[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by taltarzac725

...beau sometimes eats his poop...

tmi.

[Susan G]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Beau sometimes eats his poop before I can get it at DDRR so I had to make sure he was on a long leashed walk so that I could get the poop for the fecal exam for heart worms.!

Fecals are used to check for various parasites: hookworms, roundworms, tapes, etc. but not Heartworms Taltarzac. Beau needs a seperate HW test which is a blood draw from his fore paw. :-)

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Missed Doggie Doo Run Run today because of the need to make sure I got some of Beau's poop for his annual check-up at Buffalo Ridge Animal Hospital. He had fun at the vet except for the exam which he gets very nervous about. Friendly people there at Buffalo Ridge.

Beau sometimes eats his poop before I can get it at DDRR so I had to make sure he was on a long leashed walk so that I could get the poop for the fecal exam for heart worms.

I forgot to ask the vet about dogs eating poop but from the research I have done there is not a whole lot that can be done about it except for what I have already tried like sprinkling Adolph's Meat Tenderizer on his food. A trick I got from a lady at DDRR who used to work for some vet offices up in CT. Jon Snow lives!!!

Tal isn't it rough chasing the dog around to get the sample? How do you keep up with the little guy? It must be nasty holding the bag under the poor doggy while he poops! By the way...wonderful name for your dog. Is that short for Beauregard? Very Royal Sounding.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Susan G

Fecals are used to check for various parasites: hookworms, roundworms, tapes, etc. but not Heartworms Taltarzac. Beau needs a seperate HW test which is a blood draw from his fore paw. :-)

They did that too.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Tal isn't it rough chasing the dog around to get the sample? How do you keep up with the little guy? It must be nasty holding the bag under the poor doggy while he poops! By the way...wonderful name for your dog. Is that short for Beauregard? Very Royal Sounding.

He came with that name from the foster parents as he is a rescue from Max's Pet Connection which got him from the Inverness Animal Shelter. He is a very affectionate little guy so Beau fit. The dog catcher had nabbed him on 2/19/2014 in Meadowcrest in Crystal River and Max's Pet Connection rescued him sometime after that.

[Taltarzac725]

I am a little angry as Harlow was back again today. Either Jade's owner did not back me up or Scott and Laura did not think this was serious enough to ban Harlow from Doggie Doo Run Run.

I just did smaller circuits in the back field a very good distance from Harlow and Jade and their two female owners.

It is that or start going somewhere else with Beau as my personal safety is very important to me.

I did not risk finding out if Harlow's owner has the dog under control now as she certainly did not last Friday.

Just in case this seems to reflect some prejudice on my part about pit bull mixes; I have never had a problem with Jade which seems like a very gentle pooch.

This is the only complaint I have made against a dog at Doggie Doo Run Run in the nine years + I have been going there so I am not just doing this for attention or some other reason like an agenda. I really was scared for my personal safety last Friday. https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...071-post1.html

[kittygilchrist]

2 cents.
Dogs know when your guard is up..
My large dog is perfectly friendly with workers who come here unless...new people do not acknowledge her when they come in, or they hold their toolbox or briefcase up in fear.
I have learned to ask them to not use barriers and say hello to her.

Otherwise, she may start barking and keep at it til they leave, as if to say, if you can't trust me, then I can't trust you.

[kittygilchrist]

4 cents, cumulative.
I have known greatly affectionate pits, rotties, shepherds, dobies, chows.
Also, meanies and surprise attackers.
I never approach any of them without their initiating contact or the owners reassurance.
And never fail to be their friend if they want to be.

Dogs decide who they like as dog friends and people friends. The best dog may encounter someone who freaks them out. It happened to me. A professional trainer was behind me with her shepherd on a leather leash when the dog bit me on the derrier, never had done that before. Go figure.

[kittygilchrist]

6 cents, a dollar.

I go to isolated parks with none to three other dogs.

If there is one other dog, keep mine on lead, observe the other dog.

Small dog, playful, not charging mine, ok...off with leash.

Two large dogs teaming and charging. Stand ground, between my dog and the others, yell at owners. Leave when other dogs go to their mommy. Never unleashed my dog that time.

New dog comes in, leash up. Observe.

Don't ask where I go, I am too selfish to tell you.

