Baby Joshua

[wdscharff]

Thank you, Archi is a typical representative of the so-called Ostlinie (descendants of the GDR breeds).
Robust mind, intelligent (a double-edged sword :-) ), friendly towards people and currently still in the bully phase (18 months old).
I think I have hundreds of pictures of him on Facebook, on my WWW online gallery and in our Whatsapp group. The breeders and all those who have a puppy are still in active contact.

[JayM]

intelligent (a double-edged sword :-) )

I know that well, having two Dobermans (one Doberman and one Doberwoman. ) If they aren't given something to do to occupy their minds they'll find something themselves, which usually involves making a mess.

One thing about Joshua is that many of his "tricks" are things that I never trained him to obey, just things that I told him to do, and he thought about them, figured them out, and did them. For example, I properly taught him the "down" command using clicker-training and treats when he was quite young. Not long ago, maybe three years or so, after a "down" I told him to put his head down too. I could tell by his eyes that he was thinking about what that meant, then he did it, and now obeys the "head down" command after a "down."

Of course many of our other dogs including our native Visayan ones have learned by the example set by the Dobes who were trained as puppies. None have ever been clicker-trained. All of them will sit on command and they all know and obey "leave it!" (except perhaps for Jingle whose picture was my former avatar. She's rather stubborn and refuses to do much of anything when told to except come when called.) Then they're our Vincent, one of the Irong Bisayas, who's crippled and cant really do much of anything, though he comes and moves out of the way when told to plus one or two other things. He can't exactly sit because his hind legs don't work anyway. (Special needs dogs are the best!) It's not because he's stupid or disobedient, it's because of his physical limitations. He was shot in the spine with a pellet from a gas-powered pellet rifle when he was a puppy on the streets (he's a street rescue) and the pellet's still there. It can't be removed without causing even more nerve damage.

[thinkpadx]

Good news - Jay. Glad he is improving. my dogs have always been my best firneds.

[Leo]

Excellent!

[SwampRabbit]

Oh boy, guess being away for a bit, I missed this thread.

I hope everything works out for the best Jay, thinking about you an the small shelter you have.

[Michael-IDA]

So glad he’s improving Jay!

Leaving this here for anyone who dog gets cancer:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687140/
Unexpected Antitumorigenic Effect of Fenbendazole when Combined with
Supplementary Vitamins
“Neither diet supplemented with vitamins alone nor fenbendazole alone caused
altered tumor growth as compared with that of controls. However, the group
supplemented with both vitamins and fenbendazole exhibited significant
inhibition of tumor growth. ”

My brother’s shepherd died from cancer 2 years ago, 1 year before we found the above study

Hoping no one or their pets ever get that dreaded disease,
Michael

[JayM]

@Michael-IDA: Interesting. I didn't read the article, but per your quote it seems that giving a multivitam suuplement along with regular deworming could also help prevent cancerous tumors Very interesting indeed.

@SwampRabbit: yeah, it's been pretty stressful around here the past few weeks. We thought we were going to lose him, and he's still not out of the woods yet. Hopefully there's no significant heart damage and they don't find anything else wrong with him. I'm hopeful that he can come home by the end of the week, then do whatever they say regarding management medications, diet, etc.

[AVLinux]

Hi JayM,

I haven't been here very long and don't know anybody very well yet but as a fellow dog owner and someone who has said goodbye to a few great dogs (and had to break the bad new to kids) I empathize with the roller coaster you are riding, all the best to you and best wishes for Joshua's continued improvement!

On a side note I have to say that the support and compassion of folks of this forum is really something..

[SwampRabbit]

That’s hopefully good news Jay. Got my and thinking about it.

@Glenn (AvLinux), it’s been a pretty rough year for the MX Family as far as pets are concerned. They are part of the family too!

[JayM]

I just spoke to the vet and he's still doing OK. They'll give him another day on the diuretic then do another chest x-ray and check for improvement.