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    Finally Bred My Little Meka

    Quote: It's really nobody's business but yours. Congratulations. I pray you have a wonderful litter.
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    Finally Bred My Little Meka

    Chihuahuas are notorious for inertia in labor. It is important to watch them closely. It makes you wonder how they ever gave birth to procreate the breed for all those years in Mexico before they became such popular family pets. Congratulations on your upcoming babies. I pray everything goes...
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    Great Pyr Puppy Problem

    Quote: I take it that you don't have LGDs? agility? herding? Definitely not LGD. LOL LGDs are more like "I will come if I want to if you have food in your hand" They don't herd, they sleep. LOL I cannot imagine having a GP herd anything except a food dish.
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    Great Pyr Puppy Problem

    Quote: Really? you'd SIT on a 9 week old puppy? I think that might be a little over the top. Yes, I would sit over top of it. Obviously I wouldn't put all my weight on it to kill it. But it would know I was over it just like a dog will sit on another one to hold it down in submission. I...
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    Great Pyr Puppy Problem

    I would have to agree that you need to really discipline her now for that. Biting can never be tolerated in an LGD. I would have picked her up by the scruff, shook her really hard, then pushed her to the ground while biting her with my hand on the side of the mouth and growling ferociously at...
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    Have you ever had an type of animal you just did NOT like?

    Male inside dogs are quite nerve-wracking to be around. Outside, big LGD type males are great. But the little inside leg lifting males are not fun to have around.
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    LGD fear aggression and me

    At this age, I wouldn't be too overly concerned, but if they are still fearful at 6-8mo, I would consider euthanasia. Fearful LGDs are not good LGDs. If it was just the one that is fearful then that is the one I would watch closely. They should be confident and calm, not fearful. But they are...
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    They won't stop barking! Advice please?

    I take it these are not LGDs? If not then I would suggest a bark collar. If they are, then you may just have to live with it. That's how they guard. I have LGDs, and they bark all night everynight. It is just a trait of the GPs. And they don't sleep in bed with us. In fact they are the same...
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    Raising Catfish in a barrel!! 11-03-2011 UPDATE!!

    I have never raised fish in a barrel, but we have raised them in those garden ponds many times. It's easy. We had a pond in our basement for several years.
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    australian shepard dogs?

    From my experience, it is sometimes difficult to introduce a new adult female into a pack where there is another female regardless of whether they are altered or not. It just depends on how dominant your own female is, and if the other dog is also an alpha. It works if they are both submissive...
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    How Do You Train a LGD

    It's mainly instinct. LGDs are wonderful with children. Sometimes they try to play with goats or chickens, etc, but they don't really have prey drive if the breeding was good with good instinct in the line. Goats usually butt them if they get too rambunctious as puppies, so they learn respect...
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    Just need to vent about my dog

    Quote: I can't stand the breed either. They are so smart, but so hyper and nippy. To the OP-- I would get an electric fence and shock collar. It will quickly solve your problem if you want to keep the dog. The PetSafe wireless runs around $300 and works great even for stubborn dogs.
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    Dog Lovers, What would you do?

    I have four children and have gone through this many times. It is just a rite of passage. Kids grow up, and their pets always stay children even when they move on. I have had them take them, bring them back, take them again, and bring them back intermittently for us to "babysit". It's just the...
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    Help with spaying question

    I've had it done both ways from about $100-$350. Honestly, the laser heals up about two days faster in recovery time right after the procedure. It probably isn't worth the extra two hundred dollars. After paying extra for a couple of laser spays, I decided it just wasn't worth the extra cost. I...
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    Favorite kind of pet thread anyone?

    Dogs are my favorite, but I have owned more chickens and rabbits than dogs. But dogs are the fave.
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