Barklife2.net: Rate my puppy

[ríomhaire]

Got a new puppy today. He's a cross between a red setter and (probably) a black labrador. He's lovely. Photos spoilered for size and cuteness:

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His name is Tux and don't post too loud because he's asleep.

Edit: It turns out he's got worms, and not the fun kind with bazookas. He's after throwing up in and shitting all over the utility room and we spotted the worms in his vomit. Poor thing won't touch food either. Will bring him to the vet tomorrow.

 

[13LACKBISHOP]

He seems cool. And adorable.

 

[CptStern]

awesome mutt is awesome. congrats

 

[Raziaar]

He's adorable!

 

[Shem]

Looks like a nice puppy. 5/5

 

[Tacoeaterguy]

Bawh my dog looked just like him when she was a puppy

 

[Shakermaker]

**** I am jealous. My cats are looking at me in disgust.

 

[The Monkey]

Gay .

 

[KiplingsCat]

He's not gay. He keeps crawling up my skirt.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

wtf edit fail, see two posts down.

 

[AKIRA]

I love dogs. Congratulations he's really cute.

Here's a picture of me and my girlfriends dog who is just the friendliest and happiest dog in the world:

He's a cross between a german shepherd and a border collie.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

???!!
EDIT: dammit have to do image

 

[Tacoeaterguy]

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Show respect when shaking a dogs paw, and look him in the eyes.

 

[ríomhaire]

Updated the OP with some shitty news; Tux has worms D:

 

[Raziaar]

Kill them fast!

 

[kazsymonds]

Show respect when shaking a dogs paw, and look him in the eyes.

Irony overload.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Puppies with parasites makes me sad

 

[morgs]

Very cute dog! My dog had worms when he was just a puppy too. They were like a foot long.

 

[T-6000]

Cute puppy, and I really hope he gets better. Worms are not a fun thing to deal with in pets. I remember many years ago, when my dad would get a new puppy, I would hug then so hard they'd literally pee all over the place.

Say ríomhaire, once your puppy gets better can I give him a hig?

 

[Viperidae]

Where's Krynn to sniff his butt.

 

[Barnz]

 

[Raziaar]

That is fantastic Barnz.

 

[Dan]

Have you raised a dog before? It's a lot of work, and a lot of people screw it up the first time. Puppy school helps if you can afford it. It's a lot easier to set down the ground rules when they are young than to try to change their behaviours later on.

I recomment checking out a bunch of books from the library. Particularly, "How to Raise a Perfect Puppy" by the Monks of the New Skeet. It's a group of monks that traditionally raised German Shepards to be work dogs.

Also, The Dog Whisperer is entertaining to watch and sometimes informative.

 

[AKIRA]

omg i cant breathe

 

[Dekstar]

Cute puppy, and I really hope he gets better. Worms are not a fun thing to deal with in pets. I remember many years ago, when my dad would get a new puppy, I would hug then so hard they'd literally pee all over the place.

Say ríomhaire, once your puppy gets better can I give him a hig?

"can i pet him, george?"

Your puppy is adorawoof.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Ugly.

 

[Naph]

Show respect when shaking a dogs paw, and look him in the eyes.

You're applying human logic to dogs; look them in the eye and they shit their pants.

 

[Danimal]

Looking a dog dead-on in the eyes means you want to challenge him for his position in the pack.

If it's a dog that doesn't live with you, it means you want to fight it.

Take it from an Australian etc.

EDIT: I suppose worms in a puppy is common if he hasn't been treated/vaccinated entirely, though I'm sure you're in the process of doing that now.

 

[Tacoeaterguy]

I was trying to be funny :hmph:

 

[Danimal]

Oh.

Uh.

Get back on topic, then. /pseudo-banimal

 

[Naph]

Looking a dog dead-on in the eyes means you want to challenge him for his position in the pack.

If it's a dog that doesn't live with you, it means you want to fight it.

Take it from an Australian etc.

Yeah, you're Australian and have wild dingo's for pets. Domesticated animals don't have that same instinct, plus you're towering over them, looking them in the eye would either place them into submitting or growling in fear.

 

[Danimal]

It depends on the dog, personally I've never made a dog submit (At least one that isn't mine) purely by staring at it.

My former-foster-puppy-now-adopted got bashed a lot by his previous owners, so he instantly rolls on his back and basically says "I submit to your will" by the presence of males, especially if they're wearing any blue sort of jackets.

I wouldn't stare a Doberman in the middle of street directly in the eyes without expecting something brutal in return, either.

It depends on the dog, imo.

 

[Tacoeaterguy]

I didn't know what a Doberman looked like. I googled it.

Those are ****ing scary. Wouldn't want to run into one of those at night.

 

[Danimal]

They're great dogs, as are all dogs, you just need to know how to treat them.

 

[morgs]

I wish my dog wouldn't bark at visitors so much.

 

[Shift]

Daww ^^ He's awesome.

 

[ríomhaire]

Some photos of Tux with Dixie. Dixie is a mongrel of some sort (don't know any of her lineage) and we've been wanting a puppy ever since our old golden lab, Prince, died. We like to have two dogs to keep each other company (Mam is a bit pissed off though as she was against getting a dog and we got it without telling her).

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Despite what it looks like in the photos Dixie hasn't actually taken too warmly to Tux. She originally ran away from the puppy one fifth of her size and now see seems to try to ignore him. She doesn't look at him and when he jumps up to her and is at her (like any puppy with any dog) she jumps away and growls. She's never really had to deal with a new dog since she was a puppy herself so I don't blame her. I'm sure she'll get used to him. Don't worry I'm not ignoring Dixie in favour of Tux, I'm giving them both attention and even kept playing with a Dixie for a few minutes after Tux.


Edit: Dixie has stopped growling, though she's still jumping away from him. It's an improvement though

 

[love_nutz2]

this is my dog, bug eyed bastard.

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[StarBob]

this is my dog, bug eyed bastard.

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I won't lie, that thing is ****in scary. Looks like an alien.

 

[Dynasty]

Dogs are usually a mind-over-matter species. Looking one in the eye, yeah it may provoke a response, but if it goes for you, running is the last thing you should do. Any form of giving in is a big no-no. Cowering, stepping back even an inch, your body language gives it all away, the fear.

Stand your ground and if anything walk toward it, be the brit looking for a fight. ''***king COME ON THEN SON!''

Its all about alpha male dominance.

I remember being charge my an alpha monkey in Malaysia once, we had a forest behind our house and monkeys would come and rape the crap out of our bins and jump around the roof, walk past windows etc. We came home one day and they were ransacking our bins, I got out the car and started throwing rocks at them, and the male turned at me and started hissing. I threw a rock at his feet, he didnt even flinch and started running at me. I ran straight at him, arms open wide and roared my ***king head off, he scrambled back like a dog that has lost it's footing on tiles.