Granny's gone and done it again

[microchick]

I remember when they were pups!

Me too! I can still remember the day we brought them home at 3 months of age. I've been hunting for pictures of them that I know we have on some data card...somewhere?

They really are turning into nice dogs. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that ACDs mature slower and are wired differently than most dogs.

 

[h2oratt]

Books about what? How do books help?

Ask your parents

 

[h2oratt]

We used to pretend to be horses!

I thinking pretend play is very valuable to kids.

 

[h2oratt]

Healthier but happier?

In my experience unneutered male dogs are more inclined to fight with other males in the household, they wander if there is a bitch in heat. They scent mark more and harder to house break and all in all not as good of pets if not relieved of equipment that is only going to get them into mischief plus produce more puppies destined to be either 'gotten rid of' or wind up in a pound.

Females become more loving pets if spayed. Plus every unspayed female dog I've ever had could peg a new definition on the term PMS when they were in heat. Plus in heat they are as 'rambunctious' as the males are.

Have they changed the teaching that spayed dogs are more resistant to breast cancer and reproductive cancers and that males are less prone to prostate cancer if not neutered?

I've just always found that dogs are better pets if spayed and neutered. Too old to change my ways I guess.

My remarks about not neutering is for people that can control their dogs. The average pet owner not included. Our dogs are our hobby. All my Dailey activities revolve around my dogs.

 

[h2oratt]

Morning all, Woke up to My Nancy here and Kevin soon followed. Leaving in half an hr.

Nancy and Kevin are both going? You are going to overwhelm that dog.

 

[h2oratt]

Yep. He did eventually fix it.

Yikes.

I can’t remember context now Dangit.

Well bred/socialized pup might be out of the price range…

It really is. First year of goose I thought I was going to lose my mind.

With what income??? Did he get a job?

Nice!!!! I’ve always liked those vw hatches. May you get miles of smiles

Nope. Fixed or not, they’re independent roamers.

Ok there’s a lot to unpack here. I’ve known neutered dogs to roam. And I’ve known intact dogs to roam. Management is key and knowing your doggo.

Chill?? goose would disagree. Though he is settling down.

Yep. There have been studies at uc Davis on instances of cancers, joint issues, etc in various breeds and the difference in occurrences between spaying, neutering at various ages.

Goose still has his balls. I was hoping to get that taken care of this year but then my homeowners insurance doubled. Doh. Either way though he’s not showing negative “male” traits and he’s over 2 now so….

Keep him intact, you are a vigilant dog owner.

 

[microchick]

We hardly ever had more than one dog. I think having multiple dogs makes a difference.
Perhaps if your dogs would have half a dozen people to spend time with and were able to expend ALL of their extra energy on a daily basis it would make a big difference in how rowdy they are.

True. Unfortunately all they have are their Mommy and Daddy who dolt on them, take them for walks and play ball with them. Their back yard is huge and fenced in to keep them from chasing buggies down the road and playing fetch using the yard roosters for balls and they run their little hearts out
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Troyer we rescued these dogs from a local Amish farm where we got the feeling that their next home was going to be a ravine after saying howdy to a .22 bullet. We had hoped to place three of them and keep two. Vet told us we had slim chance of placing them as the area was saturated and rescues won't take ACDs. He handled all the area cattle and we even asked him if he had any cattle ranchers who might like one and he shook his head.

We said well, if nobody else wants them, we will keep them and so we did. We lost our Sidney two years ago to a rare parasitic disease called Pythiosis. No treatment, no cure, leaving a hole in our hearts and her sister and three brothers in our care. We didn't plan on getting 5/4 dogs but God had other plans for them and us. The way we see it we were supposed to save their lives and God meant for us to find them when we did, therefore, no regrets.

Pets are like children. If everybody waited to get one when the time was right and you had plenty of money--nobody would have pets.

 

[microchick]

My remarks about not neutering is for people that can control their dogs. The average pet owner not included. Our dogs are our hobby. All my Dailey activities revolve around my dogs.

Same here. No kids. Sometimes God says no and means no so DH and I have 5 cats and 6 dogs along with the 50-ish chickens. Not worried about leaving anything to any family. Our pets are better family to us than our family is and yep, our daily activities revolve around them.

Our Johnny Cash is 23 years old this year and has been diabetic for over 5 years. We stay close to home so he can be accu-checked four times a day, given insulin and watched for drastic swings. If we were still working it would be hard but we are retired so it is no big deal.

Plus they make us smile and laugh and that is worth its weight in aggravation they can cause (just like kids) when they set their little fuzzy minds to the task.

 

[cherrynberry]

Could she be pregnant?

Nope, fixed. Oh and did I mention it’s a boy?

 

[troyer]

True. Unfortunately all they have are their Mommy and Daddy who dolt on them, take them for walks and play ball with them. Their back yard is huge and fenced in to keep them from chasing buggies down the road and playing fetch using the yard roosters for balls and they run their little hearts out
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Troyer we rescued these dogs from a local Amish farm where we got the feeling that their next home was going to be a ravine after saying howdy to a .22 bullet. We had hoped to place three of them and keep two. Vet told us we had slim chance of placing them as the area was saturated and rescues won't take ACDs. He handled all the area cattle and we even asked him if he had any cattle ranchers who might like one and he shook his head.

We said well, if nobody else wants them, we will keep them and so we did. We lost our Sidney two years ago to a rare parasitic disease called Pythiosis. No treatment, no cure, leaving a hole in our hearts and her sister and three brothers in our care. We didn't plan on getting 5/4 dogs but God had other plans for them and us. The way we see it we were supposed to save their lives and God meant for us to find them when we did, therefore, no regrets.

Pets are like children. If everybody waited to get one when the time was right and you had plenty of money--nobody would have pets.

I'm guessing you're right about the pups facing a .22 bullet and a ravine. Too many times the Amish place too little value on the animals in their care or that they irresponsibly allowed to come into this world. I'm not indicating that you did wrong by taking them. We have four dogs ourselves. Two house dogs and two outside dogs, occasionally we'll let the outside dogs into the house just because we can. The two outside dogs are 6 months old and seem to have boundless energy.
I'm in a time of my life that I'm able to spend a lot of time with them and it's not unusual for me to take them on several mile hikes through the farm fields ands nearby swamps. I'm putting forth effort to stear their energy in the direction that I want it to go. Sometimes my energy is less than theirs, but so be it. As you mentioned with yours, I've gotten so much laugh time from the antics of my pups that it's certainly worth all the energy that it takes to have them.