Show off your pets thread

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Simple human brand. Locks.

this or even just target brand. slightly lower quality but they work just as well for cheaper.

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

One thing we have always done with dogs from puppy day home #1 is get them used to their food being taken from them, being gentle taking food, and then opening their mouths when I grab their jaw s and say "open". I can take a bone they are eating, or their food bowl away with no issue. Reason is, I want my dogs to behave if I don't see a small child try to take something from them, or feed them. All it takes is a child to even think they were bit by your dog and your dog is put down, and your being sued.

100% I did all this and it has paid off... I can literally reach down my dogs throat if she tries to eat something she shouldn't (rare, but she is an expert at finding random bones out on walks and inhaling them lol). When we play wrestle she can have her mouth completely around my hand and has never once bitten down or drawn blood.

We also had a large family gathering at christmas with several young kids and babies. I'll admit I was a bit nervous... but all the kids have dogs at home and know how to gently touch and not grab. After she got her initial "hello barks" out of the way, she was getting her nose, mouth, tail, and paws touched by the kids and was completely fine.

[RToyo86]

That carpet was clean for 48 hours

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Simple human brand. Locks.

wow. 3 digits for a trash can?!? also they don't appear to be selling the locking version anymore on their site.

you must think i'm fancier than i am!

i'm gonna need to run by the dollar general later and see what they've got, heck, even targette is too fancy for me!

Originally Posted by spike021

Highly recommend getting a playpen. I have one of those 4x4 ft configurable ones. I almost never actually close it these days, Haru uses it as one of his den spaces.

I'd love to toss it because it does take some space, but it is helpful to lock him in if someone from maintenance comes into my unit or something like that.

i mostly need the pet gate to keep him out of the basement, and possibly the kitchen. the rest of the main area of the house i can close doors to limit access to area's with hardwood floors with very few things he can get into trouble with. at least until he gets a better idea of the rules of the house and matures a little.

he's about 1yr old(they originally told me he was 2, less happy dealing some of the puppy stuff, hoping i can spin it to help with training for long term), but being from the humane society, has clearly been on the streets for some part of his life. they got him after he ended up dragged behind a car, his hind quarters are all scarred up from it. he's always trying to go down into the basement and forages everywhere for food. there's nothing down there but cobwebs and all my projects/tools, so he gets distracted and then starts chewing on packaging if i don't watch him...


otherwise, i was checking the whole time to figure out his mannerisms, tugging on his tail, pulling ears, grabbing his tongue, pulling up his gums and touching his teeth. other than him taking some things as an invitation to play, he never showed any care about any of it.

the few times he tried eating something he shouldn't, he never did anything about me reaching in his mouth to dig it out, just the sad-eye look of disappointment that he finally found something and i took it away.

the benefit to looking at a dog my friends are fostering is that i get to see how it interacts with their 2 dogs, and hear about how the introduction went without having to fear it so much--they said it was one of the easiest/smoothest introductions they've had between their dogs and a foster.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

That carpet was clean for 48 hours

As someone with another dog that sheds, I feel this 150%.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

wow. 3 digits for a trash can?!?

Worth it. I looked it up. I paid $117 on amazon in 2020. I got tired of going thru the cheap ones.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

That carpet was clean for 48 hours

Originally Posted by spike021

As someone with another dog that sheds, I feel this 150%.

48 hours would be a dream come true.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

That carpet was clean for 48 hours

Originally Posted by spike021

As someone with another dog that sheds, I feel this 150%.

We don't have carpet except in the non-master bedrooms and our Newfie is not allowed in there. So we get hair tumbleweeds, but it's much easier to clean up. Our Roombas do a get job of keeping it under control

Got this for MomHawk for Christmas and it is proudly displayed on our sofa to straighten everyone out.

[spike021]

Honestly for me I can almost live with all the hair on the carpet but what I really don't enjoy is when I'm about to start cooking and I find squiggly strands in my pots and pans.

[dpfarr]

Was putting away my snowboard in my garage and trying to shoo Bruno out and he ran back in and I heard him fight a rat. Found it in his mouth and chased him around the garage then closed it so he couldn’t run into the yard with it. Grabbed him and called my wife to help me get it out of his mouth. It was still squeaking.

I picked him up while he still had the rat hanging out his mouth like in the picture to find my wife. She had some cheese ready and the plan was to make him go after it and then remove it. In a split second this bastard slurped the live rat down like a strand of spaghetti.

We rushed him to the emergency vet. They told us to monitor him but thought he should be fine.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by dpfarr

Was putting away my snowboard in my garage and trying to shoo Bruno out and he ran back in and I heard him fight a rat. ,,

Bruno is a Basset Hound, isn't he? Hunting small game is what they do. Bassets love a good barn hunt.

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Bruno is a Basset Hound, isn't he? Hunting small game is what they do. Bassets love a good barn hunt.

Absolutely. I get funny looks when I tell people that my dachshund is a type of "working dog". The full size were bred to kill badgers.. the mini ones are great mousers!

I think the main concern to me would be did this rat potentially eat some rat poison or something... mice/rats in the city will eat all sorts of nasty stuff that I wouldn't want my dog ingesting by proxy.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

Absolutely. I get funny looks when I tell people that my dachshund is a type of "working dog". The full size were bred to kill badgers.. the mini ones are great mousers!

I think the main concern to me would be did this rat potentially eat some rat poison or something... mice/rats in the city will eat all sorts of nasty stuff that I wouldn't want my dog ingesting by proxy.

Our neighbour at the cottage has a miniature dachshund.
It is quite the sight to see when they let her off the lease and she makes a beeline down the closest groundhog hole. It looks like she will never be seen again and then just pops up someplace else. Luckily the groundhogs always run since most are twice her size and could probably kick her butt if they turned and fought.

Eating one rat even if it has ingested a modern poison will not cause any/much harm. The new poisons are formulated to require multiple doses to work. The small dose that would be received even in a smaller dog may make them mildly ill at worst but cause no lasting or major harm. Now if they eat some old school poisons or a bunch of mice /rats then it could be a bigger issue.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by dpfarr

Was putting away my snowboard in my garage and trying to shoo Bruno out and he ran back in and I heard him fight a rat. Found it in his mouth and chased him around the garage then closed it so he couldn’t run into the yard with it. Grabbed him and called my wife to help me get it out of his mouth. It was still squeaking.

I picked him up while he still had the rat hanging out his mouth like in the picture to find my wife. She had some cheese ready and the plan was to make him go after it and then remove it. In a split second this bastard slurped the live rat down like a strand of spaghetti.

We rushed him to the emergency vet. They told us to monitor him but thought he should be fine.

No doubt upsetting but I have to say that is one of the greatest pictures I have ever seen!