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We just got a new puppy - 8 weeks old labradoodle..:first time with this breed

Big footed clumsy puppy that moves around as agile as a B1G post player

Two other doggies are mutt mixed little dogs part chihuahua/part shitzhu and part terrier / parts unknown

They hate the new little guy of course

I honestly didn’t know that litter mates could have different fathers - live and learn

DEFINITELY seeing a higher “train ability” factor with the new one vs the previous two

Dogs are pretty wonderful and almost entirely non-controversial
 
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I'm kind of train a little and live and let live with dogs. Doesn't sound like you're an amateur. Just follow your instincts and they'll adjust.'

ETA: Doodle breeds are a little possessive. Be cognizant of who it sticks with otherwise it will become "somebody's" dog.
 
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just wait Wyvern, someone will want to cancel dogs soon.
 
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CastleRubric said:
We just got a new puppy - 8 weeks old labradoodle..:first time with this breed

Big footed clumsy puppy that moves around as agile as a B1G post player

Two other doggies are mutt mixed little dogs part chihuahua/part shitzhu and part terrier / parts unknown

They hate the new little guy of course

I honestly didn’t know that litter mates could have different fathers - live and learn

DEFINITELY seeing a higher “train ability” factor with the new one vs the previous two

Dogs are pretty wonderful and almost entirely non-controversial
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I thought you were getting a monkey
 
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WildcatFan1982 said:
I want one so bad but I have a tiny apartment and I know I can’t afford to take care of it properly. Like I know I can afford dog food and check ups but if anything serious happens no chance. Also I want a husky
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They're such cool dogs, but I hate their popularity. I think it's putting em with people and in places they don't belong. If you want a pretty dog with a similar personality, look into corgis. My boy, Wilbur is great. Needs 30 min to one hour of attention a day, but he is great for apartments.
 
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Yeah a corgi would be a much better fit for where I live. One of my neighbors has a husky and I feel bad for it because it doesn’t have enough room
 
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I thought you were getting a monkey
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HELLNAWWW
so about that

this little pup LOOKS like a baby gorilla with its black coat and long clumsy flailing appendages -

i actually brought this up last night as an olive branch ...”Hey LOOK...it’s like you GOT YOUR BABY MONKEY”

seemed like a timely play - but i was quickly rebuked on that front

This topic is tense in the CastleRubricWyvern Residence and I’m starting to think that silence is my best option


there’s no room for compromise on this one

I’d rather have someone raising snakes and sorting wildcats in the foyer than a damn turd tossing monkey



My brother almost had to NEUTRALIZE the one in the Middlesboro mall years ago cause it insisted on biting his finger
 
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Between now and about 12 weeks dogs are developing nerve pathways to their brain. It is a great time to introduce them to new things. One trouble with smart dogs though is they get bored easier than a dumb dog. If they get bored, they may find ways to entertain themselves that you do not approve of.
 
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WildcatFan1982 said:
I want one so bad but I have a tiny apartment and I know I can’t afford to take care of it properly. Like I know I can afford dog food and check ups but if anything serious happens no chance. Also I want a husky
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Think about it - there are dogs that will be put to sleep because shelters can’t take care of em. You can take care of them, and that life you give that dog will be 10000% amazing because of you.
 
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CastleRubric said:
HELLNAWWW
so about that

this little pup LOOKS like a baby gorilla with its black coat and long clumsy flailing appendages -

i actually brought this up last night as an olive branch ...”Hey LOOK...it’s like you GOT YOUR BABY MONKEY”

seemed like a timely play - but i was quickly rebuked on that front

This topic is tense in the CastleRubricWyvern Residence and I’m starting to think that silence is my best option


there’s no room for compromise on this one

I’d rather have someone raising snakes and sorting wildcats in the foyer than a damn turd tossing monkey



My brother almost had to NEUTRALIZE the one in the Middlesboro mall years ago cause it insisted on biting his finger
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Awwwww mannnn.

