Strange things your pets do...

[Dftodd]

I like that. I raise a dog to love people but there always is that one time...
I plan to get a puppy next month and am considering the AKC "good citizen" course.
My mother moved into assisted living last fall and if we get good enough I would like to bring the dog to see her. Considering she's 4 hours away it would make the trip a bit more worthwhile.

Definitely. Gypsy is pretty much therapy trained. We just couldn't afford to finish up the training at the time. It would have been another 6 weeks and $1500 we didn't have at the time.

Then we got busy, so we never got her back for it.

You should have seen her with an elderly lady that lived in the same rental neighborhood as us.

She had a stroke and was partially paralyzed.

If she saw us out walking, she would yell "Hey big lady!!!!! Come see me!!"

And off we would go, me getting dragged over to her

Gypsy would go straight to the side where she was partially paralyzed on and lean against her supporting her while whe got her scratches.

She also had the "Gypsy girl fan club"

It was some of the neighborhood kids that would come running to see her when we were out.

Those were gypsy's kids, and you didn't mess with them while she was around.

She put herself between the neighbors girls and their uncle once while we were out walking.

He made the mistake of stalking the girls while they were petting her.

She put herself between the uncle and the kids. She didn't growl, but she did bristle up.

The kids parents witnessed it. Called the uncle offz and then came and gave Gypsy treats and scratches.

They appreciated the fact the Gypsy would protect them.

 

[Hay Dude]

I think it’s cruel to feed an older dog off the floor, especially a large older dog.

This study seems to contradict those who think feeding off the floor is better:

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[Dftodd]

Common gray squirrel, or something else?

I've been watching mine and other dogs chase squirrels my whole life. But never once have I ever seen a dog manage to actually catch one. Our local squirrels seem to be faster, more agile, and maybe even a little smarter than most dogs.

That said, I have seen squirrels fall out of trees at least twice I can remember. One time, mom and I were raking leaves in the back yard, our property was covered in absolutely massive 3' diameter oaks. We heard something crashing down thru the layers of tree canopy over our heads, and both instinctively ducked, expecting a broken branch was making it's way down toward us. A second or three later, a squirrel landed on the ground next to my mother.

I had a weiney dog catch a squirrel. He came up to the back door and knocked to come inside with what I thought was his toy plastered to the glass door.

This was normal for him to knock and press his toy to the glass.

I let him inside. He went straight to my wife, she started freaking just before he got to her but I couldn't quite understand what she was getting at.

At this point he hopped up into her lap and dropped a live squirrel in my wife's lap.

She freaked, I realized at this point what happened when the squirrel went running up her shoulder and onto the back of the chair, then it hit the floor.

Thankfully I had enough sense to open the door back up, and the dogs herded the squirrel back outside

After that, I was required to turn on the outside light and verify what was in the dogs mouth before opening the door

 

[Molalla1]

She's a love bug and cuddle muffin. And mouthy!!!!!

She definitely has the husky attitude and is a chatty Kathy

She gets overly hyper if you go out in the pen. It helps to pick up one of her squeeky toys and start squeeking it.

It triggers the zoomies and she burns off some excess energy.

If i take gypsy out with me, she calms down considerably though and easier to manage.

At least she's got a 1/2 acre pen to run in instead of a little 20ft run she had before.

Loves watching the deer. She's got a doe and twin fawns that have been hanging out with her almost nightly.

She points out where the deer are when I come outside

I don't think that a lot of people understand the breed that they get, like say your Huskey . . . I have seen people get one (Huskey) and the person lives in the city and has an apartment . . . they need land and a lot of exercise, nature of the breed.

 

[Molalla1]

Common gray squirrel, or something else?

I've been watching mine and other dogs chase squirrels my whole life. But never once have I ever seen a dog manage to actually catch one. Our local squirrels seem to be faster, more agile, and maybe even a little smarter than most dogs.

