9th June 2009, 19:35
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12th June 2009, 00:47
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| ok i got a bit of a problem here people. My saint bernard has become very aggressive to strangers on the road.Its prob due to the kids and other passerby's staring at him and teasing him when i put him on a leash. Now the teasing has kinda reduced drastically as its almost 2 years since ive got him and the locals are not amused by him that much now  any solutions as its not easy holding of a 70+kg dog when he is aggressive towards another person while taking him for walks ,Due to this i take him very early when people are less (exactly around 5 am!!!!!).The choke collar does not work(his neck is too big) any other solutions. suggestions welcome. -Vinay |
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12th June 2009, 00:55
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12th June 2009, 09:37
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I suggest you carry a big stick with you. Every time such a thing happens, liberally use the stick. Not on the dog. But on the passers buy who tease him. This will let him know that you care for him, and the passers by will also know not to mess. If they still insist, I suggest you do not injure your shoulder and let go off the leash. I hate people who tease animals, and as the owner its your duty to ensure his peace of mind | |
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12th June 2009, 11:11
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| its not always teasing.. now the condition has worsened. Yes i agree he is a big dog and very different. People just stand and stare at him.Most dogs take staring as a sign of aggression and get provoked.Well most of people avoid coming in the way when im taking him for a walk but there are some exceptions.Well 1 positive thing i gained from this experience is that i have automatically started waking up(with a little help from my n82 also) at 5 am!!! which i have never been able to do. I take him for a walk also around 11 pm. I can handle him and his pulling w/o much problem(im pretty much a heavy weight ) its my brother im worried about. He is lighter than the dog!!! |
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12th June 2009, 11:17
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| Senior - BHPian  | This is my house pet "NAUGHTY" And his name just suites his character perfectly..A very sharp & active dog !! And his name is more popular than my name in our locality  Here is a pic of him about 1.5 year old , LAB mix is the breed!! |
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12th June 2009, 11:25
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12th June 2009, 11:47
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| BHPian  | Wow i am so glad I found such a thread on tbhp. Really amazing to see everyone's pets. Back home in pune we have 3 lovely members of our family 1) Micky - he is a black Spitz (mixed breed with pom). very ferocious and very possessive of the house. His name come from a pomerian called Goofy we had adopted for a few years as the owner had gone abroad. So we had micky the pup then and goofy. As a pup micky would hold goofy's chain and take him out for walks Micky is now 12+ yrs old2) Chuchu - our parrot, whom we got as a really small baby. He never really learned to fly that much and walks around the house a lot, jumping on micky and whatever he sees in his sight. Best thing is chuchu can talk a lot, he knows the names of all the people (including all the pets) in the house, he calls micky ganda bacha (dirty kid) when micky does something wrong , he can say hare rama hare krishna, and laugh hysterically when something funny happens in the house. Chuchu is also 12+ yrs old.3) Puchu - our parrot who flew in one day being chased by crow or something. And then never left us. Initially he was put with chuchu in the same cage, but they never got along, so we gave puchu his own huge cage. he seldom comes out of the cage and likes to stay indoors.he is very clean and bathes everyday on his own , unlike chuchu. I guess puchu being an ex-wild bird learnt the ways of nature (bathing, etc) as compared to chuchu! Puchu also has the talent of whistling and he normally whistles out the word that chuchu says. On occassion when no one is watching he talks just like chuchu and repeats/competes with chuchu word to word. Puchu's age is unknown. Here are some Photos                    Last edited by jassi : 12th June 2009 at 11:50. |
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12th June 2009, 12:42
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12th June 2009, 13:10
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12th June 2009, 13:34
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| Team-BHP Support | Snoopy.. Our rat exterminator  A few days back, a rat got into the house(back home in Ldh). Repeated attempts failed to dislodge it from the room. what to do? Well we got out the secret weapon snoopy. Put her in the bedroom, and closed the door, which is glass. As usual first she chased the rat, the rat ran under furniture. Snoopy sat there waiting. Seconds passed. Seconds became minutes, and then 30 minutes. The rat lost patience, and ran out, and with one swipe of the paw it was down. Whack whack whack, few strikes and the rat is dead. Snoopy sat there watching the dead rat, and looked towards the door as if saying "take it now". So we went in, got the rat, and threw it out. This is not the first time. Every time there have been these pesky rodents, snoopy has killed them. She is an expert, and hates rates right from her days as a pup. Needless to say that, rat chewing car wires etc., like problems do not exist there |
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12th June 2009, 15:36
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well mostly chuchu is outside the cage - he only goes inside when he has done enough mess outside  puchu on the other hand, never wants to come out because of the trauma he faced earlier in life. And no matter how many times we clean the cages, they dirty them in 5 minutes max. Chuchu especially will tear the newspaper bed laid out in his cage in the daytime, suprisingly he will not disturb the newspaper at night as he likes to sleep in a clean cage. We tried moving them to bigger cages, but both of them were pretty sad and wanted to get back to these as they are so used to these, given that the size of these slightly smaller cages allow them to be hung near the door and view the garden/people and they can be hung next to each other. With the bigger cages, they have to be placed on a chair and so the cages don't swing - also they cannot be kept near the main door or right next to each other and so they both get bored. When we moved em back to their old cages they were happy and all chirpy again, chuchu even started saying his line of words again and puchu started whistling again @chiragh_bir - you can get parrots from a pet shop (we got chuchu for 40rs !!) - however if you take a grown up parrot then the wings have been cut so that they don't fly - i think that is cruelty. Instead get a small baby parrot, which has all of its wings, but adjusts to live with you and just hop flies around the house. As the baby parrot associates you as its mother, it never wants to fly out the house!! Last edited by jassi : 12th June 2009 at 15:41. | |
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12th June 2009, 23:35
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12th June 2009, 23:58
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Letting the leash off on strangers is a serious offense, isn't it I have family members who are phobic of canines, and their reaction sometimes encourages the dogs to get aggressive. I don't care how cute the dog is or how harmless it is. It's a matter of my (or my family members') personal freedom to stay away from him. I know probably you made that statement in jest. But you would be surprised to know how many dog owners use them as animal power in public and give the same excuse as 'harmless', 'cute' etc. | |
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