First for eye infections

>>5113672
Basset moment!

Just started working at a grooming salon, bathing and mini grooms mostly but working my way to groomer. Any other grooming anons out there that got any tips or anything? Not thing specific just general tips or even infographs would be appreciated
>Inb4 tell the dogs that they're mature for their age etc etc

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>move in with gf to save money
>???
>have to take care of a puppy now
This shit is so fucking ass I hate it, I can't believe I'm forced to do this. I'm going to break up after I find a place and get my finances in order

Lyft specifically states that it's pet friendly ride is for four people and one "well behaved animal". My dog can be reactive, but he's mainly a big cry baby when he's riding in a car. Will that be a problem when trying to Lyft with him? I don't want to find out when I actually need the Lyft

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>>5113678
Learn how to read dog behavior. Watch videos. Study them. Every dog is different and despite what people tell you, there are definitely breed expectations you can make. That also applies to how you groom -- you're not going to trim up a jack Russell like you would a Newfoundland. Plenty of breeds have specific physical traits you have to know about. Double coats, webbed toes, ear and leg feathers.

Pic is a 205lb male Newfie. Think about the logistics of a creature like this. It's basically cattle with 5 inches of double coated fur and the intelligence to ignore you on purpose. When we groomed him it took almost 9 hours.

>>5113867
Once it grows out of pissing and shitting every 2 hours you're going to love it.

>>5113867
Why are you bothering moving in with a foid if you don't want to take care of a baby creature?

>>5113922
How much did you charge for a 9 hour groom?

>>5114035
I think 650 or so. I wish I had an after picture, the big guy was unrecognizable. Newfs are rare but always a treat. No other breed is as consistently unbothered.

>>5114033
No rent
Plap plap plap plap

>>5114081
dog

>>5114084
What?

>>5114087
plap

>>5113642
Ive been working with K9s for 15 years. And I can say for a fact some dogs go straight to hell. We had a vet come to a kennel to put down an...there's no other way to describe it, an evil dog. Doc shot it 6 times with a tranq gun, enough to put a horse down ×.05 and that fucker was still running around trying to kill everyone outside his kennel. I just shot it with my pistol cause I felt bad for the evil fucker.

And all shitbulls go to hell too

>>5114203
why make up obvious fake stories? this how you spend you holiday?

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what are your guys thoughts on Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdogs?

I'm looking at the dogs in the shelter and there's a 7 month old one who's super cute but I won't be able to get there in person for a few months. I've lived with working dogs before, my mum's dog is a border collie x Kelpie so I know how to train dogs and I'm more than happy to walk him daily (run even), but I'm a bit scared of the unknown of having a dog breed I'm not familiar with.

>>5114369
Real, working line LSG dogs are not usually good pets.

>>5114371
yeah I'm getting this vibe. from research they bark a lot and I'm autistic so I can't deal with it if they bark a lot.

>>5114374
They bark, jump or climb fences, have a strong desire to roam and will bust through screened windows to run 2 miles away, some are not dog friendly, they can get destructive when kept indoors.
If you raised one from a puppy to be a house pet you could have a somewhat fine dog, but not without a lot of work.

>>5114375
fair, I will not get him because I don't think I can give him the space or lifestyle he needs

I might look into a Japanese spitz or a Greyhound

I shouldn't really care and I know I shouldn't but
I have two dogs and I wish they'd actually play or mesh together lol. At most they'll just lie beside each other. If I try to pet Dog B, he'll act cold to me but if I pet Dog A, suddenly Dog B will act like he really wants to play with me and starts butting over Dog A for pets and hugs. Is there a way to get them to play more with each other? Dog A seems to try to avoid Dog B as much as possible but they don't really fight. Dog B will try to hump Dog A's mouth and Dog A tells him to fuck off and that's pretty much the most of their interactions...

>>5114466
You gotta be the hype man. Get them hyped up and they might play around together.

>>5114469
I do, dog A will just go away the moment I try bringing them together lol.

>>5114470
I think some dogs just don't like playing as much as other dogs. Do you ever take them both out in a field or something where they can be off leash?

>>5114486
yup Dog B loves other dogs. Dog A strays away and does his own thing lol. If another dog comes near him he looks like disgusted lmfao.

