I got Rolo an octopus for xmas. This is the 5th one of these she's had in her life. They do not have a good life expectancy.
We got Stanley one of those this Christmas, too. He took all the tentacles that had squeakers in off, then removed the squeaker from each tentacle and left them all dotted around the house like a warning to other cephalopods.
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
We keep saying one day we'll make a sled team for some side fun and exercise. Mostly though we work the two mals.
Lot of food but we got a good source for frozen raw and do a mix of that and good kibble.
It's only all manageable at home due to wife being a full-time dog trainer now, quit her tech job last year and has a small business and the sport training for herself. I get to wear the bite suit though so playing with the dogs is lots of fun.
This piece of shit ate an entire bag of Reese's peanutbutter trees AND a bag of cookies n creme Hershey kisses the other day and spent about 2 days shitting wrappers and foil but was otherwise completely unaffected. Get a trash dog, I guess?
She did get one fuck of a sugar high though and I thought we were all going to die.
I can't tell if the toxicity of chocolate is highly overstated or if we are getting such shitty "chocolate" in the States it doesn't have enough theobromine to actually hurt dogs anymore. Or maybe they are adapting. Either way i have had multiple dogs eat double digit percentages of their own body weight in chocolate and suffer no ill effects.
the main risk is as a stimulant that's dangerous for their hearts and nervous systems. The hyperactive "sugar rush" behavior is a symptom of the toxic reaction.
the main risk is as a stimulant that's dangerous for their hearts and nervous systems. The hyperactive "sugar rush" behavior is a symptom of the toxic reaction.
A buddy of mine once worked out that chocolate is so harmful to dogs because they eat a lot and don't weigh as much as us, generally. His theory was that if we ate equivalent body weight percentages of chocolate, we'd get really sick and maybe die also.
I feed my dog 5lbs of dark chocolate a day to make him immune
He looks like the blueberry girl from willy Wonka so I think it's working
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The ld50 of theobromine (the toxic bit in cocoa) in humans is much higher than in dogs, pound for pound we're better at digesting it than dogs (something like 100mg/kg of dog and 1000mg/kg of human), but if you ate around 350 dark chocolate bars you'd hit it. Good luck I guess
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A buddy of mine once worked out that chocolate is so harmful to dogs because they eat a lot and don't weigh as much as us, generally. His theory was that if we wait equivalent body weight percentages of chocolate, we'd get really sick and maybe die also.
I dunno if I buy that.
I mean i weigh less than certain dogs and my partner has a whopping 30lbs on our not particularly huge pittie.
And that girl can put away some chocolate without the slightest bit of getting sick. So i dont think that adds up either.
And according to the amount of chocolate required for bad effects on dogs it looks like if i ate one bar of very dark chocolate id get seizures.
Google says the theobromine in chocolate is what is the main toxic element. The darker the chocolate the more toxic. So yea, like hershey's milk chocolate has probably pretty low amounts.
This piece of shit ate an entire bag of Reese's peanutbutter trees AND a bag of cookies n creme Hershey kisses the other day and spent about 2 days shitting wrappers and foil but was otherwise completely unaffected. Get a trash dog, I guess?
She did get one fuck of a sugar high though and I thought we were all going to die.
Our husky salad is also a shithead food thief. Once knocked over and devoured FIVE POUNDS of raw somehow. He fucked up his gut flora so bad he needed a vet prescribed reset.
Apparently he was gifted a sneal of breakfast in bed I made wife yesterday.
I have one pet, a Siamese cat, in theory. Named Minmo because I'm that kind of dork.
But functionally I have two more: my mom's dog that's been on-and-off in my care for the majority of her ~12 years (she's definitely feeling the years, given her size), my roommate's cat that hangs out in my room because I keep my door open.
So, I didn't know you're "not supposed to roughhouse with your cat with your bare hands" or that "if their ears are back they're actually mad, not playing" or any of the other cat lore, so I played with my cat the same way I played with my big dogs growing up. But it turns out most of that stuff comes with a big asterisk, I guess.
Now I have a big dog cat (actually very small, as you can see) that loves playfighting more than life. She puts her ears back like she's at war the entire time, but will run up and bat at me and play bite if I look away from her and meow for me to continue if she's still got energy to continue (with her ears instantly reverting to normal forward at any pause).
She's also learned to gauge her bite strength and how she uses her claws such that I never end up scratched unless I move in an unexpected way. This was, um, a learning process for her.
Anyway, I'm not sure I should have raised her like that, but it's done and it's fine. I guess I'd have a different opinion if she, like, attacked in my sleep or something, but she doesn't.
Pamuk looking out over her domain. She's a lazy dipshit though, she has zero interest in chasing pointers, swatting at toys or even just generally zooming around.
I can't tell if the toxicity of chocolate is highly overstated or if we are getting such shitty "chocolate" in the States it doesn't have enough theobromine to actually hurt dogs anymore. Or maybe they are adapting. Either way i have had multiple dogs eat double digit percentages of their own body weight in chocolate and suffer no ill effects.
It depends on the kind of chocolate but yes considering that it's pretty rare for people to have a bag of cocoa powder stored in a place where a dog can get at it (and if you have puppers do not store your cocoa powder in a lower cabinet ffs)
But if your doggo eats a hershey's kiss or chews on a candy wrapper with chocolate on it? Yeah, they'll probably be absolutely fine.
