Cairn6

The baby is adorable. It's a good thing you had your boys so far apart there won't be any fighting going on. Now instead your older son can look out for him. He looks so cute taking care of his little brother.

No I don't think a tiny little dog or a big lumbering dog would be good. I think that a small dog somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 30 lbs would be the perfect dog to introduce someone who is afraid of dogs. A big dog would be the worst because they would fear they are going to get hurt not to mention this huge thing pulling them around is not going to be appealing at all. Although if having to make a choice between a large or tiny little dog it doesn't make sense to overwhelm a first time owner who is fearful with a big dog so I would go for the tiny one. Even people who like dogs are sometimes afraid of a large dog. I think your going by personal preference you like big dogs your not afraid so it seems logical to you that a big dog would be a good choice. But I don't agree. Who knows maybe it will end up being a good match. I hope so.

It looks like a good story. But on a side note, not counting this is movie because it's a true story but why is it most the dog stories are about a boy and his dog. My niece is in love with stories about dogs and it would be nice if once and awhile the story could be about a girl and her dog. Everytime there is a girl in those movies she always has a cat. :-?

It can be hard with the little ones they gain weight so quickly because they don't have far to go to become overweight. My cairn constantly goes back and forth. Right now he is in sausageville. But when the weather gets cooler we'll start walking longer and he'll get better(and hopefully so will I) :-?

Oh he is such a doll!! I just love his little face.

Well I think you can rule out that Rocco brought it there because it's not contagious like that. You have to come in contact with it yourself so it has to be the raw meat or possible sewage from the storm.

You know that is very similiar to what my nieces parents did. They got a puppy for my niece and thought she would keep her busy. I took care of her until she was 4 and then they moved 3 hours away. She would come to stay with us every vacation from school. She was always so excited that we would play board games with her and play dolls and take her places that it made us suspicious. So we asked her more and more questions until we found out that her mother would sleep all day and leave her with the puppy. And a couple of times left Midnight as a babysitter for 20 minutes or so while she went to work and my brother was coming home from work. Dogs are wonderful being but they can't call 911 when the child falls and gets hurt. Once Midnight got really excited and accidently bit her in the lip and she was all alone in the living room and couldn't wake up her mother for a little while was the words she used. What does her mom do comes out screaming at the dog while my niece is yelling at her she didn't mean too? My niece is 10 now and lives with me and her mother never calls or comes to visit except on rare occasions. I will never understand how some parents can be so selfish to treat a beautiful child that way.

When I was growing up my grandparents had one. His name was blackie there were never known for original names. :lol: I used to crawl into his dog house with him. Later on I looked at the dog house long after he had past and it was old and dirty and thrown to the side of the yard and couldn't believe I fit into it. Anyway he bit my cousin in the face when he was three and everyone was all shocked they couldn't believe blackie would do that. Then later after my grandmother was asking him what happened my cousin showed her where he grabbed the dog. Lets just say it was before neutering was as common as it is today. :lol: You can't blame a dog for that.

I think it depends on the dog. Our chihuahua learned how to avoid larger dogs when they got out of control. There are other small dogs that aren't tiny enough for a purse but smaller like my cairn terrier plays with a 120 lb dog all the time cause he is sturdy. The only thing I worry about is the big dog will accidently put her weight on his back and hurt him. So far it hasn't happened but I never leave them alone to play.

I have never been able to teach my dog to come to me when were out somewhere. But he is a master at staying when you tell him too so we had to make a compromise if were out somewhere I yell "stay" and he stops and I go pick him up but he only weighs 20bls. Cairns are notorious for not coming when called. :lol: I think I will try that book. As far as the pulling on the leash we were taught in class that you should walk and when the dog pulls don't move just stay right there until they come back your way and as soon as they get there they start walking again. It teaches them that your not going anywhere if you try to pull.

