Help new puppy
Jan 7th 2009, 1:51 am
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Re: Help new puppy
There are a couple more Chow things that I should have mentioned:
The grooming. During blow out(twice a year) - every day/ every second day 45- 60 mins at a time and you know the ads for the deshedding tools where you get the piles of fluff - that is every groom during blow out. rest of the time every 3-4 days and the same piles of fluff are gathered.
The cold. Yep even at -44 the chow will still want his twice daily walks.
They are not a dog that wants to please his master in the way that Labs for example do. If your playing fetch - after he's brought it back the 5th time and you throw the 6th, he looks at you as if to say 'Why do you keep throwing it? If you want it you get it!' Where I say they are cat like - if you want the chow to come to you, he will decide if it's what he would like to do - just like a cat would, he wouldn't necessarily be at your side waggling his tail on the 1st command.
Nooka good luck on your search for a new puppy - can't wait to see the pics
The grooming. During blow out(twice a year) - every day/ every second day 45- 60 mins at a time and you know the ads for the deshedding tools where you get the piles of fluff - that is every groom during blow out. rest of the time every 3-4 days and the same piles of fluff are gathered.
The cold. Yep even at -44 the chow will still want his twice daily walks.
They are not a dog that wants to please his master in the way that Labs for example do. If your playing fetch - after he's brought it back the 5th time and you throw the 6th, he looks at you as if to say 'Why do you keep throwing it? If you want it you get it!' Where I say they are cat like - if you want the chow to come to you, he will decide if it's what he would like to do - just like a cat would, he wouldn't necessarily be at your side waggling his tail on the 1st command.
Nooka good luck on your search for a new puppy - can't wait to see the pics
Jan 7th 2009, 3:50 am
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I'm highly unlikely to get a pure breed in any case, and you can never tell which characteristics will come through with a mix, I think. Lots of the breeds here I have not come across before like Coonhounds, Blue Heelers or American Mastiffs, so research obviously required! The Chow/Lab crosses all seem to have disappeared anyway (although in fact none of the dogs from our local shelter are on the list any more, and I doubt they have rehomed all eight or nine of them in two days). They did look very sweet!
I've never had a dog that needed much grooming. We used to vacuum our collie! But our neighbours had a Pomeranian that had a lovely nature and was very pretty, so I 'm a bit more open minded to ornamental dogs now. The walking is a good thing - it is a lot of the reason I want a dog - to force my family out of the house and into the beautiful countryside here.
Anyway, I'll keep on looking I think, and of course I will post piccies
I've never had a dog that needed much grooming. We used to vacuum our collie! But our neighbours had a Pomeranian that had a lovely nature and was very pretty, so I 'm a bit more open minded to ornamental dogs now. The walking is a good thing - it is a lot of the reason I want a dog - to force my family out of the house and into the beautiful countryside here.
Anyway, I'll keep on looking I think, and of course I will post piccies
Jan 7th 2009, 6:07 am
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If he does go in the house then do not scold him whatever you do (can lead to submissive weeing which could last his entire life so you could have a permanently leaky dog on your hands that pees everytime he sees you!), just ignore him and take him straight out to the place you want him to go, again using the cue word - even if he's already been as it will reinforce the message. Then scrub the spot he went in in the house so that the scent is removed.
Anyways, before scrubbing the spot of an accident, blot, blot and blot more. Use kitchen paper or some other absorbent material to soak up as much of the pee as possible and then scrub to take away the scent. If you scrub straight away you are just scrubbing puppy pee and whatever magic potion into the carpet.
I used the term "splash your boots" as the cue word for our dog. It was the term that my dear grandfather used to use!
Jan 7th 2009, 6:30 am
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Mr L2S took me to see Marley & Me for our anniversary which considering he doesn't like dogs or Owen Wilson really is true love.
I was a bit worried about what it would do for my chances of getting a dog in the future but during my sobs at the end, I did notice Mr L2S have to "rub" his eye
I just keep telling him that he'll love the puppy when we get it.........he just doesn't know it yet
Jan 7th 2009, 10:44 am
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It took nearly 2 years of persuasion before hubby agreed to a dog. It was his idea in the UK.....When we move to Canada we'll get a dog. I wasn't so sure but the kid couldn't be let down. So skills of persausion started
Now I've started on an addition - fostering may be the way to go.
Now I've started on an addition - fostering may be the way to go.
Jan 7th 2009, 11:00 am
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It took nearly 2 years of persuasion before hubby agreed to a dog. It was his idea in the UK.....When we move to Canada we'll get a dog. I wasn't so sure but the kid couldn't be let down. So skills of persausion started Now I've started on an addition - fostering may be the way to go.
