<p>^ LOL! What a site that would be. My sister has an obese pug and an obese gerbil that she takes on walks. Also a funny sight as they’re the same color! </p>
<p>Does anyone know the name of the reddish giant bulldog looking ones on there? The breed has been on the tip of my tongue all day and driving me bonkers!</p>
<p>Too funny! Thanks, Romani!</p>
<p>Wanted to update on my Cockerpoo. Whatever was making her itch like crazy seems to have resolved itself. And her hypersensitive itch reflex has calmed down somewhat. Guess I’ll never know what the issue was.</p>
<p>Welcome :). </p>
<p>I figured out what the breed is… French Mastiff!</p>
<p>I can’t promise this will be the last time I’ll bump this thread, but I’ll try to keep it to once a month ;): </p>
<p>[Rescue</a> dog swims for the first time with dad’s encouragement (VIDEO) » DogHeirs | Where Dogs Are Family « Keywords: swim, swimming, pool](<a href=“http://www.dogheirs.com/misst/posts/4537-rescue-dog-swims-for-the-first-time-with-dad-s-encouragement-video]Rescue”>http://www.dogheirs.com/misst/posts/4537-rescue-dog-swims-for-the-first-time-with-dad-s-encouragement-video)</p>
<p>Reviving this thread! Our rescue golden girl, Sally, has to be euthanized on New Year’s Eve, 2013, after a battle with cancer, chemo that made her sick, then worked, then unfortunately ceased to work. She could no longer stand or walk, even with help, and we knew it was time to let her go. I was not there, since I was with family in the midwest due to health issues there. I was hoping that she would hold on until I got home, but at that point I felt that asking her to try would just be selfishness on my part. H had to deal with it alone, but he had the support of our wonderful canine oncologist, who could not have been more caring. I told her she was a good girl and said goodbye on the phone.</p>
<p>A week and a half ago, on Tuesday, I’m happy to say that we adopted another rescue golden girl, Maggie, who is just a doll, and about 18 mos. old. She was given up in Arkansas, traveled to CT, where I adopted her, and is now in Maine!. And when Maggie is settled in, I would like to adopt another. She would like a playmate. :)</p>
<p>That is wonderful, Consolation. I’m so sorry about Sally. long overdue hugs to you and H and anyone else in the family.</p>
<p>Not to hijack, but to add on to my post from almost a year ago- my dog managed to tear her OTHER ACL about a month and a half ago and now has had surgery on both legs. She recovered just fine, thankfully. </p>
<p>Never a dull moment!</p>
<p>The dog in my picture is a 10-mos pointer I 'fostered" for my niece. I had him for six weeks, during which I devoted about 2 hrs min per day to exercising him. Never get a German Shorthaired Pointer unless you are equipped to run him for at least an hour a day! He is a beautiful, sweet-natured dog who had enough physical energy for 3 dogs–puts every single Lab I’ve ever known in the shade, including field dogs–and is extremely exuberant, extremely strong–nothing but muscle and bone–and has separation anxiety. Screamed and cried if even in another room from me. Slept in my bed and was quiet. On a dog bed next to mine…screamed and howled. Had to crate him to go outside to do anything, or he would break down the gate and go to a window where he could see me and scream and cry. Just beautiful to watch coursing through the fields at top speed. Peed in his crate from anxiety if I left the room. Peed in various other places for the same reason. Unbelievable. He was a LOT better when he left me–everyone was amazed–but it sounds as if he is regressing. It’s a heart-breaker. Delivered him back on Friday, met Maggie on Sat, adopted her on Tues.</p>
<p>God love you, Consolation.</p>
<p>My wonderful cockerpoo turned 14 in July. Was also diagnosed with her second bout with Lyme disease in July. She is doing much better after a regimen of antibiotics. </p>
<p>Vet told me that its okay to do the flea and tick treatment every three weeks rather than every four. Wish i had known that.</p>
<p>That’s news to me, also! What are they recommending for flea and tick where you are? We used to do Frontline, but now it’s Vectra. Similarly, used to do Heartguard, now it’s Sentinel.</p>
<p>Thing is the vet had switched her to another flea and tick med. I can’t remember the name of it but it smelled awful and you had to apply it all the way down her back instead of in one spot like Frontline. After the Lyme disease, I switched her back to Frontline. We still use Heartguard.</p>
<p>GSPs are beautiful dogs but high energy - no kidding! Poor pup - I’m sure he is missing you. I’m sorry about Sally - that is tough. </p>
<p>We are still using Heartgaard and Frontline (Tritak) here in Virginia - thankfully no major flea/tick problem this year. </p>
