glad the mole had finally left!