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I'm sorry for your dog but take heart my little pekin chicken was attacked 2 years ago and had four tubes like that sticking out of her. She successfully overcame gangrene and regrew most if her feathers. Modern medicine can work miracles. The skin on top if where that drain is might die off and form a sort of scabby shell, if it's bothering her you might need to have a kong cloud or the old cone of shame ready to pop on her. I own a bull breed who is dog aggressive and I am on the other side of the same fence I guess, I hate off leash dogs because of the danger they pose if they run up and get attacked and then I will be to blame. The truth is their are a lot of bull breed dogs out there and there are many careless owners who don't leash or train their dogs. When one of these owners chooses a bull breed looking dog the consequences are going to be worse than if they chose a poodle. It would be great if instead of a breed restriction we could have a "too stupid to manage a dog" restriction slapped on the owners but that's not going to happen. Whilst I loved dog parks when I had a calm dog I now wish that there were no leash free areas because I think they might encourage people to just think dogs gambolling free is the norm and their right rather than a special privilege accorded only to bomb proof dogs in certain areas. So yes as a bull breed owner I flinch when I see pit bulls again blamed for attacking but statistically it is likely.

So when we got Jake 2 years ago he was unable to look at the cockatiels even if they were caged without losing it. Today I went out and on the way out the door hubby said he'd come with. Normally the birds would only be out if we are home but hubby forgot to put them away. We got home to find the two monsters had teamed up and the evil cockatiel was furiously ripping diamantes off the tutus whilst The Tubster hoovered them up. Poop pickup is going to be a sparkling affair tomorrow.

Huski it doesn't look like that's a very tasty person she's chewing on, maybe needs some seasoning. Yes duck crap is a favorite here too, so gross.

A good life with your company till the end. Big hugs.

3 jars of peanut butter a week.....he has issues that only peanuts can solve. Also pumpkin. Royal canin frenchie kibble, roast lamb for today but has a different meat every day. So far the only things he won't eat are grapes and jelly, which is a shame because watching a bulldog eat jelly is good fun.

What worked for my freight train who was 5 with no leash experience was walking slowly, very slowly and stopping whenever the leash went tight. That literally meant one step and stop for ten seconds. I would go an hour and really just get to the end of the block, you get a lot of time to chat to your neighbours! His normal behaviour change cycle is 6 weeks and he got it in 5 so I thought that was victory. Once we had conquered walking loose leash I added in a look at me before I'd move off, no cues or commands just a lot of waiting around until he figured it out. I tend to chatter away to him and had to school myself to be focused and quiet. I'm sure a smarty pants dog would get it quicker but it has been effective and stuck where all the different leashes and collars did zip. He will still check occasionally that the rules apply but he's just that kind of dog.

Oh gosh your dapple grey mare is stunning.

I have the orange no dog harness and lead and a very noisy, very obviously dog aggressive dog. He also has a second leash and slip collar and yet I still have some people happily allowing their dogs to run across the road to him. I just don't know if a ribbon is big enough for some people and many assume if theirs is friendly then magically it will all be ok. I would love to think education would change things but I know prior to owning a DA dog I would have just assumed a short bit of training could fix the problem and the owners were dingbats for not dealing with their dogs. (Hence I own a DA dog) Really I agree that a general change of attitude is necessary, respect every dogs, realize every dog has a set of teeth and obey the leash laws.

He is adorable, old owners must be so happy too!

Haha imagine coming home to the mess. Kids would be in serious trouble and meanwhile no one would believe the dog did it.

His eyes are about 90 degrees in opposite directions, if one eye is looking at you the other is looking out the side of his head. I have a funny picture where he's in the car, one eye getting a front view and one out the side window. Apparently if there is at least some overlap in vision then they do get one maybe slightly blurry picture and some depth perception. Jakes eyes are so divergent that what most likely happens is he has two separate pictures and no depth perception, this would make it hard for him to know how far away a dog is or how quickly it is approaching him. Apparently some dogs just use one eye and ignore information from the other. Some dogs can control which eye they pay attention to and for some it's a random switch. If you look at photos of Jake running towards you you can see the eye change. Up till now I thought he was controlling which eye he paid attention to. Now we are working within 5 meters of another dog it doesn't seem to be the case. He will be focused on me and going along just fine, then he seems to suddenly see the dog and get a huge fright. It makes him quite unpredictable as you think it's all under control and then it's like a bolt of lightning hits him. The answer is to just one hundred percent gain his trust. He's a funny little man, he thinks in slow motion and it's quite sweet to see him start to do what comes naturally... Go completely bananas and then pull himself up. My most used command at the moment is "what do you do". This is basically whatever is happening " come tell mummy". Same command for garden, training or in the house. Please Jake go get a second opinion, yours is rubbish.

