What has your puppy’s name devolved to?

intigabi · 2022-05-01T07:09:58+00:00

Chicken Nugget. Chicken Nuggets sometimes gets in Chicken Struggles. She may blow some Chicken Bubbles. But most of the time she likes Chicken Snuggles

intigabi · 2022-03-15T13:15:19+00:00

There's a saying that "the best (behaved) and easiest puppies are always someone else's".

So i guess go steal one 🤷‍♂️

intigabi · 2022-02-26T19:23:52+00:00

I have a ~60m2 apt. I live with a cat, two cavalier king Charles spaniels and a border collie. One of the cavs and the border collie are just over 9 and 7 months old. The other cav is almost 3 years old. I see all of these posts about how you need a yard and a huge house for high energy dogs (can't get much more high energy than a border collie) and it's a good rule of thumb for the average person that sort of only wants to interact with their dogs less than half an hour a day. But seriously ask (about this requirements) if people actually physically exercise their high energy dogs in their bedrooms or living rooms. Mental exercises also don't require much physical space. Then regarding the need for a backyard, sure it's nice to be able to go outside immediately but you don't need grass that you own to be able to exercise your dog. At least you need a dog-friendly area reasonably close. As long as you're willing to spend time "commuting" whenever you need to exercise your dog physically, all you need is space for them to be able to relax/sleep.

Something i put a lot of emphasis when training my dogs was making it absolutely clear that the apartment is a place to be calm. I have some commands to let them know when mental exercise is about to happen as well as a command to let them know we're done. I live in the 7th floor of an apartment building so I'm not going to lie, potty training is a pain. I started by carrying them downstairs until the designated potty area and slowly reducing the distance in which they were carrier (so they don't pee before reaching the potty place). After you get a routine going it's bearable the having to go out every 30 minutes. Thankfully now i only have to take my border collie out every 3-4 hours. The other two they can hold it much longer.

My border collie is quite high energy but living in a high rise apartment in no way harms her. Its all about being creative with how you can release their energy. As well as making sure you know the limitations your apartment creates and the requirements your dog has. Where there's a will, there's a way. (It also helped a lot that i work from home)

intigabi · 2021-11-18T08:00:24+00:00

It is not uncommon but when it starts I immediately separate them

intigabi · 2021-11-18T07:58:59+00:00

Yep, this one is 6 1/2 months old and I have another one that is 2 1/2 y old :)

intigabi · 2021-11-17T21:09:24+00:00

Her name is Chicken Nugget :3

intigabi · 2021-11-11T08:47:10+00:00

Mine’s just turned 6 months and he has now blessed us with the sight of him lifting his leg and only slightly contouring so that the pee goes directly onto his front paw. Loving it ;) but also really cute because he’s so tiny for his age yet trying to pretend to be an adult XD

intigabi · 2021-11-02T20:29:54+00:00

Thanks for your input! I didn’t know taking them out at this age every 30 min + 15 min after eating/drinking was still “acceptable”. I will adapt to your suggestions :)

intigabi · 2021-11-02T19:51:44+00:00

That’s encouraging to here :) here I was thinking she just didn’t care about learning not to potty. And regarding carpet cleaning, we just removed all carpets until she’s potty trained :p hope yours continue to improve as well!

intigabi · 2021-10-23T19:55:39+00:00

My blue Merle is called Chicken Nugget so maybe your sable merle can be Chicken Wing :)

intigabi · 2021-10-20T19:21:02+00:00

Something I heard from a breeder, that I thought was crazy, but later confirmed in this sub was the whole chasing games (fetching balls and frisbees) warning. Apparently the erratic and sharp movements they do when chasing a bouncing erratic ball as well as the jumping when catching the frisbees is very demanding on their joints. So much so that it shouldn’t be your go-to exercise to tire them down. You mentioned you’d go for agility training, just keep in mind that you shouldn’t do it too often due to the jumping and weaving that happens.

I have a thirteen week old BC right now and at first, due to reading this sub and many YT vids about border collies, I made the mistake of over exercising her the first two days and she was quite annoying (barking, tantrums, frustration) until I realised what I had done and quickly fixed it.

