Dog Week - a troubling dilema

[puglover]

candies? which?

NO! Never give a dog chocolate. To a dog's digestive system this is poison. Pugslee once broke into the cabinets and stole a pound of chocolate while we were out of the house. She ate it all and puked in eight places throughout the house. We had to take her to rush her to the vet. She's okay now, but that's an example of bad foods for dogs.

 

[stormbind]

Puglover, you da' man! Give boogaboo more advice

 

[Hundegesicht]

It looks very Golden Retriever to me. It's exactly what I would expect a adolescent Golden Retriever to look like.

I know, I just don't think it's very likely to be purebred... who would leave such a valuable dog at the pound? (You can easily get $500 for one)

 

[HighlandWarrior]

nice looking dog!

alot of people leave purebreeds at pounds(or are picked up) they have rescue societys for alot of the different breeds that go and pick the purebreeds up at the pound and find them temporary homes until they find a new owner. i remember reading in the paper 40% of all dogs in the pound are purebreeds. we got a pure irish setter a few years back at the pound...crazy dog he was beaten way too much. great guard dog though.

 

[stormbind]

I know, I just don't think it's very likely to be purebred... who would leave such a valuable dog at the pound? (You can easily get $500 for one)

I agree 100% but it cannot be ruled out at this stage.

DNA test could rule it out, or perhaps time (growth) could rule it out, but atm both Golden Retriever & Golden Labrador remain possible

Also, some times a pedigree will end up at the pound. Maybe it escaped, maybe it was stolen, maybe someone (with lots of money) bought it and changed their mind...

What happens to a pedigree when it gets away? They don't have magical powers that prevent them being taken to the pound

 

[HighlandWarrior]

stormbind, where are you from? here in america people love to buy dogs but then they dont want them anymore so they dump them wherever they can. (country, pound, outside the pound)

 

[stormbind]

I'm in the UK. I don't visit the pound, and don't follow these topics much

 

[boogaboo]

Here the pound means death roll.
So a dog will stay a couple of month at the pound, then executed.
This is why I couldn't see the poor guy staying there, although I can't have him.

 

[-0blivion-]

I think you are doing a great thing. Dogs are great, i have had a dog for 2 and a half years, and he has given our family so much. A couple of good rules:
- Be firm but fair.
- Don't give him too many treats
- Don't hit ihim

He doesn't demand your whole life. Usually sleeping, patrolling or we are walking him. Your dog looks quite young, so he will be more active now than he is when he is older. Routine is the most important thing for dogs.

We walk him in the evening, then when we get back to the house, if his dinner isn't there by 6:00, he starts howling. Greedy bugger

Here is a selection of photos of my dog when he was young:

http://www.brimelow.net/Beren's_Puppy_Photos.htm

And now:

 

[1889]

Still, when he decides to bother me, it's very hard to keep him calm.

A great toy for dogs is called a "Kong". Its very hard rubber with space inside for a treat. Our dog will chase and chew it for an hour. We found it in the pet section of the supermarket.

He will settle down as he starts to learn a routine. Especially if the routine includes play time. I take my dog for a walk every morning and have stopped setting my alarm, he knows when to wake me up. Thankfully I live someplace that doesn't use daylight savings time.

 

[-0blivion-]

Yea, we have a kong. Very useful to calm him down on occasions. We usually fill it with cheese of some kind. Other good things are raw hide bones, ropes (this does require some human input however) and balls.

He will only chew your nice things up if he isn't currently chewing on something smelling of him, that he likes chewing.