Now a monkey by itself doesn’t make a lot of sense, but if you pair that monkey up with your puppy, and add stirrups, cowboy hat, free roaming goats, etc…NOW THAT JUST MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

Make sure your wife doesn’t see this video…



(We might’ve covered this already)
 
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Doodles are great. Some can have some hip and tendon issues, but really smart dogs. Having had well-trained and poorly trained dogs, it is clear the well-trained dogs are happier. They learn what you want and that gives them positive feedback. When my dog was young, we kenneled him when we would go to work or leave the house. He started to become more difficult to get into the kennel when he got bigger. One day I told him to “kennel up” and he went to the room and put his paws on the bed and just looked at me. It was clear that he did not mind being in the room while we were away. He just did not want to get back into that kennel. He trained me well. Got rid of the kennel.

Taught him a lot of “tricks,” but it was cool to see him generalize those into other aspects of our relationship. For example, when we played fetch, if he lost track of the ball and I told him to turn around, it was clear that he understood I was telling him the ball was behind him.
 
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Whenever we become empty nesters (still got a while) I want either a Corgi or some big dumb mutt. Different price points for sure. I’ve always been a dachshund person but they’re kinda bitchy.
 
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_Mav_ said:
If you get one Corgi, you might as well get two -- you'll be entertained by their fights.

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Those are just a number 5 and a number 3 marshmallows.


 
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Doodles are great. Some can have some hip and tendon issues, but really smart dogs. Having had well-trained and poorly trained dogs, it is clear the well-trained dogs are happier. They learn what you want and that gives them positive feedback. When my dog was young, we kenneled him when we would go to work or leave the house. He started to become more difficult to get into the kennel when he got bigger. One day I told him to “kennel up” and he went to the room and put his paws on the bed and just looked at me. It was clear that he did not mind being in the room while we were away. He just did not want to get back into that kennel. He trained me well. Got rid of the kennel.

Taught him a lot of “tricks,” but it was cool to see him generalize those into other aspects of our relationship. For example, when we played fetch, if he lost track of the ball and I told him to turn around, it was clear that he understood I was telling him the ball was behind him.
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I got my doggo when she was a little over 2 and I think the family that had her previously just left her in a crate all day. For the first few months that I had her every morning when I was getting ready to go to work she was walk right into her crate and lay down. She was just so socially weird and awkward at the start but pretty quickly it all started clicking and she became socialized and playful.

Then one morning she just gave me a look instead of going into the crate. And for the last 8 or so years she's been hanging out watching her favorite TV shows, lounging around my bed, rolling around on the floor, and doing whatever the hell she wants because she's a GD wonderful dog.
 
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So - since we know that dogs can pick up and hear frequencies that are beyond our range of perception -

Couldn’t they possibly also “see” within the outlying spectrum beyond our established visual frequencies also ?

i started wondering cause for the First Time ever - i have a dog that will seemingly lock onto something and become unsettled - she barks at very specific spaces in the house where there’s nothing to see ((that probably needs a
separate thread))

And the other little dog is the first dog i’ve ever owned where i had to seriously ponder whether or not dogs can be autistic —

Can they be ?

She seems genuinely mentally unstable
And unable to progress past certain anxieties that switch her 180 degrees from sweet
for eyed pup - to fang bearing dire wolf


She reacts very angrily like a punch drunk fighter for little things - like me looking at her for more than 5 seconds

Or someone petting her below the neck -
She’ll take her freaking tiny paw and pull your hand back to her for more attention - then bare her fangs and growl like a freaking rabid animal
 
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Our Dachshund has some kind of sixth sense about when my oldest son, or my mom and dad, are about to come over to the house. It's actually kind of eerie. She'll just sit at the front door and stare, which she doesn't usually do. The other dog has no clue.
 
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There are a larger than expected number of doodle mixes at shelters anymore, because they have so much energy and if you don't train them, they can be a nightmare. I've got two rescue doodle types right now, one mixed with a Great Pyr and one that the DNA test said is mixed with a german shepherd. One is handful and the other is just happy to nap on the couch in his old age.
 
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gobigbluebell said:
Awwwww mannnn.

