Laurel
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And my little watery friends. The ones in the bigger tank recognize me. The others don't care.
beergears said:Great photos Laurel. They look like happy campers..!
(...a breath of fresh air after reading the wal mart thread...)
Fixed that for you, Laurel.Laurel said:Here's the furry pet, Perry.
Red eye kittah loves my dirty socks!Yuri_Rage said:Fixed that for you, Laurel.
Melana said:Nice photos Laurel! How did you get those pictures to come out so nicely?
Laurel said:Thanks! It's sort of a hobby of mine to photograph the fishes. I think they're beautiful and interesting. Probably 1 out of every 50 turns out okay, so I just sit in front of the tank with my camera for 10-15 minutes. I have a gallery of my tanks on my myspace page if you want to see more photos. www.myspace.com/laureltq
Bearcat Brewmeister said:Here are my goobers - Casey on the left and Cleo on the right. We got her as a pup and we got him from Brittany Rescue. They are part of our family without a doubt. They go to daycare 2 or 3 days a week. I used to work 4 miles from home and come home for lunch the days they were home to let them out. Casey has medical issues and is permanently on Prednisone, so he drinks a lot and needs to pee a lot. I start a new job in a week or so and can't come home to let them out. We have no idea what we are going to do, but we need to come up with something fast. The only current solution we have is for my wife to work three 10s (daycare days) and two 5s and that just stinks for her. After I settle in at my new job, my hope is we can both do four 9s and a 4 to cover the dog duties.
Melana said:I just checked out your Myspace page... Awesome doesn't quite describe it!
We have tried to leave them loose and although it works for 95% of dogs (it was fine with Cleo and our last dog - never an issue and we still leave Cleo loose), it does not work with Casey because of his medical problems. Believe me, we have tried - twice. He just gets progressively worse over time and we have to go back to crating him. His problem is a severe digestive disorder. When he is unsupervised and outdoors, he will eat things - mostly just grass - but on occasion a twig will catch his fancy. From what our vet tells us and confirmed by our trainer, he thinks in his little doggie brain that those things settle his stomach and it is possibly true that they provide temporary immediate relief. But the problems they cause a few hours later are significant and compound if allowed to repeat and left untreated over a few days. We spent a long time training grass eating out of him and went back to the leave outside option. He was fine for a few months but slowly regressed, even with reinforcement training.PeteOz77 said:At the risk, of sounding a bit harsh, and being a big time dog lover, I have to go out on a limb, and suggest the following:
Dogs are quite capable of looking after themselves when you are at work. They have a survival instict and should be able to struggle through the day while you are at work. As long as they have food, water, a place in the shade and a fence to keep them in the yard, I cannot imagine what else they could need.
We have tried to leave them loose and although it works for 95% of dogs (it was fine with Cleo and our last dog - never an issue and we still leave Cleo loose), it does not work with Casey because of his medical problems. Believe me, we have tried - twice. He just gets progressively worse over time and we have to go back to crating him. His problem is a severe digestive disorder. When he is unsupervised and outdoors, he will eat things - mostly just grass - but on occasion a twig will catch his fancy. From what our vet tells us and confirmed by our trainer, he thinks in his little doggie brain that those things settle his stomach and it is possibly true that they provide temporary immediate relief. But the problems they cause a few hours later are significant and compound if allowed to repeat and left untreated over a few days. We spent a long time training grass eating out of him and went back to the leave outside option. He was fine for a few months but slowly regressed, even with reinforcement training.
So yes, daycare. It is actually very popular in Cincinnati and I think in some other cities as well. I think we have at least 8 to 10 of them spread around town. Typically they are just warehouse buildings with fenced outdoor gravel or concrete areas that up to 40 dogs can run around and play with each other. They have to pass a demeanor test to make sure they are not aggressive or overly possessive. They get good exercise and get to socialize, both of which are good for them. One of the daycares we take them to has web cams - I never check them but SWMBO finds it quite entertaining.
MikeFlynn74 said:Wait she eats random things- thats it? All dogs do this. I have 2 dogs that will chew a baseball bat to nothing. It almost sounds like you arent exercising them enough. I take all 3 of mine on 2 long long walks and throw the ball and play tug with them.
but hey they are your dogs! As long as you enjoy them!
Yes, I know that some dogs do this, but for him because of his bad intestines, it can have dire consequences. They get plenty of exercise - minimum one nice long walk or sometimes run on non-daycare days and a sometimes a short one on daycare days. They are generally dead to the world from all of the activity at daycare to even want a walk (so tired they will sometimes go into their crate when they see their leash - I never saw that before until we started doing day care). They also get regular trips to the dog park. We have had sporting dogs for a long time and are familiar with their exercise needs.MikeFlynn74 said:Wait she eats random things- thats it? All dogs do this. I have 2 dogs that will chew a baseball bat to nothing. It almost sounds like you arent exercising them enough. I take all 3 of mine on 2 long long walks and throw the ball and play tug with them.
Schlenkerla said:Ditto - Dogs crave attention and certain breeds need plenty of exercise otherwise they miss-behave. The sporting breeds in particular are this way.
Dogs do eat just about anything. On a slightly funny note, my neighbor was looking for a kitchen towel for the better course of 4-5 days. It wasn't until the dog puked it up right in front of him while he was watching a Packer game that he discovered where it disappeared too....
Doxology said:Here's my runt from a litter. My Great Pyrenees pup, Doxology, at 6 weeks old.
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