[quote name='nea']Web most people, but there are definatly different degrees of like! :wink: Theres a man in the appartment building who's been dubbed "the sour old man" for as long as I can remember. Always a nasty, argumentative, selfish, bitter, old man. But he ADORES Web! :o :lol: Once when Web was a puppy and saying hi to him, he started rooting around in the man's grocery bag before I could stop him and then proudly gave a cheese to the man, who was charmed. :roll: :lol: I didn't realize at the time that it was the sour old man, but later found that out. Today I was walking Web and he was behaving perfectly. Then suddenly he got all excited. The sour old man was walking by.... He said hi to Web and Webby was oh so pleased. :) Occasionally on walks Web will see someone that he loves. Just complete strangers, but he is [u]determined[/u] to say hi to them. He doesn't leap up or anything (he did as a puppy but thankfully has quit! :o) but strains his neck and looks as cute as possible. Web always acts perfectly (or nearly so) with his breeder. She doesn't let him get away with things, and he has learned that. :wink: Web likes non-dog people too, but it seems more like he wants to tease them and get treats than he wants to be with them because of themselves, sort of. And the few people he doesn't like, they'd better stay FAR away, cause I wouldn't trust them a bit. :-? So the point of this longwinded reply is that yes, I think that dogs can tell the difference... :roll:[/quote] Well I guess the sour old man is just people aggressive not dog aggressive :lol:

[b]I think that if you have any doubts in your mind don't take a chance. My advice would be when you bring the dog back to your home try to keep them separated by not allowing the baby to be close enough to the dog that if he felt threatened in anyway he could lash out at the baby. I had the most gentle dog in the world but never allowed her access to the baby. She was only allowed access if I brought her to the baby and had control over her and what the baby might do. The baby doesn't understand that this animal has teeth and that pulling it's ear or pinching it's nose might not feel so good. And the dog doesn't understand that this little thing is just exploring the world and has very soft skin and you can't discipline her the same way you would another pup or dog. When the baby was talking and walking on steady feet they became the best of friends but it's not worth the risk. [/b]

[quote name='Dog Lover'][quote name='Cairn6'][b]No Dog Lover she wasn't outside alone the story says that the father was talking with a neighbor when the dog came shooting from his home straight for the child. It was that neighbor that helped get the dog off the child. I don't think even if your eyes were on the child every second you could have stopped that attack. [/b][/quote] I asked a question and said IF she was outside along it was completely wrong. But she wasn't. That is what happens in A LOT of attacks involving young children. They are outside alone unsupervised. I didn't say anyone would be able to stop the attack did I?[/quote] Dog Lover you got a bee in your bonnet I was just giving you the information. :-? Did I say something wrong? [img]http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Sorry.gif[/img] Did my post sound like I was picking on you? If so I really didn't mean it that way.

[quote name='MajiesMom']Petsmart and Petco give vaccines? I don't think I would go there for my dog's vaccines. That would be assembly line vaccines I prefer my regular vet that would spend the time with us plus I have to get her physical and stool sample etc anyway at the same time so it seems worth while. Who cares about the extra bucks (and believe me I am cheap I work with dogs and don't make a lot of money so I am cheap). I don't think it would really be worth it anyway. DivineOblivion19 do you know if there are cheap vaccines (crappy quality) and more expensive vaccines that are a better quality? I've heard that the spay/neuter clinics that do cheap spay + neuter use cheap anesthetic, yikes, I rather pay more.[/quote] Well I guess if you have the bucks it's easier to say who cares about the extra but if you read her post carefully things aren't going well at the moment.

I think it's a good idea to give them separate time with you. I have been doing that simply because taking 3 dogs can be a pain in the backside. But it does give you so bonding time with each dog that is kind of nice. One of my dogs doesn't like it at all though he wants to be the one to go everytime and grabs the end of my pants when I am leaving with one of the other dogs. Then when I am out the door he barks like a maniac. I have been told though he buttons up after a few minutes so it hasn't been a problem. Aren't they so much like kids they get so jealous of each other. :lol:

I have taught my dogs drop it and leave it too but I use the command drop it in case they need to drop anything whether it's something they are supposed to have or not. I use wrong for things they are never supposed to have and they don't go near it again once they learn the command.

