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cant.....not....look...at Goldens.... cant.....not....look...at Goldens.... too cute......too cute..... puppie love.... AAARRRGHHHHH!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

AWWWWWW!! I HATE YOU!! I CANT have a puppy! I CANT have a puppy! I CANT have a puppy!! they're SOOOOOOOO cute!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: they are just ADORABLE!!!! :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:

I WONT comment on Sue, four letter words are NOT appreciated. I WONT comment on Sue, four letter words are NOT appreciated... I WONT comment on Sue, four letter words are NOT appreciated... I WONT comment on Sue, four letter words are NOT appreciated... how about a FIVE letter word? "bitch" comes to mind.... :evilbat: :evilbat:

good name for her. "Hitlers Little Helper" comes to mind, too...

oh ignore all that. MY cat is now only 15 lbs....(from 18) and both the dogs (at 65 and 75 lbs) are scared s******* of him... dogs arent stupid....they KNOW when to NOT take on a cat. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

If we're talking "Sue", DONT GET ME STARTED.... I'll get thrown off the board for sure.... :evil: :evil: :evilbat: :evilbat:

well, PBM (dont take offense, I hate typing and shorten everyones name) we try to, as much as possible, hold a fair board. we want to let everyone have their say, but when that say becomes aggressive and abusive, at some point when it gets too far gone, it has to be stopped. we want our board to be as pleasant a place as possible, where people can have differing opinions and discuss them rationally, without slamming each other. sometimes things get heated. sometimes the slamming overtakes the rationality. we have EXCELLENT mods here, and an excellent Admin. they give us, the board members, the opportunity to decide that we want it stopped. It requires a vote, and at least three votes are necessary to lock/stop a thread from going on. It is a democracy of sorts. when people have gotten so wound up and so angry, from being bashed or abused, they tend to start bashing and abusing in return. that's NOT a good place to be. and it doesnt make for a good discussion. does that make sense? To some people it seems like censorship, but really it isnt. it's a vote necessary to stop a thread that has gotten ugly, and I agree 100% with it. I have been told, basically, to shut up. Not in those terms, but I got the gist, and the tellers were correct. I overstepped my bounds. I get passionate about what I believe in. which is ok, but how I expressed that passion was not acceptable. I'm OK with that. does that make sense? I hope so. WELCOME ABOARD!! :wink: :wink: :wink:

welcome to Dogo! I am one of the "overexuberant" members, but I I actually think I deserved what I got. so just know, I kinda say what I think.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[quote]Hey, I'll drink to that! Remember, beauty is in the eye of the beer holder! [/quote] aw c'mon!!! WINE HOLDERS TOO, please? I dont like beer... :lol: :lol: :lol: :drinking: :drinking: :drinking:

what about the heat? is it radiant? hot water? (radiators or floor vents) the lines may need to be bled...

make a baking soda, water, vinegar (very litle vinegar) paste. Coat the collar with it and let it dry overnight. white vinegar, not red. then run it through your dishwasher or washing machine with nothing but hot water. I do this with both my dogs web collars. they come out really nice.

[quote name='Malamum']Mei-Mei, I think I understand what Primrose means. Indy knows perfectly well what the come command is however he will only do it if it suits him :roll: He will do it fine in training class or a controlled environment so I consider he knows the come command. However I wouldn't say he has a reliable recall. To me a reliable recall is a dog that will come all the time when called regardless of circumstances.[/quote] Malamum is correct. Free knows what the word "come" means. Inside the house, she will come everytime I call. In the yard, she will come back, but at her own pace. (Some smell has her entranced). on a lead she will come back everytime. BUT...if she smells something she wants to check out, a potential chase or prey, she's gone. If I take her somewhere, like down to the Fox River when no one else is around (In the fall or winter, it gets pretty cold here) she will run loose and stay within 10-20 yards. But she is LOOSE and she knows it. If the water isnt frozen she will swim. I know she wont "run away", she keeps tabs on me, actually comes back to try to make me hurry up! but my house is on a busy street, with lots of people, so I have to keep her in the yard or on a lead outside. This is a big part of her breed, bred to be out with a hunter, offlead, and casting for scent and retrieving. she is also stubborn, a bad combo. no amount of recall traiing has ever changed that. Not running backwards, not treats, not shock. She would be an excellent acreage dog. she would never run away, just run....some of them just cant be pulled away from what their instincts tell them to do. I had a trainer who doubted that. Said she could train her in 6 weeks. she tried for 4. gave up. said "keep that dog on a lead or in a yard in the city....." :roll: :roll: gotta love my girl...wish I had a farm...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: SOOOO sorry..... lots of love and hugs to you and Apollo.... :angel:

Prim has a point though. If you never saw it before (and it may have been there a long time, you just didnt see it) but if u really think it just showed up, take the dog to the vet. tongue freckles are not unusual, but just to be safe... melanoma is a possibility, with any marking that "just shows up"... or seems to start small and then gets bigger. get him checked out, just to be safe.

does it have hot water radiant heat? under the floors? he could hear air bubbles in the lines, which you cant. to them it sometimes sounds like an animal under the floors...

:bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JETTA!!! (i dont remember being 21....sheesh.....) :drinking: :drinking: :drinking:

[quote name='Malamum']I really am dumbfounded........ I can't undertand that it is even legal to keep these types of animals as pets. Until I joined this site and others had mentioned it, it never in a million years would have even occured to me that people keep tigers etc as pets. :o :o :o :o [quote]Wanted Caption: I want a Siberian Tiger Please!!! Babies Ad Information: Breed: Siberian Tiger Ad Number: 3636 Date Posted: 05/06/2004 Price: $950 Ad Text: Im trying to find a baby Siberian Tiger! im an only child and always wanted a tiger for a friend! My mom said i can have one if i come up with the money and i only can get 950 right now. So please e-mail me and send me pictures. Thanks. [/quote] This girl doesn't need a tiger! She needs a good smack and a kick in the arse :evil: :evil: :evil:[/quote] in most places, at least here in the states, you have to have a special wild animal license to have these critters. and prove you can provide them with a home as close as possible to their native homes. My guess is that these are being sold illegaly. and this site should be SHUT DOWN.

honestly? I dont think even THAT would work. she is single minded on her prey. I tried her at a friends house, (on a bet) with an invisible fence. didnt matter what you set the collar at. she defied it, every time. even at its highest setting. I had her on a 50 foot lead, or I woulda lost her, guranteed. the fence didnt phase her. she grimaced, and yelped, but ran through anyway. her prey drive is extremely high.THIS dog needs a 6 foot fenced in yard, or a leash, or a huge fenced in dog park, to run free. or acreage. I KNOW she would come back, she doesnt want to run away, she just wants to hunt and explore. in a city, she cant do that. too many cars.

ok I was trying to be nice, and respond reasonably to what appeared to be a reasonable post, which is now out of control again. *sigh* I call for a lock. any other takers?

sorry Newf... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: I answered the last post because it was NOT unreasonable, before realizing it was Prim..... I'll shuddup now....

THAT post did not seem unreasonable, and I answered it. but PRIM, some of your posts are insulting and degrading, and thats why the mods are trying to delete them fast. we dont want any more troll grief on this board. we are all sick of it. maybe if they could all be as civilized as that last one, it wouldnt be an issue any more. up to you.

[quote]Will this work? The best I can say is maybe. You have a dog with an unknown history who may have learned that running after stuff and hunting is the most fun she can have. NO treat you can offer may compare with the glorious fun she has chasing a rabbit. Plus, when she eventually comes back to you, you still have to praise her and give her a treat. [/quote] I have to agree with some of this. but again, with some dogs, the joy of the chase is much more fullfilling then the treat. ANY treat. hot dogs, steak leftovers, hamburgers from Mickey D's....it doesnt matter. SHE will chase, until she catches her prey or it gets away. She WILL come back, but my worry is because I live on a busy street. If I lived on a farm, or an area with acreage, I would let her run and hunt to her hearts content.

**sigh** that's the whole problem, they wouldnt.... However, what they dont know wont hurt them, now will it??? :evilbat: :evilbat: :evilbat: I really wish I could face this woman....however, you'd probably all have to chip in to bail me out.... :evil: :evil:

WOW Malamum. GLAD TO HEAR IT!! here,rabies is still a threat, but we are not an island and have links to countries where our rules are not as stringently enforced. Mexico is one. (sorry Izzy)...we cant make them obey our rules. all we can do is hope to catch stuff before it happens. I really wish it could be eradicated here as well. it is a HORRIBLE thing. painful, emaciating, for dogs and people. Infected, eventually you can no longer drink. for a long time it was called "aquaphobia"...the infected appeared afraid to drink. they simply couldnt swallow....

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I am watching Emergency vets. One of the sets was on a dog who had swallowed womans underwear....NOT the brand the wife wore (the skimpy Victorias Secret kind)... there will be SOME explaining to do here.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: