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Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Tue Jun 18, '13 7:32am PST  Guest, you claim in your post to Squ'mey that you didn't ask any questions. Based on decades of reading and speaking English as my first language I read (past tense) and read (present tense) the title of your thread, Do shock collars hurt? as a question. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Tue Jun 18, '13 5:44am PST  Wilbur, thanks for posting. I started the thread . .. I admit I'm pretty much ignorant when it comes to wolfdogs. When you say "talked her out of giving up the dog" did you mean had talked her "into giving up the dog"? She definitely has been deceptive to everyone involved at the park about what he really is, which also makes me wonder how truthful she is about his training or her training abilities . . .. She had mentioned to one of the guys that AC had picked him up at one point and released him back to her but didn't say why . . . I'm guessing he got out? I will say the dog never did cause any trouble with dogs that I know of at the park--I'm sure we would have heard about that. I'm wondering if wolfdogs have exercise needs on the high side--my impression was they have a living situation typical for this neighborhood, very small yard. There are several, some fairly large, dedicated dog parks in Louisville you can belong to by permit for $30 a year. This particular park happens to be rather small (maybe half a football field in area) unofficial, so no real regulations. It is a fenced off section of public school property that one of our park goers talked the principal into letting neighborhood dogs continue to use. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Why use 'leave it' instead of 'no'?

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Mon Jun 17, '13 11:05am PST  Tiller, I'm embarrassed to say I've made the mistake of offering the treat bag as a final jackpot reward to Gus. ...oh, and the cute trick of bringing the bag back for a refill? --it fostered a treat bag thief (her reach is high) and a demand barker! And dealing with two dogs, I quickly found out that system just doesn't work . . .. I'm such a rookie! I often use "leave it" when I'm in thinking or training mode, but when I'm caught off guard out in the world, sometimes when a dog is just about to go for kitty poop or has a slice of pizza already in her mouth, a "Noooooooo . .." just comes out . .. . my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Had to call AC again--follow up on the Boxer

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Mon Jun 17, '13 10:41am PST  Yes, exactly on crating in the house! That's what crates are for--I'm sure they'd misuse it, leave him in too long there too . . . . Today the crate and dog are not in the yard, so hopefully they feel warned. I'd be curious to know exactly what the citation entails . .. I'm just glad AC came out reasonably quickly and did their own documentation. At first the officer seemed very stoic, just perfunctory . . . "uh, huh, yeah, I got ya." But when he talked to me the second time he was much more animated, said "this just really makes me mad", how wrong it was, no excuse--they're definitely going to court. A week or so ago the neighbor man told me how he wanted to move back to the country . . . and at first I was, "yay!" But that's just out of sight out of mind, they'll still be mistreating dogs no matter where they go and who knows who or what will move in their place--bad as they are to the dogs, they haven't been rowdy or obnoxious in general as neighbors. Sadly, they probably can keep getting dogs no matter how this turns out--I don't know how tough the laws are around here. .. There ought to be the equivalent of the driver/alcohol education classes for people with dui's . .. owners should have to at least take a dog ownership education course if they're allowed to keep their dog after things like this. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Had to call AC again--follow up on the Boxer

