Dog thread!🐾

[SunriseChickers]

Oh wow

Pregnancy is... Something.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Pregnancy is... Something.

 

[SunriseChickers]

It's okay, we're in the cute stage right now. Cute bump, energetic, looking pretty, it just sucks to lay down! I'll take that over the first trimester.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's okay, we're in the cute stage right now. Cute bump, energetic, looking pretty, it just sucks to lay down! I'll take that over the first trimester.

Awwww

 

[ShrekDawg]

I threw some treats out in the grass to occupy Brew

 

[StinkyAcres]

Rosie was 70 pounds. Spayed at 6 months and lived a long healthy life.

Same for my Baxter. Neutered around 6 months and lived to 14.

 

[ShrekDawg]

SIGH. why is losing weight so darn hard!? Both with him and with me.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I feel like we’re never gonna get there

 

[Squawkers]

Haven't tried a prong yet, but he does have a martingale that helps a bit as opposed to a flat collar. I think I'll reserve the prong for adulthood, if it's really needed.

Yeah it just depends on your mindset though. I don’t view prongs necessarily as a last resort. Just a tool like a martingale. But I get it

I've not done kibble work for him recently because... Long story... In the first trimester, the last food I had before my morning sickness kicked in was potato olays (GAG) from Taco John's, but the dog's food smelled like Olay seasoning to my pregnancy nose, so now even though my sense of smell is back to normal and I'm not nauseous, I can't stand his kibble, not even touching it.

Oh goodness I kind of know how you feel (minus the pregnancy part)

 

[SunriseChickers]

Yeah it just depends on your mindset though. I don’t view prongs necessarily as a last resort. Just a tool like a martingale. But I get it

It's not really a "last resort", I agree. But it IS more sharp of a reminder than the martingale. With my horse training background, I know that it's important to teach the animal to respond to the gentlest of commands. While using something "harsher" or just more abrupt in general can be helpful, the animal will no longer respond as well to those lighter commands. Obviously horses and dogs aren't the same, lol, but there is crossover.