Oliver

:D SJCSue, congrats on being a dogwalker, I've done that too-
 
wolves <whose behavior is often MISTAKENLY compared directly to dogs> do not tend to follow the same non-verbal cues well.
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You can test if you are dealing with a wolf or a dog if you look at it sternly, point away from you, and say "Go home!" If you have a chance to write up what happened, you were dealing with a dog. If not, it was a wolf. :shock:
 
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though actually, wolves are quite shy, even human-reared, sanctuary wolves are not really approachable by others outside a certain "circle".
in a serious encounter between a non-socialized, angry dog and a wolf, you're much more likely to get attacked by the dog.
 
SJCSue, congrats on being a dogwalker, I have done that too, with my cat. He enjoys walking outside. :)
 
I have recently seen more and more cats out in their yards on little leads with their people. Cats actually are "teachable" using the same +re learning principles as dogs.
Nice compromise for the kitty - outdoors, but safer!
 
My cat, Maxwell absolutely loves going out with his harness but he hates cats and dogs. He is hissing/growling at them. He acts like a dog. :giggle:
 
Boy, I WISH more cat owners would use those harness things!! It is my biggest pet peeve. My neighbors let their cats loose to roam through my yard. Of course they then kill the birds (I've found all too many decapitated cardinals), and poop in my yard. My little dog Pippin was just diagnosed with giardia (Casey was clear, but is getting treatment anyway). Vet said it can be transmitted from and to cats.

Another neighbor's cat was recently killed by a fox who sometimes wanders through our neighborhood. Even with that, my next door neighbors still let their cats loose!! I don't understand the mentality, at all. For me, my first and foremost responsibility as a pet owner is to keep my dogs safe; second is to keep them from doing harm to other animals or people. Cat owners don't seem to think like that, and I don't get it.
 
Beach Girl, sorry about the Giardia and your Pippin - we just had that last year with our new puppy at the time - our now- 1-yr. old Rottie girl. We had got flooded out in July and our yard is very muddy/wet in Spring or occasionally Summer anyway and then we had water backup in the basement with the Great WI Flood of 2010 so we ended up treating all 3 dogs for Giardia. It was a fluke we found it in the baby - we had her bloods done for pre-op and one of the parasite values showed up we did a fecal and yup, there it was.

Best Wishes with Pippin!
yeah, I know what you mean about loose pets! We've had our share, such that I just don't walk the dogs in the neighborhood - too risky, and OUR dogs will get blamed.

we had a coyote in the next-door neighbor's yard a month or so back, Beach Girl - i had posted that at the time. That was exciting and you shoulda seen me trying to get my big girl back in the house while being stared down by a coyote!
 
I never let my cat outside rooming. He always stays indoor, but I only take him out for a walk or ride in my car.
 
My cats are indoor only. No outside at all. They go out only for the vet and that is usually too much for them. When we brought them home from the previous owner, Tinker cried the whole way home (12 miles) and Sammy slept through it.
 
They're cute! I just checked them out ! Have you ever a Bagel dog?
They're a basset hound /beagle mix? I was at the park once with my dog and I asked a woman want kind dog she had , she said "it a Bagel "
I thought she meant the dog name was 'Bagel' so I said Hi Bagel!
I never heard a the breed before! It is really a cute dog.
I saw the photo of your dog! He is sooo CUTE!!
 
An Oliver Update

My parents and I ate lamb for dinner tonight. After dinner, my dad gave Oliver a lamb bone. Oliver swallowed the bone! :shock: :Ohno: It was very upsetting and very scary at the time. It was important to us that he was still breathing. Now, he is doing alright. We are calling the vet in the morning.
 
Oh my gosh!! How is he today? Hope all is well.

I don't give my dogs bones for just that reason. Too easy for a piece to break off and get swallowed, puncture something internally, etc.

Some bones are OK, I guess, but I just don't give any at all.
 
raw non weight-bearing bones are FINE with supervision, especially for dogs who are used to them - COOKED bones are the problem. There is a big difference and vets have for years scared people due to their own valid experiences of dogs who have managed to get cooked bones un-attended and ate them/ate too much of them - OR a dog un-accustomed to raw bones cracking a tooth on one, which does happen in novice dogs.
raw bones like I described are pliable and can bend; dogs as a group have not lost their ability to digest raw bones and are biologically the same as wolves.

I have been feeding raw bones and raw meats for many years.

SJCSue, I hope your dog is fine! Vets have many areas of expertise and have years of school and knowledge - BUT !! are influenced by what the pet food companies and drug companies tell them and they generally have little to no knowledge of canine nutrition. Be aware, do your own research-
 
Oliver is fine! However, the bone has not passed though yet (as far we know).
 
The life of a dog owner - lots of time spent looking at poop, hoping poop will be normal, picking up poop... Man, our lives are exciting, aren't they?
 
yup - poop...us raw feeders in particular do a lotta poop checking:lol:
 
When I pick up my dog's poop with my fancy purple polka dot bags, I think of some archeologist 100 years from now finding a pile of these things, and thinking "what weird society is this that collects and reveres dog poo??"
 
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