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Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Spanishmilf(m): 5:58pm On Oct 21, 2019
MrrKay:
Another challenge is this. Whenever i am walking Xena,
And a dog barks from a compound we're passing.
Xena always restrain her movement, even sometimes she might want to go back, as if she is scared.
After enquiries i was told, that it is always a normal thing, that at this stage she need socialization with other dogs, that if i don't socialize hes with other dogs, crossing her will be a challenge when she comes on heat.

Menh i am now asking, won't there be a fight? During the socializing thing?
Vincentjk
IamAnderson
LordRegalia
Make una help me for this matter.
#iamkeentolearn
How old is your dog that she is scared of a barking dog
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by MrrKay(m): 6:24pm On Oct 21, 2019
Spanishmilf
Bro xena is 6months old.
She is not scared of a barking dog, if a dog face her and bark, she have no issue with that, as long as she is seeing the dog. But if we are walking across a compound that has a dog, it the supposed dog barks, she acts up. Sometimes she stand still, or try going back, or position on alert mood.
NB:This happens as long as she is not seeing the dog.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Spanishmilf(m): 6:52pm On Oct 21, 2019
MrrKay:
Spanishmilf
Bro xena is 6months old.
She is not scared of a barking dog, if a dog face her and bark, she have no issue with that, as long as she is seeing the dog. But if we are walking across a compound that has a dog, it the supposed dog barks, she acts up. Sometimes she stand still, or try going back, or position on alert mood.
NB:This happens as long as she is not seeing the dog.
Same here bro thank God say dem cut my dog tail.... He dey put tail inbetween hin leg...... But there is hope that he will be aggressive because he barks when someone knock our gate or he sees someone but he doesn't charge
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 6:57pm On Oct 21, 2019
MrrKay:
Another challenge is this. Whenever i am walking Xena,
And a dog barks from a compound we're passing.
Xena always restrain her movement, even sometimes she might want to go back, as if she is scared.
After enquiries i was told, that it is always a normal thing, that at this stage she need socialization with other dogs, that if i don't socialize hes with other dogs, crossing her will be a challenge when she comes on heat.

Menh i am now asking, won't there be a fight? During the socializing thing?
Vincentjk
IamAnderson
LordRegalia
Make una help me for this matter.
#iamkeentolearn
I expected this to happen at some point.
she's the only dog so you have to socialise her with other dogs to prevent fear of other dogs or dog aggression.
when you want to socialise her, look around for a calm dog, preferably a puppy that she can play with and make sure it's on neutral ground.
when she has become more comfortable with the presence of another dog then bring the socialisation to her own territory.

Roscoe doesn't like other dogs too since he grew up with only humans from as little as 1month of age. when he sees another dog, he ignores it, even if the dog is barking at him he just stands there and makes no effort to even sniff the dog or something.
when he was 7months old, I took him to a compound where their were 3 dogs, one adult gsd, one adult cauc and one 4 month old cauc puppy.
the dogs were trying to sniff him and engage him with play but he refused to join them.
instead, he came back to where the humans were staying to chill with us cheesy.
I had to take the adult gsd to our own compound for a little holiday before Roscoe paid him attention.
immediately he saw him and his owner walk into the compound, he started barking at the dog and when I freed him after the owner left he ran straight to the dog and started sniffing him all over.
he thought we brought the dog to cross or something because he started mounting the dog to hump him cheesy
the gsd stayed a week plus with us and they never fought, their was just little passive aggressive dominance moves here and there but it went well later on.
the gsd bit Roscoe once sha, Roscoe was looking for trouble and was trying to hump him so he bit him in retaliation.
Roscoe was fine tho because of the fur, the gsd just got a mouth full of fur and choked on the hair a little but Roscoe was unharmed, luckily I was there to stop it immediately he got bitten before there was a retaliation from him.

some dogs that grew up alone irrespective of age react with fear when they see other dogs especially when the other dog is angry at them, some react with anger and dog aggression while some ignore other dogs like my own.
it's not something that socialisation won't fix so don't worry just look for another level headed dog.

although Roscoe doesn't seem to enjoy the company of other dogs, even when we were walking the gsd with him on the road he refused to turn his back to the gsd.
he only walked if the gsd is far in front of him, if it's the other way around he'll keep on turning back to stare at the gsd.
I'm just happy he doesn't have dog aggression if not that would've been a problem.

