The Doggie Thread

[Miriel]

Doggies are the best! They fill up your heart with happiness.

I have two Korean Jindos. They are crazy, affectionate, fierce, protective, and amazing.

They start off looking like these adorable little polar bear cubs.




And then grow up to looking like wolves.


They have insane prey drives since they were originally used as hunting dogs. My dogs have killed rats, birds, chickens, raccoons, squirrels, & cats (omg this made me so sad ). They're known to be incredibly intelligent which also leads to them being escape artists. They can find their way out of most spaces, including locked crates. My dogs can scale 6 foot walls and have learned to climb trees so they can get out of the backyard. This is considered normal behavior for Jindos. They're a handful and so a lot of Jindos end up in pounds and shelters or just abandoned on the side of a street which is awful because Jindos are one of the most loyal and intelligent dogs you can ever have.

And now for a rant about dog food. (SPOILER)The majority of the major dog food brands that are out there are very unhealthy for dogs. The ingredient list should give you a good idea of whether a particular brand of food is good or not. The first things you should see is some type of meat. If meat is further along the list, that means that there's less of it and more filler. Anytime you see meat "by product" or "meal" it's a bad thing. By product is any leftover bits of an animal that is rejected for human consumption such as feet, neck, intestines, etc. Corn being high on the ingredients list is bad too since its unnatural for dogs to eat corn and they get very little benefit from it. It's basically filler. Pedigree, Iams, Science Diet, Purina, all these dog food brands and more have very low quality ingredients in their dog food. Some brands that I would recommend: Honest Kitchen, Wellness Core (this is what I feed my dogs), & Innova. You can check out Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble for more info. A raw food diet is supposed to be the most natural for dogs, but it does take quite a bit more effort than feeding them commercially packaged foods. It's something of a mini-crusade for me - trying to get people to feed their dogs better quality stuff so that dogs can be happy & healthy. Also, here's a little info on foods that could be harmful to your dog. DOG TRICKS, TIPS AND INSIGHTS, Foods that are Harmful or Fatal to Dogs. Most people know about things like chocolate, but there's some surprising things on the list.

[Marshall Banana]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWtVAPADdRI" target="_blank">My two doggies: Tiki and Tobi!</a> :tikitobi:

(Tobi doesn't understand what he's doing.)

[Marshall Banana]

Hey, Miriel...

I knew about the bad ingredients in dog food, but I didn't know that Science Diet was a poor dog food. When I read your post I checked the ingredients in our current bag, and it does have by-products and corn! I had never checked before now because our veterinarian recommended it, and his office is the only place my parents and I can buy it around here as far as we know.

It was so hard to find a dog food that Tiki and Tobi would eat, too. :kaocry2:

I guess I'll try the dog food my groomer sells again. It wasn't bad at all.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Jindos are cute! I want one.

[Miriel]

Hey, Miriel...

I knew about the bad ingredients in dog food, but I didn't know that Science Diet was a poor dog food. When I read your post I checked the ingredients in our current bag, and it does have by-products and corn! I had never checked before now because our veterinarian recommended it, and his office is the only place my parents and I can buy it around here as far as we know.

It was so hard to find a dog food that Tiki and Tobi would eat, too. :kaocry2:

I guess I'll try the dog food my groomer sells again. It wasn't bad at all.

I started my dogs off on Science Diet too cause my Vets recommended it. But after doing a bit of research, it turns out that Science Diet heavily promotes their brand via animal hospitals by signing contract deals. Science Diet gets super amazing promotion while the Vets get extra money. It's kinda win win for both. But I think it's a dishonest practice. Your pets doctors should be advocating the best possible dog food brand, not the one that makes them the most money. Science Diet is better than other dog food brands like Pedigree, but definitely not as good as products like Honest Kitchen, Wellness or Innova.

[Chloe.]

I love Labradors, they're so cute and beautiful (:





We used to have a Labrador called Kim, but we had to have her put down

Now we have a cross between a Border Collie and a Bearded Collie, her name is Molly

[Peegee]

Doggies need to be two things:

1) look like wolves - so no chihuahuas or pugs; I also don't feel fondness for bulldogs either.

2) Big enough to throw, but not small enough to get hurt when I throw them. So no small dogs, and dogs that are heavier than I am (wat)...they're awesome but not fun to play with. So I don't like great danes either =(

I like throwing dogs around ^_^

[Miss_Lulu]

I love doggies. :}
Huskeys are my favorite. Siberian and Alaskan. :]

[NorthernChaosGod]

AHHHHH! DO WANT!

[Yar]

I have more pictures of him than anything else. I taught him how to be lazy!

[Shiny]

The first picture is of my mother's first and only dog, Precious. I don't know how to spell the type of dog she is cuz it's fancy.

Looks like a Lhasa Apso.

Yes, that's what it is! And how does accidental dog breeding come about? xD

My dogs can scale 6 foot walls and have learned to climb trees so they can get out of the backyard.

I'll believe it when I see it.

EDIT: Nvm, I looked it for it on YouTube. They were bent small trees and technically they were running up the tree, but still that's cool.

[Captain Maxx Power]

If I could live in a house full of dogs and cats, I would.

[~*~Celes~*~]

I <3 big dogs, but not so big that I'll fall over if they decide to jump on me

[Miriel]

My dogs can scale 6 foot walls and have learned to climb trees so they can get out of the backyard.

I'll believe it when I see it.

EDIT: Nvm, I looked it for it on YouTube. They were bent small trees and technically they were running up the tree, but still that's cool.

Not cool! Our backyard is right next to the community mailboxes. So my dog has almost cause heart attacks, flying over the wall while people are checking their mail. And he looks like a wolf too, so it's like WTF???

And then he runs around peeing in all our neighbors bushes.

[Marshall Banana]

Hahahaha

I want to pet your doggies.