#boxer mix puppy

[coffee-mage-sans-caffeine]

Just a reminder that kennel cough season is again upon us. Today, at Benton's (acd mix, right) agility class the final student arrived and her dog came in and laid down in his crate and made a sound like he was choking slightly on a treat. I assumed he'd done that. Until the sound came again five seconds later, and again. And again.

"Is he choking on something?" asked the instructor after about 15 seconds of coughing.

"Oh, no. He's just started making this sound sometimes. I think it's because he's excited. It's kind of cute."

The dog makes a horking, horrible cough.

"He needs to go home and stay home for two weeks," says the instructor. "And he needs a vet."

She caught it in less than a minute. Within two minutes she was sanitizing the area around where that dog has been. It was impressive, but now Benton has been exposed to what's probably either kennel cough or canine flu or any of the other communicable coughing illnesses.

Tribble, the greyed brindle next to him, is 13 years old. She has dementia. Benton is her emotional support friend. She takes her emotional cues from him. Without him, she gets very upset and can't tolerate being out of our sight. So I can't quarantine him from her for weeks over a two minute, distanced exposure. But she's elderly and if she catches something from him, it will be hard on her body.

Please be careful. Check if your dog needs an updated bordatella vaccine. Don't share water or treats. Wash your hands after handling other people's dogs. Ask your instructors at classes to do an email blast about the symptoms of canine respiratory illness and ask people to stay home. Avoid daycare playgroups if you can.

[awoo-crew]

Theo || Taken: March 2, 2024

Meet Theo! ❤️

I just got him over the weekend. He's 8 weeks. I got him from JD and Keevah's breeder. Someone abandoned his pregnant mom on her farm so his father is unknown but his mom looks like a Staffie mix, maybe with a Lab.

Now, I don't know for sure, but since having him and taking in his personality so far as well as how he looks, I'm guessing he's something like a Bullmastiff/Boxer/American Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador Retriever mix. I did speculate Black Mouth Cur for a small while but I don't think so anymore and Boxer has been a guess since I first saw him after he was born. He came from the south, so, he could honestly be mixed with just about anything. I might end up doing a DNA test in the future ☺️

[pittieandpoodle]

introducing two new dog breeds: the blep terrier and the swamp alien

[ironkowboy]

Jayne at 5.5 months..46.5 pounds. He is part of the pack now, the grrls having accepted him; they even school him in the household routine! His fusion with the pack has gone much faster than I thought it would. Much credit to my Loki, and the grrls too, for bringing the wrinkleheaded knucklehead along.

[7rashstar]

03-10-24

[instantfrost]

She did it, she’s 1.

[commander-revan]

Just realized I don't have any pictures of my canine children on here, so I'm fixing that.

Sirius (Named after the star, not the character. Fuck JKR.) is a six year old boxer mix who definitely used to be human in a past life. I've had him since he was two months old. He likes cuddling and overseeing our DnD games.

Selene is a two year old lab/cryptid mix. She used to be a stray, and we got her when she was six months old. There isn't a single thought behind her eyes besides Ball and Food. She's incredibly awkward and doesn't quite know how to Dog, and her eyes are constantly reflective no matter how much light is in the room, which is terrifying at night sometimes.

They're both idiots, and the best.

[vafibrearts]

There is much silliness afoot

[the90sfreshestdude]

The baby of the house!!

[munchiebeetle]

Christmas gift for dad of our dog who passed away

[honeyxmonkey]

I was messing with her toe beans and she got mad and now she's hiding

[awoo-crew]

For some reason, during the ride home his go-to spot was the cupholders?? 😂

Theo || Taken: March 3, 2024

[pittieandpoodle]

when your brother sucks at posing but you’ve been working log runways for 4 years 💅🏼

[bug-the-generic-dog]

[instantfrost]

She got spayed and chipped today, as well as getting her rear dewclaws removed. She weighed 34.8 lbs at the vet, and two of the techs said she likely wouldn’t get too much bigger.

She’s pretty miserable.