Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread

[Biff Tannen 45491]

Fuck yeah!

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19092]

First time on the beach for both...

[futureman 22414]

donde?

[dcbc 14398]

Gracie was way overdue for a grooming.  She's having haircut shame.

Edited September 18, 2020 by dcbc

[rage-a-holic 4305]

2nd vet visit. All the bells are to hopefully keep you from stepping on the little monsters.

 

 

[Clintonaldo 2571]

7 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

Cozumel puppy update. We were diving in Xcalak and some asshole abandoned two babies at the dive shop while we were gone. My friends decided to adopt the female. The male was so sad and scared, I would have been lower than Bob Stoops to leave him there alone.

Xcla and Tigger:

 

 

I really needed this tonight. Good stuff. 

[Irwin F Fletcher 3550]

Despite all that I've preached, the "power of bread" supersedes college football.

[Nuge 1962]

Had to escape the air in Portland so we headed to the coast.

Willow and her friend Hazel romping in the tide pool.

 

 

 

 

 

[OrangEngr 1034]

1 hour ago, Irwin F Fletcher said:

Despite all that I've preached, the "power of bread" supersedes college football.

Soon.

[Buzzrock 14870]

Sun spot.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Buncha nerds

[Deej 76524]

Blue, giving herself over to her visiting boyfriend. 

You both know you're fixed, right?

 

 

 

 

 

[DDD Dad 14243]

The girls are tired.

[Nuge 1962]

More pictures from the coast with Willow.

[Buzzrock 14870]

First day back in school

 

 

 

He’s been around all of us since we got him, so it’s going to be an adjustment for him not having everyone around all the time.

[MissingInAction 24807]

Master of all she surveys.

[MissingInAction 24807]

Hahaha , great pic of her stealing host dogs bed.

[wild_turkey 3150]

I’ve posted about Shelby a lot over the past year. We said goodbye to her a month ago but we did get her a DNA test before she was gone. We rescued her as a puppy so never knew her true background, but we considered her a chocolate lab that likely had a little bit of something else. She was a little small for a lab with a slender face and a very soft coat.

Anyways, we got the DNA results back and I thought it was pretty interesting and glad we did it for our own knowledge.






There’s also a page for nearest relatives that shows their pictures and locations (if those users provided them). And you can get health information for an extra cost, which we skipped since she was already gone.

The company is Embark and it’s a mouth swab that you mail in. I paid $130 which includes shipping but I have a referral code that will save $30. If anyone is interested, send me a PM. Might make a good Christmas gift for a dog lover.

[Biff Tannen 45491]

1 hour ago, wild_turkey said:

I’ve posted about Shelby a lot over the past year. We said goodbye to her a month ago but we did get her a DNA test before she was gone. We rescued her as a puppy so never knew her true background, but we considered her a chocolate lab that likely had a little bit of something else. She was a little small for a lab with a slender face and a very soft coat.

Anyways, we got the DNA results back and I thought it was pretty interesting and glad we did it for our own knowledge.






There’s also a page for nearest relatives that shows their pictures and locations (if those users provided them). And you can get health information for an extra cost, which we skipped since she was already gone.

The company is Embark and it’s a mouth swab that you mail in. I paid $130 which includes shipping but I have a referral code that will save $30. If anyone is interested, send me a PM. Might make a good Christmas gift for a dog lover.

I've done DNA on all 3 of my dogs (one no longer with us) and highly recommend.  Super interesting.

[mchookem 16184]

i feel like every dog we've ever had was a SuperMutt. that's the best kind 🙂

[BearSchlong 8077]

Mutts are great but so are all rescues.

I saved Coco Pup from my ex wife.

She wants a bite of my gumbo.

[futureman 22414]

22 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

The girls are tired.

do these dogs go to zilker in the mornings?

[austingirl 2184]

6 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

I’ve posted about Shelby a lot over the past year. We said goodbye to her a month ago but we did get her a DNA test before she was gone. We rescued her as a puppy so never knew her true background, but we considered her a chocolate lab that likely had a little bit of something else. She was a little small for a lab with a slender face and a very soft coat.

Anyways, we got the DNA results back and I thought it was pretty interesting and glad we did it for our own knowledge.






There’s also a page for nearest relatives that shows their pictures and locations (if those users provided them). And you can get health information for an extra cost, which we skipped since she was already gone.

The company is Embark and it’s a mouth swab that you mail in. I paid $130 which includes shipping but I have a referral code that will save $30. If anyone is interested, send me a PM. Might make a good Christmas gift for a dog lover.

It's really interesting for sure. We did this with Rocket and were shocked that the test showed he doesn't have lab in him, at least in any significant amount. I shared them back in the day and someone here goes "So that's what labs are made of. " This is Rocket and below are his results.

 

[DDD Dad 14243]

do these dogs go to zilker in the mornings?

Nope. We are in Dallas.

[futureman 22414]

1 minute ago, DDD Dad said:

Nope. We are in Dallas.

well a nice older couple in austin cloned your dogs and has them at zilker most mornings. 

[DDD Dad 14243]

well a nice older couple in austin cloned your dogs and has them at zilker most mornings. 

You should have known it wasn’t me when you observed that the couple was nice.

[kmac30 416]

It’s been a couple weeks, but Penny met a copperhead in the back yard on 9/10. Right on the nose.


Quick vet visit for some drugs then off to the beach the next day. First time on the beach.


Also took the new one. She didn’t get in the water as much as I expected, but she loved digging in the sand.

[Biff Tannen 45491]

Are rattlers the main threat in terms of killer snakes for dogs?

