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Baloo guarding the birdhouse:

Chowfoundland, maybe??? But definitely lots and lots of chow!!!

Beautiful girl! She's going to be more like a best friend than a pet!

I can't believe that "haircut".

What I will do now is put my hand in the plate when he is eating (randomly), to ensure that he doesn't growl or bite. :) Merlin has said it eloquently somewhere else already: what is the point of this exercise? Just let your puppy eat in peace. Not doing so is a good way to lose some fingers. He's ...

Well, as you said, Nelly is a nice, patient lady and the perfect victim for bullying. Also, there is a certain reluctance on the adult dog's part to ever hurt a puppy, so Romeo is using this to his advantage. It's totally possibly that Nelly is going to rip his head off (not literally of course! :wi...

he will grab Nelly by the tail and litterally dragg her through the whole house!!!

Stop it, obviously! He's being a bully, and that should be strongly discouraged.

JasonandNat wrote:He he he, you had us laughing. Yes, yes, unintentional, but impossible not to be funny. Wish you had a video.

A cat was hurt! Ha, ha, ha! Very funny!

Are you serious? Probably not! But okay: what was wrong with her was that she needed medical attention (how are we supposed to know why? why didn't you ask the vet for an autopsy?), and you did not take her to the vet for a week . I really hope you are just a troll. I couldn't bear to think that thi...

I would respectfully say not to get a puppy. At 15, she has earned the right to undisturbed sleep! Thank you for saying that. Merlin too! A puppy does not rejuvenate a senior dog. It may look like it, but what it really is is that the old dog is desperately trying to keep up so that he/she won't ge...

I'm so sorry, Gigi, but I think it might be time to let her go. :( Her quality of life seems to be pretty much nonexistent at this point. Is she on any medication/ is there something the vet could still do to improve it? I was in your shoes last year in April, when I had to let my 12-year-old Newfie...

IN this instance, it doesn't seem surprising that the incident escalated. I'm not a fan at all of rolling dogs on their sides. For whatever cause made him initially snap, being "attacked" (in his mind) and rolled, then scolded after the fact likely caused fear and frustration. Not to ment...

valerierichard27 wrote:i totally agree with merlin

*faints and falls on Loo who bites her head off*

Wow, Valerie, seriously? I'm sure the board language is English!

This all boils down to one thing, and we all know it : (some) people want to own a purebred dog but do not want to cough up the $ 2000 that a purebred puppy with "real" papers costs. So they look for cheaper options (in most cases, much cheaper) to the detriment of the "purebred"...

Aren't puppies supposed to live inside the family home for socialization purposes?

I would say that bathing him once a week is what is making your dog so uncomfortable that he wants to scratch all the time. That's probably it! Boredom could also be a factor. Fleas? I doubt it. I don't think they'd survive all those baths! :) Food allergies are a possibility. Only the vet can tell...

You may have to make some concessions with him but it doesn't mean you both can't enjoy a great quality of life. Absolutely! Forget about the groomer! Do the basic grooming yourself and if he doesn't look 100% perfect all the time, he won't care one bit, and neither should you! Muzzle him at the ve...

Please don't let him kill "just for fun"! Put a bell on his collar or something! That will solve your worming problem and save many lives.

Wow, well done!

Have fun!!!

You already told us the solution to your problem: walk him more and you can get rid of the choke chain. It's not that hard to make time for an additional walk: cut out an hour of TV, get up an hour early, pull yourself away from the computer, enlist/bribe a significant other/older child to walk him,...

Hi! If your roommate isn't home much, do you think that maybe Niko has come to think of her as a stranger rather than a member of the household? Because Chows are fierce protectors of their home, and they have this incredibly scary-sounding bark that they use to try and scare intruders away. What yo...

Wow, Eric, I don't know what to say to you. You opted against life-saving treatment and instead just watched your dog die? And no, there is no home-made "Getting the dog to vomit" bloat remedy. The faster you arrive at the vet's and start treatment, the better. Sorry for your loss, but oh ...

Honestly, she would probably be happier with you. Chow Chows can handle the cold unless you are not going to allow her to be in the house and be part of the family. Seconded! It's going to break her little heart if you leave her behind. And it's going to break your hearts too and will most likely h...

I'll be going away next month and wont be back until december, so i have until then to have my puppy trained or else he might really end up in a cage . I'd like to try crate training, but since we dont have one here, ill try to lock him up in my bathroom for a few minutes if he mouths me during out...

Sarahloo, I think there may be a cultural differnce in the posts here. In the US, dogs who bite, even when provoked are a lot of times reccommended to be killed. In the shelter, they give the dog food and then try to take it away . If the dog gets aggressive (just a growl, not even a bite) then it ...