Now a monkey by itself doesn’t make a lot of sense, but if you pair that monkey up with your puppy, and add stirrups, cowboy hat, free roaming goats, etc…NOW THAT JUST MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

Make sure your wife doesn’t see this video…



(We might’ve covered this already)
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Brandi can’t be trusted right now

My oldest is 19 and ready to move out
shes dating a kid from winchester that she wants to marry - wants to move back to Arizona too

the youngest goes to UK this fall and plans to be in the dorms year 1 and leave the house as quickly as possible -also wants to live elsewhere

so her MIND is operating on early empty nest syndrome — and she’s LOCKED onto a monkey as a substitute ...she doesn’t even realize what she’s doing

and im GENERALLY scared of all monkeys, baboons, chimps, gorillas, ferrets and wasps - FULL BLOWN RUN YOUR *** OVER TO
EXIT THE ROOM TYPE PHOBIA

annnnnnd — all my women think it’s funny or that i’m joking or that ...i won’t OFF the little bastard and make it look like an accident


Shes like telling me how they sometimes fly around the kitchen and put things up in the cabinets...or how they can “Sense Your Emotions” better than other animals — how “cute they look in DIAPERS” .....WTF kind of reasoning is THAT??????

If they can lock onto my thoughts then they’ll KNOW i’m disgusted by them and maybe there’s an attempt to tear off my face or genitals

THEY DO THAT STUFF YOU KNOW


So a monkey patterning with a dog to use a cart , wagon , or any other instrument is just an abomination, man — THE MONKEY SHOULDN’T MIX SOCIALLY WITH THE DOGS FOR GODS SAKE — WTF!!??



i’ve gotta go shower and log in for work now
But i won’t be at ease
 
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Our Dachshund has some kind of sixth sense about when my oldest son, or my mom and dad, are about to come over to the house. It's actually kind of eerie. She'll just sit at the front door and stare, which she doesn't usually do. The other dog has no clue.
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And isn’t there some conjecture or maybe even honest research about dogs sensing electromagnetic fields ?

like that’s part of how they sometimes find their way home when lost over significant distances?

and some of them are believed to be able to
smell or sense sickness in people - right ?

thats pretty interesting really -





monkeys can’t do **** like that
 
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I have two female golden doodles. Bought the oldest for my ex fiancé over 9 years ago. When we split it’s the only thing I asked for and she relented bc the dog was always much more partial to me anyhow. Got the second one a few years ago so she would have a pal.

They are great dogs the minimal shedding part is great. The oldest who is a full size one (75 lbs) is super smart, the other whose more a medium size (35 lbs) isn’t smart at all. They compliment each other well tho and make great pets.

I Think if there’s anything we should all be able to agree on it’s def that dogs are amazing. Given the choice I would take them over people any day. Haha
 
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I have a cousin with a cockapoo and it looks like a stuffed animal. It also doesn't seem to care for me very much.
 
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Anybody considering a monkey for a pet needs to heed Dana Gould's warning:

 
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In full disclosure

I’ve vented about this to my sister in law AND briefly...and more or less in context with our conversation - to my Lochkeed manager

Tonight when i go sit with momma where she is - i unashamedly plan to launch a subversive campaign against all this “monkey business”

asymmetrical warfare baby - it’s either that ...or i’ll have the burden of monkey murder

back to dogs ....:

when i was i. arizona they had specific training for new pets who didn’t recognize rattlesnakes as a threat

they basically attached a shock collar and placed the pooch in relative close proximity to a rattlesnake so they could hear the sound — then shocked the piss out of them until they started demonstrating a healthy fear of THAT SOUND

the two little dogs are litter mates as i said but there’s still a clear way older sibling/alpha role that one takes over the other ....it’s strange and vaguely encouraging

when the younger pup races out to bark at something outside - they go together
but the older sister will almost immediately turn and snap/fuse in a different tone to try and shepherd her oil’ sis away

so she’s watching out for her i guess

OR ...just being a real *****





hahahahhahaa— see what i did there ?
 
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Dogs are great and most are as good as the owner who takes care of them. I have a Pitbull mix and 3 Pyrenees mixes with one still being a puppy (sort of) at 10 months (last month 20 Jan) and 94lbs (pictured below). 3 cats because wife and daughter wanted cats. I don't like them and never had one until the one pictured below (a Manx) showed up as a kitten about 2 1/2 years ago on my walkway to my house around 04:30hrs. We took him in so, my wife wanted him to have playmates and we got a pair of sibling tabbies to go with him.

Anatolian Shepherd/Pyrenees mix


The Manx
 
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Oh, man. If you haven't seen Trailer Park Boys, you should give it a go. It has a weird mocumentary production and the characters are Canadian, but it reminds me of a ton of my eastern Kentucky family and acquaintances. On Netflix if you got it.
 
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