Let's See Your Garage Dog
- Thread starter Dan in Pasadena
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…you lay on your back and refuse to move …she’s a stubborn girl
The first walk down at the local park.
I used to take Faych down there, a 15-minute walk from home. In the summer, we'd walk around the back of the lake to the boat ramp where he'd go in for a bath, then we'd walk back around onto the grassed area for him to have a roll. This routine started after I quit a toxic work situation. In many ways it was therapy for me, but I had someone say it probably helped extend Faych's life by having me around more and gave him something to look forward to. It was lovely to see this develop so late in his life.
There was none of that today for Mr. Olly, it was more about getting him used to different surroundings, people, cars, and....................birdies. He even had a bark at the kids on skate park. You'll note he is in a harness, he's now pulling stronger on the lead, something I'm not happy about with just a collar, the harness gives me more control.
I'm very surprised how confident and willing Olly is when it comes to walking. It took me years to get Faych to be a confident walker, he'd get to a certain point and put the brakes on until you turned around and headed back home. Olly just wants to GO. While Faych and Olly have a different temperament, they both need to STOP and smell every single thing they come across..............classic Cocker Spaniel.
I used to take Faych down there, a 15-minute walk from home. In the summer, we'd walk around the back of the lake to the boat ramp where he'd go in for a bath, then we'd walk back around onto the grassed area for him to have a roll. This routine started after I quit a toxic work situation. In many ways it was therapy for me, but I had someone say it probably helped extend Faych's life by having me around more and gave him something to look forward to. It was lovely to see this develop so late in his life.
There was none of that today for Mr. Olly, it was more about getting him used to different surroundings, people, cars, and....................birdies. He even had a bark at the kids on skate park. You'll note he is in a harness, he's now pulling stronger on the lead, something I'm not happy about with just a collar, the harness gives me more control.
I'm very surprised how confident and willing Olly is when it comes to walking. It took me years to get Faych to be a confident walker, he'd get to a certain point and put the brakes on until you turned around and headed back home. Olly just wants to GO. While Faych and Olly have a different temperament, they both need to STOP and smell every single thing they come across..............classic Cocker Spaniel.
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Dan in Pasadena
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Dogs are SO great. So damn much better than people. It's not even close.
Fifi, just turned 5. She's the "Canine Queen of Glendora". I dote over her and ask her every morning if she just woke up pretty again? If a dog could roll her eyes she would. I just get the little tail wag and rolls onto her back exposing her belly for some gentle rubbing.
Fifi, just turned 5. She's the "Canine Queen of Glendora". I dote over her and ask her every morning if she just woke up pretty again? If a dog could roll her eyes she would. I just get the little tail wag and rolls onto her back exposing her belly for some gentle rubbing.
Firebird1975
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This time last year, walking this track with my best friend was helping me through a rough period. He didn't realize it, but simply being by my side was allowing me to find comfort and contentment.
Over the course of 11-months, we went from summer heat, to lovely autumnal bliss, to the chill of winter before surfing into spring. Over that time, the landscape went from crispy brown, to fluro green, to the golden yellow backdrop of wattles in blossom.
Twelve months later, I'm back on this track but with a different companion. I've been around this track after Faych passed and it just wasn't the same, I felt naked without that tugging lead in my hand. And so, this little walk felt like home.
Olly initially found this new bush landscape a little bewildering, and we just HAD to stop every five metres for sniffs. But it wasn't long before he found his groove, almost like he knew the way......................Olly doesn't know it, but he's helping me in the same way his older brother did.
Over the course of 11-months, we went from summer heat, to lovely autumnal bliss, to the chill of winter before surfing into spring. Over that time, the landscape went from crispy brown, to fluro green, to the golden yellow backdrop of wattles in blossom.
Twelve months later, I'm back on this track but with a different companion. I've been around this track after Faych passed and it just wasn't the same, I felt naked without that tugging lead in my hand. And so, this little walk felt like home.
