Q. We have a very sick dog with a heart worm problem that was diagnosed a little too late.
A. I guess you cared more about cost even to the end, since a heartworm pill given monthly would have prevented that and if not then swift medical attention at the first signs of illness since yes heartworms ARE actually treatable. by medical attention, I don't mean asking on yahoo answers what to do about your sick dogs, since your question history is full of them.
What is with the questions in the dog section?
Q. I am just taking a break from the "politics" section. Things over there get a little crazy. But, the things that I am reading here are just sad.
Back yard breeders, people wanting to shoot their dogs, people not taking an obviously sick dog to the vet, etc etc etc.
Dang, if I wanted to read about animal cruelty I would have gone to the PETA website.
What is wrong with people?
Back yard breeders, people wanting to shoot their dogs, people not taking an obviously sick dog to the vet, etc etc etc.
Dang, if I wanted to read about animal cruelty I would have gone to the PETA website.
What is wrong with people?
A. Stuff I deal with on a daily basis working at an animal shelter.
"But his fur doesn't match my couch"
"No he's never been to a vet, he's healthy as a horse" (three year old dog)
"If you don't take him I'm going to shoot him"
"We got bored with him, so we got a new puppy"
People suck A LOT. I'd like to think many of the yahoo posts are kids trolling, but sadly I'm sure most of them aren't. It makes me sick how many horrible people live on this earth. It's a good thing that there are enough good people to keep it balanced.
"But his fur doesn't match my couch"
"No he's never been to a vet, he's healthy as a horse" (three year old dog)
"If you don't take him I'm going to shoot him"
"We got bored with him, so we got a new puppy"
People suck A LOT. I'd like to think many of the yahoo posts are kids trolling, but sadly I'm sure most of them aren't. It makes me sick how many horrible people live on this earth. It's a good thing that there are enough good people to keep it balanced.
Would one of the trainers explain disposition versus temperament?
Q. Tony used those words in an answer to a question the other day. Would one of you explain them?
Code enforcement brings in dogs to be destroyed at the vet clinic. At times, we pick some out to try to find homes for with the clients or workers. We want some direction on temperament and disposition. We usually let any sick dogs go unless one of the workers wants to take on the medical care.
Judging temperament is more difficult. All large aggressive breeds are immediately destroyed by policy.
Sometimes you get others--fearful dogs or cute dogs with an attitude. We have begun to let those go too just because we worry about temperament. The confident, friendly ones are kept if possible to be given away to homes or fostered out. I think everyone in the clinic has about 8+ dogs now because we try to save nice ones. Our vets have lots of dogs too.
How do you decide who has an acceptable temperament? Fearfulness or Aggression is bad. What else? Please give examples.
Thanks all. Drive is a word I understand. Recently one city near the vet clinic added a code that limits per household. So that means that more will be coming in on top of the "found" dogs and injured dogs or dogs removed for breed code or aggression. We may only find homes for 5-10 a year because we aren't a shelter. But that is 5 or ten that aren't killed without a reason. And most should be euthanized, but sometimes you find a cute little dog that seems nice and would do well in a home.
Sometimes Good Samaritans bring in injured strays which raises financial issues too.
You just never know for sure which dogs are safe and which aren't or which you should really try to make call after call to save.
Code enforcement brings in dogs to be destroyed at the vet clinic. At times, we pick some out to try to find homes for with the clients or workers. We want some direction on temperament and disposition. We usually let any sick dogs go unless one of the workers wants to take on the medical care.
Judging temperament is more difficult. All large aggressive breeds are immediately destroyed by policy.
Sometimes you get others--fearful dogs or cute dogs with an attitude. We have begun to let those go too just because we worry about temperament. The confident, friendly ones are kept if possible to be given away to homes or fostered out. I think everyone in the clinic has about 8+ dogs now because we try to save nice ones. Our vets have lots of dogs too.
How do you decide who has an acceptable temperament? Fearfulness or Aggression is bad. What else? Please give examples.
Thanks all. Drive is a word I understand. Recently one city near the vet clinic added a code that limits per household. So that means that more will be coming in on top of the "found" dogs and injured dogs or dogs removed for breed code or aggression. We may only find homes for 5-10 a year because we aren't a shelter. But that is 5 or ten that aren't killed without a reason. And most should be euthanized, but sometimes you find a cute little dog that seems nice and would do well in a home.
Sometimes Good Samaritans bring in injured strays which raises financial issues too.
You just never know for sure which dogs are safe and which aren't or which you should really try to make call after call to save.
A. Actually they are both the same, you are using a synonym to describe the same thing!! Temperament is genetic, the dog was born with it. We have talked about this before. For your purposes in rescuing and placing dogs I can see how an aggressive or fearful dog may not be the best candidate for placement. The dogs that I would eliminate from the start are the fearful, sharp/shy ones that because of genetic issues will always be like this, regardless of what anyone says. Please let me know if you need me to be more specific about anything I have said here and I will be glad to do it.
Should new pet owners be required to get an IQ test before being allowed to get a dog?
Q. OMG...After reading most of the questions here on Yahoo Answers Dog section, I just cringe, and feel so bad for so many dogs out there. HOW OLD are the people here? Questions about dogs that have been sick for days....Instead of posting your question on an online group, GET YOUR DOGS TO THE VET.
90% of the questions here can be answered with the following answers:
Get your dog to the vet. Only your Vet can tell you how to treat your sick dog/tell you if your dog is at a healthy weight.
Get your dog spayed/neutered. NO, you don't need to breed your dog. There are too many unwanted dogs already.
Get your dog into pet training. Obedience and behavior training will HELP with the chewing/digging/jumping up/bad behaviors.
So...I'm starting to think there should be an age limit on pet ownership...and probably an IQ test. Far too many common sense questions being posted on here....too many dogs endangered by foolish owners.
Are there any other ADULTS in here?
90% of the questions here can be answered with the following answers:
Get your dog to the vet. Only your Vet can tell you how to treat your sick dog/tell you if your dog is at a healthy weight.
Get your dog spayed/neutered. NO, you don't need to breed your dog. There are too many unwanted dogs already.
Get your dog into pet training. Obedience and behavior training will HELP with the chewing/digging/jumping up/bad behaviors.
So...I'm starting to think there should be an age limit on pet ownership...and probably an IQ test. Far too many common sense questions being posted on here....too many dogs endangered by foolish owners.
Are there any other ADULTS in here?
A. I'm a grandmother but it's questionable as to whether I'm an adult or not at times.LOL
But I agree that a I.Q. test may be helpful.Then I truly think every county should require so many hours of "people training"before a person is allowed to own any animal.
People don't seem to know how to treat their own children so how can we expect them to deal with a dog?
But I agree that a I.Q. test may be helpful.Then I truly think every county should require so many hours of "people training"before a person is allowed to own any animal.
People don't seem to know how to treat their own children so how can we expect them to deal with a dog?
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