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Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Freciprocal: 7:00pm On Oct 21, 2019
MrrKay:
Good evening and happy sunday dog lovers.
It's been abit hectic buh we thankGOD for life.
XENA is doing fine and no sickness have been recorded so far, i deworm her every 2wks and make sure she takes her routine vaccine.

Back to our last post about increasing her meal as advised by my pals IamAnderson and Vincentjk.
I did increased her meal, but this girl kinda do her thing her way, she eats the quantity she needs and when she needs it and leaves the rest.

Now!!
How do i serve her meal?
I mix her kibbles with dry meat in the morning then when bk in the evening, i will serve her 4 or 5pieces of chicken head, and 2 or 3 pieces of chicken neck (boiled)
Then i'll add up her kibbles for over the night, infact i ensure that there is always kibbles and dry meat in her bowl.

Why serving kibbles and chicken on diff bowls?
Well, it's never my intention to do such, buh i realised that our dogs have their diff ways of prefrence.
I was super excited when i was told that xena will smash her kibbles when mixed with chic

Please stop deworming Xena every 2 weeks for now. Try variety of meals... Stop making her get used to a particular type of meal, it would hurt ur pocket in future.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Freciprocal: 7:03pm On Oct 21, 2019
MrrKay:
Bioncal calcium tab (1/day)
Essential multivictamin (1/day)
Cordliver oil, ( not often)
Aegis booster (not often)

Have stopped giving her bullymax for nw.

Have stopped given her catfish and it's parts, last week i bought her a whole catfish, boiled and serve her a portion, this girl just picked some and left the remaing, after serving another portion, samething happened, then i decided to take a break on the part of catfish.

I don't know about this, i was told that some breed of dogs starts developing body mass after they must have grown to a certain height.
I am still open to clarification.

It is good u stopped giving her bully max for now. Take off calcium tablets too, cos the dry food already contains the required calcium she needs.

Does Xena eat swallow and draw soup?
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by MrrKay(m): 9:27pm On Oct 21, 2019
Freciprocal Ok Bro. Though i just want to place her on dog food for a year. After which i can nw adjust. What do you think?
For deworming, i'll adjust, buh i was told that is the normal.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by MrrKay(m): 9:46pm On Oct 21, 2019
IamAnderson
I really appreciate you.
You take your time to attend to anything here, it's marvellous.

I'll know what to do about it.
Buh i will ensuse whichever dog she meets must be a female b4 male dog will tidy Xena joor.
The few guys i know here owns big dogs esp CO, ROT.
But it seems Xena is showing signs of dog aggression or will i call it play, she always want to get off leash, when she sees dog bigger than her. Buh she has no issue with smaller dogs or maybe mongrels, she ignores them outrightly esp when they bark.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by MrrKay(m): 9:50pm On Oct 21, 2019
Freciprocal Draw soup and swallow? Not yet Sir. I heard it's been prepared in a special way. Maybe you tell me, it seems ok for dogs.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by MrrKay(m): 9:54pm On Oct 21, 2019
Spanishmilf Definitely his guard instinct will surface. He is still a pup.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 12:06am On Oct 22, 2019
MrrKay:
IamAnderson
I really appreciate you.
You take your time to attend to anything here, it's marvellous.

I'll know what to do about it.
Buh i will ensuse whichever dog she meets must be a female b4 male dog will tidy Xena joor.
The few guys i know here owns big dogs esp CO, ROT.
But it seems Xena is showing signs of dog aggression or will i call it play, she always want to get off leash, when she sees dog bigger than her. Buh she has no issue with smaller dogs or maybe mongrels, she ignores them outrightly esp when they bark.
you're welcome smiley
I think you should pair her up with a female, it's a safer plan for her.
just make sure it's a level headed dog that can easily be called off in case their is an issue.
the dog I picked for mine was an adult gsd but Roscoe was already bigger than him so the dog respected himself cheesy
the only bully their was Roscoe who was always climbing him and following him around.
then sometimes if he enters, Roscoe's kennel Roscoe will start barking at him but I was always with them when they are both free so I didn't record any casualties.
don't also introduce her to a dog that's too hyper, like all these busy body Lhasa's cheesy they might overwhelm her and she might do something stupid.
just take it easy and with time she'll be Fred with other dogs
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 12:08am On Oct 22, 2019
MrrKay:
Freciprocal
Draw soup and swallow?
Not yet Sir.
I heard it's been prepared in a special way.
Maybe you tell me, it seems ok for dogs.
don't put her on that diet now ooh lol
she's too young for that, besides you want her to add mass, garri isn't the right diet for that
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Freciprocal: 12:08am On Oct 22, 2019
MrrKay:
Freciprocal
Ok Bro.
Though i just want to place her on dog food for a year.
After which i can nw adjust.
What do you think?

