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WOOF WOOF: It's a Dog Thread

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  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    Darcy turned 8 on the weekend, which makes her officially a senior dog.

    She is very much not aware of this fact, but I'm sure if we could tell her she'd have a similar reaction to her face in my avatar.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2021
    Currently, this is the equation used to determine dog age in human years.

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    So since Joxer just turned 15, he'd be a bit over 74 human years.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Does it take dog size into account at all, because e.g. a 15 year old malamute would be more akin to a 120 year old man.

  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    Important update - my dog is hard to resist playing with
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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Texts from my sister:

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    but at least they're living it up at the beach

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    3clips3 wrote: »
    Does it take dog size into account at all, because e.g. a 15 year old malamute would be more akin to a 120 year old man.

    It's not perfectly accurate for all breeds, but kind of a general average and certainly far more accurate than just multiplying by 7.

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  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    The oldest dog I've ever met was my aunt's Westie which made it to 19.

    I think that's like the equivalent of being 100?

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Possum update: alarmed but apparently unharmed. Released into nearby tree.

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    Dog update: extremely proud of themselves


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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    A proper possum, not an opossum!

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I forgot what real possums looked like

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
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    Russell posing at daycare today.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    oh right, dog thread!

    Have some mabel bed head. (She would be horrified to know this photo is on the interwebs, don't tell her)

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    I did that dumb disney eyes thing and the results were 10/10 worth it

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  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    edited June 2021
    Your dog looks like he wants to fuck me.

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  • SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    I just saw that equation at the top of the page. It suggests that for the 0.15 years of their lives, dogs have a negative age, and are nearly - infinity when born.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    my poor baby wonk has started limping. i have pet stairs all over and he still gets around but he doesn't move anymore if he doesn't have to

    my sweet old man :cry:

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Sleepy blep

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    my poor baby wonk has started limping. i have pet stairs all over and he still gets around but he doesn't move anymore if he doesn't have to

    my sweet old man :cry:

    Haechi also has started occasionally favouring one leg or another. I figure it's the start of some joint pains. I'm feeding him some Four Leaf Rover Green Eggs powder because it can't hurt (it's got a bunch of anti-inflammatories and stuff) but I mean... he's 11 so I'm trying to be realistic about how things will be trending. :cry:

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Believe it or not, my pupper there is 15! He’s doing remarkably well for his age. Nobody believes he’s as old as he is when the see him. He sleeps more and he’s more grumpy and he has some trouble with stairs but he also still loves to play and run and is pretty spry and perky a lot of the time.

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  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    Ani is turning 14 in a month and has basically held out in his Old Man phase three years longer than any of us expected him to

    He has lupus, had a few white blood cell crashes that we managed to rescue him from with sheer grit and excellent veterinary support, his teeth are in bad shape, and he now has so little muscle in his hips he needs help on stairs and drifts in the breeze like a sail

    But he's eating, drinking, doing his business, and still very happy, so we take it one day at a time (and again, one day at a time has become 3 years) and do our best to keep his quality of life up

    It's a bummer knowing what he was like in his prime but he's happy, and having Ivy around to pup it up/play with our GSD Ellie has helped a lot with the Old Dog Vibes

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  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    Also we have our first group dog training lesson in 7 months tomorrow and I am beyond excited to pet some good dogs oh my God

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Speaking of training, my friends puppy (aka bubble puppy aka juniper aka an increasingly huge ridgeback goober) has done all her puppy training over zoom.
    With the local areas lifting restrictions this month, she had her final class + graduation in person!

    ... She was so excited, she flunked. Failed every challenge, just ran around in circles sniffing butts and jumping on the other dogs heads for an hour.

    I'm on her side, school is bullshit.

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
    Lotta good dogs in class

    Hard to pick favourites just yet but there's a corgi named Gimli and he is perfect

    Also a very cute husky/lab mix who was a little anxious about mask wearing and had the most balefully anxious look when I'd lock eyes with him. At one point during the sit exercises he tried to lean back directly behind his owner, like a cartoon character trying to hide behind a tree or a lamppost conveniently shaped just like them, in the hopes I wouldn't see him

    (I just tried to stare past him and watch the exercise out of the corner of my eye)

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Here's our new pupper, Simon:

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    He's 6 months, and working hard to be a good boy. Though he's managed to gnaw a few corners down, so he's earned the nickname "Rounding Error".

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Cello wrote: »
    Lotta good dogs in class

    Hard to pick favourites just yet but there's a corgi named Gimli and he is perfect

    Also a very cute husky/lab mix who was a little anxious about mask wearing and had the most balefully anxious look when I'd lock eyes with him. At one point during the sit exercises he tried to lean back directly behind his owner, like a cartoon character trying to hide behind a tree or a lamppost conveniently shaped just like them, in the hopes I wouldn't see him

    (I just tried to stare past him and watch the exercise out of the corner of my eye)

    Simon is in a beginner training class, and his classmates are on opposite sides of the size spectrum. On the small side is Migo, a French bulldog puppy - and on the other side is Liberty, a Great Dane/mastiff mix.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgis do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    Our corgi is named Joxer!

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    And surprisingly good with a hammer.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    And surprisingly good with a hammer.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    And surprisingly good with a hammer.

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    That is quite the worthy pupper.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Cello wrote: »
    Lotta good dogs in class

    Hard to pick favourites just yet but there's a corgi named Gimli and he is perfect

    Also a very cute husky/lab mix who was a little anxious about mask wearing and had the most balefully anxious look when I'd lock eyes with him. At one point during the sit exercises he tried to lean back directly behind his owner, like a cartoon character trying to hide behind a tree or a lamppost conveniently shaped just like them, in the hopes I wouldn't see him

    (I just tried to stare past him and watch the exercise out of the corner of my eye)

    Simon is in a beginner training class, and his classmates are on opposite sides of the size spectrum. On the small side is Migo, a French bulldog puppy - and on the other side is Liberty, a Great Dane/mastiff mix.

    Can you take a picture of Liberty for us?
    I'm having trouble picturing what I'm sure is (or soon will be) an absolute moose of a dog.
    Pictures of Migo would also be acceptable.

    I'm sure nobody will have problems with you taking pictures of their dogs for random strangers on the internet.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    corgis are also extremely covetous and selfish

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Here's Coby just hanging outside.
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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Kubo hurt his leg playing fetch with my wife this morning, apparently he slipped and then got up in a weird way and appears to have torqued one of his front legs. He's done this once before and this time doesn't seem as severe (he's pretty gangly, his legs are absurdly long, and I think until he finishes putting on muscle he's just a little delicate with his high center of gravity).

    We called the vet and she just said to limit his mobility for two weeks and if he doesn't improve in the next few days or gets noticeably worse (or won't drink, eat, etc), take him to the emergency vet to get checked out, but apparently there's no OTC human meds that work for dog pain and she said she wasn't comfortable prescribing anything without actually examining him (and there are no gaps in her schedule for weeks so we'd have to go to the emergency vet).

    Poor guy. Granted, he's by far the wimpiest dog (doubly funny because he's the largest dog), but still really hurts my heart to see him in pain and sad. I wish there was something I could do for him that wouldn't involve a super stressful trip to the emergency vet.

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    gawd our dogs fucking love going to the vet, any vets, all vets. Sometimes we walk past the vet's office on the weekend and they stand there trying to get the front doors to open.

    But yeah if it's a strain then same as for humans, give it some rest and hopefully it will come good on its own. Fingers crossed for Kubo, poor pup!

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    He's already much better today, thanks! I expect him to be climbing the walls pretty soon here because he's going to be on limited mobility for awhile so that he doesn't immediately re-injure himself.

  • PoketpixiePoketpixie Siege Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    webguy20 wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Gimli is an amazing name for a corgi.

    Corgi's do share a lot of traits with dwarves. Squat, Stable, stubborn and can hold a grudge forever.

    And surprisingly good with a hammer.

    vcty9uypleof.png

    That is quite the worthy pupper.

    *Thor throws Mjolnir*
    *dog fetches hammer*
    Ironman: How?
    Thor: All dogs are worthy.

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    Cello wrote: »
    Also we have our first group dog training lesson in 7 months tomorrow and I am beyond excited to pet some good dogs oh my God

    Scandal and I happened to take a different route than usual on our walk and ran into the owner of her big sister from a previous litter and now we've exchanged numbers so that Happy and her family can meet Scandal and I at the park for play dates

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    My brother and his wife's dog (a whopping huge great pyrenees named Brienne) had a luxated patella so they had to do surgery. She is one year old this month. They have to keep a super high energy LGD entertained and relatively stationary for two months while the surgery heals.

    I cannot even conceive of how they will survive sane.

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