The Dog Lover Thread

[falafel]

Reading through this, I kept saying ‘no way would I do the same’. But then I watched the video at the end, and I wasn’t so sure:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/u...l-spokane.html

Dammit, I wasted one of my 10 NYT articles on that.

[Northwestcoug]

Reading through this, I kept saying ‘no way would I do the same’. But then I watched the video at the end, and I wasn’t so sure:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/u...l-spokane.html

[BigPiney]

BP was right:

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[Northwestcoug]

BP was right:

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[Northwestcoug]

Five months later, bigger and heavier than Apollo:

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She’s still a puppy, and unfortunately for Apollo she has a ton of energy. She’s still got at least 40 more pounds to go...

Edit: Grrr. All non Oregon residents turn your phone 90 degrees clockwise.

[Northwestcoug]

Welcome to the new addition

Is Apollo a mini schnauzer?
He looks a lot like my Otis.

No, he's a Wheaton Terrier. Coming up on 5 years old.

[happyone]

Welcome to the new addition

Is Apollo a mini schnauzer?
He looks a lot like my Otis.

[YOhio]

Our resolve lasted all of one month. Say hello to Cassie, a bouvier.

Hi Cassie.

[Northwestcoug]

Our resolve lasted all of one month. Say hello to Cassie, a bouvier:
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This was taken when she was 8 weeks old. She's now just a couple of inches shorter than Apollo, and when done growing will be at least twice as heavy as him.
Karma hit Apollo hard. Cassie is pretty much the same pain in the ass as he was with Star. He was certainly skittish around her the first couple of days:
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But he has learned to live with her being up in his business all the time:
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There are some days, however, that he can't hide his feelings about her:
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Anyways, we've been pretty busy with training these past couple of months, and we are finally seeing the fruits of it. She's a very smart and inquisitive dog. Apollo can usually get the best of her in their daily wrestling matches. But it'll be interesting to see what happens when she towers over him.

For those of you who are interested, bouviers have an interesting history. Bred as working and herding dogs, they were nearly decimated during WWI because so many were killed in the line of duty. A lot of them were put to use hauling carts of supplies.

Edit: dammit. At least 3 of 4 pics uploaded right side up.

[LA Ute]

If anyone is interested, Otis is just about recovered. He had the last of his stiches out last Thursday and except for some significant scaring (esp on his left side - their is quite a dent there) he seems to be normal. He is still an avid and enthusiastic walking partner!

Great to hear!

[happyone]

If anyone is interested, Otis is just about recovered. He had the last of his stiches out last Thursday and except for some significant scaring (esp on his left side - their is quite a dent there) he seems to be normal. He is still an avid and enthusiastic walking partner!

[happyone]

UPDATE

We picked him up tonight - he is still fairly drugged up (he has a fentenal (SP) patch, plus he has some other pain meds in him. When the vet examined him, he found an additional wound, so Otis ended up having stitches in 5 different places.

The patch and the drain is supposed to be in 'til Wednesday if all goes well.

We will call our vet tomorrow morning to check on what follow up care they want to do.

To do the surgeries/stitching they shaved him from his shoulders to his tail, so he looks a bit naked However his is dressed in a toddler sized t-shirt. That covers up most of his skin, servers a bandage of sorts and holds his drain in place.

In the spirit of Waup's boil here are some pics of Otis' wounds.

Spoiler for Otis Pics:

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[Northwestcoug]

Hope Otis is on the mend soon, Happy.

[happyone]

Mrs Happy and I spent most of the evening at the Vet ER. Otis was attacked by another dog and had to have surgery. First reports are that he had no significant damage, but did have a wound that penetrated his abdomen that triggered the surgery. He is spending the night at the Vets and we hope to have him back tomorrow.

We were on our evening walk and a couple of dogs escaped out of the front door of a house at the end of our street and came loping towards us as if to say hello and get acquainted. Next thing I know there is fur ball and I and the other owner are trying to get them apart. There were NO tell tale signs of what was about to happen.

Otis ended up with three pretty deep puncture wounds, one on his lower left side that the vet felt might have penetrated his abdomen and caused some internal damage. The vet opened him up and luckily nothing serious. The report is the muscle over that abdomenal wound was shredded and there might be some permanent skin damage.

I'm just glad I didn't have make the decision to put him down or not. I know its silly, but he is almost like one of the kids.

[BigFatMeanie]

Update: Apparently there were two dead mice, not a rat, on the trap. One was half-decomposed.

Also, this same dog ate a bouncy ball a few months ago and had to have surgery to get it out.

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EDIT: Seems like the video embed thing doesn't work for vimeo, but here is the link:

https://vimeo.com/302516324