Originally posted by: Anubis
you allready have kids
they just happen to be dogs
amazed you didnt notice this
While I don't refer to them as my kids, they're definitely in their teenage out-of-nowhere-rebellion phase, and I've learned more about parenting than I expected to from them.
JulesMaximus
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Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
Anubis
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
dogs that dont bark when the doorbell rings dont exist
We have a medium sized dog (75 lbs) that is a few months older than my kids. Right from when we first got him I messed with his food, toys, paws, ears, tail, and anything else that might cause an over-reaction when babies invaded his world.
The dog is almost 5 and has been maulded by my boys and never reacted aggressively.
The dog is almost 5 and has been maulded by my boys and never reacted aggressively.
destrekor
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
may she live long
our animal shelter mutt lived to be 17, very loyal and playful till the day she died (we put her down though because she was in a lot of pain). Her heart was still kickin and gave her energy, but her bones and kidneys were failing her, so she got slow and mopey. But she still had spurts where her body didn't hurt, and she'd run around the garage and play. Hell, I think she was 15 or 16 when she jumped out of the van window and scraped her chin (it was parked). It was amusing when we realized she didn't really hurt herself.
she was the pure definition of a shelter mutt/pound hound, and was an amazing animal. Acted very vicious toward the mail lady and people at the door or fence, but was very loving.
Our lab puppy mix, is smaller and equally as loving (maybe even more so? I don't remember my last dog at a young age), but has a lot more sass to her. Kind of comical but shows she still has some quite some training left. Her bark though, doesn't match her size. If she wants to sound big, she can easily.
child of wonder
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Hence why my family is not getting a dog for at least another year when my two kids will be 5 and 7. The dog will be Beagle size, at best, but most likely a tiny dog.
jonks
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Our family 100lb german shep/husky was stepped on, jumped on, pulled, poked and proded by my toddler nephews. When one of them jumped on her back, and she has bad hips, she reflexively bit his leg. He didn't jump on her back after that
Other than that not one episode of aggression. Theres about 60million dogs in households in this country and millions of those have infants and children in them. This type of thing doesn't happen often. It's not bad parenting to let your kids do something that has a 1 in 60million chance of killing them.
Anubis
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I did the same with a pair of Lab/Rott mixed puppies. Just for grooming purposes (clipping nails) you should train your dog to be comfortable having their paws handled. I also routinely took food from their dish as they were eating. As a result my SO 4yr old son could do the same, walk right up and stick his face/hands in the dogs bowl as they were eating. That never happened without her or myself being within a foot of the child in case the unexpected happened, but both were properly adjusted and never made an aggressive move. Both dogs would just look at him and make room lol, and no, we never let him eat any of the dog food. He understood that was not something he should ever try with any other dogs.
The dogs themselves turned into complete wussies, nothing more than chow hounds for affection. That was the result of the massive amount of positive physical attention they recieved as puppies. The larger of the two, more predominantly Rott, was confronted by a freaking poodle a family member brought over one day. His immediate response was to flop down on his back, roll his head back, and expose his neck, complete submission on his own turf.
JulesMaximus
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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
may she live long
our animal shelter mutt lived to be 17, very loyal and playful till the day she died (we put her down though because she was in a lot of pain). Her heart was still kickin and gave her energy, but her bones and kidneys were failing her, so she got slow and mopey. But she still had spurts where her body didn't hurt, and she'd run around the garage and play. Hell, I think she was 15 or 16 when she jumped out of the van window and scraped her chin (it was parked). It was amusing when we realized she didn't really hurt herself.
she was the pure definition of a shelter mutt/pound hound, and was an amazing animal. Acted very vicious toward the mail lady and people at the door or fence, but was very loving.
Our lab puppy mix, is smaller and equally as loving (maybe even more so? I don't remember my last dog at a young age), but has a lot more sass to her. Kind of comical but shows she still has some quite some training left. Her bark though, doesn't match her size. If she wants to sound big, she can easily.
Not a great pic but here's my loyal mutt.
destrekor
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
may she live long
our animal shelter mutt lived to be 17, very loyal and playful till the day she died (we put her down though because she was in a lot of pain). Her heart was still kickin and gave her energy, but her bones and kidneys were failing her, so she got slow and mopey. But she still had spurts where her body didn't hurt, and she'd run around the garage and play. Hell, I think she was 15 or 16 when she jumped out of the van window and scraped her chin (it was parked). It was amusing when we realized she didn't really hurt herself.
she was the pure definition of a shelter mutt/pound hound, and was an amazing animal. Acted very vicious toward the mail lady and people at the door or fence, but was very loving.
Our lab puppy mix, is smaller and equally as loving (maybe even more so? I don't remember my last dog at a young age), but has a lot more sass to her. Kind of comical but shows she still has some quite some training left. Her bark though, doesn't match her size. If she wants to sound big, she can easily.
Not a great pic but here's my loyal mutt.
you think she has some rottweiler in her? think? some?
she's most definitely got a few rott characteristics, most notably the head shape has a lot of resemblance to a rott.
rottweiler
here's a pic of our puppy. I didn't take any of her recently, this was over the summer when she was only two or three months old (can't remember when I took the pics): pic
kind of a bad pic, but gives a good idea of her.
destrekor
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
the sarcasm is weak with this one.
(I was the only one a year ago defending pit bulls in one of those pit bull threads--but now there are more, TG)
my sarcasm meter is permanently whack... please forgive me, as I cannot help it.
Captante
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Personally I've never had a problem with any large dog including all of my friends Dobermans (who won many awards & were AKC-certified pure-bred btw) ... I also own a big male German Sheperd myself & he's very well trained, but there are circumstances where he could be very dangerous to a stranger ... much more dangerous then a less aggressive breed & arguing otherwise is silly.
