Dog pics

Portuguese Farmer · Dec 20, 2024

Eagle1 said:
Most of them have been the dog I needed not the dog I wanted at that time. Each taught me lessons I had to learn.

Now to figure out what I'm supposed to learn from the Beagle/Border Collie that adopted himself into the household..... So far besides anger and frustration (sure that is not the intended lesson) I'm clueless. He is just a wild child and I spend hours per day getting him out of trouble. Listens just fine once you have eyes on him but when you don't........

Still better than kids.....

sixdogs · Dec 20, 2024

Eagle1 said:
Most of them have been the dog I needed not the dog I wanted at that time. Each taught me lessons I had to learn.

Now to figure out what I'm supposed to learn from the Beagle/Border Collie that adopted himself into the household..... So far besides anger and frustration (sure that is not the intended lesson) I'm clueless. He is just a wild child and I spend hours per day getting him out of trouble. Listens just fine once you have eyes on him but when you don't........

Get a Dogtra collar that you can remotely make vibrate and rumble. No pain to dog and they learn quick not to do bad things. My Springer is a naturally stay-close dog but likes roaming outside the farm yard.

She's pretty smart so now I only have to put that collar on and she behaves like an altar boy. I trained her to the word "NO" just before the buzzer so now with no collar "NO" keeps her in line.

Eagle1 · Dec 20, 2024

He is my adult son's dog but I have him during the work day. He supposed to run with the LDG but either leads the puppies astray or off by himself, they have a 90 acres of ours and a several hundred of wilderness to roam. He can be in woods in a second and out of sight. So far he's been been brought back from over 8 miles away on the other side of a section after chasing someone else's animals, their Germans Shepard dogs were not happy with him, but he is used to running with Anatolians so it did not faze him.

He is OK by himself but like to "herd" everything when not in sight. From ducks, cats to cattle and deer.
Still a puppy we'll figure it out together.

sixdogs · Dec 20, 2024

Eagle1 said:
He is my adult son's dog but I have him during the work day. He supposed to run with the LDG but either leads the puppies astray or off by himself, they have a 90 acres of ours and a several hundred of wilderness to roam. He can be in woods in a second and out of sight. So far he's been been brought back from over 8 miles away on the other side of a section after chasing someone else's animals, their Germans Shepard dogs were not happy with him, but he is used to running with Anatolians so it did not faze him.

He is OK by himself but like to "herd" everything when not in sight. From ducks, cats to cattle and deer.
Still a puppy we'll figure it out together.

Let them get away with it once and then it's multiples of effort to not let them do the same thing again. We tried to never let the dog get away with anything bad when a puppy and it's so far. All dogs are different but now my Springer spends her free time watching and alerting us to any danger we might face. Right now she is sleeping in her chair 20 feet away with one eye open.

I think any dog will do whatever it is that you want as long as they know what it is that you want. She needs to follow our instructions and guard the farm from danger. For that, she gets three squares, constant love and adoration and all the workouts in the field she can desire.

It's difficult with multiple commanders because the dog gets confused as to who is in charge.

ArlyA · Dec 20, 2024

Mutts out for excerize.

Eagle1 · Dec 20, 2024

sixdogs said:
Let them get away with it once and then it's multiples of effort to not let them do the same thing again. We tried to never let the dog get away with anything bad when a puppy and it's so far. All dogs are different but now my Springer spends her free time watching and alerting us to any danger we might face. Right now she is sleeping in her chair 20 feet away with one eye open.

I think any dog will do whatever it is that you want as long as they know what it is that you want. She needs to follow our instructions and guard the farm from danger. For that, she gets three squares, constant love and adoration and all the workouts in the field she can desire.

It's difficult with multiple commanders because the dog gets confused as to who is in charge.