Finally had my first full night of sleep since getting a puppy. Felt like a million bucks this morning

how do old dogs go on the plane? it would only be a 4 hour trip but I don't know

>>5114618
they probably go on by walking into the plane

>>5114621
haha, they're all in crates no? I worry about the stress

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>>5114622
Think of it like this: there are 0 people in the hold.

>>5114637
apparently it has air con but idk if it's ethical, id rather drive

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>>5114639
I do not recommend driving your dog through the Atlantic ocean unless he is a very good swimmer and actually an dolphin, a orca or an whale.

>>5114642
he's not my dog yet, but he is in Queensland and I live in another state, how could you not want this doggie?
https://www.gumtree.com.au/web/listing/dogs-puppies/1340945155

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>>5114643
Cute ol' fella. I don't actually know anything about flying dogs, I'm just posting to keep myself busy.

>>5114643
>how could you not want this doggie?
>"12 years young"
That's less like an adoption and more like a very sad rental

Whenever I give my dog a new food he is unsure about he takes it to his room and carefully nibbles on it. It's pretty cute.

>>5114644
<3
>>5114646
I am aware, but I think old dogs deserve love too. it's so sad to me that someone abandoned him

>>5114654
I don't disagree. It's noble of you, but I'm not so noble, and couldn't set myself up for heartbreak like that.

Anyone know what it's like adopting a dog in Germany from an official dog shelter? There's a dog I used to care for in a local shelter for about two years, but she wasn't getting any interest in being adopted because she needed some basic training on how to behave with other dogs. She's basically always looking to be dominant and as soon as that's established she's good with everyone, but if someone (a dog, I mean) was new, she was quick to try and prove herself to them. The owners of the shelter sent her off to Germany, to another shelter, in hopes she might find interest there for adoption as they've had success in sending other dogs that way and finding them homes

Now I'm just worrying if she'll actually find a home there and I'm honestly thinking about just going up to Germany and adopting her once I fix the yard around my house and do a decent fence - which should be taken care of before the summer ends.

It's pretty weird seeing my dog go from high-energy puppy that required long play sessions and mental stimulation. To a more relaxed dog that enjoys napping and chewing on his chew toys. It's not like he won't play either, but he's not bugging to be played with nearly every waking hour. It's almost like hitting enlightenment. Is this the moment where people get the most fond memories of their dogs?

Why is my dog so hungry now? I used to just feed her 2 cups a day but now she has way more of an appetite

>>5114888
Could be growing, but I don't know her age. I think dogs in general are just down bad for food, and if they learn that whining gives them a meal, they're gonna whine more often

Does separation anxiety mean good recall? My dog can't breathe without me holding his hand, and he recalls pretty good when off leash. Though I have yet to try it when there's another dog around, which is my fear

>>5115093
Good recall is more about a dog that can easily switch off from a highly aroused state.

>>5115098
Ok he must have a horrible recall then

>>5115099
Does he play fetch? Try recalling him when he's running to retrieve the ball.

>>5115100
Imma try that. I've been trying to drill, when I can, that coming to me means pets and scratches on his chest. I don't know if I've rewarded him with treats yet

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German sausage dogs is the greatest in za warudo!

>>5115111
Good idea as a start. High value treats are totally worth it for one of the most important commands your dog can learn!

>>5115272
Looks like an A1 goober.

>>5115272
Did Stroheim say "za world" in the sub?

Hot take: Huskies are better german shepherds
t. Aussie owner

My GSD and I play fight where he'll jump towards my face like he's trying to attack me. This won't cause hip dysplasia or joint issues, right? We do it on dirt and grass, and I crouch down so I'm at his face level when he stands up

>>5115304
neither are good

I wish I had a GSD.

>>5115333
No you don't

>>5115333
They are exceptional dogs, but take some work to train. Getting one from a reputable breeder is important.

>>5115323
correct. huskies are amazing and german shepherds are just great.

>>5115343
What if I just want a chill medium-large dog to hang out with and don't want to go through the life-invading nonsense required by a "reputable breeder"? What's the breed for me?

>>5115384
Not all reputable breeders demand extensive background checks. Mine didnt.

>>5115386
>>5115343
I got my GSD from a work friend whose dog had puppies. That's not a risky thing, right?

>>5115388
How old are the sire/dam and do you them both? The least risky would be getting a puppy whose parents health/genetics have been tested and showed good results. GSD temperment and druve can greatly vary because there's super chilled out showline and intense working breeds, but also a mix of everything in between.

