DOGS

[Scott Engelhardt]

Nice morning hike

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

The Shepard was on the Mac tool truck and the little guy was on the Snap on truck.

 

[ESOXER]

Dutch fetched her second duck today, this time from the boat. Once again it was right at daybreak then nothing after. She was bored and hungry since we left before 5. Then upset and wouldn't get out of the boat at the dock. Wish I had my phone to get a picture of her retrieving. But she did awesome and saved me from water in the waders, like in the past. Tomorrow we go after pheasant again, can't catch a break on ditch chickens but it's only been 4 days since opening.
We've done two days waterfowl, two short days due to 9am open and 12 pm closing pheasant. Got the week off so hopefully some more reps.
Bonus was she didn't chase the deer that ran in the blocks that swam to who knows where, frickin crazy.

 

[Budnicks]

Good boy Dutch

ditch chickens
I love/d hunting pheasant, working my labs
don't do it as much as I'd like now

flushed a bunch of mountain quail & chased turkeys,
the other day with my new lil' dude (5 months) Baron/'Whitey'
sorry no photos of the flushing, never think about it out on walks

off my back deck

 

[davek]

their comfy

 

[sam dupont]

 

[33 IMP]

I need HELP from dog owners more experienced than me!
I ran across a dog walking down an industrial street a few miles from my house in AZ. I stopped to see what she (turned out to be a girl) would do
She came straight to me the minute I got out of the truck, limping badly on an injured left hind leg. She gave me a lick, and walked straight to the door of the truck. I opened the door, she got half in, couldn't finish for her bad leg. I called my gf, and told her, you won't believe what I've got.....
You see, this girl is an all black shepherd, that could be a sister of Mopar that we lost to cancer a few months ago.
Liz's face was unbelievable when she saw what I had. The dog took a long time to warm up to Liz, maybe ten whole seconds.
We both decided she needs to see a vet. No collar, no tags when found. But both of the vets we use are closed today, but she is going tomorrow morning, to look for a chip, and to look at her leg. I hope the vet will see us without an appointment.
If possible, Liz and I would like to keep this girl, depending on vet answers.
The problem is gonna be..... how do I introduce a new fullsize female to my three adult male shepherds? First meeting through a screen door didn't go well. She looks exactly like Mopar, but she's not fooling my boys. They know darn well that she's not Mopar.
All my dogs were acquired as puppies to be introduced to the others, and that always went well. This won't be so easy. Then, there is an old cat in the house (not talking about the gf!).
So, any way this is all premature, depending on vet verdict, but I'm curious how it's done. @Sahara, have you got some tips?

 

[Charles Cook]

I need HELP from dog owners more experienced than me!
I ran across a dog walking down an industrial street a few miles from my house in AZ. I stopped to see what she (turned out to be a girl) would do
She came straight to me the minute I got out of the truck, limping badly on an injured left hind leg. She gave me a lick, and walked straight to the door of the truck. I opened the door, she got half in, couldn't finish for her bad leg. I called my gf, and told her, you won't believe what I've got.....
You see, this girl is an all black shepherd, that could be a sister of Mopar that we lost a few months ago.
Liz's face was unbelievable when she saw what I had. The dog took a long time to warm up to Liz, maybe ten whole seconds.
We both decided she needs to see a vet. But both of the vets we use are closed today, but she is going tomorrow morning, to look for a chip, and to look at her leg. I hope the vet will see us without an appointment.
If possible, Liz and I would like to keep this girl, depending on vet answers.
The problem is gonna be..... how do I introduce a new fullsize female to my three adult male shepherds? First meeting through a screen door didn't go well
All my dogs were acquired as puppies to be introduced to the others, and that always went well. This won't be so easy. Then, there is an old cat in the house (not talking about the gf!).
So, any way this is all premature, depending on vet verdict, but I'm curious how it's done. @Sahara, have you got some tips?

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She’s beautiful and a keeper. Someone didn’t take care of her nails properly. Looks like she needs you guys.

 

[33 IMP]

She’s beautiful and a keeper. Someone didn’t take care of her nails properly. Looks like she needs you guys.

Liz's theory is that she was hit by a car. (At night around here, she would be 100% invisible). Liz's sisters' theory is that she was dumped, possibly cause the owner couldn't, or wouldn't, afford the vet bill.
Either way, she was/is somebody's pet, with an extremely sweet disposition with Liz and me. She didn't make a sound, not even a "my leg hurts" whimper..... till she met our dogs. Growling and barking from both sides.

 

[33 IMP]

I just looked at the first pic I posted of her. She has an evil kind of look in that pic that she has NEVER shown me in real life.
But I'm not sure we'll keep her. She snores. (Just kidding!)

 

[Sahara]

I need HELP from dog owners more experienced than me!
I ran across a dog walking down an industrial street a few miles from my house in AZ. I stopped to see what she (turned out to be a girl) would do
She came straight to me the minute I got out of the truck, limping badly on an injured left hind leg. She gave me a lick, and walked straight to the door of the truck. I opened the door, she got half in, couldn't finish for her bad leg. I called my gf, and told her, you won't believe what I've got.....
You see, this girl is an all black shepherd, that could be a sister of Mopar that we lost a few months ago.
Liz's face was unbelievable when she saw what I had. The dog took a long time to warm up to Liz, maybe ten whole seconds.
We both decided she needs to see a vet. No collar, no tags when found. But both of the vets we use are closed today, but she is going tomorrow morning, to look for a chip, and to look at her leg. I hope the vet will see us without an appointment.
If possible, Liz and I would like to keep this girl, depending on vet answers.
The problem is gonna be..... how do I introduce a new fullsize female to my three adult male shepherds? First meeting through a screen door didn't go well. She looks exactly like Mopar, but she's not fooling my boys. They know darn well that she's not Mopar.
All my dogs were acquired as puppies to be introduced to the others, and that always went well. This won't be so easy. Then, there is an old cat in the house (not talking about the gf!).
So, any way this is all premature, depending on vet verdict, but I'm curious how it's done. @Sahara, have you got some tips?