When we moved and had to get new licenses for all the dogs we realized while looking through the paperwork that Mandy hadn't gotten her rabies shot. We figured the vet must of thought it was a 3 year vaccination but the shelter we got her from only gave a 1 year vaccination. So I took her down that weekend to get her rabies shot from Petco. They were very professional and you fill out paperwork the same as your regular vet. I like to have them go in for a check up once a year at least but if you are so strapped right now you don't have a choice there is nothing wrong with getting it done there.

Were in the middle of this right now with Shadow he is the angel pictured below (putting wings on him was so sacrilegious cause he is anything but.) :lol: He is just about 6 months old right now and almost done getting all his big boy teeth. Anyway this is what worked for him we got him several toys and put them in a toy basket near where the action is and whenever we caught him chewing something he wasn't supposed to we used the word "wrong". It can be anything like enough or whatever. Then when we said wrong we went over and grabbed his toy and started to play with him to get him used to it. Then when he started playing with it we praise him. Now when we say wrong he runs over and grabs one of his toys and starts chewing on that. The only thing we can't seem to break him of no matter what is toilet paper. We have to keep the bathroom door closed because he will go in and take big chunks off the toilet paper. :lol:

It seems odd to me they would kill their dogs because of this one incident. My guess would be they have had other problems with the dogs and this just made up their mind to put them to sleep. Pit bulls are inclined to be aggressive towards other dogs as are JRTs and it's got to be difficult to have to deal with that all the time. In the case of the dogs killing a dog that got through the fence that would not be unusual for any dog to protect their property so that is why I wonder if perhaps they have had other problems that made them make that decision. I love JRTs they are just so happy, active, intelligent dogs. There was one in Toto's training class that was the cutest little clown and kept us all so entertained. I love their spirit. But they need someone that can handle the exercise and training needs of these little hunters. I don't think they should ever be left alone because they are always on the go. And being so active it's hard to keep them occupied long enough to get rid of all that energy. I don't have that kind of time and energy or I would have one. My cairn terrier takes a ton of time and energy as it is to keep him and upstanding canine citizen(well most the time)so adding another highly intelligent active dog would not be fair to them. The solution here is research most people don't reasearch before they get the dog and don't know what it requires to care for them.

[b]No Dog Lover she wasn't outside alone the story says that the father was talking with a neighbor when the dog came shooting from his home straight for the child. It was that neighbor that helped get the dog off the child. I don't think even if your eyes were on the child every second you could have stopped that attack. [/b]

Good luck choosing Kat those are some beautiful photos. If it was me I would want to use them all. Too tough to choose.

Oh that is terrible I am so sorry. Do you know if she was wearing her collar and tags at the time she ran off? This is something I fear all the time with our 6 year old Mandy. She was stray and still likes to bolt out the door if given a chance.

Wow talk about being desperate for a treat!! I only had one dog when I used to give my dog Brandy shots so I have never experienced anything like that. Brandy was good but of course wasn't crazy about the process. She wasn't diabetic though these were allergy shots.

I completely agree with you coastie wife. A 7 year old child is not capable of being held responsible for that behavior they are just too young. I am actually quite appalled by the way some on here react when a child is involved. You love animals so much and would never hold an animal responsible for something that they just can't be held responsible for yet you can't give a child the same consideration. A child that young is no more responsible for their actions then a dog that hasn't been taught is when they do something wrong. [quote]Sometimes I hate kids with a passion, they just can't be trusted with animals, it is sickening that so many nowadays think they can just hit a dog or try to hurt it when it disobeys. [/quote] What the heck?

Awww!! what a cute picture.