Dog pics

[orezok]

 

[ArlyA]

When your dog doesn't help you cross a creek.

 

[Dftodd]

Playing ball

 

[DieselBound]

Dftodd, that's impressive! My previous dog could have been trusted to be with an infant. Current dog not so much: she's like a bull in a China shop (sometimes she can be very gentle, but when she gets excited/worked up she can become a wrecking ball!).

 

[DieselBound]

More from my "Dog on a log" series (never-ending!).

She'd just snapped a 1" diameter piece of branch. Was yanking on it and thought she might fall off but her balance is excellent.

Land ho! (she only looks intimidating- a dog of a thousand looks!)

 

[Dftodd]

Dftodd, that's impressive! My previous dog could have been trusted to be with an infant. Current dog not so much: she's like a bull in a China shop (sometimes she can be very gentle, but when she gets excited/worked up she can become a wrecking ball!).

We watch her very close. What you don't see is the adult within swatting distance. We actually have to watch the grandson really close to make sure he doesn't hurt the pooch. She will just lick him in the face and beat feet it somewhere where he can't get to her.

We actually had Gypsy trained by kids We took her to a professional trainer when she was a year old and explained that we have young grandkids (7 and 9)( they are now 13 and 15). Little man just turned a year old. We explained that we want her to listen to kids.

When she was a pup starting at 6 weeks old, she was hand fed by all of us, we would watch her closely with the grandkids, but worked it to where the kids could keep there hands in her food bowl so she would not be food aggressive. They would also hand feed her meals as well. If she started to growl, we didn't say anything. The food bowl was simply picked up and she lost her meal. We would then repeat the process a couple hours later.

Once at the trainers, after the first couple classes, we would pull random kids from the crowd to work with her. There was usually a large crowd of families at the trainers on Saturdays since it was the day they worked on bite work and other training for personal protection dogs. Dogs working on bite work and other tasks were her distractions.

The kid would run her through her training. Sit, stay, recalls, off leash commands. Kids loved it

We actually sat visiting with the trainer and a child's father while the child ran her through her finals at the trainers

We also had the neighbors grandkids work with her as well as our nieces, nephews, and grand kids. We would give them a small bag of boiled and cubed boneless skinless chicken breasts and send them all outside when she was a pup

We just recently sold our house in the country and moved to a residential neighborhood in the city.

That bloody dog has a fan club consisting of around 14 different residences on the street Ages range from 3yo to 70yo

 

[ArlyA]

Mutt on the trails. No shock collars used but the dog is trained, socialized and tired by the time we get back to the truck..

 

[DieselBound]

^^^ A tired dog is a great feeling (success by owner!). My dog ends up totally crashed, snoring up a storm and dreaming like crazy (she wags her tail in her sleep, smacking it on the floor!).

Dftodd, we've trained our dog to chase chickens... off our deck (and no further). Was a bit hesitant about this training but it's working out (she won't bother them anywhere else). Our previous dog could have been left alone with a toddler (never done, but I had that much confidence in that dog) and not only wouldn't she hurt it but she'd protect it. No training done with that dog; she was just automatic (got her at 11 mos; she'd been around kids growing up, so that was some of it- she was just naturally very gentle [but a fierce protector]).

 

[Dftodd]

^^^ A tired dog is a great feeling (success by owner!). My dog ends up totally crashed, snoring up a storm and dreaming like crazy (she wags her tail in her sleep, smacking it on the floor!).

Dftodd, we've trained our dog to chase chickens... off our deck (and no further). Was a bit hesitant about this training but it's working out (she won't bother them anywhere else). Our previous dog could have been left alone with a toddler (never done, but I had that much confidence in that dog) and not only wouldn't she hurt it but she'd protect it. No training done with that dog; she was just automatic (got her at 11 mos; she'd been around kids growing up, so that was some of it- she was just naturally very gentle [but a fierce protector]).

The most protective dog we have had was a Jack Russell Terrier.

He was my wifes dog, and she got him when she was still married to her ex husband.

He wouldn't let any strange man near my wife or step daughter. He was also protective of our grandkids later on after they were born.

Jack only liked my father in law and step son. Wife warned me about him when we started dating. First time I met Jack was at my father in laws place. Jack was a little standoffish when I walked into the house.

Within 5 minutes of being there, he hopped up into my wifes lap, got a couple scratches from her. He then stepped across to my lap, gave her this smug look, and was my dog ever since

 

[DieselBound]

Mutt on the trails. No shock collars used but the dog is trained, socialized and tired by the time we get back to the truck..

Curious about the comment about "shock collars."

 

[ArlyA]

Curious about the comment about "shock collars."

We don't used them. We don't used any remote, battery ones of any sort. We simply train them to mind our commands.