>>5115388
Do you know them both/have you met the parents?

>>5115400
>>5115399
Ive met them when I showed up to buy them, but my attention wasn't on them. They were chill and socialized, barring the Aussie dad, but I dont know their health status

>>5115406
The dad was an Australian Shepard. I'm not trying to joke and discretely talk about their "human parents"

>>5115408
So aussie gsd cross? If the parents seem healthy and friendly not too much to worry about aside from possible neuroticism.
Get some sheep for your dog to herd and you'll be golden.

>>5115409
>neuroticism
What does that look like in dogs?

>>5115413
It can show up in a lot of ways. Id just research it for your breed.

>>5115413
Acting more like a dog and less like the superior cat

Would you say Dalmatians are big dogs?

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>>5115539
Medium sized

>>5115702
They really cute. I have a flat, is it doable if I do a walk morning and evening and WFH twice a week?

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>>5115729
The more stimulation and socialization with Dalmatians the better. Running them helps. I've always had them in rural settings idk about apartment dwelling, but people do it.

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>>5115729
>is it doable if I do a walk morning and evening
what do you call a walk? dals are very high energy, especially as puppies. i was running mine about 4 miles a day when he was a puppy.

>>5115730
>The more stimulation and socialization with Dalmatians the better.
totally agree

>>5115760
What's a large-ish dog that's lower energy?

>>5115778
Greyhound

>>5115784
What about danes?

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>>5113642

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I don't like being presented with the bumhole of an dog

>>5115868
Make them wear pants.

Why do people use harnesses over collars? You can't control your dog as well with a harness, or issue corrections if need be

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I work next to a vet clinic. Lots of dogs and people stand outside waiting to get inside. There are dogs of different temperaments and owners of different knowledge levels, so I worry that a dog or a human may become a chew toy and no one knows how to kill a bite.

I just wanna know if this is where a leash should be if you wanted to choke a dog off a bite. I tried to get the leash and and tight, behind his ears. I'm meant to pull directly upwards, right? I wanna make sure I got it right because if shit hits the fan, I wanna be useful

I miss you everyday my sweet Angel
Thanks for visiting me in my dreams

>>5115962
Was thinking the same. I volunteer as a walker at a shelter where lots of dogs have behavioural issues and harnesses make it easier for them to pull. It's especially problematic with bigger dogs.

>>5116002
>and harnesses make it easier for them to pull.
Yeah, I didn't want to say it since I wasn't 100% sure, but I think it encourages leash pulling, which is super bad for your scary, aggressive dogs (cane corso, pit mixes, gsd, etc.)

>>5115962
I worry they'll slip out of a collar. Doubly so because losing the collar means losing the primary means of both control and identification.

I could double up and have a martingale on top of their regular collar, but my dogs are retards and I don't want to choke them (or leash train them), so a harness is the least bad option. I don't take them anywhere anyway so it doesn't really matter.

>>5115962
if you actually know what you’re doing, dont own a dog you shouldnt (looking at women with anything over 25lbs here) and dont behave like a lead poisoned baby boomer retard (ie: your dog is not abused or understimulated) your dog will be 1: more under control anyways 2: wont get hurt if something goes wrong.

I only see foreign races, women and shrimp dick MAGA hats still using collars of any kind. The kind of MAGA hats that stand by israel, not the sane anti-woke people that used to wear them. If you’re in a third world country like texas it might be different.

I am not circumcized so my aversion to causing pain to others may be bewildering to people who had their genitalia mutilated without anesthesia as babies. I may also have a different idea of control. The traumatized are more controlling and get angry when they see people whose dogs don’t march at a heel until freed. Normal, undamaged people typically give dogs more freedom to stop, sniff, etc and still consider that well trained behavior if the leave it command works.

>>5116024
meds

>>5116026
The truth hurts.

Only golem flavored americans and other subhumans still use things that hurt dogs and brag about the “control” they have.
And if your dog is so unhinged you need to fight it, I mean, “dominate and lead it”, maybe you shouldn’t have adopted a shitbull.

>>5116027
not reading your blog, take your maga slop shit to pol

>>5116031
>nooo dont point out that i share my dog-choking ways with MIGAtards
You do. Its what stupid people do. Stop using collars. Use a properly fit harness that does not restrict shoulder movement or use a front clip (a meme for people who shouldnt own the dog they got 100% for looks). Stop choking your dog and calling their aversion to being choked “control”.