<p>Sabadog and Sabapup are still working on walking together as a team. I’m not quite trained yet. Sabapup wears a gentle leader and Sabadog a harness. Individually they are quite good on the lead, but when they get together it’s like walking a pair of Clydesdales. Any recommendations on a good tandem lead or training method? </p>
<p>I’ve been told that regular harnesses are bad for pullers, since the instinct is to push into it. Do you want them to actually heel, or just walk without pulling?</p>
<p>I rescued a Petite Basset Griffon Vendeen in March 2013. They told me he was about 2, but the vet says he is at least 6 now and possibly older. He’s been a really great dog except that if I was gone too many hours in a day, he would urinate in the house. This usually happened when I went to work, came home and let him out, let him back in and had to leave again, even if I was only gone for 20 minutes. I figured he was acting out because he was angry that I’d left again after being gone all day. </p>
<p>Over the past month though, he has really been acting out. He’s been stealing socks and chewing them up. He has defecated in the house twice now. He has tipped over the garbage can twice and eaten everything he could find edible in the trash. Today, my daughter and I went shopping for about 4 hours and he did the trash thing and defecated in the living room. I am beyond frustrated with these new destructive behaviors and I don’t understand what’s going on with him. I’m going to buy a crate tomorrow because I’m really worried he’ll eat something that will make him sick out of the trash if this keeps up. He’s going to have to go in the crate when I’m not home from here on out. I just wish I could understand why he’s doing this out of the blue. There has been no change in routine or anything around the house. </p>
<p>BM, did you rescue him from a rescue group or from a shelter of some sort? If it was a rescue group that’s breed specific (or close to breed specific), you might want to call and ask if this is normal behavior. You can also try contacting a trainer and explaining the situation. </p>
<p>In the mean time, is there any way you can lock the garbage under a cabinet or put it up on the counter when you leave? I’d also take him to the vet just to make sure there’s nothing physically going on. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you and furry friend. 
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<p>Ive used some ideas from this book for our rescue dog.
<a href=“Don’t Leave Me! Step-by-Step Help for Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety by Nicole Wilde”>http://www.training-dogs.com/1081/don’t-leave-me-separation-anxiety-by-nicole-wilde/</a></p>
<p>Consolation, Sabadog - almost 3 yr old lab - (82 pounds) is happily not a puller - he wears the harness. Using the leader on him results in him fighting it the entire walk. Sabapup - almost a year old lab - is around 62 pounds and wears the leader, but is all over the place when she’s walking with Sabadog. If I walk her alone, she too will heel. It’s just getting them to stay together on one side when walking. They seem to associate heeling with individual behavior, not when they’re a team. I’ve seen folks walking two dogs and it almost looks like they have a clip type device that keeps the leashes together and I’m thinking that may help - does anyone have any recommendations or experience with this? </p>
<p>Don’t have experience clipping dogs together.
I used to take our older lab and her friend from up the street ( Chow ) for walks, but they were both pretty good.
I have a wonder walker halter from this company, which also sells couplers</p>
<p><a href=“Swivel Couplers - Dolan's Dog Doodads”>http://doodads.mybigcommerce.com/swivel-couplers/</a></p>
<p>Thank you, EK! Exactly what I was looking for! </p>
<p>Edited to add that they’ve got some great stuff! </p>
<p>@sabaray When I used to walk two dogs, it was my male golden (totally stable, well trained) and my female rescue golden (untrained, unstable, very easily frightened, etc.). I walked the two of them on separate leads with her sandwiched between us. This was great for her, because she was protected on both sides.</p>
<p>But it sounds like in your case it turns into a “me first” competition? Or is the one outside upset because he can’t heel? Does it matter who is in the middle?</p>
<p>Both of them want to be on the inside - close to me. Whoever isn’t will start to stray off to the side and pull in that direction. I know the harness and leader are both fitted correctly. The younger gets annoyed when Sabadog does this and attempts to correct him by grabbing the lead and pulling him back in line. She is very dominant towards him - she wants to be in charge and I wonder if this is his way of rebelling. She has to be in the middle or we’d never make it out of our driveway. </p>