The fun in raising a puppy...

[Gypsy Wolf]

Mikael - has your girl peed in other bodies of water? Apparently Marcy says Luna's mom Anthea pees in the ocean!
I am wondering if this is a dominant dog-thing or a wolf-thing (if you pee in water, your scent disappears)? I know some species of animal (a giant guinea-pig like critter in South America used for fur - can't remember the name of it) HAVE to pee in water, and I know it often stimulates infant humans to pee...

[draggar]

"Luna's Mom" took some pictures of our growing puppy. Enjoy.

[yukidomari]

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know some species of animal (a giant guinea-pig like critter in South America used for fur - can't remember the name of it) HAVE to pee in water

Capybara? I am admittedly a huge fan of them. So cute.

[Gypsy Wolf]

Yup. Capybara is it! Their need to pee in water is one reason they were not terribly successful as production animals - their environmental needs are very specific.
Of course, so are Luna's!

[soniakanavle]

Flint pooped in a creek once....

[yukidomari]

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Flint pooped in a creek once....

.. well, at least then you don't have to pick up after him?

and the peeing in water thing.. no more damaged lawns! Perfect.

But in seriousness, I think it may be a dog by dog thing. A friend's English Mastiff always does number 2 whenever they go to the beach in the ocean and she's always wondering what she should do??? Cause there are other people using the water too.. :T

[Gypsy Wolf]

I have a girlfriend whose Newfie poos in the ocean. She fishes it out because people are swimming around and no one wants to come in contact with a dog pile floating around!

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I am wondering if this is a dominant dog-thing or a wolf-thing

When we met the wolves at Wolf Park, we got to visit the old alpha of their main pack who got taken down, injured, and had to be removed from the others. He had a pen all to himself away from their lake, so he had a big trough of water. While we were visiting, he decided to go over to it, pee in it, then climbed in & laid down! It was too funny!

[Mikael]

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Mikael - has your girl peed in other bodies of water?

No, I do not think my girl has peed in the water, but I must ask her about it

But no, my CsV has not just one the ice... and he is a he... He just look like a female on that photo because of the effect -20´C has on the man part

Best regards / Mikael

[Gypsy Wolf]

Ooops! Did not mean to question his masculinity!

[Mikael]

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Ooops! Did not mean to question his masculinity!

It´s OK

Best regards / Mikael

[draggar]

Last weekend's schutzhund session (sorry I didn't get it posted until last night).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjtekInl9GI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mruq5KOx1zg

Also- Kiri (our GSD) is on a hard sleeve now and is doing pretty well. I'd post those videos too, I won't mention any names but a certain "mom" didn't take a video of me working her.

[Gypsy Wolf]

It wasn't actually Luna's best SchH session - she was hot, tired and is teething, so she was not as energetic as she usually is. Her grips were a little half-hearted, too. It happens when they are teething...

[draggar]

Luna at schutzhund this weekend. It was hot out so they did 3-4 short sessions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgq8i-XojHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYA_RfwQul4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp_t5Sf-wCg

Kiri wasn't too into it, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8EG951QgVY