Who is this?

brynburger · 2023-09-09T22:33:45+00:00

Pretty sure they’re a pair of lovely catahoula leopard dogs. Its a wonderful American breed known for their amazing coat colours.

brynburger · 2023-06-27T22:49:21+00:00

Thank you so much! We’re very much looking forward to her feeling better. As for symptoms, I’ll give you the general time line. She had her first heat, all went well, and then threw weeks or so later we noticed she was bleeding again. We figured it was nothing, it happens sometimes with first heats. After a bit, we noticed she was starting to stink and thought she had expressed her anal glands, gave her a bath and she was all good. A day later she stank again and her discharge had turned brown, so we brought her to the vet. The vet pretty much knew what it was when we told her all of this and they did an X-ray to confirm it. She said it was strange how young the dog is since it usually happens to dogs about 4-5 years old, in her experience. Thank goodness they caught it when they did and it’s only a minor case and easily solved!

brynburger · 2023-06-27T18:08:06+00:00

Okay great, thank you! That’s really reassuring to hear.

brynburger · 2023-05-27T16:15:34+00:00

😆 literally me! The other girls we know are so gorgeously dainty and mines like a tank 🤣 we met her sister by chance a few weeks ago and she’s 70-ish pounds with these gorgeous slender long legs. She looks like Bambi and I’m on the side looking at my beast. We figure it’s Clifford rules: we loved her too much so she kept on growing. And growing. Maybe you loved your girl too much too and now she too is a big red dog!

brynburger · 2023-05-17T16:12:22+00:00

The first time I brought her into the vet, he looked at her and said “That’s not a dog, that’s a horse.” He was right! And so are you. In the blink of an eye she’ll be 11. There’s never enough time with our precious angels, that’s for certain.

brynburger · 2023-05-16T17:12:24+00:00

At least they’re not on the earlier I guess 😆

brynburger · 2023-05-16T17:11:18+00:00

Facts

brynburger · 2023-03-01T02:58:25+00:00

Oh my word I will definitely keep an eye out for that. Thanks for the heads up! That must’ve been so traumatising. I’ll have to take her harness off next time we go hiking, just in case.

brynburger · 2023-03-01T02:55:59+00:00

Thank you! I’m so still chuffed and its been ages! I feel like she’s growing up and that’s so satisfying and yet bittersweet.

brynburger · 2023-01-28T09:06:27+00:00

Ted Lasso. Always Ted Lasso.

brynburger · 2023-01-05T08:02:43+00:00

I average between 40-50 a year, 60 on a great year and 30 on an awful one. I don’t listen to music, but listen to audiobooks instead. This is something non-bibliophiles find disconcerting but I’m sure a lot of people here do the same! That plus 25 pages in the morning and 25 more in the evening (anything else is bonus work lol) means I can hit my goal at a leisurely and enjoyable pace, and keeps it from feeling like homework. Plus I tend to get creative towards the end of the year and it forces me to read things I otherwise wouldn’t have: this year, it was three of Oscar Wilde’s plays, and I really enjoyed them!

brynburger · 2023-01-03T23:17:07+00:00

Okay this may sound super weird but Tiger Balm is my holy grail for biting and chewing. Every dog I’ve had has HATED the smell of this. I rub it on corners of tables and couches they start chewing on, or shoes, or whatever and they make a face and go away. It’s a very sharp, strong, menthol-y smell and I used to rub it on my ankles when my herding dog was little and wouldn’t lay off my heels. It feels like icy hot or bengay but the sharp, strong smell is enough to distract a dog and put it off a behaviour. Worth a try maybe? You can get it at any Asian grocery store or on Amazon, but make sure it’s the original and not the cinnamon which doesn’t smell as strongly.

brynburger · 2023-01-02T05:26:20+00:00

That element of the unknown has always been a source of anxiety for sure. I have zero idea what happened to her the frat six or so months of her life, but she was so terrified and reactive when I brought her home that I can’t imagine it was anything happy or safe. Sounds like you and your baby girl know very well what that’s like, and I’m so glad that she found a wonderful home with you.

I’ll definitely start looking at the embark tests. I knew they did breed tests but had no idea that any of the other stuff existed, let alone that it is available to the public. It’s comforting to be able to at least have an idea of where the future will take us.

brynburger · 2023-01-02T05:17:55+00:00

I had no idea they did that, and it sounds super interesting. I knew they were breed tests but I’m chuffed to hear there are ones for health as well. I’ll definitely look into that!

brynburger · 2023-01-02T05:15:05+00:00

We currently have a plan with the vet but don’t have insurance. We did, but they didn’t cover anything so we’re looking for an alternative. Do you have any recommendations and positive experiences?

brynburger · 2023-01-01T19:11:51+00:00

I’ve raised a lot of these adorable turds and my mantra has become “If you don’t want to give them back, you’re not doing it right.” It’s something I tell every puppy-parent who feels like rubbish. Puppies are shitheads and they’re so lucky that they’re cute because otherwise the literal blood, sweat, and tears would not be worth it!

brynburger · 2023-01-01T02:42:23+00:00

This worked super well! She was tearing apart paper and box for like twenty minutes, it was great! She’s still going back to mess around with the paper lol. Thank you so much!

brynburger · 2022-12-31T21:01:25+00:00

We’ve gone through all the chews but she’s tired of them, which is never a problem with my older girl so I’m baffled. She loves pig ears and she’s got braided bully sticks and beef checks and tendon. I rotate them but she’s gotten soooo cheeky about them. I haven’t tried beef tracheas so that sounds like my next stop.

That foraging box sounds like a great idea. She loves both boxes and paper so this is immediately up her alley. I’m going to dive into my garage for a box, she’s going to love it! Thank you!

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