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That's hysterical. I also always love when you can see how similar the large cats and house cats can act. Obviously there are more differences but it's neat seeing the things they do share in common

I love our numbers right now and plan on keeping them where they are. 3 dogs - two in my sig and we took in a senior standard poodle a few months back. I also usually have a foster hanging around. This week it's a dog I'm petsitting 3 cats - definitely can't handle anymore, love them, but no...

BMDs are definitely a herding as well as guardian breed, though they are ineligible in the AKC for herding titles. I've also met some very energetic BMDs so it's possibly to have that trait from that side. I've yet to meet a hyper Pyr though they probably exist :). If you are looking for an...

Some problems are so prominent within a breed that you take a risk no matter how good the breeder is. For example, when I was talking to the breeder of my Swissy she flat out said that while she has never had or bred a dog with epilepsy it is deep enough within the breed that she knows it...

Personal feelings ahead but... UGH, I hate flea collars. I won't use them at all, and i definitely wouldn't use them with a dog around other animals. If she's playing with another dog and they were to bite at the flea collar ingesting it could be toxic. I'm not a huge fan of topical flea...

I like to shave the area, scrub it with chlorhexadine solution, rinse with same sterile saline, then keep it as dry as possible and use Gold Bond powder. If it doesn't start to clear up within a couple of days, or gets worse, that usually means a trip to the vet for antibiotics because it is...

That article is ridiculous. You can't be negative and you can't praise? What kind of horrid unfeeling monster will that lead to? Imagine this in an adult relationship and it's easy to see the stupidity. If I was to spend all day re-painting a room and my husband came home and all he said was...

Not an offshoot exactly, more like complimentary and depending on who you talk to they were possibly the original breed. They were called "Butcher's Dogs" and the early references sometimes talk about short coat and sometimes a long coat. The Bernese were the first to be recognized though...

My Swissy, and every other one that I've met, shed pretty decently about twice a year. The rest of the time isn't bad. I can say when we were looking for a Guardian breed and had basically the same stipulations as the OP it came down to dealing with shedding or dealing with drool and we...

Don't feel stupid, I think it's the vet's issue on this one. I'm a vet tech and we also always call owners when the patient is ready to be picked up. Plus we will call a second time if it gets within an hour of when we close and they haven't gotten their pet yet. That call comes with a...

My dogs started doing this after they had a bout of diarrhea for a couple of days and realized they could get me up in the night. I broke it by being very matter-of-fact with them. When they whined I got up, didn't look at them, didn't talk to them, certainly never gave them a treat or did...

That's what I ride :). We've been taking Decaf along slowly (got her as a 2yr old) because she's slow maturing but I think this season we'll actually have her out there doing some of the baby hunter classes and maybe pre-greens by the end of the season.

Ask and you shall receive :) Not sure where horse pics should go so I'll stick them here for now. MT giving a lesson: Decaf about two years ago after winning the horse equivalent of Best in Show: Me riding her: Blackberry with my daughter at the first show for both of...

Hi there! Thought I'd post a little info before I start posting on topics :). I'm a born and raised animal lover, grew up with multiple dogs at all times plus horses, snakes, and rabbits over the years. I found my calling as a vet tech and love what I do, if not the hours that seem to...