For deworming, i'll adjust, buh i was told that is the normal.

A year would be too late... This is the time to introduce a lot of varieties. Her growth when she is one year won't be as much as now. You did is growing. Also try to monitor her weight.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Freciprocal: 12:10am On Oct 22, 2019
MrrKay:
Freciprocal
Draw soup and swallow?
Not yet Sir.
I heard it's been prepared in a special way.
Maybe you tell me, it seems ok for dogs.

There is no special way... Just ur regular draw soup... Preferably okro. Try it once and see if she likes it.

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Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 12:13am On Oct 22, 2019
MrrKay:
Freciprocal
Ok Bro.
Though i just want to place her on dog food for a year.
After which i can nw adjust.
What do you think?

For deworming, i'll adjust, buh i was told that is the normal.
deworm her once a month, the every two weeks thing became too much once she crossed 3 months.
you can place her on dog food for a year if you want but you also have to introduce her to other things too so she'll not select food in future.
my dog was fed mostly dog food for a year like how you want to do with Xena but along the line I introduced him to other meals so taking him off dog food wasn't hard.

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Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 12:17am On Oct 22, 2019
Freciprocal:


There is no special way... Just ur regular draw soup... Preferably okro. Try it once and see if she likes it.
you don't adjust the Ingredients for your dog's okro soup?
all that palm oil, onions, salt and maggi isn't good for any dog.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by Freciprocal: 12:33am On Oct 22, 2019
IamAnderson:

you don't adjust the Ingredients for your dog's okro soup?
all that palm oil, onions, salt and maggi isn't good for any dog.

Misconception!

My pet amazed me at 3 months when I gave it okro. for the next few meals... She refused to eat her food (husse Valp dry food)... I tried native soup... It relished it again. So what I did from 4 months was that it ate dry food in the mornings and at night was surprise time. Mashed yam, mashed potatoes, noodles, eba with draw soup...etc

I complained to the vet that this was weird.. 2 vets confirmed that this is normal for mastiffs

Palm oil, salt and Maggi is not good for any dog? :oMehn I really doubt you know things about dogs grin
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 7:43am On Oct 22, 2019
Freciprocal:


Misconception!

My pet amazed me at 3 months when I gave it okro. for the next few meals... She refused to eat her food (husse Valp dry food)... I tried native soup... It relished it again. So what I did from 4 months was that it ate dry food in the mornings and at night was surprise time. Mashed yam, mashed potatoes, noodles, eba with draw soup...etc

I complained to the vet that this was weird.. 2 vets confirmed that this is normal for mastiffs

Palm oil, salt and Maggi is not good for any dog? :oMehn I really doubt you know things about dogs grin
so because your dog didn't drop dead after eating it's a misconception?
do you think when you're asked not to feed your dog's excess oil,salt and also not to include onions in their meals it means they'll fall down and die after eating?.
it's people like you that complain that their dog died at 6yrs of "unknown circumstances".
go and read up on the dangers of feeding dogs onions and salt with excess oil long term and stop deceiving yourself.
this is even general knowledge, i don't know why we're having this conversation, saying it's a misconception with no validation or proof is just a very ignorant thing to say. do you think you're smarter than vets or other dog owners? lmao please.
because your dog is rushing something doesn't mean it's healthy or good, if you give a dog chocolate it will rush it too but chocolate is deadly to dogs
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by vincentjk(m): 9:57am On Oct 22, 2019
Freciprocal:


There is no special way... Just ur regular draw soup... Preferably okro. Try it once and see if she likes it.

Every dog likes draw soup and semo so far the soup is prepared well
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by vincentjk(m): 10:38am On Oct 22, 2019
Freciprocal:


Misconception!

