I would pay to have my dogs kill squirrels. Unfortunately the Ridgeback had no interest in it and the jack russell is too fat to catch them. Only thing I HATE more than a roach is a squirrel.
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I would pay to have my dogs kill squirrels. Unfortunately the Ridgeback had no interest in it and the jack russell is too fat to catch them. Only thing I HATE more than a roach is a squirrel.
The grandpuppy Finn in his new sweater and LED lit collar.
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I have eaten squirrel but I don't eat the urban ones for the same reason I won't eat the fish from our neighborhood pond. All the chemicals people put on their lawns and around their houses kinda make me apprehensive about that. Also, they get these nodes on them during the summer. It's some kind of parasite that gets under the skin and on top of the muscle. Last one I skinned had those all over it and it really grossed me out. I haven't eaten one since.
My wife with our new baby/shelter dog Cooper (who almost went back to the shelter this week after starting fights with the other dog a couple of times-we are in emergency training mode working on this). Besides the fighting, he is the most cuddly, loving dog I have ever owned.
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That said, even at only 40-ish pounds, he is a total hood-rat shelter dog who ain't skeered, and will take on all comers who dare even show a fang. I'm hoping he'll mellow out. Neighborhood walks are interesting in the mean-time...
Today's early morning play time picture. Didn't catch Finny in this one although I thought I did. I think he's behind Sebastian, the medium sized one. All 4 pounds of Finny can disappear behind even him let alone the 120 lb ridgeback
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While it's puppy nap time Max and Sebastian have a big boy's rest in the sun to contemplate the universe.
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Travis had his free checkup today and got a great review. :y
I had a couple of concerns and one was that every once in awhile his turds aren't 'logs' but more of a pile so the vet gave me some capsules of Proviable-Forte Probiotic to give him daily to see if it will help/which the Vet was confident it at least wouldn't hurt.
So I figure, OK, I'll see what I can buy these for online for as I was sure it had to be less expensive. While I found the same thing from the same maker at half the cost at all of the online sites, those capsules had 1/2 of the amount of healthy bacteria than what the vet gave me and I'd have to give Travis 2 instead of 1. So they cost the same. So much for doing my own thinking. :gaah:
While the Human Society had De-Wormed Travis the vet gave me a vial to put some of his turds in so she could check it for parasites that might be causing the loose turds. Oh Joy! While the sight of Blood and Guts doesn't bother me the smell of Dog S**t gags me something fierce. Attachment 328167
They had this sign on their wall and I just had to dig out the flip phone and take a pic--
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Enjoy your buddies, they are special friends.
Roy, that sign is absolutely true. I am near the beginning of my third year with Sir Cat Baron and we are at what amounts to a standoff. We each win 50% of the time and, admittedly, he might have a slight edge. He has an unerring ability to know when I am concentrating on something to start demanding food. He will back down 40% of the time when I say, "Out" to him and he leaves the room. That is good for 10 minutes before it starts again. But at the end of the day, he does remind me when it is bedtime because he does like to snuggle for the night. So, we both win at the end of the day (followed by a most determined wake-up attempt at 4 AM.)
Travis and I have developed a pretty steady nighttime routine.
I get in bed, turn off the lights then he launches himself on me then after making sure that he's stepped on every 'sensitive part' of me he lays down next to me and 90% of the time with his head at my feet.
Then in the middle of the night he wakes me up to remind me that he's not the only one who needs to pee and poo so I let him out to do his duty and I do mine and then we head back to bed. However his dog bed is at the foot of my bed and he will usually lay down there until he again wakes up and decides that he's done sleeping and pesters me from the side of the bed. So I open the bedroom door and out he goes and I head back to bed.
An hour or two later he will once again launch himself on me with loves, kisses and whatever else he can think of to let me know that it's time for breakfast and me to get up and going.
After being without a canine buddy for all these years it has been quite an adjustment but one I'm truly enjoying.
I hate to say it but the little bastards sure know how to get their way and make us feel guilty when we don't jump to it. The truth of the matter is we wouldn't put up with it in a human-to-human marriage but we tolerate it in living with so-called dumb animals who often seem to have more sense than a large crowd of politicians.:rock:
You have learned well young Grasshopper
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Alright. Nothing to see here. Keep it moving.
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Finn is getting a new brother in two weeks. His name is Murphy and he is 7 weeks old. He is an English Mastiff.
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Anybody remember when I posted this? https://sharprazorpalace.com/finer-t...ml#post1926227
I thought that the 'chew toy' would last a very long time--
Well, here's what it looks like tonight. Attachment 328351 Oh well he's enjoying it and my furniture and other things are undamaged :tu
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Ditch the small pieces. If the pup swallows one those there could be damage to his innards.
Consider getting him a larger bone next time.
The next time I shoot an elephant I'll be sure to get some leg bones in the freezer.
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Never mind.
I forgot your dog was a T-Rex in a previous life.
Max gnaws those things to nothing. Give him a couple of months and it will be so a we have to throw it away. Once he gets the ends chewed off he starts breaking big pieces off.