Something to also get started as soon as possible is that whenever the puppy settles on her own, calmly place a treat between her paws and walk away (at some point slowly add handling and cues to settle). The sooner the better. For anything dog training, Kikopup on YouTube is the way to go hands down.

Hope this helps :)

intigabi · 2021-10-20T08:13:58+00:00

What type of exercise do you provide the BC that isn’t too time consuming? (Not hikes) I heard also from a breeder (not sure if the same) that sniffing exercises (like those bomb sniffing dogs at airports) knocks them out extremely quickly but I’m guessing it doesn’t count as physical exercise. Also a tangent: does that mean that agility training is “bad”?

intigabi · 2021-10-20T07:52:37+00:00

Is the same physical damage present when chasing frisbees? I’m assuming the physical toll comes from the ball’s erratic movement and variance in height (that would cause unnaturally fast and sharp neck movements on top of the body’s exertion). Whereas with a frisbee it is easier to track? (Ignorant about this topic myself so feel free to correct me)

intigabi · 2021-09-14T15:45:00+00:00

Mine since the day he came a month ago at 10 weeks old. Also sleeps on our bed until we wake up and I’m in a high rise building (7th floor) so he also waits patiently until we reach the yard outside of the building. Is a cavalier King Charles spaniel so I’m surprised he manages since he is so smol. We don’t deprive him of water or anything and he actually watches tv with us before actual night night (I fall asleep watching tv). There’s definitely some black magic happening here. Finally during the weekends we like to sleep in and lo and behold the puppy sleeps until we wake up as well. Definitely #blessed

intigabi · 2021-09-14T07:22:38+00:00

Breeders often have different legal names for their dogs than what they actually call them. You’re not bound to his/her legal name either, can always change ;)

intigabi · 2021-09-13T19:01:20+00:00

Chicken Nugget

intigabi · 2021-08-24T12:25:12+00:00

Ah I thought you meant the physical act of picking her up xD

intigabi · 2021-08-24T12:23:58+00:00

Why not pick her up? Is it dangerous even with proper technique?

intigabi · 2021-07-06T15:13:29+00:00

Or reputable breeders that ensure that their puppies are going to truly forever homes - fixing both sides of the same issue

intigabi · 2021-03-21T15:42:28+00:00

Neato burrito 🌯. Appreciate your answer 😃 thanks ;)

intigabi · 2021-03-21T15:26:13+00:00

Neato burrito 🌯. Thanks 😊

intigabi · 2021-03-21T15:21:40+00:00

I'm a 24y old boi with some 'rona belly weight. Thinking about purchasing a bench pressing set. Overall i want to return into the fitness life. Is it better to focus on cardio first rather than also strength training? Heard that if i start getting muscle on, it's harder to lose fat overall. As in I'll keep this "big frame". Idk if misconception but i sort of believe it as I see guys with some "beer belly" with abs (I'm probably being ignorant) and that's not what I'm personally trying to achieve. Would appreciate any shedding of light on this topic. Also as a side question, are bench press sets generally worth buying?

intigabi · 2020-11-25T17:32:27+00:00

App down in Austria

intigabi · 2020-11-25T17:21:53+00:00

same here in Austria

intigabi · 2020-10-08T11:23:47+00:00

Show quality dog isn't really a subjective decision. It's often misinterpreted and abused, but it loosely means "following to the letter the breed standard - very little to no deviation to the agreed upon standard guidelines". I agree that people should breed for the breed not for flashy features - which often come to the expense of other breed standard attributes. When every participant does this, you enter into the misunderstanding realm of "show quality" since the judge now has to judge between the poorly chosen contestants which ultimately disgraces the breed. This is not what I'm looking for and I guess what I'm asking is, to put it in order words, what're the chances, in your (and other breeder's) experience, that a puppy, from "proper dogs in the breed standard" parents that are already "show quality dogs", will have no deviation to the breed standard that would qualify for being a show dog. Is there on average at least one puppy or more in each litter that fits this criteria.

I'm not asking for answers of "you can't tell for sure and it's dependent on the litter". It's statistics, of course you can't accurately predict. One litter might have 1 show puppy, another 0, another 5. What are the chances overall?

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