Mutt experts- what kind of dog did I just adopt? [new pics 2/5]

[preslove]

It doesn't matter small or big dog in this 🙂

All it takes is for a child to 'not know' and go in to play and get a serious bite.

I have had to be part of euthanasia's because this was not addressed earlier and someone got a serious bite. At that point, it doesn't make sense to try a second chance with an animal for most people and is very sad.

This can easily be conditioned out of an animal it's just really a bit of time needed to put in.

We had a case where a new older Jack Russel Terrier tore the throat out of a family's long-term German Shepherd. Apparently, it did show food and toy aggression, but never did it escalate. They left the dogs with some new toys and came back a couple hours later to witness the carnage.

My corgi guards his raw hides and food, but not toys, against our new kitty. What do you do condition it out?

 

[destrekor]

My corgi guards his raw hides and food, but not toys, against our new kitty. What do you do condition it out?

I'm not sure about once a dog is fully raised, but when I was living with my parents and we got a new puppy, we routinely got in her face, made attempts to remove a treat, removed toys, got eye to eye at her food dish, put hand in mouth when playing with toys, etc. She growled and snapped a few times when young, mostly with my dad doing it, but I made sure she understood that I wasn't having any of that. A certain demeanor shown to her, or something. A stance of dominance, if you will. I taught her most things.

She has other issues with alpha syndrome which gets brought out with other dogs around, but that's a different issue. I wasn't able to really work that out of her, but it doesn't help when the humans she sees most aren't the most capable dog handlers when it comes to strong obedience training. She gets mixed signals sometimes. 🙁

 

[phucheneh]

This dogs name is Bowser; this is slightly surreal.

To clarify, the neighbors pit / beagle is also named Bowser!

Ha. I guess they just have a look that says 'Bowser.'

I managed to find a pic of her dog on my computer-

 

[B-Riz]

Ha. I guess they just have a look that says 'Bowser.'

I managed to find a pic of her dog on my computer-

Lol @ dog naming, so that one has more of the beagle body, interesting.

My neighbors is more of a brindle color I suppose, and a very dominant pit head.

Actually, it may only be part beagle, definitely has the beagle bay / howl part.

Reminds me of the doberhuahua, ha

Will get a pic this weekend.

 

[phucheneh]

WHO THE FUCK SAID MY EARS WOULDN'T STAND UP?!?!

In their faces.

Actually, her ears are more commonly sticking straight out the sides of her head, parallel to the ground. Very Yoda-esque. They can independently rotate forward, as pictured, or all the way to the rear, into what I call 'Lance Armstrong helmet' mode.

Crazy ears are crazy.

 

[96Firebird]

Get ready for the ear dance. They will go up, down, up, sideways, all over the place. Where they end up, who knows.

Here is my dog's ear progression. Started out down, then one up one down, now they finally go up and are usually up. The one just sits on top of his head, and the other he can swivel around.

 

[Kadarin]

WHO THE FUCK SAID MY EARS WOULDN'T STAND UP?!?!

In their faces.

Actually, her ears are more commonly sticking straight out the sides of her head, parallel to the ground. Very Yoda-esque. They can independently rotate forward, as pictured, or all the way to the rear, into what I call 'Lance Armstrong helmet' mode.

Crazy ears are crazy.

🙂

 

[alkemyst]

yeah, no way to really tell how a puppy's ears will be as an adult.

My boy started with both down, then one always up and now they are both down.

I like the look of down ears. He has perked them up though at times.

Co-Pilot:

 

[CZroe]

It's not always aggression: My sister's super-cute Pomeranian-Chihuahua would jump on the couch with her chew toy and wait for the mini-pin mix playmate of hers to get near because she had fun snarling, snapping, and running him off. It was all in good fun no matter how bad it sounded and she never once bit him. How do I know she was playing? Because if she didn't get his attention she would jump down, parade around him with it, and lead him back to the couch. 😀 She would sometimes pretend to be done just to attract him so she could snap again. It was so obvious what she was doing when she'd turn her head exactly 90-degrees away and pretend to be uninterested in it. She would drive him CRAZY and she loved every second of it. 😉

 

[phucheneh]

Behold...my majesty.

 

[alkemyst]

Anyway, I took her theme and went with 'Anneke' after the chick from The Gathering. Shortened version, 'Anna' after Anna Murphy from Eluvitie. But female friend is just gonna end up calling her 'Ani' after 'Ani Difranco.' Blech. But it'll be okay.

I don't think your 'female friend' is thinking Ani = Ani Difranco, I think that's all you.

 

[phucheneh]

I don't think your 'female friend' is thinking Ani = Ani Difranco, I think that's all you.

Negative. She wanted her to be named Ani. Or one of many other suggestions based on female singer/songwriter people.

Also...

I'M BATDOG

 

[alkemyst]

Negative. She wanted her to be named Ani. Or one of many other suggestions based on female singer/songwriter people.

Also...

I'M BATDOG

That's awesome bro, but you don't take on a dog for a female friend.

If that chick that likes Anna/Ani dumps your ass, what happens to the dog?

Who even does this shit?

 

[MongGrel]

Looks like a woofer to me.

Cute little guy.

"whatsit" usually the best ones 🙂

 

[phucheneh]

That's awesome bro, but you don't take on a dog for a female friend.

If that chick that likes Anna/Ani dumps your ass, what happens to the dog?

Who even does this shit?

Wow, you get dumber by the day.

I didn't adopt a dog to impress some chick. And 'female friend' was not some kind of dumbass euphemism. It's a good friend. Who is female. Both parts are pertinent facts, but do not imply anything extra.