Hope so..

 

She's still a puppy, and "**** happens", . Just stay patient with her. And make sure if you leave her out of her crate when your gone, that she can't get into anything. A coffee cup on the end table or stuff like that. My dog loves coffee but she immediately pukes up the entire contents of her belly. Then after eating some grass to calm her stomach she's hungry as hell again and ready to puke up the grass she ate.. Lots of things out there that dogs can't handle, Grapes, raisons, most fruits. My dog can't even eat a piece of chicken, or steak if it's still hot, or warm from the grill. She will puke it up. But she can eat a dead bird, or a fat grub worm all day long, and not grumble a bit. Go Figure that, LOL,,

 

dead bird FTW lol

 

She handles cat poop well...She fought me badly over a piece of poop, and i couldnt get her to drop it for the life of me.

 

We called them "kitty crispies" at our house and my dogs would fight to the death for them. EWWWW

 

I dont get why they would want to eat it...

 

Dogs have more advanced smell receptors than we do. Maybe they smell the good stuff in the middle, while we smell only the bad stuff. Wait till she finds something terribly obnoxious smelling and decides to make it her new perfume and roll in it till she's covered in funky stink.. My beagle does that all the time. We let her in and then, Bam, WTF, you stinky *** fcking dog, then back out for a nice hose bath..

As far as cat turds go. Mine has had a death grip on a few of them, grass stuck to em and dirt to. She's rather take the *** whoopin than to drop it..

 

I got an Alaskan Malamute from the shelter about two months ago. He's 6 yrs. old, 92 lbs, and trained already. He likes to hunt for rabbit turds in our back yard when we walk him. He learned quickly that rolling on dead things gets him a cold hose bath. He HATES water. A trip to the beach was hysterical.
I had two German Shepards for over 15 yrs before him and he was already tied for the best dog I've ever had. Until last week when he met the neighbors cat, and killed it. Now we gt to go to court for that. Stupid bastard knew we had a dog and he didn't say a word about having 2 outdoor cats. And the cat he killed was 18. What the hell is that thing doing outside in the damn woods?

 

Ouch, that's kinda tough to call there. was the cat on your property. was your dog on a leash, was the cat on a leash. Not sure about VA laws but here in NC in most cities, ( not the rural areas) neither cat nor dog can be outside without a leash.

Stupid law because cats dont take to leashes very well. They do somersaults, and stuff the instant you try that. And yes the neighbor should have noticed you had a Big dog, and death would be a probability, if the 2 should meet.. but he should have taken precautions.

Unless his cat was like a one of my friends cat. He was a monster, at least a ft. and half high, black and white coat of course fur. Always came home with battle scars, and I swear he could cut a car in half with a few good swipes of his claws.. Gadaam cat would rub on your leg then try to cut it off if you tried to rub him..

 

No my dog wasn't on a leash for two reasons. One: He doesn't need it most of the time. Meaning he always stays close to you and comes when called and follows all other commands until small furry things are really close to him. The previously mentioned rabbit gets his interest some nights but he will obey and sit instead of chasing it.
Two:The leash law in this county is only in effect for a few months of the year (those that are primarily when animals go into heat) for the sole purpose of controlling the animal population. And it was not in effect at the time.
Not that I can prove it but, I'm certain the cat was in our yard when the incident began and the dog chased it back to it's yard where he got hold of it. He's always smelling trails on that side of the yard and all the other wildlife that frequents the area comes from the other side. No cat outside will stay in its own yard without a fence, no matter how much the lying idiot next door swears. We already had an encounter before this that showed his grasp of reality and/or the truth. There isn't any.
As far as cats being on a leash, well it's fair because they can run off and start trouble just like a dog. But, anyone with common sense knows that crap doesn't work so, leave the psycho mood swinging felines indoors.

 

Yea crate training will get it done quick. Our boxer was crate trained, she had a few accidents but not many before she got it down. Now she just causes destruction here and there if she doesn't get enough attention.

 

Well today was fun...Oreo is doing fine, hyper as hell but fine now..But we added another to our pet army, a stray little white furball. My mom was driving to get groceries and saw a very small white puppy on the side of the road and watched it as it nearly got hit 3 times from people not slowing down. She couldnt leave the poor pup to stay there and either starve or die, so of course she picked him/her up. So i wake up and boom, new puppy, im gunna take her to the vet today to see what needs done, like shots, flea stuff, how old she is, and what type of dog. Ill have pics up later its just shes sleeping in my lap atm lol.