And Tal, you gave me an idea. I should do laps, but other dogs might see that as challenging.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

2 cents.
Dogs know when your guard is up..
My large dog is perfectly friendly with workers who come here unless...new people do not acknowledge her when they come in, or they hold their toolbox or briefcase up in fear.
I have learned to ask them to not use barriers and say hello to her.

Otherwise, she may start barking and keep at it til they leave, as if to say, if you can't trust me, then I can't trust you.

My guard was not up though. Something else was going on last Friday. I will just avoid Harlow and its owner as much as possible. This is an aggressive and protective dog AND a pit bull/boxer mix or that is what it looks like to me.

I am afraid that this is not the last you will hear of Harlow and Doggie Doo Run Run.

[Taltarzac725]

Nuts*(1987) - Rotten Tomatoes

The heart of the matter is a dog threatening a certain precious part of the male anatomy if you get too close to its owner while you are just trying to get exercise at a private dog park. This is in the exercise area of the dog park- the five acre back field.


After a good rain some of the glass from a previous business in this area-- I had heard some kind of mill from Joe and Scott-- comes to the surface in the dirt area of the back field. I often walk around looking for this glass to prevent injury to the pets. I have found some large pieces over the years and many much smaller ones. Only a few though that looking like they could cause a cut to a pooch.

That is what I was doing on April 1, 2015 looking for glass which I mentioned to Jade and Harlow's owners the first time I passed them where they were visiting at the picnic table. The second pass is when I put my hand out to try to pet Harlow and the dog became hostile. The third pass was when Harlow sounded liked he wanted to take a bite out of anything he could reach.

This kind of aggression from a dog does not belong in ANY dog park and if acted on by the dog and which causes injury to the person puts the owners' of the dog park in legal jeopardy to a lawsuit caused by any such action of that dog especially if the owners' have been notified in advance that this dog is aggressive and protective of its owner.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Nuts*(1987) - Rotten Tomatoes

The heart of the matter is a dog threatening a certain precious part of the male anatomy if you get too close to its owner while you are just trying to get exercise at a private dog park. This is in the exercise area of the dog park- the five acre back field.


After a good rain some of the glass from a previous business in this area-- I had heard some kind of mill from Joe and Scott-- comes to the surface in the dirt area of the back field. I often walk around looking for this glass to prevent injury to the pets. I have found some large pieces over the years and many much smaller ones. Only a few though that looking like they could cause a cut to a pooch.

That is what I was doing on April 1, 2015 looking for glass which I mentioned to Jade and Harlow's owners the first time I passed them where they were visiting at the picnic table. The second pass is when I put my hand out to try to pet Harlow and the dog became hostile. The third pass was when Harlow sounded liked he wanted to take a bite out of anything he could reach.

This kind of aggression from a dog does not belong in ANY dog park and if acted on by the dog and which causes injury to the person puts the owners' of the dog park in legal jeopardy to a lawsuit caused by any such action of that dog especially if the owners' have been notified in advance that this dog is aggressive and protective of its owner.

A Negligent Dog Owner's Liability | Nolo.com

I will be trying to avoid Harlow as much as possible while still enjoying Doggie Doo Run Run.

[xcaligirl]

Aggressive behavior is not acceptable ~ not everyone will know NOT to walk past a dog at any dog park! Nobody should have to alter his walk because a dog has a problem. Just my opinion!

[xcaligirl]

You are definitely not the problem! I've been attacked by a dog before at a dog park in Californis so I fully understand what you're saying! An aggressive dog should NOT be allowed at a dog park! Unfortunately since I've been attacked and since my dog has also been attacked, we won't even go to dog parks anymore. Our neighbors dog was attacked at Mulberry Dog park.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by xcaligirl

Aggressive behavior is not acceptable ~ not everyone will know NOT to walk past a dog at any dog park! Nobody should have to alter his walk because a dog has a problem. Just my opinion!

My Brazilian-American former sister-in-law, Susan, got bit by a dog when she was a tween/teen and never got over it. I remember she had problems with our Dalmatian Ashes even though Ashes was quite sweet. Unless you got out of bed and your female owner-- my Mom-- was still in bed. My Dad found out the hard way that he is not going to back in bed with a very protective Dalmatian guarding her. That was in a private home though and Ashes was good for the most part playing with other dogs and people.

I feel for you xcaligirl. I would feel very different around dogs if I got bit by one and if one seriously maimed me-- which pit bull mixes can do very quickly-- then I would probably be scared of most dogs for the rest of my life. Our dog now is a great source of stress relief.

This is Ashes: