Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread

[baboso 6,057]

Ol' cockblocking Edgar.

[TOR 5,836]

17 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Last night Mrs. HornOnTheBayou was giving me the "Hey come to bed" eyes since it was getting late and I was leaving town for a week. I let the dogs out for one more piss thinking about what was awaiting me in the bedroom.

But Edgar had different plans. He decided to get sprayed by a skunk and then run into the house.

Obviously, chaos insued. More obviously, nothing happened in the bedroom afterwards. 

But he feels bad. 

 

So there was no horny on the bayou?

 

[Baboontyme 2,838]

I'm getting a dog yall! So excited. I got my last pup in '05, passed away in '16 and have been too busy to breathe since. I have questions. She is 8 weeks old at current, I'll be bringing her home next week. Mixed breed, mom is an Anatolian, pops a mastiff. Rescue. She is going to be a big girl. 

Crate train? Should I get a big ass crate or start with a smaller one and then upsize later?

Food? Do I want to do something like Hello Fresh? I do not want to make my own unless it's super easy. 

Edited June 25 by Baboontyme

[TOR 5,836]

Food, crate, whatever.

GIve them love.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,030]

Get ready to be overwhelmed by love and see a reduction in your stress levels, cholesterol, and depression.  Big dogs are big because they hold more love inside.

Edited June 25 by NeverMarryAStripper

[TOR 5,836]

3 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Get ready to be overwhelmed by love and see a reduction in your stress levels, cholesterol, and depression.  Big dogs are big because they hold more love inside.

Also, you're going to need a bigger boat.

[Deej 77,170]

Every dog I've crate trained has been a very happy and stable dog. When shit goes sideways, they are happy to have their crate as a safe place. 

[austingirl 2,193]

On 6/24/2024 at 8:41 PM, HornOnTheBayou said:

Last night Mrs. HornOnTheBayou was giving me the "Hey come to bed" eyes since it was getting late and I was leaving town for a week. I let the dogs out for one more piss thinking about what was awaiting me in the bedroom.

But Edgar had different plans. He decided to get sprayed by a skunk and then run into the house.

Obviously, chaos insued. More obviously, nothing happened in the bedroom afterwards. 

But he feels bad. 

 

 

8 hours ago, TOR said:

So there was no horny on the bayou?

 

The house still has a whiff of skunk and it's been two days. 

[HenryJames 66,278]

9 hours ago, austingirl said:

 

The house still has a whiff of skunk and it's been two days. 

[TOR 5,836]

14 hours ago, austingirl said:

 

The house still has a whiff of skunk and it's been two days. 

Soooo, what you're saying is HornOnTheBayou is out of town? 

[Texzilla588 769]

I'm getting a dog yall! So excited. I got my last pup in '05, passed away in '16 and have been too busy to breathe since. I have questions. She is 8 weeks old at current, I'll be bringing her home next week. Mixed breed, mom is an Anatolian, pops a mastiff. Rescue. She is going to be a big girl. 
Crate train? Should I get a big ass crate or start with a smaller one and then upsize later?
Food? Do I want to do something like Hello Fresh? I do not want to make my own unless it's super easy. 

Good for you. Why obsess over food? Dog food didn’t exist nor 99% of the millenia humans have had dogs. Dogs ate what we ate when I was a kid.

I'm getting a dog yall! So excited. I got my last pup in '05, passed away in '16 and have been too busy to breathe since. I have questions. She is 8 weeks old at current, I'll be bringing her home next week. Mixed breed, mom is an Anatolian, pops a mastiff. Rescue. She is going to be a big girl. 
Crate train? Should I get a big ass crate or start with a smaller one and then upsize later?
Food? Do I want to do something like Hello Fresh? I do not want to make my own unless it's super easy. 

Good for you. Why obsess over food? Dog food didn’t exist nor 99% of the millenia humans have had dogs. Dogs ate what we ate when I was a kid.

[ChickenSandwich 9,856]

[TOR 5,836]

https://x.com/_B___S/status/1806146391896408574

Edited June 27 by TOR

[NorthLoop 14,302]

We had several big dogs growing up that ate nothing but Ol' Roy. They all lived into their teens. 