I'm sorry your son has had a disappointment. Hopefully there will be another door opening for him soon.

Well his eyes function separately, Apoarently it could have been helped when he was a pup but now his brain will have developed in sync with his eyes so he just has to deal with it. Faulty wIring which I do wonder if it's maybe affected other things in his head? It's a shame thinking something coukd have been done.

I wonder if there's a link between her behavior and the epilepsy? Whatever is causing her hyperactive type behaviour could also be causing the epilepsy. Hopefully it will be easy to control, a fit is so stressful to watch I'm so sorry you have to go through that.

My first two bulldogs came as mature breeders who were retiring. I would definitely do that again, a reputable breeder would only have used good dogs and you can go check out the establishment and how the dogs have lived.

As we are working closer to dogs at training it's becoming apparent that jakes vision plays a big role in his problems. He tends to stay really focused on me now and keeps his head slightly pointed at me which is great. He seems to cope fine but then it seems that his wonky eyes see the other dog and he gets a huge fright. It must be hard to live in a world where things unpredictably appear and disappear.

Yea we bulldog owners are used to high maintenace???? airplane trip for vet visit is no biggie.

Oh I'm so sorry BC that's a curve ball to have to deal with. It's annoying when you miss stuff and they have a tanty but I guess that's just going to happen every now and then. I missed a dog coming up behind us the other day, it was about ten meters away when I saw it, I screeched and leapt off the pavement into the traffic. Took Jake a bit longer than me to react and I could have kicked myself after because I think I set him off and had I reacted better he probably would have been fine. Hindsight such a wonderful thing.

A roller type device on top of the board, if you google coyote rollers you'll get the general idea. I agree he's gradually setting his boundaries. Great Dane rescue website will give you some tips for dealing with the sep Anx and setting some good leadership in place. Your obedience work will be good for getting the relationship right too.

When I greet people with Jake I say "my dog has social problems" I think it's a quick way of saying please don't throw yourself on him and just give him space. If they're interested I'll go on to say he's a rescue to me so I'm unsure of his exact history...blah blah. My door opening goes this way. Knock on door, barking run to the door. Clip on leash tell him to sit and quiet. ( commands he's been taught) I then explain to the person through the side glass panel that I will unlock the door and step back. When I say so they are to open the door and remain standing there and ignore the dog until I say so. If they open the door and start talking g to him, trying to pat him or whatever they're not suitable and the dog is put in a different room. If they're suitable and Jake is calm and responding to my "look" command and calmly taking treats then I approach them. Still on lead and still no interaction from them. He is then given "free" command and everyone can pat him. If he's behaving in the work room I'll often let visitors command him for tricks and give him treats for listening. This is a routine for him now and he's comfortable with this "script." Giving a dog a new way to behave in a situation is important and really it's like a piece of theater that you rehearse. The key is consistency, practice and repeat. Start with fake door knocks, knock on wall and say the look command. Break it down and at each stage the dog must look at you. Avoid people who won't listen to you around the dog, particularly avoid people who think they are "dog whisperers". They'll try doing weird things behind your back and it can end badly. ETA ms Overall has a calming protocol that runs over 28 days. You build up a solid stay including knocking on the door and leaving the room. It's really excellent.

I'm so in love with Earl, flappy face and big just everything I want in a dog. Squishing into his chair is my favorite.

Jakes a dope....because he sniffs your eyes. He wakes me up by putting his whole flappy snozzle in my eye socket, bulldogs have very soft flappy bits so it's not that bad. He tried this with my sister when she was staying over, jumped on her bed and gently placed his nose in her eye socket, I was following him with tea for her and nearly died laughing, she was rigid with fear and managed to squeak out a muffled "what's he doing?"

Just a reread of the post, my boy may through circumstance never have learned a fight rather than flight response. If your dad was holding her collar she may have felt her flight was blocked and she had no alternative but to fight. I always clip a leash on before I open my door and I work quite hard at keeping his leash loose when out and encouraging him verbally to move away. I have a few old leashes around the house and garden just in case, as soon as you hold a collar you tend to put pressure on which increases the anxiety as you have to lean down to the dog as well. With a leash you're upright and relaxed in your body language.

Only one place to be today. Crazy cresties thats an awesome picture. Who knew a wasp feeler threw a shadow.

This is a good excercise in understanding why dogs end up in the wrong homes and on to rescue.