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Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Sun May 19, '13 8:12pm PST  After I posted this, I remembered a quick conversation I had with the owners of the 5 month old GSMD. They had to put their previous GSMD down due to epilepsy. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Sun May 19, '13 9:17am PST  Anyone have any experience with them? Are they good with kids? Dogs? Are they a fairly well balanced dog? Any serious health issues run in the breed? I have no intention of getting another dog. I'm very happy with The Moose. Just curiously adding to my list of potential dogs down the road. I've met a few GSMD's and the first one was leash reactive, if not just dog aggressive. The others I've met seemed a bit aloof, but it was at the beach after all. The last GSMD I met was a 5 month old at the beach back in early January. Absolutely adorable. There are a few dog shows coming up within driving range of me in the next few months, I'll try and remember to make a point of checking them out. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Choosing the Right Dog > Bird Dog Suggestions (Trigger?)

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Thu May 16, '13 9:04am PST  A friend of mine got a Portuguese Pointer puppy about a week after I got Moose and she is a beauty. And obsessed with birds. My friend is not a hunter but he exercises her by taking her out to a field or park and tells her, "find the birds" and off she goes. He has a neighbor that leaves a bowl of water out for some roaming ducks and when they walk near the house, his dog freezes and points (if that's what it's called) and my friend says it's amazing to see her when she zeros in on birds. Only reason I mention this, since I know nothing of these breeds, is because of my friends bird dog. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Choosing the Right Dog > Naming Puppy

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Tue May 14, '13 5:45pm PST  Way late to the thread here, but here's a suggestion. The name comes from a popular Easter egg dye kit and the bunny mascot of the kit was Dudley. So, how's 'bout --Dudley Do Right? Have no idea if the Easter egg kit named Dudley is still around. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Adopted shelter dog attack, sent to ER today. Heartbroken. Help please.

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Mon May 13, '13 9:45am PST  I'm so sorry this happened to you. I can relate as something similar happened to me about a year and a half ago. My adopted (with serious issues), from a rescue, St. Bernard attacked me as I bent down to pet him good night. As I did every single, dingle night. But for whatever reason, that night, my bending down over him struck a nerve with him and luckily he didn't go for my face, which he very well could have. He got my ankle and arm pretty bad. I too ended up in the ER, but luckily I just had big puncture wounds that healed in a few weeks. He easily could have broken a bone or ripped a tendon, but I was super lucky with only puncture wounds. By the time I got outside, thinking I could drive myself to the ER, I knew I was going to have to put him down. No way was I going to live in fear and no way was I going to risk him doing that to someone else. I had him put down that very next morning (a friend picked him up and had it done) and although I was sad about it, I felt more betrayal than anything else. I didn't cry about it at all until a few days before I got my current puppy. I was a crying mess for two days. I was so mad that "he messed it all up". Like your dog, my guy was a neighborhood favorite. Everyone LOVED him. I still get the shivers when I think about "what if he had done this to someone else"? I never told neighbors what happened to him because I didn't want them to think of him in a negative light. You don't want to live in fear around your dog. So, please try not to feel guilty if you decide to put your dog down. Your safety and those around you are way more important. So sorry about this and I'm sorry to hear about your family. Best of luck to you. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Sat May 11, '13 6:47pm PST  I'm a single puppy gal. I brought Moose home when he was 3 months old. I picked him up on a Friday night and had a full weekend to spend with him before I left for work on Monday. It was also the only time I ever tried crate training a puppy too and I only had two days to work on it. Luckily Moose took to his crate quickly. I also, fortunately, was able to come home from working during the day though. But, if I wasn't able to come home, I was going to set up a dog walker/sitter to come by and let him out to potty and get a quick walk. There are no licensed dog walkers in your area at all? If your puppy is alone all day, expect one super hyper, bitey puppy when you get home from work. Moose was a maniac at night and it took a few hours, at least, to wear him out at night. He's still full of it at night. Best of luck to you. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Does the Bark Match the Dog?

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Sat May 11, '13 3:32pm PST  Moose's bark definitely matches his body size, but when he's out and about meeting and greeting people and dogs, his bark is much more playful and higher pitched. His inside bark is brutal. If I were walking by a front window and hear that bark, I'd make a mental note of what was inside that house. My neighborhood is the "it" neighborhood currently for break ins and I hope his bark has been heard by potential burglers. They'd have to be a fool to even attempt entering my house once he starts. If he hears and then sees something outside, holy moly! His bark and growl have even set me on edge the first few times I heard it. It's super deep and loud and can be very intense. His play bark matches his goofy behavior for sure. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Flexi-lead rant

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Thu May 9, '13 3:11pm PST  I always wonder how people use those things with dogs over 50lbs. There's no control there whatsoever and if you have to reel your big dog in quickly and the dog is pulling, good luck. When I take Moose to the trails and he's on the 20ft lead, (it's a 1/2 inch wide canvas lead that I can wrap around my hand without the fear of it cutting through my skin when I reel Moose in) I reel him in pretty quickly, pretty easily. But, when I see these people with medium sized to large sized dogs using the flexi, I just don't see how they have control. If control is needed, that is. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Food & Nutrition > (Gross question) Mushy stool no matter which foods I feed

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Thu May 9, '13 2:56pm PST  Have you taken a stool sample in to the vet to make sure there are no issues with giardia or worms or any number of things? If you haven't done that, that's probably a good starting point. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Moose I love sitting- in laps     Barked: Tue May 7, '13 8:52pm PST  Mikey was super picky. Neighbors would offer him treats and he'd spit them out. Treats offered at the vet, he'd spit out. Any food I dropped on the floor he wouldn't eat it. Unless it was meat or dairy, but I had to pick it up and shove it in his face. I had to doctor his food every single night at half the time after I put the goodies on top of his dry food, he'd go up and sniff the food, step away from the bowl, look up at me like, "is this it"? Moose on the other hand will eat most anything. I've yet to have him spit any type of food out. He'll take any treat from neighbors and he'll eat anything I drop on the floor. He's my first dog who will eat... whatever. And if it's a thistle from a maple tree or a piece of decorative bark in someones front yard, mmmmmmm,mmmmmm, good stuff. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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