My pet amazed me at 3 months when I gave it okro. for the next few meals... She refused to eat her food (husse Valp dry food)... I tried native soup... It relished it again. So what I did from 4 months was that it ate dry food in the mornings and at night was surprise time. Mashed yam, mashed potatoes, noodles, eba with draw soup...etc

I complained to the vet that this was weird.. 2 vets confirmed that this is normal for mastiffs

Palm oil, salt and Maggi is not good for any dog? :oMehn I really doubt you know things about dogs grin

IamAnderson is right. Salt, Maggie, onion and most ingredients aren't good for dogs.

Sometimes i serve meat raw or boil with a little water without adding any ingredient to it, they'll eat it

For the draw soup I use chicken broth and dry fish but add a little Maggie and salt to make it tasty since i got no options
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 1:58pm On Oct 22, 2019
vincentjk:


IamAnderson is right. Salt, Maggie, onion and most ingredients aren't good for dogs.

Sometimes i serve meat raw or boil with a little water without adding any ingredient to it, they'll eat it

For the draw soup I use chicken broth and dry fish but add a little Maggie and salt to make it tasty since i got no options
that's how I prepared the soup for my dog the few times I've fed him soup.
people just like to argue with what vets advise like they studied veterinary medicine, because their dog didn't drop dead in front of them.
I know someone that has never had a dog that lived past 7yrs irrespective of the breed and he keeps plenty dogs at a time.
they always die from strange illnesses or sometimes he'll just come out one morning and see them dead. one of them choked on a chicken bone in front of him and died there
he was even arguing with me one day that dogs don't live past 7yrs cheesy
he keeps saying it's because of the breed, but he has tried different breeds and they still don't last long in his hand.
he feeds his dogs stupid things and when I complain he'll say he has been keeping dogs longer than I have and I'll just back off and let him do his thing.
the guy feeds his dogs rubbish,from strong bones to tea with Milo and even coco pops or peppersoup and fast food waste
now he's complaining that current gsd of about 4yrs is constantly drinking water and urinating frequently and upon that, he doesn't want to hear that he should watch what he feeds the dogs, now he wants to try out rottweiler cheesy
I don't get why people find it hard to listen to instructions about all these dog related warnings, they always want to argue with no credibility or tangible proof so they'll feel like experts and say "you don't even know anything about dogs".
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by vincentjk(m): 2:20pm On Oct 22, 2019
IamAnderson:

that's how I prepared the soup for my dog the few times I've fed him soup.
people just like to argue with what vets advise like they studied veterinary medicine, because their dog didn't drop dead in front of them.
I know someone that has never had a dog that lived past 7yrs irrespective of the breed and he keeps plenty dogs at a time.
they always die from strange illnesses or sometimes he'll just come out one morning and see them dead. one of them choked on a chicken bone in front of him and died there
he was even arguing with me one day that dogs don't live past 7yrs cheesy
he keeps saying it's because of the breed, but he has tried different breeds and they still don't last long in his hand.
he feeds his dogs stupid things and when I complain he'll say he has been keeping dogs longer than I have and I'll just back off and let him do his thing.
the guy feeds his dogs rubbish,from strong bones to tea with Milo and even coco pops or peppersoup and fast food waste
now he's complaining that current gsd of about 4yrs is constantly drinking water and urinating frequently and upon that, he doesn't want to hear that he should watch what he feeds the dogs, now he wants to try out rottweiler cheesy
I don't get why people find it hard to listen to instructions about all these dog related warnings, they always want to argue with no credibility or tangible proof so they'll feel like experts and say "you don't even know anything about dogs".

Lols your write up made me laugh really hard @someone feeding milk, tea and hard bones lmao


well it's fine let everybody just feed their dog how they want sha
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 3:11pm On Oct 22, 2019
vincentjk:


Lols your write up made me laugh really hard @someone feeding milk, tea and hard bones lmao


well it's fine let everybody just feed their dog how they want sha
lmao he feeds the dogs how he likes and he doesn't want to believe it's affecting them no matter how you advise, I'm tired of warning him let him do what he wants.
that's how he buys dogs every time, the breeder he uses even knows him for that and he's a usual customer, that's were I got Roscoe from sef lol.
he also believes this stupid thing that people do that they put alcohol in their dog's eyes and give them to drink at night to make them "aggressive"
I pity the dogs but I'm tired of arguing with him let him do what he wants since he's an expert
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by vincentjk(m): 4:04pm On Oct 22, 2019
IamAnderson:

lmao he feeds the dogs how he likes and he doesn't want to believe it's affecting them no matter how you advise, I'm tired of warning him let him do what he wants.
that's how he buys dogs every time, the breeder he uses even knows him for that and he's a usual customer, that's were I got Roscoe from sef lol.
he also believes this stupid thing that people do that they put alcohol in their dog's eyes and give them to drink at night to make them "aggressive"
I pity the dogs but I'm tired of arguing with him let him do what he wants since he's an expert

