Message from @ebowden
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Some mongral, next of a German shepherd and something else smaller you had the features of a German Shepherd but was all black and short hair
Mix of , I can't type good right now, still adrenalized
It had
That's right, the injuries weren't that bad.
That's rarely the case with pitbulls, animals thoroughly bred to kill bears and bulls.
It feels like I pulled some muscle or tendon in my left arm from the struggle
@ebowden if I had been walking my other dog, a Chihuahua what happened would have broke his neck
So, what type of dog were you walking?
Soft coat wheton terrier
What kind of Chihuahua do you have?
Short hair deer head
Oh, my mother has a little short hair deer head.
He's black, very old, grey in places and missing most of his teeth.
Sadly, he was abused by his previous owners.
I can't stand the deer head ones
Apparently, the longer haired ones are less vicious
We have a rather large, long haired, apple head Chihuahua named Rusty.
He used to be a typical Chihuahua, but now he's one of the calmest dogs I've ever seen.
He loves babies. He keeps trying to lick Oliver's head.
@Oliver Starley, @Deleted User, the short haired deer head's name is George. It seems that his previous owners thought Chihuahuas are like cats, and they'd never given him a bone in his life.
The poor thing gets absolutely terrified whenever anyone touches him without approaching from the front/making themselves known first.
But he's very good with big dogs and large groups of people.
When you stroke his back, he stretches himself to provide more surface area for petting.
It's very cute.
@ebowden with Chihuahuas people forget that just because they're small they don't have to train them which is why they often act like shit heads
Rusty wasn't really trained, he just suddenly became placid one day.
Could have just stopped producing testosterone if that happens to old male dogs my Chihuahua is also about 11 but he's still fairly yappy and starts fights with other dogs on a regular basis.
Usually when I see big dogs I just pick him right up and carry him
George is very old, Rusty isn't.
Rusty is the placid one.
I got an update from my mom who took him to the vet cause I was considered too russled to handle the task after my shouting match with the other dogs owner. They still have not been seen but the triage says he will be fine, he's just at risk of infection and needs to be screened for diseases
@MerricBrady Oddly enough, Rusty just became extremely placid one day, without training.
Do you think he could have become placid because a change in diet? When we switched from dog food to making rice, hamburger and sweet potato for ours after a bout a month they started acting differently/better
I wonder if that has anything to do with neurologically important vitamins and oxidative stress. For example Nrf2 activators, which activate the body's natural antioxidant defence mechanisms, have been found to improve symptoms in patients with Autism.
I was thinking more in line with someone making them worse in the dog food than something better in the real food but that sounds interesting about the autism.
Something*
(The Drug used was sulforaphane, which is has to be stored at very low temps, so is inconvenient.)
Well, something in the shit dog food might have promoted oxidative stress in the CNS.
Anyway, for Rusty it was not a change in diet, but a tiny short haired apple head Chihuahua named Tarco harassing him all day.