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My birthday boy 💙

12 months ago you came into this world, blind and deaf and given a red collar.

9 months ago you came into my life and showed me what love feels like, what colors tastes like, what true determination is.

You’re my lovely little boy, and thank you for being so intense, so fierce, so aggressive. Thank you for your love.

Here’s to many more years with you by my side. I love you.

songdogphoto

Competitor hands her leash and collar to the judge’s secretary, at the start of the trial. French Ringsport trial, 2016.

sentrythelion

Dogblr! I need your help.

So Sentry has been getting very, very ball possessive- to the point of both avoiding me and attacking other dogs. I’ve just begun trying to do trading games with him, does anyone have any tips? And does anyone know of any online courses (Fenzi, Leerburg, idc…) that we could possibly benefit from? Thanks in advance!

pawsitivelypowerful

Very normal for a working line to not want to share their toys with other dogs. That possession is something bred into them for bringing out aggression in protection. Have you tried playing two ball? That way the balls are only part of the fun, but you are the center of the game. Coming back to you gets the other ball thrown and starts play again.

sentrythelion

We're beginning the two ball game! I know it's normal for him to not want to share, however these problems are coming out when toys that ARENT his, in games that DONT involve him. He can't even see a ball, because his obsession is on sight. I was speaking to his breeder about it, and his over-the-top toy drive comes right from his mother, haha.

spanishmal

We interrupt your regularly scheduled swimming with an impromptu stacking session!

thedognamedepic

I like your shoes! (assuming those are your shoes?)

And Stark is gorgeous.

spanishmal

Lol yep those are my shoes! I love VFFs, have been wearing them for about four years now.

sentrythelion

Dat Kinesio Tape

#Stark is top 5 fave Doberman

wordsnquotes

Someone can be madly in love with you and still not be ready. They can love you in a way you have never been loved and still not join you on the bridge. And whatever their reasons you must leave. Because you never ever have to inspire anyone to meet you on the bridge. You never ever have to convince someone to do the work to be ready. There is more extraordinary love, more love that you have never seen, out here in this wide and wild universe. And there is the love that will be ready.

Nayyirah Waheed (via whinysagittarius)

nostrem

the only lets player i give a shit about is rsgloryandgold who is like an 75 year old runescape player who streams his play sessions and tells people to fight him in the wilderness if they dont like him

sentrythelion

Dogblr! I need your help.

So Sentry has been getting very, very ball possessive- to the point of both avoiding me and attacking other dogs. I’ve just begun trying to do trading games with him, does anyone have any tips? And does anyone know of any online courses (Fenzi, Leerburg, idc…) that we could possibly benefit from? Thanks in advance!

brovgsd

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play is a good option and probably exactly what you’re looking for. You can sign up for the toys class until the 15th. I think Fenzi’s Drives & Control 1 may be an option as well but as I believe it covers this topic/2 ball game but isn’t on the schedule for awhile.

This page isn’t perfect but explains the 2 ball game. I’d ignore the correction parts personally.

As an side, I would recommend avoiding playing with toys with him around other dogs, (Dog parks, etc). That’s a whole different issue that isn’t usually easily solved.

sentrythelion

Thank you so much! I'll look into the classes immediately. I'm interested in a drives class definitely, as Sentry's got loads of it; I also need to work on his engagement.

Typically I do avoid toys around other dogs (I bring a ball/tug to the park on the off chance we are the only ones there OR I need to distract him or offer a trade), but other people are no so considerate about balls and such. With Sen and toys, the NEED is on sight. So a ball could be dead on the floor with no prior interaction, and if he sees it, he needs it immediately.

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Dogblr! I need your help.

So Sentry has been getting very, very ball possessive- to the point of both avoiding me and attacking other dogs. I've just begun trying to do trading games with him, does anyone have any tips? And does anyone know of any online courses (Fenzi, Leerburg, idc...) that we could possibly benefit from? Thanks in advance!

#dogblr #GSD #working line german shepherd #german shepherd #he's been a real little shit about it too

skygenders

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skylarwolf98

Okay, let's get some things straight here.

In light of a recent debate with some idiots on another social media platform, I need to rant a little.

Mutts are NOT inherently healthier than purebreds. You can get a dog with half the problems or you can double them. It depends on the dogs that bred.

Breeders are NOT the problem. They go through weeks upon weeks of studying the genetic history of their desired pairing, going through generations of health testing and medical history.

Breeders do NOT turn a huge profit off of “their animals’ reproductive systems.” By the end of health testing for mom and dad, the process of whelping and all the supplies needed for that (and everything needed on hand in case a puppy gets rejected), shots for pups, and so much more, the price they ask for one of their pups barely covers what they’ve already put into them. Breeding is expensive. Testing eyes and hips and elbows is expensive. Testing for the breed’s common genetic defects is expensive. Don’t tell me that breeders are only doing what they’re doing for the money, because that’s the exact opposite of the truth. They do it to better their chosen breed and eliminate as many genetic defects as possible. They do it to give people predictable traits in healthy dogs that will fit the purpose for the animal.

Again, breeders are NOT the problem. There is a clause in most puppy contracts stating that if, for any reason, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, the person buying one of their puppies can no longer care for the dog, they are to return it to them. Breeders’ pups aren’t the ones getting abandoned and tossed into shelters wondering when their people will come back for them. They aren’t the dogs that get lonely and confused and cold.

“Adopt don’t shop” is REALLY STUPID. Shelter animals aren’t right for everyone. People with small children may not want to risk bringing a dog into their homes that could have some unknown past trigger that leads to one of their kids losing their face. That’s just not ethical.

“Adopt don’t shop” is ALSO STUPID because any dog that goes into a home just for the sake of having a home does not necessarily go into the right home. You know what happens to the dogs that go into the wrong home? They get landed right back in the shelter. The guilt trip that is this whole campaign leads to dogs going to the wrong homes and being sent back to where they were before.

I’m all for adoption. But I’m also all for breeders. I want every pet to be able to have a loving home to call their own. I want them to be safe and well cared for. I am for the responsible addition of a loving pet into the right home.

I am for responsible pet ownership.

Adopt or shop, it’s your pet and your choice. But don’t go around bashing people for choosing the other option because you’re a self-righteous prick.