 

They all also lived exclusively outside and slept in the garage. We had a hidden doggy door that went from the back corner of the garage to our back porch and was obscured by a garden table. The only time they came inside was if it was freezing or super hot, or if there were fireworks going off. This blows my wife's mind who only grew up with inside pets. 

 

Biscuit is a spoiled ass bitch. He won't eat anything but FreshPet. Luckily he's 16 lbs so it costs us like 10 bucks a week. 

[billfromlaketravis 11,602]

The pups eat about 2 cups of food per day. How much would fresh food cost per day? 

[blacklab 11,994]

I cook fresh food for my dogs and mix it in with dry dog food.

I rotate between chicken thighs, pork butt and anything cheap I find for meat, sweet potatoes and rice for starch, and add chicken hearts or gizzards about once a month and then add scrambled eggs and frozen peas and carrots. Costs around $20 a week, right around the cost of dry dog food from costco. I'd do full fresh but there are vitamins they'd miss and it's cheaper to just mix in the dry food than buying the different vitamins and minerals they need.

I always assumed wolves just ate meat, but they get many nutrients from eating the intestines of the animals they eat. Those are the things that are added to commercial dog food that are missing from the fresh food I make.

[NorthLoop 14,302]

blacklab's dog: 

 

[rage-a-holic 4,547]

11 hours ago, blacklab said:

I cook fresh food for my dogs and mix it in with dry dog food.

I rotate between chicken thighs, pork butt and anything cheap I find for meat, sweet potatoes and rice for starch, and add chicken hearts or gizzards about once a month and then add scrambled eggs and frozen peas and carrots. Costs around $20 a week, right around the cost of dry dog food from costco. I'd do full fresh but there are vitamins they'd miss and it's cheaper to just mix in the dry food than buying the different vitamins and minerals they need.

I always assumed wolves just ate meat, but they get many nutrients from eating the intestines of the animals they eat. Those are the things that are added to commercial dog food that are missing from the fresh food I make.

How many dogs and what size? I've got 3 dogs with an average weight of 65 lbs and feeding them a dry/fresh mix would easily be $45/week.

[blacklab 11,994]

I have 2.  100 pound lab/german shepard mix and a 60 pound black mouth cur.

1/2 cup costco food, 1 cup fresh twice a day

Last batch was

1 pkg heb chicken boneless chicken thighs - $8
2 cups rice - $.25
1 egg - $.30
1 cup froze peas and carrots - $.25
total - $9

will last 4-5 days

40 pound bag Kirkland Signature Adult Formula Chicken, Rice and Vegetable Dog Food,  - $49.99 
bought bag around May 20th, going to get a new bag next week, so ~6 weeks

so 9/4 * 7 = $15.75 a week for the fresh, $9 a week for dry =~ $25 a week to feed them

when we did all dry the bag would last around 2-3 weeks depending on who was feeding them and how many times the dogs tricked my wife into thinking they hadn't been fed so $17-$25 per week

[baboso 6,057]

Yellow, blackmouth cur?  Pics?  That is what we had when I was growing up for cow dogs.  

[blacklab 11,994]

Luna

Tucker

[dcbc 14,568]

Who's a good boy/girl?

[blacklab 11,994]

Luna's a good girl, Tucker's a good boy.

[Deej 77,170]

Got Blue six years ago today.

 

[Buzzrock 15,026]

My towel now bitch

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,243]

Harvey had to have a bath today.  He is traumatized.  Abby hated baths.  Harvey takes it to 11.  

[Jameslaw121 4,455]

The rescue dog was supposed to weigh between 35 and 40 lbs fully grown.... More like 140

[austingirl 2,193]

7 hours ago, Deej said:

Got Blue six years ago today.

 

Stop it, I remember when you got her. Can't believe it's been that long.

[HenryJames 66,278]

Six years on Surly?

[Deej 77,170]

20 minutes ago, austingirl said:

Stop it, I remember when you got her. Can't believe it's been that long.

It's crazy. She's crazy. 

Edited June 30 by Deej

[mchookem 16,518]

y'all remember Maggie, my mom's mini dachshund i inherited? 

and how much i wanted one of my own?

well...

