He THINKS he is 100% better and that he can go chase rabbits, but he still has 6 weeks on restricted, ie leash, movement. He is bored, and not afraid to let us know it.
Tag: Dogs
Recovering
Thanks to all of your generous help, Irbis is on the way to recovery. he is not at all sure about the collar. But he is even walking! Thanks to Jeff Nicoll, Reid & Connie Farmer, Matt Mullenix, Cat Urbigkit, Chris Markle, Kathy Bentzoni, Anne, Chas Clifton, Stacey Patterson, Bill & Katie, Joan Holdsworthy, Mike …
Doggie Disaster and bleg
Yesterday we took the dogs out to the Indian ruin today for a run — all of them (except Lily, the ancient dachshund) together. They were so excited to be out. Before we even got down the hill to the arroyo we heard one of the dogs screaming in pain. We ran over and there …
Lane Batot’s Trailhounds 4
Trailhounds Part 4……When I had kept Notches, the Black-And-Tan hound for a year or so, I became curious as to whether she still had her “raccoon phobia”. Though I probably would have found out eventually by happenstance–raccoons being common in the area–I decided to set up an encounter where I had some control of the …
Better Dog Stuff
The intelligent subway dogs of Moscow. (English Russia is always fun).(HT Annie D). This has a snowball’s chance in hell of passing but I could sure use a $3500 tax break for my menagerie. I don’t know though; if HSUS likes it there is probably a hidden bomb somewhere! (HT Reid).
“Qualzucht”
Look at this healthy old- type chow, still used to hunt in China. According to Vladimir Beregovoy the Chinese call them “bony dogs”. Here is what they call “fat dogs”, the “improved” Euro-American chow. How can this dog see, breathe, or walk? DR John Burchard used the word “qualzucht” in reference to this. I asked …
More Idiots– and a Brave Dog
They always exceed your direst fears. The Lady with the Black Dogs sent me this link to a story about how Tesco, the huge British supermarket chain that buys most of New Zealand’s lamb, will no longer allow shepherds to use herding dogs. You couldn’t make it up: “The supermarket chain has told its major …
Of Mutton and Saws- Alls
Our friend Pieter Ditmars raises grass- fed meat sheep on Dunhill Ranch in the western foothills of the Magdalenas, using livestock guard dogs (Pyrenees) and border collies as assistants. We always buy a lamb from him. But we had found him a lot of new customers, and this year he offered us a 5 year- …
Bird & Pupdate
She is not getting aerial as fast as I’d like but she is working perfectly with the dogs. Irbis,as befits his youth, stays a respectable distance away. Ataika would rebuke him if he didn’t. Ataika, who knows how to inspire confidence in a bird, gets a lot closer in hope of a tidbit.
Lane Batot on Trailhounds– Part 3
Once I had decided to keep Notches, the little Black-And-Tan hound, I naturally sought to fulfill my old desire of training a trailhound to pursue a variety of game, as the old time pioneers had done. I knew that with this previously traumatized dog, I would have to proceed slowly and patiently. At first she …