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Title: How could you? By Jim Willis
Here is dog story that will bring tears to your eyes! Have tissue ready.
http://cats.about.com/library/guest/ucfeature25a.htm
Boy VS Girl (10/19/06)
Are you one of those that think girl is better than boys?
Many people believe that female dogs make better pets. Most calls for pet dogs have people wanting a 'sweet girl'. They don't realize females display alpha behaviors like 'marking' and/or 'humping' just like the males do! They believe that females are more docile and attentive and do not participate in fighting over dominance. Surprise! This is not true and females are called a 'bitch’ with reasons!
In the dog pack makeup, females usually rule the roost, determine pecking order, and who compete to maintain and/or alter that order. The females are, as a result, more independent, stubborn, and territorial than their male counterparts. The females are much more intent upon exercising their dominance by participating in alpha behaviors such as 'humping'. There IS a reason people utilize the technical dog term of 'bitch' in a negative way-and it refers directly to the behaviors exhibited by the females of the dog world. Most fights will usually break out between 2 females.
Males, on the other hand, are usually more affectionate, exuberant, attentive, and enjoy more attention. They are very attached to their people. They also tend to be more steadfast, reliable, and less moody. They are more outgoing, more accepting of other pets, and take quicker to children. Most boys are easily motivated by food and praise, and so eager to please that training is easy.
No matter what age, he is more likely to act silly and more puppy-like, always wanting to play games. Boys are fun loving until the day they die. Females tend to be more reserved or dignified as they age. Witness the human equivalent of the twinkling eyed Grandpa still playing catch at age 70, while Grandma quietly observes from the porch.
Neutered males rarely exhibit secondary sexual behavior such as 'humping', or 'marking' and lifting of legs. Once the testosterone levels recede after neutering, most of these behaviors (if they ever existed) will disappear. Boys who were neutered early (by 5 months of age) usually don't ever raise their leg to urinate.
Female will usually come to you for attention, when she's had enough, she will move away. Boys are always waiting for your attention and near at hand. Females are usually less distracted during training, as she is more eager to get it over with, and get back to her comfy spot on the couch. The female is less likely to wage a dominance battle with YOU, but she can be cunning and resourceful in getting her own way. She is much more prone to mood swings. One day she may be sweet and affectionate-the next day reserved and withdrawn or even grumpy. The female also has periods of being 'in heat' unless she is spayed.
Seasonal heats can be a month long nightmare-not just for the female, but you and every male dog in the neighborhood. If you don’t plan to breed her, it’s best off to have her spayed. Since during this time she can leave a bloody discharge on carpets, couches, or anywhere she goes. She will be particularly moody and emotional during this time. A walk outside during this period can become hazardous if male dogs are in the vicinity, and she will leave a 'scent' for wandering intact males to follow right to your yard, where they will hang out, and 'wait' for days.
What is an Obedience Title, Really
by Sandy Mowery of Highland, Wis.
Not just a brag, not just a stepping-stone to a higher title, not just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It will remain, in record and in memory, for about as long as anything in this world can remain. Few humans will do as well or better.
And though the dog itself doesn't know or care that its achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans, where such things count. A title says your dog was intelligent and adaptable and good-natured. It says that your dog loved you enough to do the things that pleased you however crazy they may have sometimes seemed.
And a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with it because it was a good dog, that you believed in it enough to give it yet another chance when it failed, and that, in the end, your faith was justified. A title proves your dog inspired you to that special relationship enjoyed by so few; that in a world of disposable creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved and loved greatly in return.
And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give to a deserving friend, volumes of praise in one small set of initials after the name. An obedience title is nothing less than love and respect given and received and permanently recorded.
A Faithful Dog (10/10/06)
A faithful dog will play with you And laugh with you or cry.
He'll gladly starve to stay with you Nor ever reason why.
And when you're feeling out of sorts, Somehow he'll understand.
He'll watch you with his shining eyes And try to lick your hand.
His blind, implicit faith in you Is matched by his great love.
The kind that all of us should have In the Master, up above.
When everything is said and done I guess this isn't odd
For when you spell "dog" backwards you get the name of God.
~ Author Unknown ~
CHIHUAHUA JOKE - FUNNY!!
Three handsome male dogs are walking down the street when they see a beautiful, enticing, female Poodle.
The three male dogs fall all over themselves in an effort to be the one to reach her first, but end up arriving in front of her at the same time.
The males are speechless before her beauty, slobbering on themselves and hoping for just a glance from her in return.
Aware of her charms and her obvious effect on the three suitors, she decides to be kind and tells them, "The first one who can use the words 'liver' and 'cheese' together in an imaginative, intelligent sentence can go out with me."
