Dogs.

[Buggs67]

Update:
My older Doodle, Finbar will also chase the deer but he stops at the tree/grass end. And I want them to stay away and not eat my plants! I think Maebh would just like to run and play with them. She's gotten so used to the collar/leash that she doesn't even pull when she see a deer when on leash. I'm not sure an invisible fence/shock collar would stop her.

 

[Buggs67]

My standard poodle does not run deer. The deer know that, and pretty much ignore her.

My neighbor, who I bought this house from, has(had) a yellow lab and she coexisted with the deer. Which was good since he feeds the deer (not to hunt, just to see them) as does the neighbor on my other side. Between the three of us we have about 40 acres of no hunting land.

 

[dmccarty]

I didn't either. Ruger has skin issues... at times his feet get so inflamed that I have to soak them twice per day. Tonight I gave him a Benedryl because I got tired of his constant scratching.

Sounds like the dog has a food allergy. As others have said, it happens in dogs more than one thinks. Most of our dogs have had food allergies even when buying the "best" commercial dog good. We spent quite a bit of time and money buying expensive dog food but they all had fillers and the dogs would react to the food.

As a result, my wife started making dog food years ago. Basically, what ever meat is cheapest, a supplement powder, along with veggies of some kind. The meat is fed raw to the dog. The difference it made to the dogs was amazing.

Quite a bit of dog food is filler, usually corn and/or rice. Corn is not really good for people and it really is not good for dogs. Wild K9's do not eat corn or rice...

Back to the OP.

I don't want anymore more dogs. We have been traveling for years and putting a dog in a kennel is expensive. While the pandemic has prevented many trips, we still are getting in some traveling.

So of course we got a rescue from the pound. He is mostly a border collie and he has is very smart. He was in a home with a dozen other dogs and you could see his ribs. His coat looked like scat and felt rough. Poor thing had so many worms it took two deworming treatments to get rid of them all.

The wifey fed the dog her concoction and the difference was amazing. The dog put on weight, his fur turned healthy looking and smooth. He had even more energy.

He has issues. Mainly he likes to run to see other people's dogs and he barks too much. I think both of these behaviors are because he was raised in a large pack of dogs. He is friendly, though he does NOT like strangers visiting the house. He knows not to bark so much but he can't help himself. He is wicked smart he just does stupid things from time to time.

I don't want dogs at the present so we got our rescue. Then we got two more! A family member has not one but three cancers and the person has two dogs. It is a group family effort to care for the person and we took in the dogs almost a year ago. At this point, I think they dogs are ours. The person with cancer will not live much longer, and has lived far longer than anyone believed possible, and I think we will end up with the dogs.

I do not want any dogs so know we have three.

Later,
Dan

 

[Jstpssng]

When Ruger is gone I won't be getting another for a while. I would like to do some travelling, maybe even work in Alaska for a summer.

There also won't be any other animals around. Pigs are fun to raise but they should have gone 2 months ago. I raised 7 turkeys this year and gave them all away... mostly to family in lieu of Christmas presents. The only reason I keep laying hens around is because he likes to play with them, and that doesn't seem to happen much anymore.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Could be a grass allergy too. My springer has a grass allergy, and we keep her on apoquel (prescription) for her allergy. It works pretty well.

 

[Jstpssng]

His feet haven't bothered him in a couple of years but lately he's been scratching incessantly. I've been givng him Benedryl, and wouldn't be surprised if it goes away in two weeks after the pigs are gone.
He'd eat as much of their feed as the pigs do, if I let him.

 

[koshari]

the co pilot

 

[2manyrocks]

This beautiful GSD/Husky has been at the local shelter for a month waiting to be adopted.

 

[2515R Dude]

I picked my last dog from a kill shelter. She was the best dog i had ever have. 13 years of pure joy. Not a single time she upset me. in 2019 she got a brain tumor. I still canot make myself to get another dog. I felt like i lost a child/best friend. It never happened with my other dogs before her.
So, shelter, no shelter, it depends on the dogs personality.

 

[Alan W.]

This blue eyed Husky mix showed up around the fourth. She was really scared. Every time you tried to call her she run off. Her and our Lab have become best buds. She will not come to me but she doesnt run from me anymore. It will take time and goodies to establish trust.
My wife says she looks like a calf the way shes marked.