If they eat an entire 2.5lb bag of hershey's kisses or gets into a bag of cocoa powder? Ok, yeah, time to call the vet.
I think my dog yearns for stimulants because she's also developed a taste for fucking coffee. You can't leave your mugs unattended for even a minute..
I came out of the bathroom and took a big swig only to then notice all the coffee splashes from where she had been slurping it and now she's just staring at me as drink my new cup.
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We got Stanley one of those this Christmas, too. He took all the tentacles that had squeakers in off, then removed the squeaker from each tentacle and left them all dotted around the house like a warning to other cephalopods.
And with her best friend
in that he is giving you A Look
RIP to this old man who nearly made it to 20 years. He had a good run and deteriorated quickly after years of dealing with stage 2 renal failure.
We are down to one cat, but still six dogs so uhhhh the house be busy.
six???
Three shepherd mix rescues, one full GSD working line, two working line Belgian Malinois that we do sport with. Yep.
That’s the only photo I’m aware of that has all six in same frame. The Malinois in front are kinda doing some speed face.
Here’s them in a more recent photo while the female on the right was in heat and full on derp.
Lot of food but we got a good source for frozen raw and do a mix of that and good kibble.
It's only all manageable at home due to wife being a full-time dog trainer now, quit her tech job last year and has a small business and the sport training for herself. I get to wear the bite suit though so playing with the dogs is lots of fun.
B'elanna the half-Staffie warrior.
Well I can't imagine the sad unfortunate person who accidentally breaks into your house.
One of these cats tells only lies.
The other: also only lies.
They're cats. What do you expect?
Pretty sure there's a YouTube lifehack video to be made here regarding saving money on dog food.
Gordon likes his Christmas frisbee.
CATNIP BANANA MADNESS REIGNS!
This piece of shit ate an entire bag of Reese's peanutbutter trees AND a bag of cookies n creme Hershey kisses the other day and spent about 2 days shitting wrappers and foil but was otherwise completely unaffected. Get a trash dog, I guess?
She did get one fuck of a sugar high though and I thought we were all going to die.
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Oh, i thought it affected their kidneys.
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I dunno if I buy that.
He looks like the blueberry girl from willy Wonka so I think it's working
I mean i weigh less than certain dogs and my partner has a whopping 30lbs on our not particularly huge pittie.
And that girl can put away some chocolate without the slightest bit of getting sick. So i dont think that adds up either.
And according to the amount of chocolate required for bad effects on dogs it looks like if i ate one bar of very dark chocolate id get seizures.
Google says the theobromine in chocolate is what is the main toxic element. The darker the chocolate the more toxic. So yea, like hershey's milk chocolate has probably pretty low amounts.
Our husky salad is also a shithead food thief. Once knocked over and devoured FIVE POUNDS of raw somehow. He fucked up his gut flora so bad he needed a vet prescribed reset.
Apparently he was gifted a sneal of breakfast in bed I made wife yesterday.
Lounging
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The old lady Mocha, not happy about her vet visit. (there was a period where she wouldn't eat for four days, and she's normally a total piglet)
My mother's new kitten Frankie(short for Frankenstein's Monster) being a little shit
He wants to know what you're eating, but has no interest in actually eating any.
Mishka in memoriam, unfortunately passed away from very aggressive cancer a few weeks ago. Some of you may have seen him in a picture from last year.
PSN:Furlion
(I have no other pictures of her laying on the beach, and that's from like June anyway)
But functionally I have two more: my mom's dog that's been on-and-off in my care for the majority of her ~12 years (she's definitely feeling the years, given her size), my roommate's cat that hangs out in my room because I keep my door open.
So, I didn't know you're "not supposed to roughhouse with your cat with your bare hands" or that "if their ears are back they're actually mad, not playing" or any of the other cat lore, so I played with my cat the same way I played with my big dogs growing up. But it turns out most of that stuff comes with a big asterisk, I guess.
Now I have a big dog cat (actually very small, as you can see) that loves playfighting more than life. She puts her ears back like she's at war the entire time, but will run up and bat at me and play bite if I look away from her and meow for me to continue if she's still got energy to continue (with her ears instantly reverting to normal forward at any pause).
She's also learned to gauge her bite strength and how she uses her claws such that I never end up scratched unless I move in an unexpected way. This was, um, a learning process for her.
Anyway, I'm not sure I should have raised her like that, but it's done and it's fine. I guess I'd have a different opinion if she, like, attacked in my sleep or something, but she doesn't.
Wife and I took two angles of the pup ouroboros to see who had the better shot without disturbing her slumber.
One knows what you die.
The other knows who you die.
Pamuk looking out over her domain. She's a lazy dipshit though, she has zero interest in chasing pointers, swatting at toys or even just generally zooming around.
It depends on the kind of chocolate but yes considering that it's pretty rare for people to have a bag of cocoa powder stored in a place where a dog can get at it (and if you have puppers do not store your cocoa powder in a lower cabinet ffs)
But if your doggo eats a hershey's kiss or chews on a candy wrapper with chocolate on it? Yeah, they'll probably be absolutely fine.
If they eat an entire 2.5lb bag of hershey's kisses or gets into a bag of cocoa powder? Ok, yeah, time to call the vet.
I came out of the bathroom and took a big swig only to then notice all the coffee splashes from where she had been slurping it and now she's just staring at me as drink my new cup.
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