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I appreciate you valuing my opinion. Our situation was sort of reversed; introducing a fighter into a placid household, but I can offer some observations based on our experience.
Things seem to go better if they are introduced outside, in a wide open area. A big yard, at the least. There is more stress I think if they are crowded. Plus, an escape route is something that they seem to subconsciously look for. Without it they have to stand and fight. Our Cora was/is certainly alpha, used to being dominant. She ran into my friends yard looking for a fight only to find not one, but two big tough dogs ready to go at her. It was the first time I ever saw fear in her. She came out of there like she was shot from a cannon, two big dogs hot on her tail. Once out of the small yard a lot of butt sniffing took place and they all became fast friends. The same thing happened a few months later; she saw a pack of about five various dogs and waded in. Again, a bunch of butt sniffing and posturing, and one small dog that got aggressively in her face was quickly sorted and they all became friends.
So I guess the only advice that I can give is to get them on neutral territory where none have them have to defend their space and give them room. Don’t stand too close so that none of them feel that they have to protect you. There may be growling, even some thrashing, but in my experience it usually lasts for literally a second or two. You’ll quickly get a sense of whether it’s going to work out or not; are they snarling and growling and posing for show, or are they foaming at the mouth raging at each other?
Some dogs simply will not get along, but in our case this has been pretty rare. Cora has encountered a lot of dogs in the little over a year that we have had her. There’s only been one serious fight in that time, and one time that I had to keep her in the car because she wanted to go after a pack that included two big Rotties. That one may have worked out ultimately but I was unwilling to find out.
The cat thing was a little different. Cora is a Ridgeback, and they love to hunt and kill things. We introduced her into a household of four cats. At first she didn’t chase them when I hollered at her not to, but you could tell that she really, really wanted to but was waiting until I wasn’t watching to make her move. Then one day I was walking into the living room with my new iPad when little Stanley went flying past me, Cora literally a foot behind him and about to go “chomp”, which would have been immediately fatal to Stanley. As they flew past me I smacked her with the only thing at hand, smashing a seven hundred dollar iPad over her head. That certainly clued her into the fact that the cats are not to be killed and all has been good since, to the extent that she will avoid our cats if she can, and will grudgingly let them crawl over and groom her. I am typing this on my new, new iPad.
A funny side note to that story occurred this past spring. She discovered a young woodchuck, or marmot under our porch. As I observed it under the deck Cora was beside me, literally hopping from foot to foot and looking at me, as if to say “ It’s not a cat! Can I kill it? Can I? C’mon Garth, let me kill it!” I told her not to, and she didn’t.
I hope that helps. Thank you for helping a dog out. If I can offer any advice I am happy to help as best I can.

 

[sam dupont]

Spend an hour in the house without the other dogs and have a bunch of toys that smell like the boys. I would make introductions one on one, her without a leash so she can move away if she needs to. When one or both lay down, they are getting used to each other. There are two types of microchips and not all readers recognize both.

 

[ckessel]

Sam has some great info along with Sahara. I would also remove any toys so there will be no battles etc from that, plus pull up any food in case someone gets territorial around the dishes. Take it slow and keep your eyes peeled ready to be the dad and scold the kids.

 

[Sahara]

Sam has some great info along with Sahara. I would also remove any toys so there will be no battles etc from that, plus pull up any food in case someone gets territorial around the dishes. Take it slow and keep your eyes peeled ready to be the dad and scold the kids.

That’s a good point; put the food dishes far apart and remove the toys at first. Our first big dog fight occurred over a favourite rock. Yes, a rock. It was about the second day of having Cora. My wife threw a rock. The pittie got there first, which was a mistake because Cora considered the rock hers because Linda threw it. The pittie and Cora became best friends ultimately but that was when I first learned that Cora can go from being jovial to all in in a split second.

 

[33 IMP]

Thank you, one and all! Great advice.
Vet appointment in the morning may decide her fate if she is chipped (AND if her owners didn't just dump her!)
I think I would like to introduce her to Magnum first, my deaf dog. I think he's the most laid back of my pack.
I have a nice big back yard for them to run and play in..... but all of my boys consider it all their property to protect.
Funny story. I came back to AZ a couple days ago, after being in CA for a month, arrived around 6 a.m. The boys didn't hear my truck, but they sure heard me coming in the back door! The were ready to tear somebody a new a-hole.... till they saw it was me, then it was a couple hours of complete pandemonium. Again.

 

[33 IMP]

Thank you Garth! I value your opinion, and I respect what you do for our four legged family members.

John, 33 IMP.

 

[Kern Dog]

This was how Buddy told you he didn't want to be touched.

Mopar and Samson in the yard.

Rocket isn't interested in sharing his ball.

These three got along well.

 

[3sloppydogs]

These two took about a year to warm up to each other. The yellow dog is a rescue and I have no idea of the mix. But they are friends now

 

[71dodgechargerrt]

Great advise. We foster often. Probably a dozen or so a year. Often they are adult and from an area up
north where they just run loose. Never had any fight issues unless it went for my guys food. We have a
fenced horse paddock and the get to know each other quick and become friends. Good on you for taking
it in. That's a nice looking dog. Be nice if you can find its owner. Looks like it has been eating.
The 3 we have now, the big guy is ours. A large Sheppard is here also.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Nice hike this morning. That eagle kept his eye on Thor.