 

Another "New Pup"





Hes a Great pyrenees mix, although he does not have any dew claws. Mostly white with a little tan on the ears, ill get daytime pics soon its just i couldnt find camera /cry

 

Man you are full of empathy. I know the feeling. If I could I would have every unwanted puppy, at least in my hometown. It's hard to take in all the strays you find though, as you will be creating a liabilty instead of an asset.

Unless your dedicated with, extra room, and cash for vet bills, sometimes you have to say no to the emotions.. If I went to the beagle rescue place we have here, I'd have 10 of them with no where for them to hunt..

BTW, she's a pretty puppy, like most all of them..

 

These pictures do him no justice lol. He really is adorable even in my opinion and i see him every 5 seconds. He is spoiled already and hates to be alone, but hes very mild and easy to take care of. I cant wait till he starts to really grow because hes so small atm, when hes bigger i can play with him Tommorow ill get some sunlight pictures of him, he looks awesome in sunlight.

 

Bah we have 4 dogs, and 2 cats. One of them has to go. We have a stray chiuawa at our house that noone likes so were gunna try to get it in a pen and either get it a home, or turn it into the pound. My older dog is easy to care for, Oreo a slight pain because shes SOOOOO hyper, and this new pup is easy. Cats are family along with the other dogs besides the rat chiwawa or whatver so ya.

 

*sigh* have bad news...Unfortunatly the rest of my family didnt like Oreo as she was kind of destructive when the two pups played..soo while i was at school they took her to a pound and dropped her off..Really pissed me off. Today we had a tragic event kind of. Snowman bieng the more mellow dog we kept, but he liked to hide under cars at some times..My brother was pulling in today in his GT and snowman decided to jump underneath the car and got ran over. My brother felt him underneath his right rear tire and slammed on the brakes PARKING on him. I was on the PS3 across the house and heard my mom screaming and ran a 100 yard dash in less than 5 seconds..Bieng a complete ******* idiot my brother is STILL parked on the screaming dog. I scream at my brother to pull forward and move the **** up. He does and as soon as the tires off him, snowman bolts to the back of the house. Amazingly he had enough energy to get there screaming the whole way. I chase after him and he was limping, bleeding out of his nose, and had a blood blistered eye. Amazingly SO FAR hes ok..No broken ribs, legs, bones etc. Although its possible he has internal bleeding and noone knows it, but he has had a rough night. My brother bieng the usual ***** takes no blame for it and still argues with me that he didnt run him over at all and that he just bumped the dogs head...thats horseshit i saw it myself. Either way hes fine that we know of now, just real tired. Also we gave him a bath and hes now turning spotted white/tan.

 

Are those pics before or after he was crushed underneath a vehicle? You should get him to a Vet asap, If he had blood out the nose you cannot diagnose what happened. That is if you want to keep him alive, I realize it may cost you to find out if there was internal damage, but don't let your dog suffer needlessly either way. He may be fine and it may cost you 50 bucks. He may have internal damage that requires more, then you can decide what to do next.

Also sorry to hear the Border Collie didn't work out. Lot's of people love them to tears, but don't realize they are gonna be the boss of any animal you have in your house. They can't help that. They are bred that way..

Oh yeah, and smack your brother upside the head for me, please. At least he could have known that bump he felt wasn't normal and slowly pull back up..

 

Yea it happened at night so my shitty vet was closed. I do wanna take him to the vet but my mom thinks he's fine. And after last night I do too, this morning he was hyper as hell cause we let him sleep inside. And those pics are from after bieng crushed and cleaned up. He's such a little baby though, if you even leave him alone for a few seconds he starts whining. Hopefully he's ok and we can get him to be a bit more obedient too cause we just ordered a dog training kit. Its taking SOOO long to get here, I ordered it 2 weeks ago. If it works well enough then I'm gunna go get oreo back because that really pissed me off because they didn't tell me they were gunna do it so I couldn't even say goodbye to her.

 

I would take the dog to the vet. You should of taken him to the vet right after he got ran over. There's usually 24 hour emergency vets around. When my dog ate about a sq.ft of leather ottoman, we took him to the vet. That was a nice $300 bill for the visit plus a shot for our 2 dogs to make them vomit. Our male dog threw up the whole section of ottoman he ate. There were nice long strips of leather that would of most likely got stuck in his intestines. Vets aren't cheap, but better to pay now then have to pay a lot more later on.

