CPK Pet Thread

[Cap’n Smudge]

Smudge protected his opossum for two weeks.
Then he killed it.

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Also a side note - Smudge likes to burrow or nest.
So I have to leave bunched up blankets on my couch when I’m not home or he will dig a hole into the sofa cushions.
He has ruined two couches.

 

[Moorik]

Well, my Labrador once literally ate a sofa — I mean, literally ate it. We had to replace it. Haha.

Smudge is awesome.

Maybe he’ll realize he got a bit carried away?

 

[yoko]

Well, my Labrador once literally ate a sofa — I mean, literally ate it. We had to replace it. Haha.

Smudge is awesome.

Maybe he’ll realize he got a bit carried away?

Had this same issue with my boxer/rot mix

Came home one day and it looked like a t-rex ate my couch

He had to be cut open and have the wood, fabric and foam removed

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

When my dog, Bear, was about 9 months old, I used to lock him in my room while at work (per my roommate’s request). The second day I came home from work to find he had chewed through the wall next to the door. The drywall, a stud and the drywall on the other side of the wall. He was casually lying on the couch. I purchased a large kennel that day.
He was a Newfoundland x Lab. Large puppy.

 

[Jo the Machinist]

When I was a kid our first Doberman used to eat the couch when she was in heat.

 

[beeinak]

We used to leave our 2 Tosa’s in the large kitchen with a kid gate (despite their size as they were very well behaved). Came home and they were in the kitchen as if nothing was unusual. Go into the living room and 2 Lazy-Boy chairs were shredded….. they had jumped over the gate, destroyed the chairs, then jumped back over the gate. We gave them free rein over the house after that. They never tore up anything else.

 

[Blues]

I had a Golden / Shepherd mix used to do that. He'd jump over the gate, chew out the bottom of the wall molding, maybe give a squirt, and go back where he was supposed to be before I got home. In fairness to him, as a single guy, I was often away too long, leaving him on his own. I didn't really know better at the time.

I've been a much better parent to my dogs ever since...but I still look back with a guilty conscience despite the passage of 40 plus years.

 

[NoRest]

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Squirrel season.

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Number 3 today.

The winter made them fat and slow, I think.

 

[SharpBits]

I'm guessing mother squirrels are pretty tired from milking and foraging.

 

[KnifeVice]

Number 3 today.

The winter made them fat and slow, I think.

Holy hell... is he actually catching these himself? I assumed you were shooting them and he was retrieving them. If he is actually catching this many squirrels on his own, he is a legend among dogs. My dogs don't catch that many in their dreams.

 

[Matthew Gregory]

The back deck presents a unique set of properties that give him an upper hand, for sure.

He can only rarely catch them in the open - if they have the advantage of a nearby tree, there’s no chance.

 

[ferider]

Ground squirrels are back here now. Last year he caught two. This year, so far, it has just been watching and trying.

 

[91bravo]

 

[Jo the Machinist]

Waiting for mom to get around.

 

[ferider]

Every so often I browse old puppy photos.

Just had his 6th birthday.

 

[Moorik]

Best friends

 

[pease]

So my wife decided that we should foster a dog. So this is Ellie on a walk with Bentley we got her about 2 hours before the walk. She came from a kill shelter in Southern California, she is 2.5 and not fixed yet that will happen in a couple weeks. We will see if she finds a new home or stays with us.