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Mon Jun 17, '13 6:47am PST  So yesterday I get home from spending father's day with family around 5:30 and the Boxer next door (people who gave me Polly) is whining and crying his head off. It's storming--I look out and you've got to be kidding me! He is in a wire crate in his back yard in the elements, no evidence of a water bowl! And the dog had shredded what I suppose was his crate mat. In fact the whole yard was full of shredded things (probably why they felt they had to crate him? the idiots.) I saw them leaving to go somewhere around 10 am when I was walking the dogs and ask my roommate how long the dog has been whining, he said at least a couple of hours before I got home! UGH! They weren't home, I called AC and explained the situation. They sent an officer out by 8:30p and they still weren't home. By then the weather had cleared he took pics and went to his truck for awhile, then came back and gave us his number to call him as soon as they got home. He was clearly not happy--he said if the weather was bad right now he could get a warrant and remove the dog now, but he was definitely sending them to court. He left a notice an "order to comply" notice on their door. I went out and didn't see their car and the notice removed until I got back after 11pm . . .. UGH, why, why do some people even think they want dogs?!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Fri Jun 14, '13 11:04am PST  Yeah, I'm trying to picture the approaching on hind legs with front legs flailing like Frankenstein! What seriously attacking dog approaches like that? I had a 3 year old stallion rear up and come down on my forearms when I was cleaning his stall one day--kinda sounds like that--a pent-up guy trying to play. It scared me so bad, I let out an involuntary primordial scream of terror (fortunately, no human was in the barn at the time to hear it. ) And that scream scared him so badly that he didn't complete his landing, but spun and retreated, perplexed to the back of his stall! Maybe the dog sensed her tension and was just trying to get her to lighten up--"C'mon, why so serious? Let's have some real fun, lady!" I've known male friends who tackle their buddies for similar reasons . .. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Would a wolfdog at a dog park be a cause for concern?

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Thu Jun 13, '13 9:35pm PST  Noah and Toto! Tea party at the dog park! Yeah, if you were trying to make a case for your dog's training and then post a photo of him standing in the sink . . ..??? I don't know how many times I've had to chase the dogs out of the sink . .. . . oh, wait, yes I do----zero!!! "No one who subjects wild animals to captivity is a true animal lover." whole-heartedly agree! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Would a wolfdog at a dog park be a cause for concern?

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Thu Jun 13, '13 4:17pm PST  Supposedly she has taken him to a private trainer and spent $1000 in training him . . .. but that proves nothing about the quality of training nor her ability to follow through with it. Here's a pic she posted of him when she was posting about her complaint on the park's facebook page--sorry it's only a thumbnail--and I don't know a lot about wolfdog content, but this guy looks very wolfy to me . ... his tail carriage the one time I saw him really struck me as coyote-like, carried straight out behind him . .. pic of wolfdog The more I think about it and what I've read of the wolf or wolf dog's needs, they need to be contained pretty stringently precisely because they innately have a desire to roam a much larger territory, they're restless. It seems to keep an animal like that contained in a mostly indoor, small yard, urban situation is egotistical, thoughtless and unfair if you really think of yourself as a lover of wolves . . I guess having not paid attention I didn't know what a wide open market there was out there for this and obviously the standards are anything goes . . . my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Would a wolfdog at a dog park be a cause for concern?

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Thu Jun 13, '13 7:14am PST  Very good points, Mulder! I just ran into the fellow I talked to about this--who has been called by everybody concerned and contacted by the girl a couple of times. I forwarded the FB page I found with her review to him, because she blatantly lied to him and said she had proof he wasn't a wolfdog--she even emailed a pic of a rabies certificate that had his "mix" on it, and asked if that was proof enough for him, which he knew was b.s. anyway. We all know that's meaningless, vets will put down whatever mix you want to give them . . . He said it's all settled down now, but he mentioned one park goer said, heck she had trouble getting insurance for having a chow mix, can't imagine how insurers feel about saying you have a wolf mix. Anyway the girl said ultimately she didn't want to be trouble for the park and wouldn't come up there anymore. My friend was concerned for the school's liability too, since it's their property--anything goes wrong involving that dog--they would be at risk for a hefty lawsuit--what a news story that would be . . . "a woman brings a wolf hybrid to a school owned park, right next to a childrens playground . .." my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Augusta,- CGC, RN Such a Good Dog!     Barked: Thu Jun 13, '13 4:37am PST  I'm not too personally worried, more curious about what the wider world of dog people had experienced or thought--just because it was the little park drama of the week and some people were obviously freaked out and trying to run her off. (Yeah, I think anyone would be pissed if you started taking pictures of their dog, esp. knowing they were trying to collect "evidence" . . .) But then, I'd probably avoid that park if I had little dogs anyway if any big dogs I didn't know were there . .. it's too chaotic, small, too many not too savvy owners, no separation by size and too unregulated . .. But that's dog park politics--which I think has way more to do with it than what the dog is, ya know--somebody gets a bee in their bonnet and then game on . .. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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