Now I've started on an addition - fostering may be the way to go.He latest plan is for me the puppy-walk assistance dogs when the time comes for the patter of little feet and hence little paws. Little does he realise that will just result in more of the puppy stage.
I just know that he is going to love the puppy when we get it.
Thinking about it, Mr L2S is a bit of a Golden Retriever himself.......needs to know what his next meal will be, runs to door to meet me when I get in, likes attention, enjoys an evening in cuddled up on the sofa watching a film, needs to be exercised daily or else gets a build up of excess energy. Although he can be pretty anti-social and certainly isn't a "meet & greeter".
Jan 8th 2009, 3:18 am
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Once you've been owned by a Chow, you'll never want another dog. Henry is my first ever dog and people thought I was mad to want a chow - Ruby Murray included (Sorry Rubes). Henry is now two and a half and the most mild mannered dog you can imagine - he only barks if absolutely necessary. He was potty trained by 8 weeks (when we brought him home). We did work hard at socialising him as chows do have a bad rap. We took him every where. Now when he sees people, he thinks they are there to pet him and admire him He will bark when someone comes to the door, but once they're in and he has had the required amount of petting he will go and lay down. If you want a rambunctous dog, then a chow isn't it. Chows have been likened to cats in there temperament - they will allow you to play and pet when they feel like it but otherwise just admire me. However one that has part lab in you may find more playful.
Take a look at www.chowchow.org and in particular the thread chows and kids in the photo gallery. This page http://forum.chowchow.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3377 has some of my favourite chows and kids photos - a chow and little girl having a tea party. There are lots of people on the forum that have chow crosses so you should get a good idea of what to expect with a chow/chow cross.
(Sorry Rubes). Henry is now two and a half and the most mild mannered dog you can imagine - he only barks if absolutely necessary. He was potty trained by 8 weeks (when we brought him home). We did work hard at socialising him as chows do have a bad rap. We took him every where. Now when he sees people, he thinks they are there to pet him and admire him He will bark when someone comes to the door, but once they're in and he has had the required amount of petting he will go and lay down. If you want a rambunctous dog, then a chow isn't it. Chows have been likened to cats in there temperament - they will allow you to play and pet when they feel like it but otherwise just admire me. However one that has part lab in you may find more playful. Take a look at www.chowchow.org and in particular the thread chows and kids in the photo gallery. This page http://forum.chowchow.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3377 has some of my favourite chows and kids photos - a chow and little girl having a tea party. There are lots of people on the forum that have chow crosses so you should get a good idea of what to expect with a chow/chow cross.
Sorry Piff...simply had to sneek in a photo of my baby somehow
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Jan 8th 2009, 3:26 am
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That's one elegant looking dog. It reminds me a little of my SIL's Jack Russell, also known as Greased Lightening. Obviously on a different scale, but I suspect that's one fast dog! I always liked our Collie's very full tail - great for hauling when he got in the occasional fight. Short haired silky dogs I think would slip through my fingers...
Jan 8th 2009, 3:32 am
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That's one elegant looking dog. It reminds me a little of my SIL's Jack Russell, also known as Greased Lightening. Obviously on a different scale, but I suspect that's one fast dog! I always liked our Collie's very full tail - great for hauling when he got in the occasional fight. Short haired silky dogs I think would slip through my fingers...
She will run and run and run and does not get knackered!! (Ask Piff and her poor Henry 
) She's a proper giddy-arse being only 9 months old a.t.m....but an absolute sweetheart that will follow you all over the house because she can't bear that you're out of her sight 
Jan 8th 2009, 4:25 am
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I took this bit of vid the other day - you can see 2.5 year old Henry is already being tired out by 8 month old Luna and the different styles in play. They had an absolute ball as usual. Rubes - I'm emailing the link for you
Jan 8th 2009, 4:48 am
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Thanks hun xx
Jan 8th 2009, 6:12 am
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Cool. Nice clip Actually that's really useful. We would prefer the more rambunctious style My kids have loads of energy that I'd like burning off, and I think we could all do with more exercise, so the dog needs to be an incentive for that.
Actually that's really useful. We would prefer the more rambunctious style My kids have loads of energy that I'd like burning off, and I think we could all do with more exercise, so the dog needs to be an incentive for that.
Jan 8th 2009, 6:55 am
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I don't think you can get much more rambunctious than a Weim. Absolutely stunning looking dogs. Luna is a real sweetheart.
Jan 8th 2009, 10:08 am
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