That said, I have seen squirrels fall out of trees at least twice I can remember. One time, mom and I were raking leaves in the back yard, our property was covered in absolutely massive 3' diameter oaks. We heard something crashing down thru the layers of tree canopy over our heads, and both instinctively ducked, expecting a broken branch was making it's way down toward us. A second or three later, a squirrel landed on the ground next to my mother.

WD, I have not seen a dog actually catch one (squirrel) but I had a 1/2 Rot 1/2 GS and she knew a squirrel was living in our wood storage I didn't see her kill it, but I found it dead on the front entrance to my house.

 

[Dftodd]

I don't think that a lot of people understand the breed that they get, like say your Huskey . . . I have seen people get one (Huskey) and the person lives in the city and has an apartment . . . they need land and a lot of exercise, nature of the breed.

Or lazy and sleep all of the time like my sister in law. She thinks walking her around the driveway is enough exercise for her. Then she's inside ignoring her the rest of the day I told her she needed to spend a lot more time with her, as well as giving her a job.

Sasha is a year old, and hasn't been trained at all. So i've been working with her as much as I can.

But my wife got injured 6 months ago and has had reconstructive surgery on her elbow (4th surgery last week)

So, i've been busy.

And I get really frustrated with my sister in law over the pooch.

 

[RandyT]

Common gray squirrel, or something else?

I've been watching mine and other dogs chase squirrels my whole life. But never once have I ever seen a dog manage to actually catch one. Our local squirrels seem to be faster, more agile, and maybe even a little smarter than most dogs.

That said, I have seen squirrels fall out of trees at least twice I can remember. One time, mom and I were raking leaves in the back yard, our property was covered in absolutely massive 3' diameter oaks. We heard something crashing down thru the layers of tree canopy over our heads, and both instinctively ducked, expecting a broken branch was making it's way down toward us. A second or three later, a squirrel landed on the ground next to my mother.

Common grey, and the dog in my avatar picture is the culprit. He misses more than he catches, but get successful about every 1-2 weeks. Jumps about 5 feet in the air, and if I want to stay ahead of him with the atv can't let the speedometer drop below 25.

My previous lab mix could outrun anything in the area. Checked with 2 vehicle speedometers and the atv speedometer mentioned above and he could run beside you at 45. And the only dog that I ever knew of that would use trees, fence post, the ground, or any other hard object to beat things against. Never will forget the day I saw him have a half grown coyote by the back of the neck and beating it against an 2 foot diameter oak tree. And that coyote had a 300 yard lead on him. Yote made it about 100 yards before being caught.

 

[MossRoad]

Common gray squirrel, or something else?

I've been watching mine and other dogs chase squirrels my whole life. But never once have I ever seen a dog manage to actually catch one. Our local squirrels seem to be faster, more agile, and maybe even a little smarter than most dogs.

That said, I have seen squirrels fall out of trees at least twice I can remember. One time, mom and I were raking leaves in the back yard, our property was covered in absolutely massive 3' diameter oaks. We heard something crashing down thru the layers of tree canopy over our heads, and both instinctively ducked, expecting a broken branch was making it's way down toward us. A second or three later, a squirrel landed on the ground next to my mother.

My kid has two large black dogs. They are mutts, but have some rottweiler and bully-type dog in them. Very fast dogs. They've killed several squirrels and rabbits in their yard. One of them can climb a 6' privacy fence. Kid found that out when it chased a squirrel up and over. Kid also found out she can clear a 6' fence while chasing the dog! Caught it in the neighbor's yard, threw it back over the fence and went back over herself. I asked her why she didn't use the gate? She said she forgot.

 

[Dftodd]

Sasha watching the deer.

 

[JRH02]

But never once have I ever seen a dog manage to actually catch one.

You have now:

Meet HoneyBear. She's a 9 month old Catahoula working dog in training. Catahoula dogs are notoriously bullheaded so we don't actively 'train' her but she watches what we do and then she duplicates the task. She also learns from our 7 yo Catahoula dogs.