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@annaliseh I am currently FF'ing my older dog. He'll retrieve anything I ask him to get including flapping, angry birds He's a little too crazed to be reliable in an obedience ring where I want him to bring back ONE article, that he's found with his nose, and not the random one that he...

@sqs1 If I had a nickel for every time, someone told me that their bitch got pregnant while the boy dogs were wearing diapers? I’d have a lot of nickels. Diapers do nothing at all to prevent breeding. I’d have your vet check her.

@jamiem It sort of was though? If you had asked the breeder, "why are you producing puppies", what sort of answer would you have gotten? Rotties are a tough breed to do well, especially for pet homes. A good breeder probably would not have sold a first time pet owner, in an apartment, a...

@coreopsis Agreed. What I've seen online of their dogs working is not at all comparable to what is expected here in the US.

@airamnire Eh. I have a friend who's a field trial judge and a breeder. She says, if you can't put at least a JH on one of her dogs without collar conditioning and force fetching the dog, she's done something wrong with her breeding program. She feels that they should be able to get up to...

@chinyereukoha That's not working. You described it correctly the first time as "reactivity". If you have to cover the windows and hope that Amazon isn't dropping something off at your house, that's not a working dog, that's a bored puppy who is spiraling up and up. You can correct him all...

@gracenotworks It’s a mix that a few people have tried to promote. It’s a really bad idea. I’ve yet to see any with any sort of health testing. And badly bred Cane Corso’s and badly bred Dobermans are really not a great idea put together If you are thinking of purchasing one, probably don’t...

@jtyrer My guess is that the sitter is not going to want to admit guilt. And this? When OP's dog was added in, that put the sitter at 6 or 7 dogs it would seem. That's a crazy number of dogs to put together as a pack, when they don't know each other.

@scottwilson Well that sort of sucks. I'd really talk to them and have them understand that while "D" was ok winding up in the ER, the average person is not, and that average person may sue you guys. If you have to keep this dog, make sure that they're onboard in keeping the dog locked up if...

@james2333 You may want to try this on FB.

@seets If she’s bitten, so many people why is she living outside? What’s the prevent her from either getting out and finding a person to bite or biting a delivery person or the gas guy or whoever wanders into the yard. Don’t leave dangerous dogs outside on their own, and then be surprised when...

@pressingon2 To me it's not. so some things will show up right away, like a heart murmur or some types of blindness, or if the dog has girardia and needs to be treated. Some things you won't really know till the dog is 24 months old, when you can do OFA for hips. So if a breeder is doing...

@drjellyjoe I'm sorry this has happened. As far as Rover goes, their terms of service seem to indicate that any contract is between the person hosting the day care, and the people paying that person, not Rover. So Rover would not be held responsible for anything even if the Rover contact is...

@mfld That's wrong. An ESA has housing rights ONLY. If they told you that an ESA could go anywhere, they didn't tell you the truth. Their web site states: There's nothing about public access. My guess is you conflated ESA with service dog, and their web site was not about to dissuade you...

@imagebeastmarkbeast Years ago, I knew two breeders, who owned large kennels. They probably each owned about 20 dogs or so. But both of them, within a few years of each other, lost a bitch to breast cancer. They had an older bitch, they lost track of how old she was, and oops. I don't want...

@scottwilson Now that the dog has shown that he will bite, and will mean it, you have a few choices. One is keep the dog and don't, under any circumstances, allow him to interact with any people who are not you and your partner. Do not try to see if he's better, or assume he likes so-and-so...

@mama357 You responded to me, not OP, but FWIW some dogs do enjoy being groomed.

@mfld US service animals is a scam. I’m sorry you gave them money. Their National Service Animal Registry Database is not anything that’s real.

@jamiem I get it but this: and I know this is hard to hear but she's a Rottie, not a Chihuahua. And if she looks at someone wrong and they stub a toe, they may call AC and claim your dog attacked. You are the only person Margot has in her life who cares about her. So, if she doesn't like...

@etenczal Interesting. So I was talking to a friend of mine who is a vet and who is a serious agility person. She spayed her youngest bitch at a year, as she was about a week away from coming into season for the first time. I talked to her about that decision: she said she can keep her dogs...