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Baby was born on March 5th of 2005, my birthday and she
belonged to the neighbors.
They knew little about dogs and the husband was a bit over
enthusiastic in his training techniques, yanking on her collar
hard, with a newborn puppy. She still chokes on water when
she drinks out of the hose, but loves to do that. She chews
on water as I fill her little pool or water plants.
I was told that she was Australian Cattle Dog and Rottweiler. I
think that it might be true. She had a blue puppy eye and a
brown one. Now, they are yellow and brown.
I babysat her during the day while the husband and wife
worked. Their two year old son named her BABY.
She is used to having a bowl of Pedigree Small bites, the bag
with a blue banner on it, not red.
I have always just had bowls of the food set out for her to eat
whenever and she usually does not overeat, but with Mom's
cooking here, her attitude towards food might have to be
re-adjusted back to plain old dry food. I do remember that she
groaned a bit with only the dry food, when she went to the
bathroom in the garden and that she does not do that now
that Mom puts gravy or table scraps into her bowl.
Sh cannot eat rawhide bones or Greenies nor pigs ears as
they clog her up and make it difficult for to go to the
bathroom. If you buy those white boxes of fresh marrow
bones at Fry's in the meat department, the ones that are
about the size of small donuts, and put them in the freezer,
you can give her one every once in awhile like a popsicle
and she will chew on it off and on for days.
She is caught up on her shots as of March 2011, I think. I will
call the Pound and tell them about her change in ownership
address, or you could do that.
If her collar is too loose, she will pull backwards and escape
you. If she gets away from me, I hop into my car with an open
can of wet dog food, bought just for this purpose,
jump into my car and drive down the street after her. I open
my door and hold the can out for her to eat out of, it takes
her awhile to trust me, but she comes over.
I grab her collar and then tell her to get into the car and she
does. If you run after her, she runs more, thinking it's a funny
game.
When I had a double bed she slept with me. Now she sleeps
on the sofa in my room, or the floor on a hot night, or on her
doggie bed, if the mood hits her.
She brings me toys and then barks at me, telling me to throw
them or pull on them in a tug of war or to go outside and kick
them.
I stand in one place when she has a sock, a favorite of mine
or a glove, etc.and ask her over and over with my hand out to
"Give me that TOY,etc.", until she walks over slowing acting
like she won't do it. Finally she'll hand it to me and I will say
"thank you ". If I run after her shouting "dammit" she runs
forever.
She will scratch lines into your door to get inside. I put a
rectangle of copper nailed to the door where she scratches to
prevent major damage.
She is pushy and walks between legs, bumps people
sideways to set them off balance.
She loves soccer, tether ball and tug of war. If the little pool is
full and she sees something at the bottom, she will put her
head under water to get it.
I buy her stuffed animals at the Salvation Army and Goodwill,
for .75 cents or a dollar.
She usually has three going at the same time as she takes
the other dog's toys and makes them her own. I buy the kind
without the plastic beebees in them, because on a floor, they
make people skid and fly and fall, when she rips open the toy.
Sometimes when she starts on a toy, gutting it, I take it away
and finish it leaving her the outside body and she'll carry that
around for a month or so.
If I want something from her, I say, "Get that ball, get that toy,"
and she will, after I say it a few times and then brings it to me.
She usually gets along with other dogs, though she dislikes
small poodles and bugs them and I don't know why. She
loves children and teen agers as they have been around my
house. My grandchildren are 17 to 2 years old and she likes
them all.
She will kill a cat as she and my old Doberman and a Pitbull
mix from the reservation, from Baby's first year in my house,
caught one that was hissing at them with its back
foolishly raised, rather than running. Together they killed it
and I sobbed for days.
So, I chase cats and throw pebbles at them and hiss at them
to keep them away from my dogs. I don't know what she'll do
on her own, but I suspect that she might try it again.
I attach beach balls to ribbons and hang them just above her
jumping up nose.
She can jump up and hit them with her nose, but cannot bite
them. She plays with them when the feeling hits or she has
an audience.
I sit, get up and hit the ball a few times and sit again. Then
shes goes at it.
She likes an open car window to hang her head out of, but I
keep her leash on and hold it wrapped around my wrist as
she slipped one day with her paws falling outside the car and
she tried to fall out. I don't open her window completely
anymore.
She likes dog parks, but must be off leash before she gets
inside the second gate or she becomes defensive and
threatens any dog who runs over to meet her.