 

Glad to hear he may not be hurt too bad. As for a training kit?. You are the training kit. You need to establish the role of pack leader. Use your control over him and he will listen to you. You just gotta be persistant and patient. I hate to sound like the " Dog whisperer", but that **** really does work with any breed.. Don't punish for bad behavior, just correct it when it happens. Be assertive but calm at the same time. Use rewards for good behavior. A dog will jump through hoops on command if you have a treat waiting for him.

And If you want to find oreo at the pound you better start yesterday. They don't keep dogs around just cause they're cute..

 

Agreed. You don't need a training kit. Patience is key, and you can't punish them if they aren't getting things right away. We had a couple free training sessions when we got one of our dogs, and she uses a squirt bottle to squirt the dog if they went to do something they weren't suppose to. It doesn't hurt them, but they don't like the water. You need to make sure you squirt as they are doing the bad behavior, not before or after. Reward your dog with lots of treats while you are training them. If you are teaching it to sit and lay down, then start off with treats, and slowly faze them out. Sitting is something they eventually need to do without treats.

 

Yeah, i mean i know the basics of dog training as per my older dog Kopper. But he was a very easy dog to train. Snowman however is learning, i make sure to correct him only if i catch him doing something wrong during the act not after. I tried a squirt bottle and it didnt work because they became "bottle aware" and whenever i had the bottle the dogs were saints, but when not they acted up. Also my first suggestion after he got ran over was to pull the truck up so we could take him to the vet. But with my po-dunk *** town theres only 1 vet clinic and its not even open on weekends...soo if something serious happens im fucked. Also for Oreo my parents took her to a No-Kill pound where they dont kill the dogs at all and are there until someone picks them up, or die of old age. We do like to reward him with treats whenever he does something really well, or etc. But try to just really praise him and give him some affection normally.

 

You're doing good bro. Just remember to be the boss. You don't even need to speak to a dog. They catch on to your energy as you walk in to the room. A quick snap of your finger, or a quick word, should make your dog stop whatever he's doing and be attentive to your next command. It's not as hard as you think. Just Do not show anxiety, or affection, until he is fully focused on you. That means you have his attention and he will do what you want. it takes practice, but I can make my Beagle stop going ape **** when she get's a rabbit scent, just by snapping my finger and saying sternly, Hey, or Stop. Words don't matter, it's your energy they pick up on.. Calm assertive, And if that doesn't work, use touch to remind them whos' in charge. Just a simple 2 finger grab to the neck, Not hard, just a sharp poke and they will be redirected to your attention.. Ouch, there I go again. I'm no expert but this stuff does work. Dog phsycology 101..

 

Go get your Border Collie back and keep Snowman too. Just practice being the pack leader. Here's a vid of Ceasar working with a dog like your's. t's really that easy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fAD2T_bAdY

 

Well i have an update of the family..bad news..Snowman is alive but he messed up really badly. We live on a ranch with ranch animals, such as chickens, ducks, geese, etc. We came home one night and found 6 chickens dead, and he was standing over one of them. The way hes been acting, and the way he acts around the chickens, and the way they act around him in comparison to normally, we know he did it. He surprisingly didn't eat any of them, but just made some have a heart attack and broke a few of their necks. Im not sure what his intentions were but we have no choice but to put him up for adoption now. Ive been asking all my friends if they wanted him, and if they wont take him, were going to take him to Fuzzy Friends in waco. I believe as long as the person who adopts him doesnt have any poultry or chickens etc. he should be fine, and hes great with cats. Up until now he was a great dog, extremely caring, playful, a little destructive, but mostly like chewing on sticks and stuff. He knows a few tricks as of now and knows basic commands, but if anyone on here would like him please pm me. As of right now he is 54-58lbs and 9 months ish. Has had almost all of his shots, and been neutered. Heres a few pictures of him. (ill have em up when my phone stops crapping out)

 

Dude, no disrespect, but I dont think your family needs to own any dogs. You guys seem clueless about them, like you dont know what to expect from a dog. Maybe its just your parents making the decisions, but still. And do me a favor, I know its been a while, but smash your brother in the face with one of those giant redneck belt buckles for me. If you live on a ranch, I know you have one.

 

How do we not know what to expect from a dog? And no i don't own a giant ****** belt buckle, just because we live on a ranch doesn't mean we own one.

 

Sorry. But if you're dog was ran over BY A CAR, you need to take it to the vet. To me, if you don't, that is completely neglect. It makes me sick that you or your family didn't take it to the vet. You should really be ashamed of yourselves. I'd say no disrespect, but i could care less.

You shouldn't own a dog.

 

hit by a car = trip to the vet. period. Since you/they didnt...whoever is responsible should be charged with animal abuse/neglect.