Olly initially found this new bush landscape a little bewildering, and we just HAD to stop every five metres for sniffs. But it wasn't long before he found his groove, almost like he knew the way......................Olly doesn't know it, but he's helping me in the same way his older brother did.
kaymccampbell
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Dogs are the best counselors.
Zebedeewesty
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micromind
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My clever boy, he managed to outsmart the "Pup Proof Box"...................
VERY few things are pup-proof.........
DrinkMan
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I don't want to sit in the back. Let me drive!!
Zebedeewesty
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Zebedeewesty
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Within a few hours of being welcomed into his new forever home, Olly fell asleep after lunch in this position by the couch. The belly up and paws folded down posture has become his favourite sleeping position.......................
Apart from it being equal parts amusing and cute, this sleeping posture would appear to be a family trait. Both Mumma and Olly's siblings do the same thing..................
Olly is also ball crazy, again like his Mumma Lola and older sibling Bambi.
Apart from it being equal parts amusing and cute, this sleeping posture would appear to be a family trait. Both Mumma and Olly's siblings do the same thing..................
Olly is also ball crazy, again like his Mumma Lola and older sibling Bambi.
kaymccampbell
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It means he's comfortable and trusts you.
Outlawmws
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They alway got to sit in your seat when empty.Charlie running errands with me this morning.
pima67
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Sticks are to dogs as boxes are to cats
brit vet
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Dutchy crossed the rainbow bridge last night. Started with laboured breathing around 8 and passed snuggled up to me at 11 so thankfully she didn't suffer long. She was only 10 and in good health. Pudding is looking for her even though we let her see she'd passed. 61 years of age and of all our dogs this one hurts and I can't stop blubbing. Going to pick out a spot and bury her deep later.
8 weeks old coming home
Checking my work on the Vette
Exhausted after a day on the beach
With Pudding having a beer
Give your doggies an extra treat today
8 weeks old coming home
Checking my work on the Vette
Exhausted after a day on the beach
With Pudding having a beer
Give your doggies an extra treat today
micromind
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Dutchy crossed the rainbow bridge last night. Started with laboured breathing around 8 and passed snuggled up to me at 11 so thankfully she didn't suffer long. She was only 10 and in good health. Pudding is looking for her even though we let her see she'd passed. 61 years of age and of all our dogs this one hurts and I can't stop blubbing. Going to pick out a spot and bury her deep later.
8 weeks old coming home
Checking my work on the Vette
Exhausted after a day on the beach
With Pudding having a beer
Give your doggies an extra treat today
I'm sorry for your loss, losing a pet is very much like losing a human family member.
kaymccampbell
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Worse. Humans aren't nearly as good as dogs.
I snapped this video on the first day Olly came home. He did this at each meal for a few days, which was equal parts cute and perplexing. All I can think is this was sheer joy of having his own food bowl after sharing with 10 other siblings for his first 8 weeks of life.
Condolences, dogs are better then most people.Dutchy crossed the rainbow bridge last night. Started with laboured breathing around 8 and passed snuggled up to me at 11 so thankfully she didn't suffer long. She was only 10 and in good health. Pudding is looking for her even though we let her see she'd passed. 61 years of age and of all our dogs this one hurts and I can't stop blubbing. Going to pick out a spot and bury her deep later.
8 weeks old coming home
Checking my work on the Vette
Exhausted after a day on the beach
With Pudding having a beer
Give your doggies an extra treat today
kaymccampbell
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It looks like pretty normal dog dish behavior. My two stick their heads in the dish, sometimes together, tails a wagging.
My condolences.
DrinkMan
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Our training and familiarization of little Frisco with riding in our crazy collection of cars continues. He did great on a 8 hour drive so distance and time is not a big deal for him. Each car comes with different challenges of coming up with safe restraint systems for him. I've been installing seat belt receivers on some of them to plug in his safety tether. Others will work with his booster seat if there is a back seat belt installed. And then each has different noises and smells (some more smelly than other - nothing quite like the smell of freshly burning oil in the morning).
