Dogs, Who'd have them?

[MaC]

I think this is so cool

Carrot Garden

Hide treats in the "soil" and keep your four-legged friend physically and mentally active. Sufficient exercise and stimulation is important for any dog, so our carrot farm is the best indoor toy for all dogs and their owners. The Key To Your Dog's Happiness Studies showed that less playtime...

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[MaC]

Kev needs that to hide crabs and bits of rabbit.....

 

[BorderReiver]

Kev needs that to hide crabs and bits of rabbit.....

Shredded in minutes; at least my doggy would manage to and he's not even a terrier.

Most dog toys are designed with humans in mind and are of little or no interest to our canine companions.

 

[Beachlover]

Kev needs that to hide crabs and bits of rabbit.....

Shredded in minutes; at least my doggy would manage to and he's not even a terrier.

Most dog toys are designed with humans in mind and are of little or no interest to our canine companions.

She spends enough of her life tormenting wildlife for real as it is. She trashed my study desk the other day, spilled a mug of black coffee on the light grey carpet and smashed the lamp and a photo frame. Why? A bloody bluebottle, that's why!

We have a couple of those plastic puzzles which require shapes turning or sliding to reveal treats and she had those beaten within 24 hours, to the extent she sniffed out the ones with treats in and ignores the others.

The wee charmer charged upstairs this afternoon, hopped onto my newly changed bed which she clearly sees as "ours" and did two circles of stump chasing (docked), sat Tracey Emin like proudly admiring her "garden mud on white bedsheet" artwork, looked me in the eye and vomited up half a dead mouse to complete the masterpiece.

The only way that carrot toy would help calm her down would be if it were filled with either doggy Valium or feckin' Ritalin.

The "angel" in question occupying her favourite vantage point and eyeing up more mischief...

 

[Jaggededge]

But you wouldn't be without her.

 

[Beachlover]

But you wouldn't be without her.

Not for a millisecond.

 

[noddy]

Ours doesn't much like being indoors at all. I am certain she'd prefer a kennel, even in the winter. Cold and wet doesn't seem to register with her. Only time she ever looks miserable is when she's been in the house on her own for any length of time.

Not to say she isn't a menace. Dearest wife invited some of her girl friends over for several gallons of wine and cheese by pounds some time ago. Two very large lumps went missing all of a sudden. The guilt-free expression on the dog's face was apparently a sight to see. Bugger scarfed my lunch once when I went to turn the kettle off.

 

[MaC]

Growing up our dogs were still considered 'working dogs'. Their world stopped at the kitchen door. They were not allowed onto the furniture, they were never allowed upstairs into bedrooms, etc., while Himself's dog was allowed both.
Our dogs were never left alone in the house; they were kenneled in the back garden if everyone was out.

It caused a division when we had puppies. To me, the dog does what it's damned well told. To him, it's a pampered almost child.
There is not really any happy medium on that.

I like dogs fine, I care for them, see they're properly fed and watered and housed, comfortable and happily settled, but the dog doesn't rule the roost.

Different times and attitudes change, and I suspect mine is no longer looked on with approval.

There are an awful lot of ill trained dogs around though, and too many people making excuses for them. Too many people hurt by it.