#dog owners

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#dog owners #other stuf

[i-ate-your-dog-srry]

Chunky girl :3

Meh dog likes to hurt my lungs <3

#silly stuff #silly #digital art #art #cute #paper doodles #doodle drawing #doodle #dog #fat dog #dog owners

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[celebritypawblog]

"Let's Talk Pet Travel."

Hey Paw Parents,

As a lover of my planet, & a part-time wanderer. I love a good old journey through what I call my palace earth. So how do I travel with my 3 furbabies, through our palace? I'll tell ya in this blog entry.

Flights: It's easy to travel with smaller dogs. Unless you buy your larger fur baby a seat. Honestly, I've never paid for a flight for my pups. It's easy to conceal them in a pet traveler bag, & have them placed on your lap. If you have a partner, & more than 1 dog it's easier. Smaller dogs get away with everything it seems. So far so good.

Road Trips: Road trips are super pet-friendly & stimulating for your pup. I Highly recommend paw parents who love a simple road trip to include this traveling method with your pup. It's fun, and you can make it feel like an endless vacation. ** I highly suggest having a pet seat cover cause you never know what surprises your furbaby may leave you.

Well, stay tuned for pt:2 of Let's Talk Pet Travel.

#pet parent #furbabies #petparents #pets #dog blog #pet #dog owners #dog owner #dog care #pet blogging #pet travel #pet airline

[settlercolonialismisbad]

Things the vet office staff wish you would stop doing:

Please don’t take your dog off the leash in the lobby for any reason ever (including to put them on the scale!).

Never EVER yank on your dog’s leash to get their attention. Pulling on a leash the wrong way can very easily do permanent damage to your dog’s neck and windpipe, not to mention their trust in you. Always use your words first, then gently guide them where you want them to be using encouragement. Use your body to block them from unwelcome distractions.

Never force your dog towards someone they don’t know. You’re the owner. Enforce that strangers must get low and let your dog come to them first. If they’re forced into situations they’re unsure of, the likelihood that they will growl or bite is greatly increased. So is their anxiety.

Don’t hover at the counter if you are not checking in or out.

Don’t expect to call or walk in and demand to speak to your veterinarian. You can leave a message and they will get back to you. Even within the hospital, the doctor’s time is fiercely guarded and all matters are triaged by their vet assistant before it’s decided to interrupt the veterinarian (most things don’t make the cut).

Expect to wait 3-5 business days for refill requests to be approved. See rule number five.

If your appointment was a drop-off, please please try to resist the temptation to call and check and see how your pet is doing. The assistant will call you when they can. Ironically this is the number two thing that causes interruptions at crucial times during treatment.

The number one reason that hospitals run behind is because clients are late (and often expect outsized accommodation because of how difficult it was to get the animal to the hospital compared to their normal routine). We really do try to remain flexible, but if your appointment is only 30 minutes and you’re 15 minutes late, most clinics will require you to reschedule because we can’t provide you adequate care in that time. Similarly, if you’re scheduled to pick up at 1:30 and you arrive at 3:00, expect to wait longer. The technician had time to explain Fluffy’s diagnosis to you at 1:30; at 3:00, they’re supposed to be in a room with another client.

Remember that your pet is almost certainly not ‘misbehaving’ out of spite. They are just acting according to their nature, which is sometimes incongruous with the expectations that we put on them. They have different priorities than we do. Your best bet is to work with their nature and give them a lot of grace. Scolding is the least effective way to change behavior.

#veterinary #vet hospitals #animals #veterinary support staff #i’m also an animal trainer #vetiqutte #dog owners #pets #pet trainer #positive reinforcement only

[bbyboybucket]

Calling all blue heeler owners (or just dog owners in general)!!!!

How the actual fuck do y’all manage the shedding, bc my guy is the worst shedder I’ve seen and is even worse now that it’s springtime. I woulda never guessed it’d be so bad bc he’s a short haired dog but I was not prepared for the double coat. I’ve gotta say, my parents have a Great Pyrenees and my dog sheds WORSE than him

And I’m trying EVERYTHING! I vacuum almost daily which includes vacuuming the furniture bc it gets stuck so bad. I even bought a mini hand held vacuum for furniture and my car but it doesn’t matter bc 5 seconds later, it’s covered in fur again. I brush him almost daily and every time it’s like shearing a sheep, even after 30 min brushing sessions, it just keeps coming. I have a million lint rollers not just for myself but for the furniture multiple times a day AND I have lint roll him too to get the excess off but it still doesn’t help much. He also has a salmon diet which is supposed to be for a healthy coat in general but I’ve also heard fish oils and fatty acids help shedding too but it’s not 🥲.