Her hair goes up. I just rush through gate, closing it and begin
immediately walking the perimeter of the park
non-stop to make her semi follow me. She stays out of trouble
that way.
If I stop and talk to some wonderful person, she will often bug
their dogs to stay away from me.
But some larger dogs are fine and she allows me to talk to
their owners a bit.
I use the pooper scooper on everyone's dogs' poop as I walk
the perimeter as my contribution to the area and my dogs all
follow me, getting exercise.
Me, too. I keep extra bowls in the car to give her water, as
she sometimes won't drink out of the park's fountain for dogs.
Someone is poisoning dogs at the park runs, so don't let
her take biscuits from other people.
If she has memorized the path to a certain location because I
go there often, she whines and barks to get out as she is all
excited. I do McDonald's drive thrus and get her a 1.00
hamburger. If it's hot, I tell her so and she waits to eat it.
"Hot hot hot" means something to her.
If you begin to feed her your scrap pizza pieces while
watching t.v., she will soon stand right next to you as you eat,
drooling profusely all over your legs, the coffee table, etc.
Jus' sayin'. My grandchildren taught her that. They feed her
no-nos often. She is bad around the little ones and will walk
up and just take food out of their hands and innocently look at
me when I say NO BABY, bad dog........acting like they were
trying to feed her.
She licks their ice cream cones until the parents notice.
She is shy when first meeting people, but warms up quickly.
It is best to let her come to the people, rather them rushing up
on her.
I have a Rottweiler dog book, which it right on about their
behavior.
I also have a DVD on Training the Perfect Dog, that I was too
sick to implement, though I watched it a few times. It has the
leashes, etc. in the package.
She can be inside all day while I am gone and I leave NPR
radio on so that she hears calm voices rather than outside
noises all day long.
She waits to go to the bathroom, unless she ate something
bad and can't help it.
From being inside so much, her pads on the bottoms of her
feet are not greatly calloused, so she can't stand real heated
surfaces.
If I had been better, I was about to buy her some silly shoes
so that she would have no excuses to not run or walk on egg
frying sidewalks.
When on a walk, she must smell everything and then she
must pee on everything, claiming the street for herself. After
you see the DVD, that will stop, huh? A HA hahahahahaha.
belonged to the neighbors.
They knew little about dogs and the husband was a bit over
enthusiastic in his training techniques, yanking on her collar
hard, with a newborn puppy. She still chokes on water when
she drinks out of the hose, but loves to do that. She chews
on water as I fill her little pool or water plants.
I was told that she was Australian Cattle Dog and Rottweiler. I
think that it might be true. She had a blue puppy eye and a
brown one. Now, they are yellow and brown.
I babysat her during the day while the husband and wife
worked. Their two year old son named her BABY.
She is used to having a bowl of Pedigree Small bites, the bag
with a blue banner on it, not red.
I have always just had bowls of the food set out for her to eat
whenever and she usually does not overeat, but with Mom's
cooking here, her attitude towards food might have to be
re-adjusted back to plain old dry food. I do remember that she
groaned a bit with only the dry food, when she went to the
bathroom in the garden and that she does not do that now
that Mom puts gravy or table scraps into her bowl.
Sh cannot eat rawhide bones or Greenies nor pigs ears as
they clog her up and make it difficult for to go to the
bathroom. If you buy those white boxes of fresh marrow
bones at Fry's in the meat department, the ones that are
about the size of small donuts, and put them in the freezer,
you can give her one every once in awhile like a popsicle
and she will chew on it off and on for days.
She is caught up on her shots as of March 2011, I think. I will
call the Pound and tell them about her change in ownership
address, or you could do that.
If her collar is too loose, she will pull backwards and escape
you. If she gets away from me, I hop into my car with an open
can of wet dog food, bought just for this purpose,
jump into my car and drive down the street after her. I open
my door and hold the can out for her to eat out of, it takes
her awhile to trust me, but she comes over.
I grab her collar and then tell her to get into the car and she
does. If you run after her, she runs more, thinking it's a funny
game.
When I had a double bed she slept with me. Now she sleeps
on the sofa in my room, or the floor on a hot night, or on her
doggie bed, if the mood hits her.
She brings me toys and then barks at me, telling me to throw
them or pull on them in a tug of war or to go outside and kick
them.
