it’s unbelievable how much cruelty dogs have to endure through human ignorance.
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Dogs have characteristics as individuals too!
My good friend in North Wales is well versed in breeding, training and showing Bernese Mountain dogs, they certainly know their own minds!
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I had never heard of Gastric Dilatation-Volvulu but if you read up about it, it’s very informative. Happens to dogs of mid age and larger dogs. Have owned countless dogs and never had a dog that would eat everything they could because I break them or they break themselves of excessive eating. When they are pups or less than year old, they are broke of that excessive eating. And there is only a 20% chance of Gastric Dilatation-Volvulu in the breeds that normally get it.
None of my dogs have ever snatched food out of anyone’s hand. That is lack of discipline. My dogs don’t listen to the wife but all I have to do is say “hay” and I have all three undivided attention. My wife gives the dog chicken and duck jerky as treats. I don’t give out treats at all. They come and go as the please and they are not allowed to be around (within 6 feet) of a person eating.
There is one bowl of dry dog food 3 bowls of mist and meaty and the get one can of canned dog food ate supper time. Most dog I have owned are over 100 lbs.
Maybe that’s your opinion. My daughter and family comes to our house from to time - including the dog. We also have a dog and the two of them get along just fine including their food at the same times. Then there is a woman several doors from us and her wee dog us also fine with ours. What about you - do you have a dog?
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I’m more worried about guests feeding the dog something that will make him ill. Some people don’t even know that dogs shouldn’t eat chocolate or raisins. My dog has pancreatitis so I have to be extra careful with visitors and meals. But he has made it to 16 in (tomorrow is his birthday) so I must be doing something right!
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I don’t currently have a dog, but I’ve owned two in the past. Like you, I was born on a farm, and we had a number of dogs, collies, and a spaniel gun dog. I suppose I picked up strict, old-fashioned ideas from my father. Dogs stayed near the back door, rarely invited to downstairs rooms, and never upstairs.
Robin
You don’t know my background so let me just mention we owned -bred -raced (afghan hounds for fun only) showed dogs since 1972 up to about 10 years ago. Also owned a boarding kennels and cattery licensed for 119 dogs and 42 cats for 25 years
Clients pets diets/vaccnations came the main concerns. When we took over the business it was failing with only 350 customers on the books. when we sold due to retirement we had well over 3,500 clients on our books who came from all over the country.They came back to visit the area after moving away. We not only had the local vets booking their dogs with us but also the police officers own pet dogs. we also were lucky enough to attract a pet agency who put us on their books, consequently did so work in advertising products not just stills but video adverts as well. adverts such as for Saab cars -brother computers - Clairol foot spa rto name but a couple.
So maybe I am more aware of dog health problems than many.
When you have spot checks by the local council officer one has to be on top of the game so to speak to stay in business.
from a run down kennels to a 6 figure ( £) turnover means a lot of hard work -care- effort -love , not to mention improvements to be successful. Forgot to mention the prison service used one of our paddocks to train their dogs for drug sniffing find with using dope dummy bags when we were using another of the paddocks. Oh also Had two ponies ,a shetland and a shetland/welsh cross called Tango and Pepsie. also owned a couple of cats -a doberman- border terrier - a hamiltonstovare during the time we owned the establishment Had a grooming parlour I converted from an old stable and Isolation facilities from another.
Yes, we had collies on the farm and, of course, they were for the sheep - over a thousand of them. The dogs all got along fine including feeding time.
My dog my best boy although small could eat for the U.K.
His appetite enormous varied and high fibre .
Apart from breakfast dinner and dog treats
soft toys blankets beetles spiders flies and sticks were also a big part of his diet.
He was adorable I loved him so.
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What an incredibly cheeky little face.
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So, from the veganism point of view, you enslaved animals by keeping them in pens, taking away their freedom. They also like throwing in “using them for profit”, they call it extortion. I don’t see it that way.
Robin
I understand your total ignorance regarding boarding dogs in a professional establishment.
With ours we had 2 very large enclosed fields the dogs were let out individually in the bottom paddock (same size as shown below) throughout the day ,not kept in enclosed kennels all the time- individual diets when requested -vsccinations insisted on before allowed in ,and proof of
Remember we operated uinder very strict regulations and inspected by the local environmental officer at any time;
One does not build up this kind of business unless the animals were well looked after
mesh fronts instead of old original rusted through bars that fell apart.tiled floors instead of old concrete
I built those half walls dividing the kennels as well as a load of other things
not only that but we used the most expensive cleaning animal safe agents such as trigene and odour gene to keep the kennel clean without bad smells.
individual heated beds and heat lamps when cold
isolation kennels should a dog become unwell
grooming parlour before dogs went home
a lot of very hard work and what you see does not even include our security with cameras everywhere as well as sexurity lighting
those last two photos when we bought the place were half full of old straw and rough concrete floor and the cattery was half the size with broken cat pens this end. we did a complete rebuild there as well .laid grass out front instead of rough broken concrete
even replaced the old entrance with a completely new one
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So Robin for 7+ years we could hardly feed ourselves the animals came first every time. often stayed up all night with them if there was a thunderstorm. Yes we very nearly went under trying to get established in our own name/ Having given up a secure job and moved to another part of the country and starting off from scratch. We built up the business month by month 7 days a week 52 weeks a year.
I suggest before talking about something you know absolutely nothing about,try doing some reearch first
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interesting
I deal with bloat in the cattle and sheep those are easy fixes if you know what your doing. But it’s not because they over eat, it is caused by what they eat like clover and such. But never had to deal with a dog that got bloat.
Oh, nothing like farming and ranching than where you just show up and it’s already up and running. No upkeep or maintenance and cleaning. No equipment to be serviced and repaired. Where you have to vaccinate your own animals, castrate cattle, hogs and sheep. Stitch up animals. My mistake.
Oh but you are in the Vatican and no room for a farm only BS…
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And again, don’t believe everything you read. Does it bother you? Then thumb throw the rest and see how many more you can find.
But, instead of deflecting. Was my reply correct or not? The truth is not hate speech, it’s the hate that can’t except the truth.
You are so correct. Dogs sort of revert back to their past wild history. When they eat whenever they can. It might be days before the next meal comes along.
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Some dogs have different attributes. Ours eats when told to. My previous dog would anything including the plates on the table. How about you - do you have a dog ??