So that being said, any advice? Bc fuck, the hair is literally everywhere all the time. And like I said, now that it’s spring and getting hot, chunks fall out

#his fur isn’t matted or unhealthy #he’s not like missing patches or anything #he genuinely is just an insane shedder #and it gets on his nerves too bc it gets on his face and stuff #so is there any advice for how to manage it a little better? #also I feel bad for brushing him a lot bc he gets so annoyed and doesn’t like it #pls help a girl and her dog out #blue heeler #australian cattle dog #dog owners #heeler mom #heeler owner #dog mom #me trying to get traction by tagging using heeler tags but bluey just keeps coming up #dog advice #Australian cattle dog owners #Australian cattle dog mom #dog shedding

[artistsfuneral]

Carrying around a backpack full of tennis balls is an oddly powerful feeling.

#rambles #dog owners

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

#meme #animals #cat vs dog #cat owners #dog owners

[irenekohstudio]

'Fetch' good fortune in style! with our goodest and 'pawsome' of all zodiac signs – The Dog warrior! If your birth year falls into 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, or 2018, you're in for a 'pawsitively' fantastic year!

Just like the Woof-warrior's unshakable determination, the Year of the Dog symbolizes loyalty and courage, making it the ideal time for success and good fortune!

#dog owners #dog art #dog mom #dog parents #cute dog #cute animals #pets #cat art #kawaiistyle #kawaii art #cute art #cute pets #my pets #doggos #shiba inu

[brokenmusicboxwolfe]

Gotta “love” my run in with the guy that actually owns the dog that nearly bit me.

He is actually the son of my neighbor, apparently adrift and living in the next county. I say living, but he told me he can’t actually got here or he will be arrested.

He told me the dog never barks at anyone. This is rich, since that dog barks at EVERYONE that comes into sight. I’ve told people walking by that it’s not personal, since he always barks at me.

When I insisted he barks at me plenty he said it was odd because he only barks at people on the autism spectrum. He explained it’s because their body language is “wrong”. He didn’t seem to find this disturbing.

Then he added that he also barks at people people that are nervous. The fact that this is even worse it even more disturbing.

Honestly, it irked me. I was never nervous around the dog until it tried to bite me, despite the fact he’s as big as a pony. And I never approached him, but let him approach me. And as for body language, how much “wrong” body language is involved in sitting on Mom’s porch reading?

I told him that the dog growled at me at my mail box. He said it never growled at people.

I told him the dog seemed nervous and high strung, so I had always stayed still and quiet. He said his dog is never nervous.

I said it barks at me when I am just sitting on the porch, and comes on the porch to do it. He said I must have done something “wrong”.

Well, I guess existing within sight of the dog is “wrong”

Talking about the electronic fence that doesn’t bother the dogs despite the beeping collars, he said that’s his mother’s fault. She is awful at training dogs and their dog is awful.

The parents’ dog is a sweetheart that loves playing, and I once spent half an hour playing fetch with this “awful” dog he hates. Go figure.

He said his dog is led astray by his parent’s horrible dog, that she leads him out and into trouble. Which is funny since I have always seen her following him everywhere. Literally always following.

I told him I’d worried for the dog. Being a big great dane wandering lose in the neighborhood he might scare people, and people in town have killed dogs that scare them even when they were harmless. He responded that no one in town is scared of the dog. He said he had taken the dog and introduced him to everyone, and not one single person didn’t like him. Which is funny since I’m the one next door and he never introduced me to the dog…

Or himself, for that matter. He never did tell me his name, and with his big black dark glasses and scraggly huge beard**to hell if I know what he actually looks like.

When he insisted no one has any problems with the dog, I mentioned having heard one of the neighbors shouting and cursing about him after he had been pestering their dogs, grumbling that they just let him run loose. He said this was not true, that the lady in question had been over to their house and said her dogs bark all the time.

