General Dog Chat Part III

[BiteyShark]

A new shiny thread for general chat.

Old or new, big or small, everyone is welcome to pop in and chat

I also talk to SquirrelDog all the time. His trainers are always telling me to shut up and just let him get on with what he’s doing. My horse riding instructor frequently tells me the same thing. Oddly enough, both the dog and the horse are much better without me continually whittering on and on at them...

I've been out to get a harness for pup....the only one that will fit her at the moment is a kitten harness

No point splashing out for a perfect fit one yet, even though they do her size, as she will outgrow it in a heartbeat

Soubriquet ssshhh don't tell her it's a kitten harness otherwise she might get confused

Weirdly enough I have had someone ask me if they were sure it was a dog as they thought it was a cat

I talk to Indy all the time! Are we not meant to? I talk to him more than the kids.

Goood it's the strange one sided daft conversations

But they’re not one sided conversations if you talk for the dog as well

I love having Bluepuppy on the sofa with me. He’s small enough that he can nestle beside me when I lay down.

Took Bluepuppy to a beach with lots of seaweed this morning. He LOVES seaweed. He loves to pee on it, smell it and most of all run through it. Being winter this stretch was deserted and he did the most fabulous zoomies there with a big grin on his face

They are the best types of conversations

Left the kids watching BastardPup while I made some dinner. He picked up a plant (luckily already dead) and must have done five circuits of the patio before they noticed. That means I will be getting his mortal enemy the yard brush out this afternoon... serves the little sod right

Pups always seem scared or over excited by brushes, hoovers, plant pots etc. Cocodog is past all that now but can’t resist a large bag of garden rubbish being dragged to the van to go to the tip. As we pull it towards the van , she is pulling it vigorously backwards. She equally still can’t resist a running hosepipe🙄

BiteyDog doesn't like our new hoover. The Henry was ok but the new upright one has eyes (lights at the front) so he runs away

I often leave treats on the hoover so she ignores it when running, however, if it had lights I think that may be a game changer😬
Adult DD and SIL have been in charge of her this morning whilst we were at farmers market selling flowers. She was fine when we got home and they are currently at a tipi wedding in deepest Dorset in the rain. Coco is curled up on the sofa after a vigorous game of football and probably won’t move until bedtime.

I do love it when they are shattered after a busy day and just curl up all contented and sleep .

Or, as an alternative to curling up...

So we have a new twist in our puppy/mummy relationship.

Madam has started to produce milk and puppy is nursing off her when she fancies it. Madam has never been pregnant or even been mated so very surprised to see her lactating

From what I have googled Soubriquet it looks like that can happen. Presume as pup grows and doesn't want to suckle it will stop?

Hmmm we should be training this morning but the weather is grim

Phew we managed to get out and train in between the heavy rain showers

That's called the dying cockroach pose in our home, YAAABOB.

It's a common pose

BiteyDog is lying next to me right now in that pose demanding a belly rub I know my place in the pecking order

Oh I was away for a week and when I got back Steppedog went all super-submissive, cowering on the floor. I had to really encourage him to come and cuddle. He seemed really nervous. Its a hangover from his rescue days I think
That was Friday night, and tomorrow morning we go on holiday, so we dropped him at my friend's this afternoon, and he was keen to leave with us and come home and a bit surprised to stay.

Now I am worried he is going to struggle, and find it hard to bond with us again when we get back.
The only consolation is that he has spent the last 2 days glued to my side.

Ah you've got me worried now. My two are going into kennels 4 weeks today for 5 days and I'm panicking.

I really hope they don't stress too much

steppe BiteyDog is often a bit out of sorts after boarding. He too seems alert and anxious for a couple of days but quickly goes back to normal once he realises he isn't going to be unsettled again.

Soubriquet surprised you found somewhere that takes young pup at that age. All our kennels have 6 months minimum age unless you are using home boarding?

SquirrelDog has been very cross in the past when I’ve left him, but overall once he’s got over himself he’s ended up a little bit calmer and more settled each time - I guess the more he does it the more it becomes ‘normal’ that he always comes back here with me.