While I'm sure there are docile Dobermans around, theres no question they are the exception to the rule and this is as intended ... a dog bred over generations mainly for protection of people & property is going to be somwhat more aggressive toward people then other breeds bred for other purposes, just like Pits are more likely to be aggressive towards other dogs & Setters love to chase birds more then most.
JulesMaximus
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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
may she live long
our animal shelter mutt lived to be 17, very loyal and playful till the day she died (we put her down though because she was in a lot of pain). Her heart was still kickin and gave her energy, but her bones and kidneys were failing her, so she got slow and mopey. But she still had spurts where her body didn't hurt, and she'd run around the garage and play. Hell, I think she was 15 or 16 when she jumped out of the van window and scraped her chin (it was parked). It was amusing when we realized she didn't really hurt herself.
she was the pure definition of a shelter mutt/pound hound, and was an amazing animal. Acted very vicious toward the mail lady and people at the door or fence, but was very loving.
Our lab puppy mix, is smaller and equally as loving (maybe even more so? I don't remember my last dog at a young age), but has a lot more sass to her. Kind of comical but shows she still has some quite some training left. Her bark though, doesn't match her size. If she wants to sound big, she can easily.
Not a great pic but here's my loyal mutt.
you think she has some rottweiler in her? think? some?
she's most definitely got a few rott characteristics, most notably the head shape has a lot of resemblance to a rott.
rottweiler
here's a pic of our puppy. I didn't take any of her recently, this was over the summer when she was only two or three months old (can't remember when I took the pics): pic
kind of a bad pic, but gives a good idea of her.
Cute pup. Be prepared for a couple years of puppyhood though. Ours took about 2+ before she calmed down.
Labs love to dig too and if you get a female be prepared for brown spots on your lawn.
waggy
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Some great post in this thread and some great advice.
before my kids got to old we used to be a "rescue" home for abused/dieing dogs. last one was a women who was chain breading pugs (some where blind, deaf disabled etc).
one of the dogs we had was a Rotty that a family had that had to move rather suddenly (no idea why. think part of the family was doing drugs and went bad). the rotty was 6-8 yrs old. IT was the nicest dog i have ever seen. the lady said she started handling the the paws, taking food from it at a young age etc. to get it used to it. Also it lived in a house full of kids.
this dog loved having kids climb or sit on it. the more you played with it the more it loved you. it was insane.
EVEN though the dog was great there is no way in hell i would leave it alone with a infant. just none.
we are thinking of getting a dog this summer (daughter would be 6 my son would be 2). i am trying to talk my wife into a rotty or a mastiff =)
before my kids got to old we used to be a "rescue" home for abused/dieing dogs. last one was a women who was chain breading pugs (some where blind, deaf disabled etc).
one of the dogs we had was a Rotty that a family had that had to move rather suddenly (no idea why. think part of the family was doing drugs and went bad). the rotty was 6-8 yrs old. IT was the nicest dog i have ever seen. the lady said she started handling the the paws, taking food from it at a young age etc. to get it used to it. Also it lived in a house full of kids.
this dog loved having kids climb or sit on it. the more you played with it the more it loved you. it was insane.
EVEN though the dog was great there is no way in hell i would leave it alone with a infant. just none.
we are thinking of getting a dog this summer (daughter would be 6 my son would be 2). i am trying to talk my wife into a rotty or a mastiff =)
destrekor
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yes, she's a pound hound. We rescued her when she was 4 months old from our local animal shelter...I think that was almost 10 years ago. Still playful to this day though.
She's very loyal and gentle but she packs a mean bark when the doorbell rings.
may she live long
our animal shelter mutt lived to be 17, very loyal and playful till the day she died (we put her down though because she was in a lot of pain). Her heart was still kickin and gave her energy, but her bones and kidneys were failing her, so she got slow and mopey. But she still had spurts where her body didn't hurt, and she'd run around the garage and play. Hell, I think she was 15 or 16 when she jumped out of the van window and scraped her chin (it was parked). It was amusing when we realized she didn't really hurt herself.
she was the pure definition of a shelter mutt/pound hound, and was an amazing animal. Acted very vicious toward the mail lady and people at the door or fence, but was very loving.
Our lab puppy mix, is smaller and equally as loving (maybe even more so? I don't remember my last dog at a young age), but has a lot more sass to her. Kind of comical but shows she still has some quite some training left. Her bark though, doesn't match her size. If she wants to sound big, she can easily.
Not a great pic but here's my loyal mutt.
you think she has some rottweiler in her? think? some?
she's most definitely got a few rott characteristics, most notably the head shape has a lot of resemblance to a rott.
rottweiler
here's a pic of our puppy. I didn't take any of her recently, this was over the summer when she was only two or three months old (can't remember when I took the pics): pic
kind of a bad pic, but gives a good idea of her.
Cute pup. Be prepared for a couple years of puppyhood though. Ours took about 2+ before she calmed down.
Labs love to dig too and if you get a female be prepared for brown spots on your lawn.
indeed. she's over 7 months old now, very much acting like a puppy, although a much more behaved and obedient puppy. Been very good about most things and listens to commands that she doesn't like more readily, like 'off', 'no', etc etc. My sister said her lab, who is now 2, took the better part of those 2 years to really begin to calm down a bit and begin to be very well behaved. I expect that with our dog (hard to claim as 'our' dog, as I'm away from the house to go to school for roughly 3/4 of the year, but I helped raise it over the summer and have further helped when home), she will likely take that much time too.
oh and yep, she digs. and digs. and is very much paw-oriented, if she puts her paw on your hand, you'll feel her pull it toward her, typically to chew on. lol
her use of her paws carries a lot of comical antics. she's great comic relief in the house, that's for sure, but definitely causes enough trouble to balance that out. at least for now.
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