 

[sixdogs]

Let me give you an instance of where a "vibrate" that can also shock, collar is necessary. We have Springer Spaniels and when they flush a bird in the yard or really anywhere, it's off to the races. For the first months after we get them, we walk with them and are with them almost every minute they are outside so they can learn how to behave. For the early part of those months, they wear a collar and if they start to go where they shouldn't, they get a "vibrate" which is enough to make them stop and adhere to their borders and our command.
Our command includes the word "STOP" or a whistle blown a certain way for an emergency situation. They learn in a few days and test it every now and then but after a couple months it's set in stone.

Last week while out, the one-year-old puppy took off in pursuit of a bird and was heading straight for a pond with maybe 1/4" of ice on it. She would have broken through and drowned while we watched from shore. No collar was on.

I yelled "STOP" and the dog hit the brakes and stopped just shy of the bank. Conditioned response of that training saved her life. There is no doubt that had she not been trained and learned the conditioned response drill that next was a vibrate on the collar that she did not like, and imminent. You could say that my training with that collar saved the dog's life.



You don't have to train this way and in a low risk environment it's easier to keep the dogs in check. For people with their dogs 24/7 and lesser risks, it can work. It almost works for us except when the dog can get in a situation bigger than they are. A combine too close or truck in the yard is outside their normal experience, and backup training is important to keep them from harm.





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[DieselBound]

We don't used them. We don't used any remote, battery ones of any sort. We simply train them to mind our commands.

Leaves me wondering, then, why you mentioned them? I don't use any clubs

sixdogs, the e-collar that I have has an audible function- a "locator" function. I'd used it to locate my dog (enough brush and trees on my property that it's easy to get out of sight) and from the get-go when I'd use that function my dog would come running to me! Wasn't needing her to recall, just wanting to know which direction she is from me. She didn't know what that noise was- she settled down to it a bit (and it wasn't something that I really had to use much). But just like the 'nick" function the audible function was used very few times. E-collars were pretty much developed with/for hunting dogs: used all the time out in the field- I can totally appreciate this use.

Kisha spent over two and a half years of being on-leash (dragging one of us around- and sometimes literally dragging my poor wife!) INSIDE OUR FENCED AREA (6 acres out of 40). I couldn't obtain the services of a professional trainer (who would have used an e-collar) so I had to become the "professional" trainer: easier money for the "professionals" than training a BIG, YOUNG dog -and a terrier breed at that- to leave chickens and ducks alone! Took ME one month (I'm not retired, either); my only regret is that I didn't look to do that training a LOT sooner. I ONLY approach things with SUCCESS as my goal (otherwise what's the point of undertaking in the first place?). Anyway, dog picture is required.... Here's Kisha on recall (zoom in and you can see her literally giving her all to reach me as fast as she can- this is pure power):

 

[DieselBound]

Please note that I'm not pushing e-collars here; I am merely pointing out that they're a useful tool and are sometimes the only tool for the job: I did a ton of research; I'd consulted with the rescue group on e-collar use and the founder said that she'd had a professional use an e-collar to train her Lab to leave her chickens alone. Here's a picture of what life was like BEFORE I broke down and used an e-collar for training. I'd have to hook Kisha + leash up when I did chores: if you back a few months you'll find a picture of her today eating from one of our feeders with chickens and such all around- FREE to do as she wishes/wants.

No way was life going to continue in this manner. I'd spent a lot of time training on-leash for being around critters; it just didn't work as there was no way to approximate a more natural co-existence (fowl ranging about and her wandering about): same goes for training for LGD duties (have now done it with two dogs- two rescues that are not "pedigreed" LGDs). If we'd have had to get rid of her I'm very doubtful she'd have anywhere near the great life she now enjoys: how many dogs have their own dog park?

 

[DieselBound]

More Dog on a Log... Was busy today culling blackberries (and rescuing more Maple saplings) and unsure where she was at and I look up and over to find her perched on this stump. It's always a challenge to get my phone out so I can snap a picture. She's always a bit annoyed to have her picture taken!

 

[Calgaryglenn]

...Lets see your mutts...!
This is my 18 month old retreiver...doing what he does best...!

This is 12 yr old Sunni doing what she does best. Guarding the couch.

 

[DieselBound]

^^^ I'd so much wished that my previous dog could have lived to such an age (she wasn't quite 8; she'd be 12 now had she not lost the battle with cancer). I figure our current dog will terrorize us for 50 years! (I know I'll be OK with it!)

 

[kenmbz]

She is resting up for Valentine's day

 

[Jstpssng]

 

[ArlyA]

Socialized dogs, swimming in snow and getting some exercise. Which is it?

He was instructed to go down into this canyon and get on top of that downed tree. He did protest!

On our way out, we run into another pup.