Prometheus Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Share them beautiful pets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ April Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Well, this is now a difficult thread for me. I lost my great dane last May and it still hurts every day that I don't get to see his goofy sweet face. BUT life goes on... and now we have an Australian shepherd puppy. Her name is Piper and she's so adorably cute, but can also be an absolute monster at 7 months old. 😅 Here are a couple photos because it's entirely too hard to choose just one... We also have a grumpy old woman of a chihuahua named Mocha, but she hates photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 I'm so sorry @April, I remember how much of a blast Dozer was. What made you decide on an Australian Shepherd? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ April Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 7 minutes ago, Prometheus said: I'm so sorry @April, I remember how much of a blast Dozer was. What made you decide on an Australian Shepherd? Thank you 💙 he definitely was. And... hubby wanted one. His reasoning was so that he'd be motivated to get more exercise by having such a high energy pup around... (hasn't happened yet 🙃) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 No problem! I know the feeling, I dealt with the same when I lost Chloe, my Aussie. That sounds like my plan when I got Daisy, but I definitely slacked off on walking her as often as she probably should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ as1ntended Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) We've got three dogs. I only claim one. This is Sadie. 20231121_200519.mp4 Snapchat-1682587416.mp4 Edited February 21 by as1ntended 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 She is super adorable! How many tricks does she know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ as1ntended Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/21/2024 at 5:46 PM, Prometheus said: She is super adorable! How many tricks does she know? Tricks not so many, mostly just basic commands. Sit Stand Down (lay) Here (basically 'come') (also the silent version using a hand gesture) Off (furniture or to stop from jumping up on people, she's very bouncy) Heel Wait (Stay) Load up (like get in the car etc) Kennel Leave it Give (like if she were holding something in the mouth) Woah - she's a setter mix so she SOMETIMES will point for me when I used to take her hunt, woah was the command we'd give to slow her walk up down if I needed to get into a better spot. Sadie is *not* a hunting dog, she's just not good at containing her excitement to chase birds so I kinda gave up on that. I try not to use too many words that start with the same letter, because many times she just goes with whatever she *thinks* she heard (Sit, stay, shake, speak examples...) So I used "wait" versus 'stay' As far as 'tricks' Paw (shake) High Five (gotta be ready for this one, she comes flying with her paws) Speak Roll (she actually knows which direction to roll based off the hand signal, this was not taught just something she seems to follow anyway) She knows VERY WELL stuff like "go" "potty" "feed" "Puppies" (I reference the smaller dogs this way) I keep saying 'next year' she'll calm down a little bit and be more obedient (she won't, lol) She just 'on' or 'off' and no in between. Great dog, just HIGH energy, then completely passed out. She can run endlessly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ April Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) Yeah, Piper only knows Down and Wait really well right now... because it's what I say when feeding her, lol. She has a hard time differentiating "Sit" from "Down" also, usually she will sit but then immediately go down on all fours. Her training class taught "Park it" which is basically telling them to go jump on a raised surface (small cot or couch) or designated bed and sit/lay down. She knows the command but doesn't always do it without guidance. Edited March 25 by April 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 I really should have done a better job of training Daisy. She does well with sit, stay and come. Though she has a tendency to try to jump on people, not realizing how heavy or relatively big she is. I need to work on it and work on her socializing skills some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ as1ntended Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Sadie may have been the cutest puppy ever, also. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ as1ntended Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Throwback for Shadow, the neighbor's dog that died to cancer very young. He was always over at my first house. I remember one day I made two FULL SIZE beef wellingtons... First time I'd ever made them so I made a second just incase the first didn't turn out. Wellingtons aren't something you can reheat and eat, so I ended up giving Shadow half of the 2nd one (about a pound of meat). He was my biggest fan after that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Aww, definitely a cute puppy! It's a shame how short of a life bigger dogs tend to live in comparison to smaller breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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