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Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
About the skunk smell, I read somewhere that mouth wash takes the odor out. I would try to use alcohol free mouth wash.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
The only time you need to worry about skunks is when they are looking at you and they start to stamp their little front feet. While it's darned cute that they stamp those feet, you need to turn tail and haul butt outta there. Cause that skunk? It's a-warnin' ya! :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, they really are cute, skunks. Of course my brother's dog, being a typical terrier, I'm sure didn't soft peddle the situation, plus I suspect Jinx wasn't completely awake, just heading out for a middle of the night whiz behind the garage and probably met Mr Skunk back there, trying to check out the trash can.

Most creatures came up on our front lawn which wasn't fenced and faced the view to the ocean and coast hiway and over the years my dad trapped many possums, only a few skunks or raccoons (they were too smart) and all of those were picked up by the city for release elsewhere. And they trapped the neighbor's rabbit several times.. it would escape and survive hopping across a sort of large intersection and head down the side of our house and out front, to Dad's perfect dichondra lawn (this was his baby and some of the critters would flip back the top of the lawn looking for goodies. Most hated were the ground squirrels who came up from below.

This particular skunk somehow got into the fenced and mostly concrete yard (basketball hoop, shuffleboard area).

Skydiver6
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07-21-2006

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skydiver6 a private message Print Post    
And Andrew wasn't tense and staring at Laurie like Galaxy was with JD. He actually yawned a few times.

Actually yawning can be a sign of stress in dogs. They yawn to reduce their own stress and to calm others. A great book is on dog language is "On Talking Terms With Dogs:Calming Signals" by Turid Rugaas.

An recipe that really works for skunk spray odor is a mixture of 1 quart 3% hydrogen peroxide, 2/3 cup baking soda and one tablespoon of Dawn dish washing liquid. Mix together and immediately pour on dry dog and rub in well. Let sit for 5-10 minutes and then rinse. A second application may be needed. I used it numerous times and it does work well.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
how a dog looks at the owner may depend on the breed. The border collie used to try mind control with me - it would just sit and stare at me until I woke up or looked in its Direction. I could here you are under my control, you will do what I say In my head. The hunting dog, just jumps on the side of my chair and lays its head on my shoulder (a big improvement over the biting of my fingers when I first got her and probably led to her being returned to the shelter 4 times before I adopted her). I am trying to train her to look at me, but she really does not want to do it. I must say she looks at me now for a few seconds when she wants something from time to time after she takes her head from my shoulder. Such a sweetie. She may never be fully obediant, but she is moderately good behaved now.

Back to topic, some dogs are just better concentrators than others. They are just more intense, not fearful. Those are different things.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Most breeds consider it aggression if you look into their eyes and vice verse, but not the dogs who use their eyes that way. I had a friend who bred labs and a Queensland Heeler moved in next door (with a family, presumably) and it would find a way to look through their fence with hedge and try to stare down the labradors, people AND horses in my friend's exercise area

Another friend started out showing collies and then switched to labs and when I knew her they still had a couple of collies and the collies would "herd" the labs.. they'd have them all in a pack together.. and if you tried to walk with them they'd herd you too.

Dogs are such interesting creatures.

Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamabatsy a private message Print Post    
My cousin had an old english sheep dog. It had only been a family pet in a family that had no small children. When I visited with my then 2 year old, that dog made it her business to be between my child and the pool all day. After a while we tried tricking the dog, but no matter what happened she was between baby and pool and if baby got what the dog considered too close to the pool the dog started gently herding her away. Later in the day when we wanted to use the pool, we had to lock the dog in her fenced area because she would not let me carry the baby near the pool.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Mamabatsy, what a great story and what a great dog. Did you try to bring the dog home with you?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
My best story was of a yellow lab we bred. she was from great show stock, but never had a great head and was small. The co-owner found a great home for her and she was the man's gundog and a family pet. They lived in San Diego County and one day she was in the yard with a toddler (not sure if it was a grand daughter or daughter) and there was a rattlesnake, all coiled and rattling and Bear jumped between the little girl and the snake and the snake struck Bear. She almost died but pulled through and saved that child. They had already declared her the perfect dog for her hunting ability, but you can imagine how treasured she was after the snake incident.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Aww SEA, another great dog and dog story.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Dogs are so intuitive. I was walking my collie one afternoon. She loved children and women but was shy with men, especially tall men. Anyhow, we were walking along the sidewalk and she stopped. I pulled her a little. She wouldn't come. She was looking at this tall teenager who was standing in the street. I hadn't even noticed him. He was from the group home for teens who had been in trouble with the law. He said to me "May I pet her?" I said "Yes, that is what she is waiting for." She really was waiting to be petted. He come over to her and petted her and talked to her so gently. He said he wanted a dog some day. Why is it that I cannot see someone needing a little love and my dog saw his need right away.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Awesome stories! Our Kellie was also a herder. She had been a stray when we adopted her and the Humane Society guessed she was Shepherd/Sheltie and who knows what else. When the kids would go come over the back fence to play, she'd run right at them and start barking. She also did the same thing when they were going back over even with my son was with them. She was trying to control them in the yard.