[Deej 76524]

Dogs are pretty resilient to snake bites, as long as they get them in a fleshy part, like the face. Vet told me if they get bit on the legs, it's a lot more deadly. Had a lab that killed a cottonmouth once, but not before it got him seven times on the face. He ended up with lots of scarring and his face looked like a balloon for several days, but he was fine. 

[blacklab 11843]

Neighbor's dogs got bit a few weeks ago. One got it in the face and his head got to the size of a basketball.  Other got bit in the tail and his tail looked like a snake that swallowed a softball. Luckily it happened just as they came back from vacation and they were able to rush them to the vet. 

[kmac30 416]

I had a lab get bit in the foot 5 years ago. Foot swelled up huge. I didn’t know anything about dogs and snake bites, so I went to emergency vet (10 pm). $600 later I left with tramadol. They were wanting to run all sorts of tests even though we were 99% sure it was a copperhead.

I learned emergency vets have a checklist they have to run through. You can deny, but they don’t like it. When I left they made it sound like there’s was a large chance the dog might die. There wasn’t.

Same lab got bit in the face a month later and we knew what to do. (Also killed the snake on that one).

This last one was odd because there was a lot of swelling in the extra skin down her front neck. She either got bit twice or everything settled there from her nose.

[rage-a-holic 4305]

Hi, I just destroyed two plants.

 

[Deej 76524]

2 hours ago, kmac30 said:

I had a lab get bit in the foot 5 years ago. Foot swelled up huge. I didn’t know anything about dogs and snake bites, so I went to emergency vet (10 pm). $600 later I left with tramadol. They were wanting to run all sorts of tests even though we were 99% sure it was a copperhead.

I learned emergency vets have a checklist they have to run through. You can deny, but they don’t like it. When I left they made it sound like there’s was a large chance the dog might die. There wasn’t.

Same lab got bit in the face a month later and we knew what to do. (Also killed the snake on that one).

This last one was odd because there was a lot of swelling in the extra skin down her front neck. She either got bit twice or everything settled there from her nose.

Yeah, had a dog get popped in the lip by a copperhead in the woodpile last summer. Took her to the vet and they gave her benadryl and some steroid pills. She seemed to heal up at the same pace she would have if she hadn't gone to the vet. 

[kmac30 416]

Steroid and Benadryl is what they gave us this time. She was just about good to go the next day.
Lab that took it in the foot was fine after a day. Pretty amazing.

[Buzzrock 14870]

Fucker barked from 2:30 to 3:30 this morning. But he smiles in his sleep so all is forgiven.

[futureman 22414]

4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

he smiles in his sleep

he’s bangin bitches in heat in his dreams. 

[NorthLoop 14082]

My labs growing up would get bit by copperheads all the time. They'd swell up but end up fine.  Neighbors golden was killed by a moccasin though. I think he took several bites to the head and neck.

[sdm 844]

45 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

My labs growing up would get bit by copperheads all the time. They'd swell up but end up fine.  Neighbors golden was killed by a moccasin though. I think he took several bites to the head and neck.

Reading the last line of your post then immediately looking over at your avatar resulted in a very disturbing moment for me.

[Paco 1926]

I thought the house was falling down, but no, Hank just wanted a gecko.

[Updawg 2261]

I thought the house was falling down, but no, Hank just wanted a gecko.

Worlds strongest dog competition training

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

 

10 hours ago, Paco said:

I thought the house was falling down, but no, Hank just wanted a gecko.

*Anole I believe (if you live in Texas that is). Geckos are mostly nocturnal and have a thicker tail. The green anoles are not a protected species in Texas, but unfortunately are beginning to be forced out by the brown anoles. It's a good sign in your landscape if you have a green anole so hopefully Hank can make a new friend!

[Paco 1926]

That's what I said, aioli.

[sdm 844]

Does that mean Geico should really be named Anolco?

[AUS-97HORN 11669]

not me

Strongly recommend sound on and on high setting (promise no yelling or scaring).

very proud I made this fence...

 

 

Dog-O says hello to Fence-O

[Deej 76524]

New guest dog:

 

[Deej 76524]

"Soon..."

 

[AUS-97HORN 11669]

so the video I posted was 4 years old, it came up on my youtube recommended.... I guess it came up on a shitload of peoples recommended as well because it caused the video holder to remove the video from youtube.  Not really sure why- it was funny.

 

it showed a guy proudly showing the brand new 6ft fence he built to keep his German Shepard in the yard, he's scanning the fence and you see that at the back of the yard there is a slight incline of about 1.5 feet (fence followed the rise) ...   just as he shows the back of the fenceline, the GSH runs right to the hill and uses it to jump over the fence in one graceful jump....

Cameraman literally just says DAMMIT  and video ends.

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45491]

1 minute ago, AUS-97HORN said:

so the video I posted was 4 years old, it came up on my youtube recommended.... I guess it came up on a shitload of peoples recommended as well because it caused the video holder to remove the video from youtube.  Not really sure why- it was funny.

 

it showed a guy proudly showing the brand new 6ft fence he built to keep his German Shepard in the yard, he's scanning the fence and you see that at the back of the yard there is a slight incline of about 1.5 feet (fence followed the rise) ...   just as he shows the back of the fenceline, the GSH runs right to the hill and uses it to jump over the fence in one graceful jump....

Cameraman literally just says DAMMIT  and video ends.

 

 

Yeah, oldie but a goodie. 

[AUS-97HORN 11669]

another youtube recomendation.... although this could technically go into the Bevoette and Jade thread,  most of you will understand why I posted it here once you get to the actual dogwash part where the owners sister steps in...

The channel is Life with Malamutes.... I watch occasionally, this big fluffy dude has a condition that requires a bath every week, and he pouts over and over again when told its bath time. And at 130#... he kinda dictates what he wants to do.

 

 

[Deej 76524]

Derp.