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My Gracie never had a problem at the vet until he got a new tech that was like that, a loud an big young man that just kind of slammed her around on the table. She was 13, going blind and deaf and arthritic. After that she would shake like a leaf going in, and was super tense her last visit. I...

Apparently I fell asleep here last night without logging off. Cute pup!

Ugh, you guys I've spent the last two hours trying to catch up and I'm still only on page 470... and now I am falling asleep! Will try again tomorrow. Good night for now. ❤️💤

I'm SO glad I don't have to deal with burrs here! They were bad in NM 😵.

To remove burrs without hurting the dog or damaging the coat, take the fur out of the burr, instead of trying to pull the burr out of the fur. When you pull on the burr, the fur or hair just tightens in it. If you hold on to the burr and sort of pull hairs out of it, you'll make progress much...

Some dogs never do it, so it's not an age thing. I see it more as a management thing. I think the most important thing you can do is work to keep the puppy calm and build up her confidence. One thing that will help is being careful what tone of voice you use. Instead of a high-pitched, squeaky...

@h2oratt, who is often on granny hatchet's thread, breeds PWD's. And hers are beautiful and don't look like that! I'm sure she can show you pics and tell you more about the breed.

Right, sorry, I was thinking of Pyrs.

Bet they meant Bichon, not bison (although a buffalo in the backyard could be an amazing conversation piece!) 🤣

Not hair cuts. Brushing/ combing. They need to have the thick, woolly undercoat that keeps them warm and dry in winter brushed out, leaving the long overcoat, or guard hairs, as insulation and shade from the sun in the summer.

Ah, a Harlequin, blue I guess?

Sammy runs like greased lightning when he gets the zoomies. When we first got him I would take him out on a 15-foot long line and I would just stand in one spot and he would zoom around me while I held onto the line and let him run circles around me! Sometimes I thought he would just take off...

Yes, he's a mess. He didn't start out to be but our Gracie was a barker so he picked it up from her and they both just stimulated each other. Since she died, he's gotten a lot better, and especially since this Golden we got is practically silent, he's really settled down. I always go SHH! at him...

Thank you! He's a Sheltie.

My Sammy. Under 30# but not sure what he weighs actually. Maybe I'll remember to weigh him tomorrow.

All I know is, I wasn't qualified and/or didn't have the facilities to keep intact animals from breeding. Spay/neuter made much more sense to me.

Yup. Years later when I TRIED to breed another Collie, the first pup got stuck, I had to pay for a C-section and we only got 3 puppies out alive. Clearly, I am not meant to breed dogs, lol.

I guess whatever people decide to do, they shouldn't be made to feel wrong for it. When I was a young newlywed I had a lovely Collie and intended to have her spayed as soon as I could afford it. She went into heat earlier than we anticipated. We were VERY careful about not letting her out...

Hmm. I neutered my male Golden before 6 months old, he lived a long healthy life to the age of 15. I had my female Sheltie spayed before her first heat and she lived a healthy life until age 13 when I had to have her put down due to arthritis. I believe those are pretty much average ages for...

Very nice! :clap