Dogs

First of all. I am an animal and dog lover. The shelters are overpopulated by large unwanted dogs millions of which are euthanized everry year. Most shelters will have very few if any small dogs and most have a long adoption waiting list for small dogs.
Large dogs have two or three times the number of pups per birth than small dogs do.
So there is clearly a very serious problem with large dog overpopulation.
In addition, large stray dogs acan be a serious danger resulting in thousands of serious hospitalized dog maulings every year.
So should all large dogs be required to be fixed by one year old unless it belongs to a licensed dog breeder?
Again SMALL DOGS are not the problem. In fact there is a shortage of them judging by the shelters long waiting lists for adoption so that is obviously a waste of time and resources. It is the large dogs who have 10-12 pups per litter vs small dogs 3-4 pups per litter.

I believe ALL dogs should be neutered by 6 months if the dog is of pet quality and will not be used for showing or breeding (by RESPONSIBLE breeders). Licensing has nothing to do with it.

Fiery Food Show and dogs who drive

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where in new jersey can u find rescued mini daschuned thats not pure breed

you can try your local animal shelter. they might have something. if they don’t you can try www.petfinder.com
i think they can give you local places that have a certain breed of dog. if you don’t want it purebred then type that in.
hope i helped

Dog training collars

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I was lead to believe that most dogs view the humans their most commonly around in much the same way as they’d view other dogs they’d be around in the wild, kind of like a pack. What position within that pack does the family dog give view itself? Does it consider itself to be a member of the pack (family), or does the dog view the family as being members of the dogs pack, and thus the dog views itself as the leader?

That is an excellent question. Dogs view things differently then we do and there is much speculation about the question you just asked as to how a dog finds his place in a pack, albeit an artificial one since we, humans are not dogs.
In a dog’s world things are black and white simplicity wise. Everything a dog does stems from pack drive, the fundamental force behind a dog’s existence. In the so called civilized society of ours, we have brought the dog in our home, but, to that dog, we are still his pack and he still wants to belong and find his rightful place within it.
That is where things get confusing. Most people have no idea what pack drive is, most people refuse to view a dog for what he really is, a dog, and confuse it and themselves by trying to alter the dog’s point of view to fit their fantasies.
Weak tempered dogs will try to appease their human pack members and fit in anywhere they can within the social structure of a pack. Appeasing can include, but is not limited to behaviors such as "kissing", "licking", etc, behaviors that humans view for other then what they really are.
Strong temperament dogs will often take advantage of a human who does not understand and try to position themselves at the head of the pack by displaying behaviors that most people also do not understand and further confuse and incite the dog to push further and further until he becomes a problem.
Since dogs do not posses language skills, they must be taught by behaviors what is acceptable and what is not by their owners. The dogs that receive that instruction and provided that they come from a solid genetic backround are the happiest and healthiest ones in our world.
In conclusion, dogs that are genetically correct and are raised by someone who understands dog behavior will find themselves within a certain position, assigned to them by their owner and live a happy, structured life belonging to a human pack in safety and comfort.
Hope I helped!!

French police dog training. Watch these canine police officers lay down the law!

This was not shot by me.
Don’t know where it came from.

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I take my german shepherd every once in a while to play with an american bulldog. The american bulldog’s owner told me that her dog stayed itching himself all night long after it played with my dog. My dog is free from fleas & ticks. The other dog is also free from fleas & ticks. Someone mentioned dogs can be allergic to other dogs coats. Is this possible?

Hmmm. A German Shepherd has a double coat. I would seem possible that allergens or pollen could adhere to the undercoat or to the outer coat. So, I guess my answer would be that the other dog could be allergic to something that is on the shepherd’s coat, but not to the coat itself.

It the shepherd goes for walks in any wooded area or rolls in the grass etc, then pollen could easily be found on the coat.

My son’ s dog is allergic to spruce pollen and he lives in Alaska. There are spruce trees all over the place up there.

Pollen or allergens could cause a skin reaction or a nasal/cough type reaction depending on whether it was breathed in or rubbed onto the skin.

KMBC’s Kelly Eckerman reports on a class that helps children learn about dogs.

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2 stories: My husband had a dog when we were dating about 9years ago. He found the dog laying on the ground taking his last breath almost dying and growing up people told us when a dog is sick give them milk. My husband gets the gallon of milk ,opens the dogs mouth and makes the dog drink it. After 5 minutes the dog gets up, almost falling but gets up and starts walking. That dog died of old age.
Another story: My small female chihuahua was coughing and vomiting and I gave her milk, within a few minutes, I no longer heard the cough and she stopped vomiting. Do my dogs just have strong digestive systems or what? Or does Milk really help sick dogs?Just wondering if anyone else has used this on there sick dog?

Dogs are supposdly lactose intolerant. My dog drinks milk all the time and he is 10 now and living a healthy life. I think milk calms stomach acid like it does in humans which is why a dog would do well to have some. I think that it just depends on the theory people live by…I say whatever works for you.

I have a great dane and am getting a small dog (12 pounds). He is very considerate of other dogs when socializing. But- just in case I would like to ask anyone who has a big dog and small dog how they got there big dog to be considerate (not step on, not bite, and to be easy playing) of the small dog. I would like to know about how people taught their big dogs that. Also I would like to ask how to introduce a big dog to a small dog. We are getting our small dog second, since we already have a big dog. Does that make a difference? Thank you.

I used to have two grooming clients. One a great Dane (who has passed away) the other a Papillon (still with me). The Dane used to sit and whimper at the Papillon sitting in his second story drying cage. One day the owner of the Papillon asked if it would be OK to put her little dog down near the Dane for a picture. She did and the Dane was so thrilled he immediately dropped into the play posture, inviting the little guy to play.
I have had several Danes over the years at the groom shop and have only ever seen the gentle side of these giants. A well socialized dog seem to always know what is appropriate to the size of the smaller babies.
Just make sure that you introduce your Dane to the new baby outside of the home and then take them both back home together. Never just drop a new dog of any size into a home where an existing pet has residence.