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So - we got this new dog! He was rescued from a shelter by a working dog rescue thing, they evaluated him and he has no ball drive, so he washed out. They adopted him out to a family, who returned him in a week saying he was going to eat their cat.

We've had him with all our animals, and he hasn't tried to eat anything. The only thing I can see him doing is being an escape artist, and it's probably how he ended up in the shelter to begin with. He climbed out of our dog kennel's, with 8 foot walls and we had to put a top on it if we ever wanted to kennel him.

He's fine in the house with our cats, he's got zero interests in the birds, the bunny and the goats look like fun play toys - but you can get him to leave them alone pretty easily.

He's about 1 years old, untrained, needs leash manners, and taught how to take treats gently, he's.... gung ho over treats and I tried to warn the toddlers (after I'd been nipped by him) not to give him food, so they learned the hard way that he wasn't gentle yet.

Our first goal : Leash/house manners (including not nipping so rough when getting treats.)

Second goal, off leash listening skills, so he can be in the yard and won't jump the fence. We're using a shock collar on him until he can be trusted.

He's very sweet, and non-environmentally reactive. We were also told he wasn't a fan of male dogs, but he likes all 3 of our male dogs, and we've had no issues with him. All of our dogs liked him from the start.
 
duluthralphie said:
Whites, you must live way down south, Up here we get one sure cutting a year and most years a small second cutting.
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Just far enough south to not be a yankee.
If it's not a super-hot, super dry year, they'll get about the same, but in a good year they'll get 3, with the 3rd being on the short side. Main problem here is being able to get on the field 'cause of rain early on, 'specially with corn. A late planting lots of times ain't worth shelling & gets chopped for fodder.
 
kwhites634 said:
Just far enough south to not be a yankee.
If it's not a super-hot, super dry year, they'll get about the same, but in a good year they'll get 3, with the 3rd being on the short side. Main problem here is being able to get on the field 'cause of rain early on, 'specially with corn. A late planting lots of times ain't worth shelling & gets chopped for fodder.
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Our problem is the first cutting is ready in mid June which is a wet time and makes haying hard to get done. If that gets pushed back the second cutting is either non-existent or extremely short as we get so little rain most summers. A summer like this I bet some got 3 cuttings. (not having cut hay it 25 years I could be behind the times)
 
kajira said:
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So - we got this new dog! He was rescued from a shelter by a working dog rescue thing, they evaluated him and he has no ball drive, so he washed out. They adopted him out to a family, who returned him in a week saying he was going to eat their cat.

We've had him with all our animals, and he hasn't tried to eat anything. The only thing I can see him doing is being an escape artist, and it's probably how he ended up in the shelter to begin with. He climbed out of our dog kennel's, with 8 foot walls and we had to put a top on it if we ever wanted to kennel him.

He's fine in the house with our cats, he's got zero interests in the birds, the bunny and the goats look like fun play toys - but you can get him to leave them alone pretty easily.

He's about 1 years old, untrained, needs leash manners, and taught how to take treats gently, he's.... gung ho over treats and I tried to warn the toddlers (after I'd been nipped by him) not to give him food, so they learned the hard way that he wasn't gentle yet.

Our first goal : Leash/house manners (including not nipping so rough when getting treats.)

Second goal, off leash listening skills, so he can be in the yard and won't jump the fence. We're using a shock collar on him until he can be trusted.

He's very sweet, and non-environmentally reactive. We were also told he wasn't a fan of male dogs, but he likes all 3 of our male dogs, and we've had no issues with him. All of our dogs liked him from the start.
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Beautiful animal! A bit intimidated by a camera head- on, maybe? Hope your house has been dog-proofed :D
 
kajira said:
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So - we got this new dog! He was rescued from a shelter by a working dog rescue thing, they evaluated him and he has no ball drive, so he washed out. They adopted him out to a family, who returned him in a week saying he was going to eat their cat.

We've had him with all our animals, and he hasn't tried to eat anything. The only thing I can see him doing is being an escape artist, and it's probably how he ended up in the shelter to begin with. He climbed out of our dog kennel's, with 8 foot walls and we had to put a top on it if we ever wanted to kennel him.

He's fine in the house with our cats, he's got zero interests in the birds, the bunny and the goats look like fun play toys - but you can get him to leave them alone pretty easily.

He's about 1 years old, untrained, needs leash manners, and taught how to take treats gently, he's.... gung ho over treats and I tried to warn the toddlers (after I'd been nipped by him) not to give him food, so they learned the hard way that he wasn't gentle yet.

Our first goal : Leash/house manners (including not nipping so rough when getting treats.)

Second goal, off leash listening skills, so he can be in the yard and won't jump the fence. We're using a shock collar on him until he can be trusted.

He's very sweet, and non-environmentally reactive. We were also told he wasn't a fan of male dogs, but he likes all 3 of our male dogs, and we've had no issues with him. All of our dogs liked him from the start.
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Very nice. Congratulations and good luck with the training.
 

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