Can we have a dog thread?

That looks like a Tinder profile pic!

Lola has done the mincepie trick…

…Twice…

…In one day

eduardo the Golden Retriever once ate a big, airport size Toblerone. Foil and all .

No apparent ill effects outside the glittery poos…

I came to this thread hoping for good responses to ‘Can we have a dog ?’ questions (supporting the ‘no’ argument = too expensive/ no-one will walk it / I just asked the cat and he vetoed it). Not much help !

eduardo the Golden Retriever once ate a big, airport size Toblerone. Foil and all .

No apparent ill effects outside the glittery poos

Ah but did you have to phone the vet twice and take him in for an emetic twice in one day?

Lola doesn’t eat foreign objects. She spits them out. The only non food item was a pepperami inner wrapper that came out all folded up on the end of a perfectly healthy turd.

On that note. Lola has never done a bad poo all of them have been between a 3 and 5. I put it largely down to her bugbakes diet but thats weird right?

Youngest is limping a bit so been put on forced rest, if she is let out to run she will forget that it hurts and make it all worse.

What’s the carbon footprint of running a dog? I suppose a medium sized one?

That face!

What’s the carbon footprint of running a dog? I suppose a medium sized one?

Suzuki Jimny if you believe some lazy science in a book published in 2009

Suzuki Jimny if you believe some lazy science in a book published in 2009

Even less if it’s a greyhound.

I dunno. How much do they eat.

Lola gets cold pressed insect pellets (and lives thrm)

I can’t do much more diet wise to offset her food intake. I just have to offset her in different ways.

Depends on size, as Greys go Stacey is on the small side, some of them are big old units.

She’s on 500g/860 cal a day, her food is a meat & veg mix split to twice a day. We’ve looked at other foods and tried some, when we adopted her she was in a pure raw diet, which was fine when she was racing but we’ve modified it to suit her lifestyle now. We can’t do much more in terms of diet.

Treats are kept to a minimum, usually something that assists with teeth cleaning, she’s a fan of bones from the local butcher.

Keeps her in good health and condition, although she has developed an unstable toe joint which may need an amputation.

We didn’t consider the impact of driving as a reason to walk her from the house, it suited us more to get our legs moving because we have good spaces within 20 minutes, and she loves the sniffs on the way.

She shows no interest in toys so we don’t waste money on plastic tat either. As dogs go she’s low impact, low maintenance.

We’ve looked at other foods and tried some, when we adopted her she was in a pure raw diet,

Well i can recommend BugBakes if you haven’t tried them. Dogs seem to be ? in favour or not. The driving thing is hard. We occasionally drive her to a couple of places that are nearbye at fully deer fenced so she can be truly off lead without having to watch her like a hawk. But considering i can walk into glentress after crossing one road its really rare.

Roksy had an unscheduled visit to the vets because mincepies

She had a morphine based emetic that might make her a little sedated…but actually I think she’s off her teats

Mince pies and morphine? BEST DAY EVER!!! 😀

Mince pies and morphine? BEST DAY EVER!!! ?

I dunno have you watched them go through it. Its a heart wrenching thing to watch

The mince pie incident was one of the small animal vets (or atleast often in the surgery) she moped around a bit then vomiting everywhere lots of paper towels used in the clean up.

The proving sourdough incident the out of hours vet was one of the farm vets gave her the shot and pointed to the door muttering something about getting the hose.

I dunno have you watched them go through it. Its a heart wrenching thing to watch

Sounds grim…when I took mine to the vet for the same thing they said its best I wait in reception whilst they do it… from what I gather the morphine is dosed just right to make them violently sick, to purge anything in the stomach… doesn’t sound nice.

Dog seemed fine when he came out shortly afterwards though.

Mince pies and morphine? BEST DAY EVER!!!

I’m updating my list to Santa as we speak…

What’s the carbon footprint of running a dog? I suppose a medium sized one?
Suzuki Jimny if you believe some lazy science in a book published in 2009

I thought a Toyota landcruiser was the standard STW answer to that question?! 😉

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What’s the carbon footprint of running a dog? I suppose a medium sized one.

Depends if you’re going to drive it around in a Landcruiser or just a Mini Metro.

What’s the carbon footprint of running a dog? I suppose a medium sized one.

I thought a Toyota landcruiser was the standard STW answer to that question?! ?

Medium dog though.

Dog seemed fine when he came out shortly afterwards though.

Oh yeah fine after, bit peckish though hence scoffing another one 😀

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I dunno have you watched them go through it. Its a heart wrenching thing to watch

The mince pie incident was one of the small animal vets (or at least often in the surgery) she moped around a bit then vomiting everywhere lots of paper towels used in the clean up.

The proving sourdough incident the out of hours vet was one of the farm vets gave her the shot and pointed to the door muttering something about getting the hose.

Barney’s never managed to get hold of anything in the house, although not for want of trying. Closest he came was finding a roast chicken carcass in a hedge row, fortunately I managed to grab him before he ran off with it and the surprise of being turfed upside down onto his back with my hand in his mouth meant he gave it up fairly easily. I ended up covered in slobber, chicken grease and mud, he wandered off licking his lips…..

I’ve been at the vets when he’s come round after being sedated though, he was not happy (neither was I to be fair), lots of whimpering, moping and cuddles.

Roksy had an unscheduled visit to the vets because mincepies

But she seems to have had no ill effects. She also had to have charcoal gloop in her meals. Today was turd checking day, and it looked like best Dyffryn nutty slack.

The only non food item was a pepperami inner wrapper that came out all folded up on the end of a perfectly healthy turd.

My MiL’s working cocker is a bit of a handful, and goes freelancing on walks. Then one day he’s struggling to squeeze out the next carriage, but there seems to be a bit of string….so my MiL, using a poo bag, gives it a helpful tug and it turns out to be the rest of a dead rat attached to the tail.

After a fortnight, the cat has finally decided that doggo isn’t too scary. I’m sure that I’ll find them cuddled up together soon!

Oscar sporting his Xmas jumper in the local last night.

Oscar is looking very dapper.

Stacey with her jumper, I’ve now been tasked with making more of this style, she’s showing signs of arthritis in her front shoulders and elbows.

@Kayak23 and @Drac

Lovely photos !

Stacey is rocking the new style jumper, it looks really practical. A friend’s dog has elbow dysplasia and he’s definitely been limping more in the colder weather – I’ll show her the photo. Doubt Cyril will want to wear it though

The walk to the pub wasn’t so stylish.

The walk to the pub wasn’t so stylish.

I assumed that the pic was on the way back from the pub?

The walk to the pub wasn’t so stylish.

Did you tell him it was the landladys night off?

Lola is hoping Roxie will receive the gift of ‘understanding personal space’ for Xmas, but we’re pretty sure she won’t 🙂

Excellent pics (and jumpers) in this thread. Roxie looks like she’s about to go into her first season. Not ideal timing!

Grace is convinced my lunch is actually hers.

Her first season started the day we arrived at my parents place in denmark at Christmas last year.

I do like swinging by this thread every now and then to see people’s lives being enriched by dogs.

It’s a dog’s life.

Piemonster, that shaddow looks like something you should nuke from outerspace

Hound at full derp today.