Cairn6

[size=6][b]No don't give him Ibuprofen it can be lethal for dogs and it doesn't take a whole lot of it . [/b][/size]

OH well dirty looks are a whole different story. That to me is ridiculous. You have ever right to bring your dog in there. I misunderstood what you meant. Sorry.

[quote]I have tried to offer diet advice to people at work [/quote] I wasn't reading it as closely as I should so at first before I read on I thought you meant you were offering diet advice to people. Like you shouldn't be eating that cupcake. :lol: I was thinking I would be mad at you too. :lol:

In my case whenever I have the chihuahua yes I do pick her up. I don't know anyones large dogs and all it would take was one big chop and Angel is severly injured. She gets along with all dogs and is not snappy in fact she is quite docile so if it's a small dog I will allow them to see each other. But how am I supposed to know whose dog is well behaved or not she weighs 10lbs and I am not going to risk her safety because someone might be offended. In the case of Toto who weighs 20lbs I never pick him up he is not docile by any means in fact he kind of intimidates the large dogs. I have seen them take a step back if they get too familiar with him(they like to sniff underneath him which lifts him in the air) :lol: and he lets them know he doesn't like it.

I used to have a bed hog he was a lab mix who has since passed away. Poor guy had the worst combination. His neck was so big and his head was so small that no matter how tight you made his collar it would always come off his head. :lol: Anyway he was a strong guy and he would try his hardest to slowly push me off the bed. He would use his legs to actually push my body and when I would move over he would once again come closer and push my body until I had very little space left. :lol: The dog I have now who sleeps in my bed is a smarty. He has slept with me since he was a pup and what I always did was I would pick him up and say I need to turn over and put him on the other side of me. Eventually whenever I said I need to turn over he just got up and went to the other side of me. None of my others dogs will do that they could care less what I need. :lol:

I can see how if you looked at the dog that way and never dreamed it was paint you would be scared. It really does look like blood. You did a good job with suspense I was really frightened about what happened to your dogs. Your a good storyteller. I am glad you took pictures and extremely glad it was just red paint.

It always saddens me to hear of stories of children like that. If only that little boy could have gotten some help. I have a 10 year old niece I am raising who I have taught how to treat animals from the time she was a toddler. Teaching her how to pet them nicely and to take care of them. Now she is our little dog trainer she goes to all the classes and trains them herself. The instructor is very impressed with her. Unless he was born this way his mom is guilty of neglect. No discipline at all is abusive in my opinion.

I have the same problem. Here's a picture I took a few days ago. I had gone to the bathroom and lets just say I had to stay there for a bit. When I got back my 10 year old niece had taken her and her dog and gotten into my bed. Now where was I supposed to fit into? :roll: [img]http://www.funtigo.com/img/i7566611_7165.jpg[/img]

Well the real dog is gorgeous too. Your advice is good maybe you need to start an advice column. Dear Horsefeathers.

Our chihuahua had demodectic mange. The breeder was going to put her to sleep so my grandma took her instead. It was treated fairly early but the doctor told us after she was fully cured that he was very worried about her and didn't think she would make it but didn't want to upset us. I was shocked because I too didn't realize it was that touch and go. I can see also that a shelter might not have the resources for the expensive and time consuming care. Now she is 3 and in perfect health.

Wow that is amazing. What a beautiful dog too. I suppose you might get tired of all of us asking you questions. But how do you think I could use your method to help Shadow our 5 month old Sheltie. Last week we were at the park and a very large dog who was off lease and very friendly I guess too friendly for shadow because Shadow was trying to hide under the picnic bench for a little break when the dog surprised surprised him by coming right under the bench and into his face. He snapped at the dog and the dog ran off and left. Well now he is snapping at every dog that comes up to him. If he goes up to them it's fine but if they go up to him he growls and snaps. What can I do for him?

Oh my God those poor babies. See what is wrong with society here we are hoping people get that dogs are worth saving when our society doesn't even hold a value to children. They want to put these children back in the hands of a woman who did this to them. Children mean nothing they treat them like they are the parents property and we have to get the property back the parents no matter what the parents did. It's so sick either parent should never be allowed to set their eyes on these babies ever again.

Some people just have no common sense.

Please tell us what happens there.

Yeah my sister in law has a Mastiff/lab and when I dog sit I can't walk her she is just too big and they have never taught her a thing. The only one capable of walking her is my brother no one else is strong enough. She would never hurt a fly she is the sweetest dog put on earth but if she got loose she could get hurt so it's for the safety of the dog as well as others to keep your dog under control.

[quote name='DogPaddle'][quote]ok so let's say joe schmoe shih tzu owner is walking down the street. he has taken no precaution (direct stop, big stick, treats) in case of a meeting with a strange and aggressive dog. [/quote] Do you generally take precautions and cary a big stick when you walk your dog?[/quote] I agree with Dog Paddle. You can't blame Joe Schmoe Shih Tzu owner for the attack. If I can find fault in this case it would be that the pit owner didn't have full control of her dogs. You must always have full control. I know accidents happen but then you have to be ready for the consequences. I think they are harsh in this case and most likely wouldn't be so harsh if it were another breed of dog. But still you must have control.

Oh no!! Now I am mad!! :evil: Where can we write? What can we do if were not in the area?

Thank God people are finally taking this serious. My Aunt keeps her dog tied up for most of her life. They occasionally walk her. I can't seem to convince her it's wrong.

Oh I see. I thought maybe your husband was being a jerk after he already agreed to the dog. Sorry. :oops:

Didn't he realize you lived where you live and pay what you pay before you got the second dog?

Disregard I quoted myself somehow. Wierd

I can't fault anything the woman says after going through something so traumatic as watching her husbands torn up. She's going to be emotional she is human.

All of you who are talking about how the children aren't being parented anymore are totally right. What really makes me nervous is that these are the people that will be taking care of us when we are all old. Kind of scary huh? :o

[quote name='Shenanigans']I have to take issue with my dogs regarding HF's post, *G* apparently my dogs have never learned that they're not supposed to: Have temper tantrums. Shenanigans used to throw the worst ones when he didn't want to do something or go somewhere, he'd throw himself on his back and just kick wildly and not get up under any circumstance. Fortunately those terrible twos are over. Invite friends over. Our backyard backs onto a valley which is city property and although not officially an offleash park, all the residents who have similar properties treat it as such since it's enclosed. Fortunately we're all extremely respectful of our precious space. Anyhow, whenever my guys are out in the yard and they hear one of their buddies running around, they send out the invite by barking up a racket and sure enough, their buddies are waiting by the fence, or in the case of some Vizzies, they've come over the fence! b*tching about their clothes. Well, in Banzai's defense, the reindeer antlers were goofy looking, but I got an earful when I put them on his head. Dogs do slam doors, they just slam them open instead of shut! Especially when your bathroom door is just ajar and you're on the toilet and your Newfoundland simply must burst in to show you his teddybear! Dogs do sleep through the night, but certain dogs (ie my two) are just as difficult to get out of bed as a teenager. I had to literally drag Shenanigans out of the crate the other night as I wanted him to sleep upstairs and he wanted to stay in his crate. (I'm neurotic and like my dogs near me as much as possible) I'm just kidding too of course, but I just found it funny how I could relate to your list with my dogs. :)[/quote] [img]http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Funny%20Above.gif[/img] When they are puppies though they don't sleep through the night. I am still going through that right now with my 5 month old Sheltie. He wants to play at all sorts of hours of the night.

Yeah well that's what I thought too until my brother and sister in law dropped my niece on my doorstep now I can't imagine life without her. :lol: