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purpledragonclaw wrote:skigod377 wrote:Kyrin wrote:
I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. 🙂 Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
On another note, I am glad you got your horse to trust you. That is very cool.
Skigod, I know not all Rotts are bad. It’s just mine was mean to the bone, and unlike the Rotts you describe, he didn’t even care for his owners (us) much. He would growl at the vet (even with the muzzle on) when she tried to give him his shots, until she finally shot him up with a tranquilizer to knock him out. She had to give him ten shots before she could approach him, and he still wasn’t knocked out! 😯 He just didn’t give her any trouble. The only reason she didn’t give him more was because she was worried about ODing him. She gave him enough to knock out a horse! He didn’t actually pass out until he was at home 15 minutes later. It was only after we had him destroyed that our vet admitted to us she was afraid of him. She had written “Caution” on his chart and everything.
Kyrin, as a vet I can only imagine the types of animals you must have seen. Stories for another day. 🙂 And I’m so glad you teach your children to never pet a stranger’s dog! That is indeed a good lesson to learn!
I was just a vet tech, if I were a vet, I wouldn’t be working for a fish processing plant! Damn sure!
Kyrin
Not getting into the dog breed/biter dog debate. It’s akin to talking about politics and should be avoided at all cost 😆
Draco, you and your horse look great together! You can tell you both have fun. I almost miss riding. Almost. Maybe in a couple more years. Right now, it’s all pony time!
I’m going to be sending Frodo away for training soon 🙁 It’ll be a long road, but I want him to earn his LOM. I think he can do it and I’ve found a really good trainer. Now she just has to accept him. It’s super hard to find trainers for stallions. Trainers only want winning stallions and this is a judge from the UK. keep your fingers crosses she like Frodo! He’s already got a mark against him having the blue eyes. They’re supposed to overlook them, but some judges don’t. We’ll see!Phoenix wrote:Not getting into the dog breed/biter dog debate. It’s akin to talking about politics and should be avoided at all cost 😆
Draco, you and your horse look great together! You can tell you both have fun. I almost miss riding. Almost. Maybe in a couple more years. Right now, it’s all pony time!
I’m going to be sending Frodo away for training soon 🙁 It’ll be a long road, but I want him to earn his LOM. I think he can do it and I’ve found a really good trainer. Now she just has to accept him. It’s super hard to find trainers for stallions. Trainers only want winning stallions and this is a judge from the UK. keep your fingers crosses she like Frodo! He’s already got a mark against him having the blue eyes. They’re supposed to overlook them, but some judges don’t. We’ll see!Good luck! What is a LOM??
Kyrin
Legion of Merit
To earn it, the pony has to earn 1500 points at the welsh shows. 500 halter, 500 performance, and 500 owner’s choice.
It’s a long process, but it really proves the pony is an all around competitor.Kyrin wrote:skigod377 wrote:Kyrin wrote:I worked for almost three years at a vets, the ones you had to look out for were the little dogs, and unfortunately the Rotts, most were hostile to anyone not their owner. Rotts are kinda funny like that, they are pretty much one family/person dogs.
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. 🙂 Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
On another note, I am glad you got your horse to trust you. That is very cool.
I understand Ski, unfortunately for me, all the Rotts I met were not nice dogs. With the exception of our in house dog, Abby. But she started out meaner than anything and mellowed with age, she was quite old when I went to work there, and she had to be put to sleep about a year after I moved here. 🙁
I know not all Rotts are mean, but I approach certain breeds with caution, rotts and chows are in this category. Actually I tend to approach all dogs with caution, just some with a bit more trepidation…mostly if they are large breeds, since they could do me serious harm.
KyrinI can def understand that. I read about your probs with your dogs. I hope you get it all worked out. It must be frustrating.
Dracomancer wrote:i have my first show in three weeks with knightwish…should be..interesting
Ooh good luck!!
skigod377 wrote:Dracomancer wrote:i have my first show in three weeks with knightwish…should be..interesting
Ooh good luck!!
as long as he doesnt pull his usual stunts we should be fine /sigh
My aunt had a rott named Sheba when we were little. We were soooo afraid of her for a while just because of her size but she was the biggest love bug (unless you were a cat O.O). I’m generally more cautious about petting little dogs than I am big dogs. I always ask to pet the big ones and I love big dogs (big shaggy hairy dogs that will let me love on them and brush their hair!) but I don’t ask to pet the little ones because I don’t pet them (yappy little monsters).
I’ve never ridden a horse. I’ve only pet one horse in my life and it looked old and tired. It was in a fenced in area next to my friend’s house and it put it’s head over the fence to let us rub it’s nose. They’re big O.O I was afraid of it’s mouth…scary.
Good luck Dracomancer 😀
Good luck Phoenix on the LOM.
Kyrin, can I come love on your horses too? 😀
Yay! A horse thread! (I was going to start one, but my forum time has been soooo limited lately)
I totally understand the panic associated with colic. Even though Tem really died because of the tumor, he had several colic sessions and the end was like that. Two days ago I looked out and saw Naree standing with her head down low and she was slowly and shakily walking backward while it was hailing. (Yes, hail… two days before that it was 92 degrees)
I freaked out, told Kiera to not let her brother outside and raced out in the hail pausing only for jacket, boots, & treats. As soon as I was out there talking to her, Nar lifted her head, took the offered treats and followed me into her stall. Once she was in her head was up and she was happy. I truly think she hated the hail, but did not think to go into her stall (which was wide open). Sheesh.Last weekend, after working with her for just over a month, she finally got it and started listening to leg pressure and neck reigning. I was so excited! Then on Sunday we went for a ride in the big wide world (outside our yard 😆 ). She was high headed, little nervous, but very happy to be out and she did sooooo good. Monday morning when I went to let her out she walked straight over to where I tie her for grooming and waited for me. I had to lead her out of the stall into the field, as I was going to be in the field all day, same for Tuesday & Wednesday; then the weather sucked (hail) on Thursday, so I went 4 days without riding. Friday she was horrible (kicked once when in her stall, reared while I was leading her) and the same with yesterday: didn’t want me to pick up her feet, even pawed the ground. She was fine while I was riding her, but when I got off I decided to lead her for a bit and she was sulky and pissy to the point where I was concerned that she would rear up again. I call her names, the only one of which I can repeat on the forum is “Mule”. SIGH. From absolute high to feeling like I’m back several paces. She still won’t let me clean out her back feet, so I totally understand your victory there, Kyrin. I love her, but she’s not the giant sweetie that T was, and she sends me all over the emotional spectrum. Horses.
Good luck at your show Draco! Have pictures taken!
Bosky… I’ve definately had those days! Glad you had a great ride. Keep it up!
Don’t let her get away with not letting you handle her feet. You farrier will love you for it! I knew a farrier once that would charge $1 everytime he had to move his tools 😆
I want to go to school to learn how to trim my ponies’ feet myself. Maybe shoe as well, but I don’t think my back would be up to doing other peoples horses. But it would be fun to learn!First of all I would like to say I am glad your horses are doing well. I didn’t know horses had baby teeth.
Ski’s Comment
My two Rotts are not like this at all. They look at everyone as if they were put on this Earth to pet them. Some people may have hostile Rotts, but not all are like this, nor is it a trait stronger in Rotts than any other dog. Sorry, but with all the bad publicity Rotts get, I feel compelled to defend the good ones and not generalize a breed. Im thinking Tristans owner will feel the same way about the Chow comment.
Yes I do. I have had 4 chows and all of them have been big babies but Tristen is the worst and to boot he was born lazy and he is very timid. If a stranger rushes at him he runs behind me and peeks at them.
I do ask the vet to put a muzzle on him before he picks him up because he doesn’t like to be picked up. He has never tried to bite or snap but I have always been afraid someday he might because he is getting older and this is just a precautionary measure.
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