Here is a receiver set up for the rear scuttle of the '69 Alfa Spider. Combined with his harness and tether, while not as safe as I'd like, he is about as safe as we can get it for a car built before American safety standards. In an emergency stop, he won't fly through the windshield and he is constrained to the interior of the car (although he has shown that he like laying on the uncomfortable hand brake).
In the '72 BMW 2000tii touring, I was able to devise a strap around the fold down back seat that did not have a seat belt and that held his booster seat just fine.
We are still trying to get him used to riding in convertibles and protecting his eyes. I hoped this would have worked but he only kept the safety goggles and helmet on for a few seconds. Practice, practice, practice...and maybe someday.
Time for the '68 Lancia Fulvia. No rear seat belts and I could not find anything under the rear seat to mount seat belts. So, I installed another receiver on to the driver's seat shoulder harness. The bolt was long enough (I had upgraded the bolt when I replaced the old fashioned original harness with a good inertia reel that is not orientation dependent) to handle the extra receiver. Of course, he stretched the limits of his tether and decided to sit on the opposite side of the car where I didn't have the protective rug and his comfortable cushion. (my wife like him to sit behind me so she can turn around from the passenger seat and reach him if needed)
Now for a big challenge. The Porsche 914. No scuttle area behind the front seats. But luckily, no airbags either. The tether system attaches to the passenger head rest and we could adjust it to not interfere with the passenger. And the armrest is wide enough for him to sit there. So, test drive time - will he interfere with shifting? He sure wasn't happy with the noise of starting the air cooled engine in our garage and the vibrations and sound of that engine. But after we got to the grocery store and he laid down to recover from the drive there, he settled down and the quiet restart of the engine and drive home was good. He is adjusting to that car.
We know we can't make him perfectly safe in these old cars minimal safety features but we can at least do enough to make him as safe (or unsafe) as we are. I've purchased a few more seat belt receivers and tethers so we can move him quickly from car to car. The only car I can't imagine a solution for is the Lotus Elise. It has airbags, no center console, and no room behind the seats. We think he will just have to ride at the feet of the passenger on the floor. I don't think that he will be happy there. But we can train him.
Here is a receiver set up for the rear scuttle of the '69 Alfa Spider. Combined with his harness and tether, while not as safe as I'd like, he is about as safe as we can get it for a car built before American safety standards. In an emergency stop, he won't fly through the windshield and he is constrained to the interior of the car (although he has shown that he like laying on the uncomfortable hand brake).
In the '72 BMW 2000tii touring, I was able to devise a strap around the fold down back seat that did not have a seat belt and that held his booster seat just fine.
We are still trying to get him used to riding in convertibles and protecting his eyes. I hoped this would have worked but he only kept the safety goggles and helmet on for a few seconds. Practice, practice, practice...and maybe someday.
Time for the '68 Lancia Fulvia. No rear seat belts and I could not find anything under the rear seat to mount seat belts. So, I installed another receiver on to the driver's seat shoulder harness. The bolt was long enough (I had upgraded the bolt when I replaced the old fashioned original harness with a good inertia reel that is not orientation dependent) to handle the extra receiver. Of course, he stretched the limits of his tether and decided to sit on the opposite side of the car where I didn't have the protective rug and his comfortable cushion. (my wife like him to sit behind me so she can turn around from the passenger seat and reach him if needed)
Now for a big challenge. The Porsche 914. No scuttle area behind the front seats. But luckily, no airbags either. The tether system attaches to the passenger head rest and we could adjust it to not interfere with the passenger. And the armrest is wide enough for him to sit there. So, test drive time - will he interfere with shifting? He sure wasn't happy with the noise of starting the air cooled engine in our garage and the vibrations and sound of that engine. But after we got to the grocery store and he laid down to recover from the drive there, he settled down and the quiet restart of the engine and drive home was good. He is adjusting to that car.