 

 

 

 

 

meet Duke 😊

picked him up today! 🥰

he got his first parvo shot this morning before i got him so he's been feeling a little lethargic most of today, but he finally woke up about an hour ago in the mood to play a little and grab a bite to eat. 

i'm sure i'll be sharing lots of way better pictures in the future...but it's been two years since we last had a dog, we had to put Maggie down just a couple months before we moved to CO in 2022...

i realized a few months ago that it's literally been the longest period in my entire life without an animal. 

not anymore ❤️

[mchookem 16,518]

yeeaahhh... like i said...😊

feeling MUCH better today 😄😍

you can see his glass eye in that^ one... it's not solid, it's black and blue swirled 😮

those teeth are like little needles! 😄

alright. heh. i'm gonna have to put myself on restriction in this thread 😊

Edited July 1 by mchookem

[Deej 77,170]

[Deej 77,170]

Penny turns 10 tomorrow. 

[NorthLoop 14,302]

Holy fuck Duke is cute. 

 

We had a little bbq at the house on Saturday. Grilled fajitas and Biscuit got a shitload of handouts. He fuckin loves people. But as you can see his skin gets so damn red from his grass allergy. The Cytopoint shots don't work anymore so we're going to the vet Tuesday morning and will probably get him on Apoquel. I keep the grass short af but it doesn't seem to matter anymore. 

 

[Mittens 8,376]

14 hours ago, mchookem said:

you can see his glass eye in that^ one... it's not solid, it's black and blue swirled 😮

Wait...what?

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,030]

Damn, it must suck as a dog to have a grass allergy, and I don't think I've ever heard of a dog with a glass eye.  They're both adorable though.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,569]

Moose finally getting up in the mountains to see his namesake. 

[Nuge 1,999]

Time for an astroturf lawn

[mchookem 16,518]

ohh...no, sorry, not a real glass eye lol. that's what it's called when they have a blue or sometimes white iris. 

it's a recessive trait I think? related to the same gene that causes the dapple or merle coat (Duke is chocolate dapple).

our Pepper (full blooded Catahoula) had two glass eyes, gave her a piercing gaze... even if nothing else about her was piercing in the slightest (she was a giant goofball 😄❤️)

[ChickenSandwich 9,856]

Mondays are the worst

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,030]

2 hours ago, mchookem said:

ohh...no, sorry, not a real glass eye lol. that's what it's called when they have a blue or sometimes white iris. 

Ha Ha, I've never heard it called that

[Nuge 1,999]

Willow and I went out to play some disc golf. She got hot and requested a dip in the creek.

[Baboontyme 2,838]

Brought Trixie home today. @Jameslaw121 Looks sorta similar to your pooch. Any idea what breed?

[NorthLoop 14,302]

Puppeh! 

[Shaddie 1,666]

24 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Brought Trixie home today. @Jameslaw121 Looks sorta similar to your pooch. Any idea what breed?

Those paws tell me she will not grow much more. Haha. 
 

That puppy stage is hardest but probably best part. 

[Fuga 181]

What breed? I believe that's called a HappyDog.

[Deej 77,170]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8pUlNzpnBI/?igsh=MXUxZ242OWhjZmhjdA==

[Jameslaw121 4,455]

2 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Brought Trixie home today. @Jameslaw121 Looks sorta similar to your pooch. Any idea what breed?

Roughly:

 

60 % Pit Bull

30% Some Sort of Shepherd

10% Grand Pyrenesse....

 

Very sweet dog. Used to bring me eggs from the chicken coop without breaking the,

Dumb as a rock though. Might be the dumbest dog I've ever met. Tends to hit stuff with his face. And hasn't figured out how to get on and off the couch using his legs.... Sometimes gets stuck going around corners.

Edited July 2 by Jameslaw121

[Baboontyme 2,838]

It's not going very well with the crate and potty training. Pooped in the crate in protest and got it smeared everywhere. She has no clue I don't think that she shouldn't want to shit where she sleeps/eats and should not want to step in it. Refused to go outside. I'm doing the right things but she is coming from a situation where she was in a pen with her litter mates big chunks of the day and night with pee pads and she probably went wherever and whenever she wanted. I can't leave her alone and I'm home by myself for the next 4-5 days. I don't want to reinforce bad behavior but I guess we're sleeping in the penned off family room tonight.