Dogs are so much fun!

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Jun 6, 2009 7:00:31 GMT -6 hasset said:

I LOVE THOSE WOLFHOUNDS. There is a club in Cedar Rapids, Ia., that is for wolfhound lovers. They bring lots of those dogs to the annual St. Patrick's day parade. I bet those dogs eat BIG! They are huge, bigger than my goats. Aren't they used for cleaning varmints out of barns?

Those are HER dogs.
I deny owning them.

I'll claim the collies. They can't eat a couch in an hour. (yes, the couch, white oak frame and all.)

Originally they were "war dogs" with the sole goal of dismounting anyone on a horse. Later they were used for wolf hunting, and royal guards. It's hard to envision with the male's friendly nature. The females are far more aggressive than the males, a non socialized female wolfhound is about like having an insane tiger on crack at the end of a leash. Being gaze hounds, if they can see it and if it runs, they will chase it, and catch it no matter how far it takes them. We used to do allot of rescue, Thank G*d she got over that... I hope (shhhh let's not say that too loud )

[hasset]

Dog Logic

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. Anonymous

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. Ben Williams

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. Josh Billings

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andy Rooney

Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. Franklin P. Jones

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3/can. That's almost $21 in dog money. Joe Weinstein

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you, that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. Roger Caras

If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him one or two of them. Phil Pastoret

[valvalentino]

Nice quotes, hasset. I had never heard these.

[colonelbuckrobely]

I am trying to work here at the computer and am thinking about putting on a half face respirator. Our yellow lab once again has severe flatulence. Have any of you ever experienced this with your dogs? About once a week he gets up and doesn't want to eat breakfast. He also has been eating an abundance of grass. Dogs do this but I am wondering if this might be contributing to the problem. The vet thinks he might have acid reflux which is causing his lack of desire to eat and the terrible gurgling noises from his plumbing system.

[hasset]

All my dogs have eaten grass and I have never found a VET that could give me a concrete answer. I had one dog (20 lb. dog) that ate tall weeds and one weed went all the way through his digestive tract and came out the other end like it hadn't even started to digest. It had blood on it so I rushed him to the vet and found out the weed had actually cut some of his tissure. The vet pulled the weed out, gave him an antibiotic and he was fine. I had one dog that got very sick from eating grass. It was during a very wet spring and summer season and the Vet told me there was some kind of organism on wet grass that made the dog sick. I think it is the same thing that makes goats sick. I never let my goats graze in the pasture for three days after a rain because of this and too big of a change in their diet. The dog I have now is a cloth eater. He eats grass but he also eats about anything (pine cones, chunks of old matted grass that falls out of the lawn mower, sticks, carpet, blankets, insects, anything). He ate a lot of grass when his throat was full of wool batting from a comforter. I think it helped him throw up the wool. As for why your dog eats grass, I don't know. It sounds like he does have acid reflux. It may help to feed him small amounts often per day instead of bigger amounts one or two times. I have known people who had that and it helped to eat little bits at a time. Good luck.

[knollwood]

I thought they ate grass to settle their stomaches or to throw up.

[hasset]

My little grass eater escaped from the house yesterday. There is a new house going up across the street and the builder came over to help me catch my dog, Wilson. Wilson just managed to keep away from us and he ran all over like it was one big game. It took an hour to get him and by then he was so worn out he just flopped on the floor and slept. I don't think I ever had a dog that would come to me when I called him. I have three of Cesar Milan's books and it all makes such good sense until I try the exercises on my dog. I think I will have to wait until Wilson is old and then maybe he will calm down.

[nobama]

Knollwood,,that is also what I have heard. Grass to a dog is like Pepto-Bismol is to humans. I really don't know,,but once in awhile both my dogs will chew on grass,,not a lot.

[hasset]

Have any of you read the book, "Rescuing Sprite, A dog lover's story of Joy and Anguish" by Mark R. Levin? Mark Levin is the one who is a talk show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation. He is on Rush's program a lot. He is a dog lover. He got a dog from a rescue place. The dog was supposed to be young but it had a lot of physical problems and each time he took it to the vet, the vet kept saying the dog was older than the 3 yrs. it was supposed to be. I think the dog was way over 10 yrs. old. Mark did a lot of doctoring and he went way beyond what most people would do to save the dog and give it the best life he could. The dog was really sweet and Mark's family fell in love with him. They named him Sprite. My husband gave me the book and it inspired me to get a dog from a rescue place. If you read the book, make sure you have a box of Kleenex handy as it will make you cry. The next dog Mark adopted turned out to be old too. It makes me angry to see a dog put in a rescue place when it is old. It probably didn't have a good life before that if someone would give it up when it is old.