When I did obedience training and trials with her, she'd have her eyes right on me and I'd keep mine right on hers so she wouldn't break her sit stays and down stays. We also played this little game in the house staring with at one another. I'd always make sure I stared at her longer so she'd remember who the "pack leader" was. She also used to come and stand over my legs as I was sitting and I'd play the game with her of putting my leg up on her back and she'd move and try to stand over me and I'd put my leg back up. They do that to protect you and show dominance, so of course I had to win that one, too! LOL Even when she got so old, she still always remembered she was supposed to lay in her bed to get her food. Too bad I could never break her of the barking when I didn't want her to bark and she had no street sense since she was always in a fenced back yard. I'd get so scared if she got out because she'd just take off right across the street to the neighbor's dog and wouldn't notice a car if it was coming. Thank God one never did. She would be good with her "comes" in class or trials, but in the yard or if she got out, forget it. She was going to do what she wanted!

Our cat got out one day and I'm standing in the snow trying to grab her and Kellie ran up just like she chased squirrels. Misha had her hair all up. You'd never know they lived in the same house and played together. Kellie just knew she wasn't supposed to be out there and cornered her so I could get her. It was pretty funny at the time. Misha already knew she wasn't liking that snow and there comes Kellie herding her in. LOL RIP Kellie - we have our fond memories.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
I am loving these wonderful dog stories. I have tried the staring contest with my little one and sometimes it is a chore to win!

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I had a client bring in a golden retriever. The complaint was the dog was just not herself. I asked if there were any changes in the house. She said "Yes, we are moving in a few weeks." I asked if they had been packing. They had been packing and moving things to the new house. I asked her if she told the dog they were moving. She looked at me like I was crazy. She said "How could I do that?" I told her to mentally send the dog an image of the new house. All of a sudden her attitude changed. She said "The other day I was sitting on the couch and she came up and sat down in front of me. She put her paw on my lap and stared up at me. She had never done that before." The dog wanted to know what was going on. The new house was only two blocks away. She decided to walk the dog over and show her the new house.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
How cool!!

Kellie and I had another "game" I wasn't too crazy about at the time, but had a good laugh telling a friend about it one day.

When my son was in elementary school, I drove him. I probably wasn't gone more then 10-15 min. and while I was gone, Kellie would come in to the waste basket next to the computer and pull out the papers and chew them up. So ... this one day I decided to catch her in the act. I closed the door and opened it right back up. Sure enough, she was heading out of her bed for the waste can. She saw me, I gave her an "ehh ehh ehh" and she went in the bed. We did this several times and the same thing happened. Finally I had to give up or my son would be late. When I got home, yup, she chewed papers from the waste basket. LOL She was long past the time we had her crate in the house or I would have put her in there to stop her. She was such a smarty pants.

Another time I had to take our beloved cat of 16 yrs, Jade, to be put down. I was beside myself with grief. It took me at least 1/2 hr to make a 10 min. drive home, since I'd have to get myself together to drive and stop crying long enough. I held myself together until I pulled in the driveway and then I just sat in the car and sobbed and sobbed. When I finally came in the house, I had stopped for a bit, but Kellie knew. She just whimpered and whimpered like she was saying, "Where's Jade?" That really got to me. She never got up on the furniture and when I was missing Jade in the early days, I'd try to get Kellie to come sit with me or do some other things I used to do with Jade. Well, for one, she wasn't as spry as she once had been to even get up on furniture and yet, she wanted to comfort me, but also knew she wasn't accustomed to getting on the furniture or sitting on my lap. I could tell she wanted to do what she could, but also that I was confusing her, so I stopped. She would whimper almost like she was saying, "But Mom, I'm not supposed to be up there, but I do want to make you feel better. I don't know what to do!" Poor girl.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
great stories

Msbullwnkl
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08-16-2005

Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Msbullwnkl a private message Print Post    
I am bumping this because I just heard some exciting news for Tillman's fans. Tillman will be a part of the Natural Balance Rose Bowl Parade float. I tried to find the video that I saw, but had no luck. Here is a link to the article

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
So, I just read a few of the great stories above and had to share mine. My sister had a yellow lab named Apache. Apache was a lovable old dog, but normally kept to himself. He didn't play much, would come for a pet or treat, but not much more. Five years earlier, my mom had a massive stroke. She got around okay until the 5th year when she was clearly declining. At Christmas that year, we were at my sister's house to celebrate. My mom pretty much sat in one chair the entire time as she could not get around much. About 1/2 hour after they arrived, Apache dragged herself up and put her chin on my mom's knee. It is kind of hard to explain, but sis and I were watching closely expecting Apache to get her pets and then go back any lie down. No, Apache sat there with her head on my mom's knee for about an hour without moving. My sister and I were in tears watching Apache just look at my mom. About a month later, Apache passed away. Three months later, my mom passed away. It's like Apache knew he had something in common with my mom that Christmas. So, yes, I believe that dogs have intuition, big time.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 5:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Kookliebird I have no doubt that your mom and Apache were communicating with each other. Dogs know how to live in the moment. Apache was enjoying her company. He was probably telling her they would get together soon but they would both be feeling a lot better. Dogs have wisdom and they share it with us if we listen.