Pets

samission · Aug 31, 2004

Hey Boondox,

That's the funniest looking sheep I have ever seen, looks more like a goat to me /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Boondox · Aug 31, 2004

( Hey Boondox,

That's the funniest looking sheep I have ever seen, looks more like a goat to me /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif )

You must be used to the overbred breeds that are susceptible to a miriad of diseases. These are Icelandics, and are "unimproved" by man. Not as much meat, but fantastic fleece and they actually prefer brush to hay or grass. Best of all, from my point of view, they breed late so lambing takes place in April or May...none of that mid-winter chaos at thirty below for us! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Pete

Boondox · Aug 31, 2004

Junkman -- That's a GREAT shot!

Pete

Boondox · Aug 31, 2004

( Inspector507, you mentioned using a nailer, Misty thought it was a gun and started looking for a bird to fall out of the sky. We've had her since she was a pup and having her in our life has been great. I know she is in the twilight of her life and when the day comes, she will be missed. I can only hope that abby will be half the dog misty is.
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Tom -- My Molson is like that. In his prime he was a fantastic gun dog. Fast, and with the gentlest mouth I've ever seen! But at 12 years old he's slowed down, his eyes and nose aren't so keen anymore, and the younger dogs beat him to the punch. So now and then if a dove makes the mistake of loitering in the old dead maple out front all the other dogs are sent into the house and Molson comes out for a little shotgunning. He's just SO PROUD when he gets a bird!

And on those rare occasions when I miss a bird on the fly, Molson turns to me with a look of utter confusion as if to say, "You missed!?!" Those faithful old timers sure do tug at the heart, don't they?

Pete

mdnewf · Aug 31, 2004

Great looking heard. Glad to hear that you open your home to a Newf Rescue. I'm very invovled in our regional newfoundland club.

PondKeeper · Aug 31, 2004

We have a rescue Berner, my wife had one of our Berners at the vet for something and called me to say someone was having our vet put down his dog because it ate a sock and needed immediate surgery to remove it. We had the vet intervene and ask the owner if they would sign over ownership we would pay for the surgery and arrange for his adoption with the BMD club rescue group. Well he made it through the surgery but not to the rescue group, he joined our little family. He is one of the group at this little birthday party.

Michael

srs · Aug 31, 2004

PondKeeper, Great photo!! I love it when people absolutely spoil their pets. This is how pets should be treated. With such great love. You're a good man!!!

MaineGuy · Aug 31, 2004

Fantastic picture. I think our Berner wore the same hat on his birthday. We might be looking for a Berner friend for Schooner sometime soon. The Australian Cattle Dog that has lived with us since November is headed back home next week. Our BMD is sure going to miss her. So will the rest of us.

Junkman · Aug 31, 2004

Something for all dog owners to consider is keeping a fresh bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide on hand at all times. If you know that the dog has swallowed something that he shouldn't have, you can induce vomiting by pouring the Hydrogen Peroxide down the dogs throat immediately. This won't help if you wait a half hour. The idea is to get it out of the dog asap. I used to use Ipecac Syrup, but learned from the veterinarian that this is the better method. His Weimeraner, my dogs brother, ate the netting that comes on a ham when he turned his back to answer the phone. He immediately gave the dog the peroxide and it came up within minutes. Only precaution is to do this outside. It can and will make a mess on the way out. Dogs have an affinity toward underwear because it has a heavy sent of the owner on it. The other most common thing is panty hose. These will always block the intestines and will lead to death if not removed. Prevention is better than the remedy, so keep the laundry in the hamper not on the floor where the dog can get into it.

PondKeeper · Sep 1, 2004

Junkman

The peroxide works great. Tablespoon at a time, up to 3 tablespoons total, ten minutes apart. Usually the second tablespoon is enough and they give it all up. Your right to suggest being outside if you can, otherwise keep them on tile or some easy to clean surface.

One time we were showing one of our dogs and during the trip to the show she somehow got the flea collar of one of the other dogs and ate some of it. The collars are toxic so the vet induced vomiting with these drops in her eye. The dog started heaving almost instantly and when we thought we had all of the collar pieces he just flushed her eye with sterile water and the vomiting stopped instantly. That was several years ago and I never saw that treatment again.