Dog pics

[sixdogs]

Any day that starts with a freshly smoked dog bone is a good day for a 37 lb field Springer Spaniel.

 

[mike69440]

I this I need this pup as a therapy dog.

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

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[Rockbadchild]

Vegas is now 80lbs … a big girl i’d say

 

[Dftodd]

Vegas is now 80lbs … a big girl i’d say
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My GSD settled in at 85lbs.

 

[Fugawi69]

He was rescued from a storm drain in front of our office by the Fire Department when he was a puppy.
This is Gutter!

 

[ToBeFree]

GSD is at 90lb and the hound is 65lb. I don't worry much when not at home.

 

[1 Old Man]

My dog can play fetch until my arm falls off or I pass out. I use a "thrower"
for distance etc. She is all about the ball. Fast roll on the ground, she's on top of it.
Long throw, she can often get it on the first bounce. Throw it high and long, she'll
watch it like a Lab watching ducks fall. Throw it in the water, she jumps in and is
swimming.
She has toys to chew on etc. But the tennis balls are for play time only. I do not give
her the balls because she destroys them, pulls the covers off and rips the balls
to pieces. However, sometimes I'll let her have some doggie "me" time instead of
bringing the ball back to me. During those times she rolls onto her back, wiggles
around on the ground, chews the ball and looks to be having the time of her life.
It makes me smile and is a joy to watch. These pics are from this afternoon.

 

[ArlyA]

Taken while mutts were out yesterday. Mouse or shrew hunting remains good here.

 

[Dftodd]

My dog can play fetch until my arm falls off or I pass out. I use a "thrower"
for distance etc. She is all about the ball. Fast roll on the ground, she's on top of it.
Long throw, she can often get it on the first bounce. Throw it high and long, she'll
watch it like a Lab watching ducks fall. Throw it in the water, she jumps in and is
swimming.
She has toys to chew on etc. But the tennis balls are for play time only. I do not give
her the balls because she destroys them, pulls the covers off and rips the balls
to pieces. However, sometimes I'll let her have some doggie "me" time instead of
bringing the ball back to me. During those times she rolls onto her back, wiggles
around on the ground, chews the ball and looks to be having the time of her life.
It makes me smile and is a joy to watch. These pics are from this afternoon.

We've had dogs over the years that would wear your arm out throwing a ball.

We found a "Chuck it" stick at pet smart.

It resembled a lacrosse stick.

That sure saved my shoulder and elbow

For our GSD, a tennis ball has a life span of about 10 minutes.

We found the rubber chew balls with nubbins and squeaker held up the best for ours.

We tried the ones without the squeaker as well. But she would puncture those within an hour and they would deflate into a half moon

 

[Dftodd]

Here's a photo of the ball.

 

[sixdogs]

We've had dogs over the years that would wear your arm out throwing a ball.

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For our GSD, a tennis ball has a life span of about 10 minutes.

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We tried the ones without the squeaker as well. But she would puncture those within an hour and they would deflate into a half moon

I bought my sweet, 37 lb Springer Spaniel field dog some of those fluffy dog toys with squeakers at Costco thinking how well behaved and respectful she would treat them. I thought she would treasure them.

It took her maybe 15 minutes to rip the squeakers out of all four toys and maybe 45 minutes till all the stuffing was ripped out.

 

[Dftodd]

I bought my sweet, 37 lb Springer Spaniel field dog some of those fluffy dog toys with squeakers at Costco thinking how well behaved and respectful she would treat them. I thought she would treasure them.

It took her maybe 15 minutes to rip the squeakers out of all four toys and maybe 45 minutes till all the stuffing was ripped out.

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A stuffed animal has the same life expectancy as a tennis ball does in my place

The exception is the ultra tough toys made out of fire hose.

I have a couple of those that have survived a few years. Just don't get near them if she gives them the "Death" shake.

It will hurt like a sum beach and you'll likely be bruised

 

[Pixguy]

We've changed over to the 'stuffless' toys and the Nylabones to chew on.

 

[1 Old Man]

Agree totally. Tennis balls don't last long, but they're cheap and I buy them by the tube.
The thrower I mentioned is a Chuck It I think. Cup on the end of a curved plastic stick.
Works good. I couldn't remember the name. Any toy with a rope connected, like a
rubber ball with a rope through it, a nubbie rubber triangle with a rope through it etc etc
all end up with the knots in the rope removed via a combination of gnawing and death shake.
Interesting how quickly they figure out how to destroy the toy. The only toys we let
her have anytime she wants is a Kong, a green gorilla and some tough a-- chew rings.
She has not been able to maime, injure or behead any of those 3 toys. We also let her chew
up what they call dinosaur bones (smoked cow femur). She has a squeaker chicken but
has never been interested in it. Any attempt at stuffed animals has led me to just a big
clean up effort. Early on she also shredded a couple of dog beds, what a freaking mess
those were. However, now she has 3 beds and uses all at different times. No more shredding.
I'll look for that nubbie ball thing. And I'll reconsider the Nylabone. Any other toys, I'm always
open for tips.
Hope y'all have a nice day and Happy Easter.

 

[check]

Are you going to give me some of that or what?

 

[kenmbz]

It was 84 here today, she still has her winter coat.
Last 100 steps to the car to go home

 

[alpha&omega]

 

[orezok]

HAPPY EASTER!

 

[Dftodd]

Agree totally. Tennis balls don't last long, but they're cheap and I buy them by the tube.
The thrower I mentioned is a Chuck It I think. Cup on the end of a curved plastic stick.
Works good. I couldn't remember the name. Any toy with a rope connected, like a
rubber ball with a rope through it, a nubbie rubber triangle with a rope through it etc etc
all end up with the knots in the rope removed via a combination of gnawing and death shake.
Interesting how quickly they figure out how to destroy the toy. The only toys we let
her have anytime she wants is a Kong, a green gorilla and some tough a-- chew rings.
She has not been able to maime, injure or behead any of those 3 toys. We also let her chew
up what they call dinosaur bones (smoked cow femur). She has a squeaker chicken but
has never been interested in it. Any attempt at stuffed animals has led me to just a big
clean up effort. Early on she also shredded a couple of dog beds, what a freaking mess
those were. However, now she has 3 beds and uses all at different times. No more shredding.
I'll look for that nubbie ball thing. And I'll reconsider the Nylabone. Any other toys, I'm always
open for tips.
Hope y'all have a nice day and Happy Easter.

We used to dog sit our shepherds brother. Sometimes he would stay with us for a month or two.

We've come home to a couple shredded dog beds

What a mess, but I think they had a really good time

We were dog sitting them once and I had both of them get up on the bed in the middle of the night. One stretched out on one side of me, the other stretched out on the other. Both on top of the blanket, and had me wrapped up like a cannoli

The issue was i had 90lbs of dog on each kidney and pressed toght on m I bladder.

I couldn't move and had to pee something fierce My wife thought it was hilarious, and the dogs decided to commando crawl to where they could reach my face and take liberties with their tongues when I started to struggle.

Finally my wife took pity on me and got the dogs to move so I could get out of bed.

Two days later I went out of town for work.

The next morning my wife woke up in bed with her alarm going off, wrapped like a cannoli and not being able to move Karma got her good

 

[ArlyA]

Mutts at church for Easter. Socialized dogs are good for people.