During all this the dog showed up, and he started shouting at it. The dog rushed to me, wanting petting and leaning full against me, looking up into my face….a dog that has barked at me if I so much as shifted me weight and had made to bite me was acting like he was MY puppy. He didn’t even look to his owner until he shouted a command to it.

The man was furious with the dog, and annoyed with the dog going to me to avoid his rage. The man took pride in the dog responding to his hand gestured. He is a strong believer in discipline and obedience and anger, it seems. He seemed to show more pride in the the dog than actual love.

Now I get why the dog runs free every chance he gets, and why he is so high strung and nervous when he does.

He yelled at the dog as he had it follow him away. I didn’t see him pet it.

Odd how I am so annoyed with the human, but so completely forgiving of a dog that nearly bit me.

Or not odd. The dog nearly biting me was honest. The human trying to tell me what I have witnessed and experienced isn’t true*** or was my fault is anything but honest.

I am eager to see how the dog acts around me next time. With the man not around will the dog go back to barking or remember me as a friend??

Oh, and just a heads up to other pet owners: Don’t say “my pet would never….” because pets are like people, with moods and individualized reactions to circumstances. Ryoga, my pig, is a total sweetheart to me and delicately takes fruit from my fingers…but I would NEVER let someone else try. I know him, he knows me, but he doesn’t know you and I can’t know how he would react to you. To act certain is foolish. Anyone that tells me their pet would never bite me, I know to watch my fingers then!

**Look, dudes in my family have beards. My father had a beard. But this beard looked like something a character might glue on their face as a disguise.

***I have REAL issues with not being believed, and quite simply it enrages me. In fact, if in a movie/show a character tells the truth and no one believes them I get more upset than any amount of gory horror can evoke. I used to cover my ears and humm, saying “Tell me when it’s over!!” And that was just the comedies!

To this day I am still upset about the Snuffy situation on Sesame Street. The fact that those just slightly younger never had to deal with everyone telling Big Bird his best friend wasn’t real doesn’t undo preschool me’s rage. It still sits in a corner of my brain all these decades later.

I swear to god, someone gaslighting me would likely just make me homicidal!

#my day #dogs #pets #people #dog owners

[doggozila]

#dog story #funny dogs #dogs with jobs #dogs of tumblr #magazine #dog magazine #dog health #dogslife #dog owners

[poetryorchard]

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#poetry #writeblr #writing prompts #poetry community #poets on tumblr #poetry workshop #creative writing #art #workshop #poetry prompts #dog owners #dog lovers #dogs of tumblr #dogblr #catblr #cats of tumblr #cat owners #cat lovers

[sweet-heart-jack]

#tw: bugs #tw: talking about bugs #dog owners #ticks #fleas #a pet owners nightmare

[thefundisorderdiary]

Dog peed on my wheel today. Owner didn’t even bat an eye.

😡

#fucking asshat. #squirted that wheel so hard with my water! #should’ve squirted him! #electric wheelchairs #wheelchair #dog owners #spoonie #disabled #fnd #functional neurological disorder #disability #chronic illness #actually disabled

[celebritypawblog]

"Let’s talk poop bags”

Hey paw parents,  

I discovered this amazing brand of poop bags. When I tell you the feel, and smell control, is absolutely fab. Yeah, that’s the word FAB! Wild one (dog brand) definitely did their thing with this one. Apparently, it's made of corn starch blend. Making for a super eco-friendly, sleek, & thick poop bag. They're doing the damn thing with this one. Honestly, it was love at first sight, when I saw this product at Target. I had to share this with you guys. Also, yes their bags are biodegradable. Which is amazing for our planet. The color with their minimalist logo pop. It’s so pretty. Here’s a video of my 3 furbabies, & I using this poop bag, as we stroll the dog park.

Till next time!✨🐾🐩

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vghifAiKHiM

Link:

https://www.target.com/p/wild-one-dog-poop-bag-carrier-10ct-pink/-/A-80769645

#dog care #pet parent #dog owner #furbabies #dog owners #petparents #dog blog #pet blogging #pets #pet #poop bag #poopbags #wild one #target #dog adoption #dog mom

[funbearer]

#dog owners #cat owners #dogs #cats #dog #cat