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I have 6 LDG and a tiny mutt, the 5 older ones are good to go. The puppies at 11 months are still working on their brains (LDGs come with a primitive OS until the brains comes in at age 2 to 4). They know their role at 11 months as well as expected.
The beagle knows what to do but has less self control. Without that 8th one I have no real issues, if the pups wander I fire up the ATV and they come running from a long way, that beagle mix finds places to hide so he can sneak home or away....I'm so used to dogs that stand proudly over their destruction with no hint of fear he just confounds me, he acts guilty and can not be caught in the act and will not hang with the pack unless supervised.
Now if I let him run alone he does well and stays closer. There is a lesson for me here, just have to learn it.

BTW I have been a multiple dog owner (at least 3) for my entire adult life , all types (not any beagle or hound though). From lapdogs, to border collie, lab, husky, golden, german shepard, Great Pyrenees and Anatolian (Kangal) and others. This one beagle is smart, attentive and listens right up until he bolts to chase something he should not. It has started to get one of the Anatolians to go after livestock and that is bad. I can't have a 150# killer that can run down a deer (or anything else) loose out of a fence unless they can be trusted. So far I can call that pup off and she behaves unless she helps that mutt. My lead LDG has more than once put a stop to the chase but I don't want the little dog shredded and he has learned not mess with her charges where she can catch him, finally.

kf4uda · Dec 20, 2024

Here is my Gracie

ArlyA · Dec 24, 2024

Mutts in da woods the past few days.

Runner · Dec 25, 2024

Kids opened presents this morning.

Rockbadchild · Jan 2, 2025

Things are progressing well with Vegas, we (the wife and I) watched many training videos and tip to trained her (and ourselves) so now when she is with other dogs I put the boundaries for other dog instead to wait for them to do it she his in their face a lot and that has been working, then we are working with redirecting method to redirect her prey drive once it gets unleashed which is very hard to contain. Its a very clever method (credits to the videos) we place a bowl full of food to simulate a trigger and we walk by it, when she start to focus on it or try to go for it we give the ''leave it'' command, hold the leash to restrict her if needed and give her treats when she leaves it/ obey and comes towards us, there's also a hands signal that goes with it, after some consistency with that we should be good when she see a other dogs or animal.

By herself she is a sweetheart, she stay around, has a excellent recall and comes frequently to check on me and often go sleep on the sled or from a advantage point where she can keep a eye on me.

I brough her for our new years party, I kept her on the leash there was a few dogs there and one was a very old and she was tormenting him (she wanted to play but not him) then, the other dog she was pretty reactive towards him or her (not sure) but my mind was set on keeping her on the leash regardless, how I my suppose to show her boundaries if I don't have control over my dog. It got annoyed to keep explaining myself everyone was telling me to let her go, or why is she tied up. My answer was she is in training this is part of her training!! folks got the message by the end of the night...

To my delight she is very good and soft with kids (I already knew but every encounter counts at that age), this kid got his face washed up a few times by her, he would just have the time of his life while she was liking him up, laughing and giggling. I was watching very carefully thinking she will nibble his nose like she dose with me once in a while but no not once... and that made me realize every time she dose it to me she dose it on purpose!!

kenmbz · Jan 2, 2025

Our GS on leash was in protect mode, so we could not have him on leash around people and other dogs.
Off leash he was super gentle and friendly.
Miss that dog.

dj1701 · Jan 3, 2025

It always feels like, somebody's watching me...

masseyrider · Jan 3, 2025

dj1701 said:
It always feels like, somebody's watching me...

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When I had my mutts, 7 of them, someone always had an eye on me.
Food was exciting but not the trigger that putting on shoes or a coat was.
The howling, squealing, jumping, in fighting, jockeying for position at the door.
It just took one to start it. And there was at least 2-3 with an eye out.
But they also recognized which coat I was putting on.
The walkies/working ones or the going into town coats.
Oh, the disappointment when it was the going away coat.
I swear I could hear the, "Awe GEEZ," and see the kick at the ground as they went back to their regular spots.