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Oh, my, word. :eek: How, how, HOW do people let an animal get like that? Wow, he looks better already!

Thanks!

I saw some posts from her while doing a search and was hoping she'd chime in, but I think she has a set up similar to mine now (double shafts). I really, really want a dorsal hitch and have NO idea where to even start. Making a double shaft cart is easy, but with a dorsal hitch if the angle...

I'm currently using a double shaft set up for pulling, but would like to get more into driving so I'm looking for a dorsal hitch sulky (they don't put as much weight on the dog). But other than a horse sulky manufacturer, I have no idea where to look. Does anyone do carting/driving? Any...

You can feed raw while camping. I pre-portioned mine, froze it, and then used a separate cooler for the raw food. For the weekend one of those small beverage coolers ought to be big enough. It's been a while while since we tent camped, but I never left the dogs alone in the tent since we...

You don't have to, I understand what you're saying. And I agree. :) However, as a mother, I would not assume this dog would NEVER take up resource guarding around people (especially children). I think that notion is fool hardy and asking for trouble. The worrisome part to me, and the reason...

I don't see how it could be harmful to err on the side caution, especially with kids in the house. Knowing the dog's history and the nature in which he goes about it (no warning, just bites), I don't think it's worse to assume the potential is there, than it is to assume it's unlikely. What if...

They most certainly can cross over if humans and dogs are both capable of causing the trigger. The trigger, in this case being the guarding of resources, is NOT mutually exclusive to just other dogs. While the problems may manifest primarily with other dogs, if the dog were mine I absolutely...

I don't know what to say. The details are so vague, and since you can't answer the questions surrounding the nature of all the animal attacks, anything anyone says is just going to be speculation. I will say, however, that I do not agree with leaving a dog outside on a tie-out alone. I think...

Right, but if we look at the limited details of this case - where the dog is around puppies and kittens in close proximity to the dog's food and crate - I'm inclined to believe this was a "day to day living situation", in a frequently populated area of the house/building/facility. Not really the...

I disagree. The problems have all been related to resource guarding, and no one has yet to explain why the dog wouldn't suddenly decide to exhibit that behavior with a person. Giving his propensity to strike with little to no warning, with such intensity, I would be worried that if/when he...

Sure. But your dog should also be reasonably controllable on a leash that such a mauling would never happen. If a dog is able to hypothetically drag a person across the street to attack anything, I think some work is in order before the dog is safe to be out in public. We call that a "loose...

And that, to me, is a problem. I do not believe that unprovoked killing over resources wouldn't have the potential to cross over to humans. It absolutely would. Why wouldn't it? A dog that has had 5 serious infractions, resulting in two deaths and three injuries, would never, ever have...

And the circumstances surrounding the killing. A dog loose in the backyard snatching a squirrel? Not so bad. A dog lunging across the street, on leash, to maul a yorkie, completely unprovoked? Big problem. I vehemently disagree with the folks who say a dog killing another animal, but yet...

I 100% agree. I almost euthanized my Jack Russell last year (I've talked about it here before). At the last minute I got an appointment with a board certified veterinary behaviorist (more on that in a minute). We got some invaluable information of behavior modification, and even though he is...

I really need to get the yard treated. They'll just keep picking them up. I got some food grade DE, so I'm going to sprinkle that on them as well. But I KNOW they're coming from the yard because the darn feral cats around here (which are a whole other problem that I'll have to deal with this...

I thought of DE, but we live in South Florida and we're heading into the rainy season here. I really like the idea of having something be water proof in one hour. I think I'll probably get some for in the house though.

I've already treated the dogs topically and internally. I'm looking for active ingredients to treat my yard now. :)

We moved over the weekend and there's fleas in the grass. The dogs have picked them up, and I obviously want to get this under control NOW. I switched them to Advantix (was going to anyway, I was seeing more ticks than I'd like with frontline) and I also picked up some capstar. But I absolutely...

Do you have a place to let her swim? My lab/border collie has an old ACL injury, which in her old age is causing arthritis, and she absolutely cannot run or jump anymore. But she can swim!