The sturdy, muscular black Lab speaks up quickly and says, "I love liver and cheese."
"Oh, how childish," said the Poodle. "That shows no imagination or intelligence whatsoever."
She turns to the tall, shiny Golden Retriever and says "How well can you do?"
"Um. I HATE liver and cheese," blurts the Golden Retriever.
"My, my," said the Poodle. "I guess it's hopeless. That's just as dumb as the Lab's sentence."
She then turns to the last of the three dogs and says, "How about you, little guy?"
The last of the three, tiny in stature but big in fame and finesse, is the Taco Bell Chihuahua.
He gives her a smile, a sly wink, turns to the Golden Retriever and the Lab and says .
"Liver alone, cheese mine"
The Ugly side of pet shop puppy....Read about Moe
http://www.maryshouse.us/I-bought-a-cute-puppy-at-the-petstore.htm
by Tracie Hotchner
The AKC just announced that the Yorkshire Terrier's popularity has sky-rocketed: the breed has just set a record by becoming the second most popular breed in the country (after Labradors). In New York, Yorkies have become the number one most desired pooch. But let this be a warning to you: as much as we all love little dogs and our hearts may melt at the sight of the smallest little pooches, if we keep asking for ever-smaller pocket dogs we may wind up like the Japanese: potentially causing misery and death for the rest of that litter.
According to this article (Japan, Home of the Cute and Inbred Dog) from the New York Times, they reported that the frenzied fad in Japan for ever-smaller "pocket dogs" (or tiny breeds with unusual colors like a blue-hued long-haired Chihuahua) has resulted in the birth and death of their defective littermates. In order for toy breeds like Chihuahuas, Yorkshire Terriers and miniature Dachshunds to be on the smallest end of their normal weight, it means that unscrupulous breeders have to mate the runt of a litter with other unnaturally small examples of the breed. For example, the normal weight range for a show-quality Chihuahua is 2 to 6 lbs, but dogs under 3 lbs. generally cannot be healthy. The approved weight for a show-quality Yorkie is 3 to 7 lbs - for a miniature Dachshund it is 8 to 11 lbs., but by requesting dogs on the lowest end of the weight scale you are asking for trouble. In Japan, the demand for "micro-toy" dogs has resulted in litters of puppies born missing parts of their faces or paws, with bones that disintegrate or mental instability that results in madness. This genetic devastation is avoidable, since it is driven by consumer demand for dogs no bigger than the palm of your hand, and the greed of those "back-yard breeders" who produce the tiniest dogs with the largest profit margin.
In Japan, as reported in the New York Times article, murder-at-birth has become standard operating procedure for most of the birth-defective puppies in a litter - just in order to get one teeny surviving puppy for that high-demand waiting list. Economics drives the immoral breeders who would do this: that little puppy in Japan brings in upwards of $10,000.
Let us guard against falling into this pattern of faddism in our own country. We'd like to think that we would not indulge our craving for the tiniest possible dog if we knew it meant the destruction of the rest of his littermates - but let's not kid ourselves, people are people and Americans are as capable as anyone else of justifying what we want at any price - be it monetary or moral - and the consequences be damned. It's not like we have to actually see those birth-defective littermates born too small to survive or deaf, blind, pawless, spineless, and mentally crazed. That's just the price of doing business, right? Those teeny toy pups look so cute and vulnerable, who can resist them? And they fit in our shoulder bags so easily and weigh so little we can take them with us everywhere, tucked under our armpits.
Dr. Phillip Padrid, an internationally renowned veterinarian with the Family Pet Animal Hospital in Chicago, was recently speaking on "Dog Talk," the NPR radio show of which he is the official vet, about the medical crises that can afflict these tiny dogs. "I had a 2 lb. Yorkie come in with pneumonia and I could not access her breathing tube even with the human pediatric surgical tools I have," he said. "Her trachea was so tiny it was more like that of a bird. I feel terrible not be able to do more for my clients with these little dogs they love so much, but they are so unnaturally small that they have more medical problems - and as vets we are often at a loss as to how to treat them."
So the next time you see a small breed dog described as a "pocket" dog, rather than saying "Aww, how adorable," now you'll stop to think about how much suffering might have gone into producing such a tiny little pooch. If you want a very small breed of dog to carry with you everywhere, one way to make sure you are dealing with a scrupulous breeder is to be on the lookout for the giveaway word "teacup." There is no such thing as a "teacup" in the dog-breeding world: only an unknowledgeable breeder or one trying to take advantage of you would brag about that.