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    I Adopted Your Dog Today

    in General Dog Discussion

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    My young FB friend adopted a GSD female last year which she called Riley. Over the course of the year she has put a lot of work in to raising Riley, she really works hard and tries her best to do what is right for Riley and her other dog Banjo. Things haven't been easy for her and Riley. This is her words as to some of the challenges she's faced with Riley:

    Hello, My name is Destiny R and I'm 17 years old. I have a passion for animals! I love them all!! This video is about when I adopted Riley from the shelter, she came to me at 39.9 pounds. Then a very bad thing happened after I adopted her. Her incision ripped down her stomach from her spay, and her guts fell out. We took her to the vet which is 3 minutes from my house. She then got terribly sick. She literally was throwing up every 15 minutes for 2 days and a half. The second day after she puked so many times we took her back to the vet. She dropped from 39.9 pounds to 19 pounds even. After a lot of work I got her back up to 40.5 pounds in two weeks. She had it rough before I adopted her. When she was 12 weeks old she was thrown over a fence, as she wouldn't make a good breeding dog I believe they said. I was horrified to hear that my little girl was thrown over a fence at 12 weeks!! I accomplished a lot with Riley. She needed a lot of socialization to different things, such as a dog toy. Yes, a dog toy. She was terrified of her now favorite squeaky toy. She was also scared of meeting new dogs, but with lots of training she got over her fear and thoroughly enjoys playing with new dogs'. She was also very unruly when I got her, she couldn't sit for 1 minute, and now with lots of time patience and training she can sit, lay down, and stand stay for over 3 minutes!!

    Destiny recently made a beautiful video to the poem ''I Adopted Your Dog Today'' featuring pictures of her girl Riley. She added her own personal spin to the poem at the end.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrcWH4otu20&feature=g-all-lik

    HUGE Thanks go to DOLs GSDs4Ever of Happy Paws Training Treats who saw the video on my page, and wanted to not only share it on her FB page, but to award Destiny with a sample pack of her awesome treats, and also has kindly insisted on giving me a sample pack for sharing the video. :thanks:

    Heads Up On Dog Theives

    in General Dog Discussion

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    A friend just shared this on FB

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    This turned out to be a false alarm, I know this as it was at my place. The vehicle belongs to a member of the club next to my paddock. He was there on the mobil phone and the neighbor thought he had binoculars. I spoke to the owner of the vehicle this morning.

    Oh that's a relief. I guess that is the sad thing with this situation, is that people are feeling so on edge and any thing out of the ordinary is deemed suspicious.

    Heads Up On Dog Theives

    in General Dog Discussion

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    Sorry if this sounds silly, I don't have much experience with how the Police are run:

    Is it possible that the police could be investigating it, but are keeping it quiet as far as media goes in order to try to not tip the perpetrators into knowing they are being investigated? given the rumours I've heard that fights of these nature are often moved around to different locations to try and avoid suspicion.

    Heads Up On Dog Theives

    in General Dog Discussion

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    I hope this thread can stay on topic & 'nice' because I (& I'm sure many other's in our local area) need to know what is happening regarding this horrible situation that has been happening & the more people

    are made aware of it, the more chance I feel we have of catching these b@#tards. Also even if this thread reminds 1 person to bring their precious dog inside today or check that their side gate is locked, we may of just saved that dogs life.

    I agree, there are many DOLers who either live in the area or have family and/or friends in the area, not to mention people who aren't DOLers but have been directed to this thread/ or forum as a way to gain information during this horrible time.

    Heads Up On Dog Theives

    in General Dog Discussion

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    My thoughts and prayers are with all who live in the regions affected in NSW. It's such a horrible thing :cry::mad. I fear I can't say too much because what I want to say about these scum bags would result in a scolding from Troy.

    I found this My link on Facebook which has some more ideas. I know that on a previous DOL thread DOLers managed to come up with some good idea's including keeping your dogs indoors when unable to supervise them, removing visible signs of a dog being on property from your yards etc.

    I'm Scared To Put My Dog Outside

    in General Dog Discussion

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    Have you got the room that you can set up a crate/ or leave him inside when you are out?, that would be my first thought. Apart from that I'd not be letting him outside when some one isn't home and/or able to supervise.

    Hope you can find some ideas to give you a sense of more security - it's a horrible situation to be in :(.

    German Shepherd Locked In Bird Cage & Dumped

    in Dog Cruelty and Abuse News

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    :mad

    This happened 10 minutes from where I live - within my local suburban council area :(. It makes me sick to think that whilst my own (slightly spoilt) GSD was resting in comfort in my bedroom, another of her breed was being treated so inhumanely :(.

    I hope the monster that did this is caught :mad and that they can find a new home for this boy where he will receive the love and care that he truly deserves.

    Training Talk Thread

    in Training / Obedience / Dog Sports

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    We had a great training session today at the park- even had a slight distraction in the form of another dog in the distance to begin with. Complete opposite to Sunday when I was stressed/ Brennan was reactive and it was just not a good day. My stress is the biggest issue at times- I found out my lift to training is no longer continuing hence I need to put an advert in for a new ride to training or do the 80 minute walk to training. Hence I was stressed and that travelled down the leash and I had a dog barking at other dogs (which in turn had me getting embarrassed/ frustrated and made it worse :( ). Of course it was completely my fault for allowing my stress to travel down the lead/ handling it wrong. Had a break on Monday and resumed training today.

    Training Talk Thread

    in Training / Obedience / Dog Sports

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    Really hoping that it won't be too long until we move up to Class One from Learners. Last week we were told our biggest thing (holding us from progressing) is hand signals. So this week we have focused on making my hand signals more clear and concise to her. I have been trying to make sure when I give the stand command that she just stands and doesn't move. At first she'd stand and move to get the treat as I was rewarding from the hand furthest from her. However I found that by rewarding from my left hand and just dropping it down to my side that she's starting to get the idea that I want her to just stand where she is.

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