Starting over... Dog Pics

bergbryce · Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 2985 Location: The ED

First pic I've posted in this thread...
We got this little boy on NYE this past winter.
Last week we had a brief return to winter which brought on an afternoon nap Very Happy

Bob T · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:48 am Post subject:

My dogs like contact sleeping too. Nice shot. Smile

B · Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 2176 Location: P-town, CA

Here's one from a few weeks ago when we still had some local snow that was worth chasing.

jellero · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:36 pm Post subject:

trix momentarily forgot she was a goofy border collie and struck this noble german shepherd pose with her well used frisbee. j

Bob T · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject:

First real swim with the dogs this evening.

Bob T · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:03 am Post subject:

This evening the 4 year old finally figured out he's faster in the water than the 10 year old. In the course of 3 days he went from being timid in the water to beating K to the stick and evading her attempts to dunk him while he swims back with it. He's connected with his amphibious Lab DNA. Smile

stevesliva · Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 10138 Location: SEA

Labs and water

mekon · Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 1156 Location: vancouver, b.c.

Hey dog people: any of you run with your dog? How much panting is too much panting do you think?

Now that it's HOT here (I mean today was maybe 75 degrees...) Daisy pants like nuts after a 20 minute session chasing the ball and after a couple miles of running her tongue is about 3 feet long.

SHe pants for 20 minutes at home, lying on her side like she might expire.

She's a very lean chocolate lab. No chub on this pup.

She always recovers just fine, but I'm wondering if excessive panting is a sign of something...other than being a hot dog.

telebiker · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject:

Get her a doggie pool to help her cool down.

jellero · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:30 am Post subject:

running a dog dry in the heat is like running your truck low on coolant. i ride with my pup along the river and she is always wet from frequent dips. it's like turbo charging for dogs but she still pants after coming up the hill to the house. j

mekon · Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 1156 Location: vancouver, b.c.

we've just been looking to freecycle a kiddie pool just for this reason (and for bathing her).

our runs are usually very "wet". frequent opportunities for dips in the seymour river or lynn creek or the ocean or.... but boy, she still pants.

(we're semi-dogsitting a dog with some horrid cancer at the moment. she's on heavy prednisone and it makes her pant all the time. it sounds like an old steam engine roundhouse around here...)

wayne · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 1066 Location: NY State

When your dog is panting, look at his tongue. If it is noticeably widened, he is at the threshold of overheating. Since panting is his way of cooling, the tongue flattens out, giving it the maximum surface area for cooling. Once it flattens out, he can do no more.

Since the other way they can cool is through the feet, at least get him off a hot surface (like pavement) preferable get his feet into some water, if you can't get the whole dog in the water.
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Bob T · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:45 am Post subject:

More river madness.

WCWF (world canine wrestling federation).

A wild river boar chases Veg who is throttled back to keep it interesting.

Homeward bound. With stick, of course.

rsireland3 · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:50 am Post subject:

I am a big fan of dog face and v-raptor.
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Bob T · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject:

One more then. Dog face making it clear that the guy with the camera should stop screwing around and throw the stick!