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Here’s a super gift idea for Christmas for anyone who owns a BIG DOG
With Christmas just around the corner, now is the perfect time to be thinking of ideas for your dog loving friends.
How about taking a look at some of the fine art work on the shirts at Cafepress/Dogdaze? Pictured below are just a few of the cute designs availabl! Shopping has never been easier when you can shop online, avoid the Crowded malls and heavy traffic, AND save on GAS besides! Give it a try, just click on any of these images!
Large dog breeds include Newfoundlands, Great Pyrenees, Mastiffs, Great Danes, Irish Wolfhounds, and Otterhounds, to name just a few. My home happens to be populated by Newfoundlands. and the Newfoundlands in my house are large and in charge.They have big hairy tails, and when they wag they can knock you right down or bruise your legs. They have big feet and can track in tons of mud. They often literally “drip” hair, especially in shedding season. And they often “drip” drool. With few exceptions, most of the dogs that can be classified as “big dogs” also have “big drool”. My Newfoundlands are sort of in between. One newfy has big drool, the other one doesn’t. So I guess they even out. My house needs a sign out front: “Caution: Slime Zone” (As a matter of fact, you can find the “slime zone” bumper stickers at my Dogdaze Designs Shop)
There are three types of people who visit me: “Dog People” (they come often and stay late), “Family” (it depends…) and “Normal People”, (small minded people) Dog people stoop down to get the kisses and step aside from the wagging tails. Dog people often bring treats for the dogs and say hi to the dogs before they say hi to me. Dog people know what the drool towel draped over the back of the chair is for. Dog people don’t say anything and pick out any stray hairs that land on their coffee cup. Dog People don’t care that my dogs likc the plates off after we eat, they even sneak table scraps to the dogs whil we are eating! In short, “Dog People” are my forever friends.
Family is almost as good as “dog people”. (Especially since most of my family is already in that classification, exept THEIR dogs aren’t as big as mine.) Only the teenage girls in the family will roll their eyes and show disgust at drool. And they usually outgrow that. Family tolerate most anything from my dogs and the only time they get “touchy” is when they are in their good clothes. (And that isn’t often, since they are dog people too!)
Normal people however, (small minded people) keep pushing the dogs away when they arrive at the front door, or stand rather stiffly and awkwardly without moving at all…sort of frozen as if they just might be afraid. Normal people don’t know what the drool towel is for and probably think that the hair on the floor is a health hazard. Normal people make a show of brushing off the dog hair that lands on their clothes and picking off the hairs that might land on their coffee cup. Normal people hate it when they go into the bathroom and one of the dogs slams the door open with his paw, they don’t even laugh and think it is funny! Normal people usually don’t stay long and often don’t come back.That’s okay with me though. My dogs are in charge here.
It’s not that my dogs are unruly or dangerous or even mildly aggressive. They are just big and sweet and goofy and have never been told that there is anyone in the world who would not consider a kiss from them one of the finest things in life. And after all, they can’t help it if they are big, and have lots of hair, and have heavy duty wagging tails. And they DO eventually lie down and snooze, making big bear rugs that a person has to step over on the way to the coffee pot.
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GREAT NEW NEWFY ADDITION TO MY NEWF DESIGNS:
having a ton of fun, I LOVE to do new designs! On a rainy day, what better way to spend the time!
I got a new dog about six months ago, and I've been having some problems. Almost all of them can be tied to the fact that my dog isn't getting enough exercise.
My dog is an extremely high-energy dog. I take him to socialize with other dogs but the other will crash long before he does I am a very low energy person. I'm doing my best; we generally go for 45 minutes to hour and a half walk in the evening. And an afternoon walk is too much. Not only do I absolutely hate walking, but it causes me joint pain and fatigue.
The extra energy is leading towards barking, even in the middle of the night. And is wearing us all down and stressing us out. Which isn’t good for how much time I can put back in.
I am taking dog-training courses, but they don't address the underlying issue.
So what I'm hoping for are some ideas on how to manage the problem. I am willing to put effort in, but I don't have a whole lot of money to spend on a dog walker or equipment.
Thanks
Thanks for the answers so far, but here is some more information -
He is Lab cross (probably boxer). He's almost a year and a half. And we do take him out and throw the ball for him (up to an hour) we also go to parks and drop the leash and let him run around (he has a good chase instinct) and there is a creek near our house where we sometimes go creek walking.
I live with other people, so another dog isn’t feasible.
The reason I got another dog, is because I love having a dog, and had a hard time without one. And if that sounds selfish, understand that before I got one I committed to long daily walks, play dates and park dates (as well as obedience classes). And I tried to choose one who didn't seem to hyper. But since when I picked my dog (shelter) he was scared of everything, what we first saw wasn't really his personality.
As far as budget goes, someone else is providing for the food and toys currently, while I go to school.
You may actually be creating a high energy dog. The more some dogs exercise, the more stressed and aroused they get. Without some down time and relaxing activities, they get anxious (thus leading to the barking and other behavior 'problems'). You may want to try giving your dog some mental stimulation for 20 - 30 minutes at a time, twice a day and cut the walk time to 30 minutes. Play time with other dogs should also be limited to 30 minutes. Mental activities use a lot of energy. In addition, try some really quiet activities like Tellington Touch (you can find info on the web) or massage to relax. Try bringing his stimulation levels down rather than up and see if that helps.
good luck.
A HILARIOUS teeshirt, great big giant slobbery goobery messy neopolitan mastiff with the sign “WARNING: SLOBBER ZONE!” what a great idea for a wonderful doggy gift for someone who owns this adorable funny and goobery dog breed with the wrinkles. Or how about the one that says “REAL DOGS HAVE WRINKLES” , that one’s a hoot too!
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For the people who haven’t seen my other questions..
Basically I wanted to open a small rescue consisting of about 4 horses, 4 dogs, and a feral cat colony (safer out of the streets in my opinion). I wanted to use a dog to help pull around feed as well as help me garden (I’m a natural kind of gal).
I was reading on how to get started in the carting world but all I could find was stuff on equipment. If I wanted my dog to be able to perform the tasks completely by age two, what would I do about training?
You need to join a carting club, generally Newf and Bernese do carting, though they don’t tend to start them training until they are 18 months old, its too much for their bodies otherwise.
If you contact the breed clubs they will be able to assist with this.
I am looking to start carting, though my boy is 15 months old and we will wait those 3 months before i start him doing this.
i have the yorkie and possibly the maltese. any suggestions?
There's a good quiz I took when trying to find my first dog, it's on animal planet.com, and this is how you get to it:
1. go to http://www.animal.discovery.com
2. On the bar select "Pets"
3 When the menu comes down select "Dog Breed Selector"
4. There are two options the "Dog Breed Selector" and "Dog Breed List" Go to Dog Breed Selector, and under that press "Start Your Search"
Or just go to this link, and start at #4:
http://animal.discovery.com/breedselector/dogselectorindex.do
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