Lols, I used to buy foetus before but i stopped on my own after realizing it isn't the best for a dog. People get remains from restaurants because it's cheap but it isn't just best for dogs ( remains from people you don't even know)

I don't blame them because i understand that feeding a dog isn't an easy task but we should do things right sometimes

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Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by space9880: 8:09am On Oct 23, 2019
IamAnderson:

so because your dog didn't drop dead after eating it's a misconception?
do you think when you're asked not to feed your dog's excess oil,salt and also not to include onions in their meals it means they'll fall down and die after eating?.
it's people like you that complain that their dog died at 6yrs of "unknown circumstances".
go and read up on the dangers of feeding dogs onions and salt with excess oil long term and stop deceiving yourself.
this is even general knowledge, i don't know why we're having this conversation, saying it's a misconception with no validation or proof is just a very ignorant thing to say. do you think you're smarter than vets or other dog owners? lmao please.
because your dog is rushing something doesn't mean it's healthy or good, if you give a dog chocolate it will rush it too but chocolate is deadly to dogs
I know about salt , Maggi and onion but I do not know about oil.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by space9880: 8:13am On Oct 23, 2019
vincentjk:
( remains from people you don't even know)
is it the food or the people that is the problem ?
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 11:03am On Oct 23, 2019
space9880:
I know about salt , Maggi and onion but I do not know about oil.
too much oily food isn't good for any animal including humans.
if you're going to be feeding your dog a regular diet of palm oil then you should reduce the quantity.
no doctor sef will advice a human to eat oily food in large quantity everyday not to talk of a dog that is less built to process fatty food
palm oil contains a lot of fat and too much fat causes, nausea or pancreatitis.
if you notice your dog's poop is oily or glossy then reduce the oil intake.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by vincentjk(m): 11:04am On Oct 23, 2019
space9880:

is it the food or the people that is the problem ?

The both. Food probably contains lots of bones without you knowing, food remains that maybe be containing contents from hand-washing and all that. The morning fresh and soap used in washing and sanitizing hands are chemical and shouldn't be consumed

Btw how's your dog
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by IamAnderson(m): 11:13am On Oct 23, 2019
space9880:

is it the food or the people that is the problem ?
it's the food mostly lol, fast food doesn't really have much nutritional benefit, it's just to fill your dog's belly, minus that, the ingredients used to prepare some of them are not good for dogs.
you can feed your dog jollof rice from fast food and someone can feed his dog white rice and boiled chicken and his dog is eating better than yours smiley
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by space9880: 1:41pm On Oct 23, 2019
IamAnderson:

too much oily food isn't good for any animal including humans.
if you're going to be feeding your dog a regular diet of palm oil then you should reduce the quantity.
no doctor sef will advice a human to eat oily food in large quantity everyday not to talk of a dog that is less built to process fatty food
palm oil contains a lot of fat and too much fat causes, nausea or pancreatitis.
if you notice your dog's poop is oily or glossy then reduce the oil intake.
thanks for the info
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by space9880: 1:43pm On Oct 23, 2019
vincentjk:


The both. Food probably contains lots of bones without you knowing, food remains that maybe be containing contents from hand-washing and all that. The morning fresh and soap used in washing and sanitizing hands are chemical and shouldn't be consumed

Btw how's your dog
you're right. he's fine I updated my thread check him out.
Re: My Female Boerboel .... Her Name Is "Xena" by space9880: 1:44pm On Oct 23, 2019
IamAnderson:

it's the food mostly lol, fast food doesn't really have much nutritional benefit, it's just to fill your dog's belly, minus that, the ingredients used to prepare some of them are not good for dogs.
you can feed your dog jollof rice from fast food and someone can feed his dog white rice and boiled chicken and his dog is eating better than yours smiley
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