Especially having one that weighs 4 lbs and one that weighs120+ lbs then one in between it is imperative to keep an eye on them with the bones and toys. Max could swallow whole any of Finny's bones. That's why they get collected and don't lie around all over the place.
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Murphy
8 weeks 5 days
19.7 pounds
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Murphy is going to be a big boy!
Pete <:-}
What a face! Murphy’s a dear and I agree, looks to be gonna be a big boy..
Cute pup! :tu
I'd say he is A BIG BOY and will be A HUGE ADULT--:W
Well today's late afternoon and early evening has been a bit of a rough one.
Travis's tail had either been slammed in a car door when he was younger OR it was deformed and was a birth defect as it wasn't like other dog's tails as you couldn't feel any joints in most areas and with the bend in it at times he couldn't get it far enough out of the way to keep from pooping on it. So I made arrangements to have the Vet 'dock it' and surgery was today.
Last night I fed him about 3 hours early and I took him in this morning at 7:30 without breakfast. I got a call at 3 PM that he was out of surgery and I could pick him up at 4 PM.
I had a short wait in an examination room before he was brought in. He had the 'Cone' on and was still very groggy. The Dr arrived shortly and went over the procedure and sure as hell, he couldn't find a joint so he had to saw through the bone. He gave me two different pain pills and an antibiotic pill to give him morning and night and wanted me to make sure to give Travis the antibiotics with food as it could upset his stomach.
I live walking distance from the Veterinary Clinic and once home he wanted to stagger outside and he did pass a single log but no peeing.
The more he woke up the more he looked at me like he was being punished. He cowered, wouldn't look directly at me and whined almost constantly. But what really worried me was that he wouldn't eat or drink. Also once he'd gotten his legs back and I took him for a short walk, he wouldn't sniff at the usual telephone poles etc and mark them.
After four hours of this I decided to take the cone off. I then took him on another short walk, he marked the usual and when we got home he got a big drink but was ignoring his food so I poured a pint of salt and fat free home canned chicken bone broth on it and let it soak for 10 minutes. While the food was soaking he wanted to go outside and he peed more and took another dump and this time it was a big one.
So once the food had soaked he gobbled it down. He's still a bit pissed at me but he's getting much better.
I just hope he'll leave the bandage alone as I don't want to have to put that damn cone back on :gaah: If I do have to put it back on-----just call me Dr Mengele :banghead:
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Travis will forgive you once he gets used to his new swagger.
Good idea to get that fixed up Roy. He’ll appreciate it without knowing it.
I finally got my contraband US pet meds released from the postal police after a month.
Ear drops for Buddy as he’s predisposed to ear wax and build up since a pup.
Stuff works the charm and he’s one happy puppy!
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He’s sending Travis warm wished for a speedy recovery..
I do hope that he will forgive me and come back around to where he was yesterday. However I'm 99.99% sure that he's been abused in the past so it might be a long hard row to hoe.
For example when I first took him with me to Ski's to shoot pool in Ski's heated garage he was great! Wagging his ass, bugging Ski to pet him----UNTIL we picked up pool cues----------then he was cowering looking like he thought he was going to get a beating.
We've been to Ski's several times now and he no longer cowers like he did, but you can see that he's not very comfortable with those pool cues.
Thank Buddy for the warm wishes for me and Travis :bow And give him a treat for us :tu
You are a good pop Roy, Travis will be just fine within a week. Those dang satellite things are belittling to our pups...albiet necessary if they want to lick at a wound.
Poor, Travis. Hope he feels better soon. A good indication is that he’s eating again.
Put the cone on
If he chews the bandage and tears the stitches you will have a lot of problems with infections.
He is feeling better today. We had a good night last night. He slept on my bed all night and even let me sleep in.
For breakfast he only ate a few bites of the dry (and expensive) dog food so I put 1/2 pint of the same chicken bone broth in it and then he ate it all up. He readily took both pain pills and his antibiotics BUT yesterday when I gave them to him I didn't notice that he carried them in his mouth for about 15 minutes and spit them out when I let him outside to pee and poo. :gaah:. But when I gave them back to him he swallowed them--go figure--Attachment 328967
Another new change today is that for the first time since he got home he climbed up on to 'HIS Chair' and has been dozing on it off and on all day.
I took him to the Human Society's Dog Park to run and play and he had a ball. However when he took a dump there it was quite loose. He's had loose turds every now and then and the Vet prescribed some Probiotics and they have helped but not entirely stopped the occasional loose stools. I'm thinking that the antibiotics that I'm having to give him is messing with his gut and killing the helpful bugs.
He's only licked at the bandage a couple of times and when I tell him NO he leaves it alone so I think we'll make it to Monday as I believe that's when the bandage comes off. I failed to ask if the stitches were dissoluble so I need to send an email asking about that.
Anyway, it looks like we are on the right road to recovery.
Travis and I would like to thank all for the concern and well wishes. :tu