We know we can't make him perfectly safe in these old cars minimal safety features but we can at least do enough to make him as safe (or unsafe) as we are. I've purchased a few more seat belt receivers and tethers so we can move him quickly from car to car. The only car I can't imagine a solution for is the Lotus Elise. It has airbags, no center console, and no room behind the seats. We think he will just have to ride at the feet of the passenger on the floor. I don't think that he will be happy there. But we can train him.
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UserNameAttempt3
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Dale is growing like a weed.
Love those white feet.Dale is growing like a weed.
UserNameAttempt3
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Two toes in the front and and 3 on the backs.
It's hard to catch it but in the right light it looks like he's got a slight milk mustache Jay__Dub
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Very sorry for your loss. It is the worst day. RIP.
Jay__Dub
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Well, tomorrow I have to surrender Rosie.
When my BIL died, sitting on his couch, in 2021, Rosie sat with him for 2 days until he was discovered. She practically licked the skin off his cheek trying to wake him up.
Naturally, his spoiled kids wouldn't take Rosie, and we knew what would happen, so we took her.
All was well until about 2 years ago. My Wife and I arrived home at the same time, to furniture knocked over, blood and fur all over the place. Rosie was under the table, and Normie was in the bedroom. Neither one could walk. We had to rush them both to the vet emerg. Only one came home. Normie's injuries were too severe to have a good outcome, and the vet recommended we say goodbye. He was very old, and in poor health to start with.
Fast forward 12 months, and she attacked Buddy. My Wife was alone, and she was bitten quite badly breaking them apart, lest Rosie kill Buddy. Then, another huge fight on Monday night, and that is the 3rd one. We're fkn old. We can't be dealing with an out of control 100 lb dog. Somebody will get seriously injured, or worse.
She can only be the only dog in the house, that is obvious. She loves our Grandkids, and she is the sweetest thing going, she loves people, but she absolutely hates other dogs. We've usually had 4 dogs at the same time, all our lives. Big ones, little ones, everybody got along, not so much as a growl. So this is a huge shock. So for now she is muzzled.
So I put feelers out, described the issues, the fights, and meds she has to take for ailments etc, and had a rescue answer, and said they would take her on Thursday. They have a home ready for her, so she won't be stuck in a cage. Thank God. But naturally, because she is otherwise good as gold, I'm having second thoughts. My Wife says no, she has to go, so go she will. Not surprisingly, my Wife is right.
When my BIL died, sitting on his couch, in 2021, Rosie sat with him for 2 days until he was discovered. She practically licked the skin off his cheek trying to wake him up.
Naturally, his spoiled kids wouldn't take Rosie, and we knew what would happen, so we took her.
All was well until about 2 years ago. My Wife and I arrived home at the same time, to furniture knocked over, blood and fur all over the place. Rosie was under the table, and Normie was in the bedroom. Neither one could walk. We had to rush them both to the vet emerg. Only one came home. Normie's injuries were too severe to have a good outcome, and the vet recommended we say goodbye. He was very old, and in poor health to start with.
Fast forward 12 months, and she attacked Buddy. My Wife was alone, and she was bitten quite badly breaking them apart, lest Rosie kill Buddy. Then, another huge fight on Monday night, and that is the 3rd one. We're fkn old. We can't be dealing with an out of control 100 lb dog. Somebody will get seriously injured, or worse.
She can only be the only dog in the house, that is obvious. She loves our Grandkids, and she is the sweetest thing going, she loves people, but she absolutely hates other dogs. We've usually had 4 dogs at the same time, all our lives. Big ones, little ones, everybody got along, not so much as a growl. So this is a huge shock. So for now she is muzzled.
So I put feelers out, described the issues, the fights, and meds she has to take for ailments etc, and had a rescue answer, and said they would take her on Thursday. They have a home ready for her, so she won't be stuck in a cage. Thank God. But naturally, because she is otherwise good as gold, I'm having second thoughts. My Wife says no, she has to go, so go she will. Not surprisingly, my Wife is right.