I stand in one place when she has a sock, a favorite of mine
or a glove, etc.and ask her over and over with my hand out to
"Give me that TOY,etc.", until she walks over slowing acting
like she won't do it. Finally she'll hand it to me and I will say
"thank you ". If I run after her shouting "dammit" she runs
forever.
She will scratch lines into your door to get inside. I put a
rectangle of copper nailed to the door where she scratches to
prevent major damage.
She is pushy and walks between legs, bumps people
sideways to set them off balance.
She loves soccer, tether ball and tug of war. If the little pool is
full and she sees something at the bottom, she will put her
head under water to get it.
I buy her stuffed animals at the Salvation Army and Goodwill,
for .75 cents or a dollar.
She usually has three going at the same time as she takes
the other dog's toys and makes them her own. I buy the kind
without the plastic beebees in them, because on a floor, they
make people skid and fly and fall, when she rips open the toy.
Sometimes when she starts on a toy, gutting it, I take it away
and finish it leaving her the outside body and she'll carry that
around for a month or so.
If I want something from her, I say, "Get that ball, get that toy,"
and she will, after I say it a few times and then brings it to me.
She usually gets along with other dogs, though she dislikes
small poodles and bugs them and I don't know why. She
loves children and teen agers as they have been around my
house. My grandchildren are 17 to 2 years old and she likes
them all.
She will kill a cat as she and my old Doberman and a Pitbull
mix from the reservation, from Baby's first year in my house,
caught one that was hissing at them with its back
foolishly raised, rather than running. Together they killed it
and I sobbed for days.
So, I chase cats and throw pebbles at them and hiss at them
to keep them away from my dogs. I don't know what she'll do
on her own, but I suspect that she might try it again.
I attach beach balls to ribbons and hang them just above her
jumping up nose.
She can jump up and hit them with her nose, but cannot bite
them. She plays with them when the feeling hits or she has
an audience.
I sit, get up and hit the ball a few times and sit again. Then
shes goes at it.
She likes an open car window to hang her head out of, but I
keep her leash on and hold it wrapped around my wrist as
she slipped one day with her paws falling outside the car and
she tried to fall out. I don't open her window completely
anymore.
She likes dog parks, but must be off leash before she gets
inside the second gate or she becomes defensive and
threatens any dog who runs over to meet her.
Her hair goes up. I just rush through gate, closing it and begin
immediately walking the perimeter of the park
non-stop to make her semi follow me. She stays out of trouble
that way.
If I stop and talk to some wonderful person, she will often bug
their dogs to stay away from me.
But some larger dogs are fine and she allows me to talk to
their owners a bit.
I use the pooper scooper on everyone's dogs' poop as I walk
the perimeter as my contribution to the area and my dogs all
follow me, getting exercise.
Me, too. I keep extra bowls in the car to give her water, as
she sometimes won't drink out of the park's fountain for dogs.
Someone is poisoning dogs at the park runs, so don't let
her take biscuits from other people.
If she has memorized the path to a certain location because I
go there often, she whines and barks to get out as she is all
excited. I do McDonald's drive thrus and get her a 1.00
hamburger. If it's hot, I tell her so and she waits to eat it.
"Hot hot hot" means something to her.
If you begin to feed her your scrap pizza pieces while
watching t.v., she will soon stand right next to you as you eat,
drooling profusely all over your legs, the coffee table, etc.
Jus' sayin'. My grandchildren taught her that. They feed her
no-nos often. She is bad around the little ones and will walk
up and just take food out of their hands and innocently look at
me when I say NO BABY, bad dog........acting like they were
trying to feed her.
She licks their ice cream cones until the parents notice.
She is shy when first meeting people, but warms up quickly.
It is best to let her come to the people, rather them rushing up
on her.
I have a Rottweiler dog book, which it right on about their
behavior.
I also have a DVD on Training the Perfect Dog, that I was too
sick to implement, though I watched it a few times. It has the
leashes, etc. in the package.
She can be inside all day while I am gone and I leave NPR
radio on so that she hears calm voices rather than outside
noises all day long.
She waits to go to the bathroom, unless she ate something
bad and can't help it.
From being inside so much, her pads on the bottoms of her
feet are not greatly calloused, so she can't stand real heated
surfaces.
If I had been better, I was about to buy her some silly shoes
so that she would have no excuses to not run or walk on egg
frying sidewalks.
When on a walk, she must smell everything and then she
must pee on everything, claiming the street for herself. After
you see the DVD, that will stop, huh? A HA hahahahahaha.
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