Also google what cervical IVDD and tracheal collapse are. And denounce the talmud.

>>5116036
not reading

>>5116015
My dog only slips out when I pull so the leash is in front of him. IDK if that happens often for you, or your dogs are escape artists

>>5116026
So glad you posted that. I wanted to read that, but I've decided against it

>>5116042
good for you

>>5116047
>>5116042
>>5116039
>>5116031
>catchad generates effortless seethe
Earth to /dog/
If you didnt all abuse your pets, you wouldnt be this easy to troll. All he said was that abusing pets was for american poorfags and you’re genuinely seething, too mad to reply.

Maybe if you dont like being trolled, stop defending and recommending animal abuse on the animals board
>but MUH WORKIN DAWG needs to be LED BY DUH ALPHA and by that I mean abused
Sorry you bought a neurotic, aggressive animal and are part of what makes dog owners lower IQ and poorer than cat owners on average! Have fun adding +1 to the 80 million yearly dog bites. Cat people dont have these problems because we dont abuse our pets.

Fuck, you dogfags probably dont even know what on average actually means

Why dont ya’ll go out and scream LEAVE EEEET at your dogs for sniffing some meaningless bush without your permission lmfao. They surely need the discipline and structure.
>dogfags are actually like this
>their pers keep attacking people and screaming 24/7 especially in poor conservative areas where everyone abuses their dog
>they still dont get it
lmaoing @ dogpeasants

>>5116057
he mentioned maga you drooling retard, I saw that and immediately knew i wasn't reading. this is an not pol

>>5116057
Lmao very nostalgic troll post. Nice

I make my aussie wear a collar and leash in the house and pop that shit directly into their throat if they challenge my dominance. Libtards will seethe. Dogs are slaves. Go be owned by your cat somewhere else.

>>5116057
>what on average means
Kek what a retard

>>5116057
Based. I’m sick of dogfags casually abusing animals. You would never see anyone else use a "prong collar" on any other animal unless it were a thirdie torturing livestock.

It’s almost as bad as boomer horsefags.

The two seven week old puppies I'm fostering and have to keep quarantined won't stop crying. Oh the cute little shits stop crying when I visit them but it's lights out time for them and they're still whining up a storm. Naturally they have enough food water sanitary conditions toys etc.

>>5116107
They’re meant to be with their mother chud

>>5115280
Probably he did.

>>5115277
Also he is best boi

My dog would put his front paws together like this sometimes. Is this a common dog body language? Does it mean he's politely asking for something? He usually does it when (I believe) he wants my food

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>>5116114
They've calmed down. They just needed some tlc and worm remover

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I just spent 3 weeks in New Zealand. Their dogs are amazing.

>90% are offleash
>Despite this, didn't see a single instance of a dog: not listening to their owner, bothering another dog or human, running away or chasing something unbidden
>Most were lean, athletic, no-nonsense herding mutts
>Zero shitbulls

Basically the dogs were as free as the humans and just as well-behaved. It felt like dog utopia. Just high-trust affluent society things, I guess. The kinda shit America can never have thanks to dysgenic brownoids and childless virtue signal karens sabotaging the meta.

pic related a random chad with an offleash collie dalmatian cross who was playing with his girl in downtown queenstown no probz. Unshown is an offleash bernese like10 feet away just chilling and accepting stranger pets and loving life, and a heeler thing three tables down taking a nap on the bench. Complete canine harmony even with 19879423 loud stupid annoying tourists around. Things amerikkkan'ts can only dream of having.

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Does my puppy need another round of vaccines? The vet said he's fine after 2. Everyone else including the breeder says 3rd round at 14 weeks. Apparently nobivac is a fast finisher but we mixed vaxxes.

How can I get my dog some allergy medicine without going to the vet? I really don't feel like spending hundreds of dollars right now

>>5116752
benadryl then dose it based on your dogs weight I AM NOT A DOCTOR

>>5116756
I'm so glad there was a vet ITT to help me so quickly this time

Not really feeling the puppy thing, it cries more than my practice gf.

>>5116853
Puppy phase is a lot of work and not much reward, but once your dog grows up all that work you put in makes for an amazing and low maintenance dog. Puppy blues is real, but you just gotta keep going.

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>>5114654
You're a good lad

>>5116752
>I don't want to spend money to take care of my dog properly
You never should've gotten a dog