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Richybang:
Do you ever wonder what your dog
would say if he could talk? Do you ever
wonder what’s on his mind when he
looks up at you with those big, warm,
brown eyes?
You might be surprised to learn that
what you’re doing to your dog is
confusing him—maybe even driving
him crazy. Here are five bad habits you
need to stop before they wreck your
relationship.
1. You’re trying to
communicate with your
dogs through words.
You adopt a dog from the shelter, and
you know it is not the first time he has
been adopted, but you are confident
you will be successful. One of your
worries is that the previous owner had
given the dog a name you don’t like, so
you have renamed him Riley. But will
that confuse him? Guess what? Dogs
don’t care much whether you speak to
them in Spanish, or English, or Chinese,
because they don’t hear words as
words, just as sounds. It’s like the way
that people spell out “w-a-l-k” and “l-
e-a-s-h”; they may be fooling
themselves but they certainly aren’t
fooling the dog. That’s one of the
reasons I love being with dogs so much
—because they sense something much
deeper than the words you use; they
also read your body language. Which is
why you can’t lie to a dog. When you
speak to a dog you must speak from
the inside, from your mind, your
heart, and your body. Otherwise he will
be scratching his head with his paw,
trying to figure why he can see your
lips moving with strange noises coming
out.
2. You treat your dog like a
child.
We all know those houses, right? The
ones with the framed pictures of
Twinkles all over the walls. Her name is
embroidered on all of her pillows and
emblazoned on toys of every kind,
scattered from kitchen to bedroom to
bath. And Twinkles’s owner never stops
fawning over her as though she were a
one-year-old. You can see how the
human starts to get confused
sometimes and starts thinking that
Twinkles is a child—but of course
Twinkles is under no illusions at all.
She is a dog, and she wants to behave
like a dog—that is in her DNA. And like
all dogs, she wants to run, she loves to
chase things, and she wants to use her
nose to track. Your “baby” is also a
pack animal and needs the structure
and discipline in her life to feel
fulfilled and not become frustrated.
There is nothing wrong with showing
your dog love, but remember: first
exercise, then discipline, and finally
affection.
3. Your dog doesn’t have a
job and he’s bored.
So many times people have come to
me, worried because their dog has
picked up an aggravating habit. Maybe
he’s chewing the carpet, or racing in
circles around the house, or showing
surprising aggression. And so often the
answer is the same: Your dog is getting
bored—he wants something to do.
Dogs aren’t born expecting to be
waited on hand and foot, with meals
produced whenever they are hungry;
no creature in the animal world is. In
the wild—from the time they are
babies—dogs have to work for their
food. They have to hunt it down or go
hungry. I like to tell people that in
Mexico, where I am from, the dogs are
thin but they don’t have psychological
problems. Dogs have been bred over
the centuries for different jobs—from
rounding up cattle to hunting to
hauling. When their natural instinct is
denied, they become frustrated, and
that is when they start to show signs of
aggressive behavior. So do what your
dog asks and give him a job. Put a pack
on his back when you go for walks or
create obstacle courses so he can put
his scent-tracking abilities to good use.
You’ll see right away how happy it
makes him.
4. You’re acting like your
dog’s playmate, not pack
leader.
You’ve watched my TV shows and read
my books, so you know how important
it is for you to claim the role of pack
leader from the time your puppy first
joins the family. But then you come
home, and it’s a beautiful summer
evening, and your pup is telling you
that she is ready to play. The next
thing you know, you and your dog are
racing around the back yard with a ball
and all the rules have changed. At least
the rules have changed in your mind—
until you are ready to call it quits and
go inside for dinner. How is your dog
supposed to understand what has
happened? You gave up on being pack
leader to race into playing with her
instead of making it clear that play
begins only when she is calm and
responsive. So now she is all turned
around about who’s the boss.
Remember: Being a pack leader is not
a part-time occupation; it’s all the
time. Your dog is always looking for
consistency and structure, and without
it she is going to become confused
about when she is supposed to follow
your directions and when you two are
just buddies.
5. You’re tense and
nervous around your dog
Your sister-in-law is one of your least
favorite people. You hate it when she
comes to visit—you know she is
checking out your home, and you can
see the critical disdain in her face. To
make matters worse, whenever she’s
near Mikey, your otherwise well-
behaved mixed-breed dog, he goes
crazy, as if to demonstrate your poor
dog-handling skills. But he doesn’t
know there are problems with you and
your sister-in-law; he just knows that
his pack leader is tense and nervous,
so he may become tense and nervous
too. Our dogs are incredibly finely
attuned to us—we’ve been living
together almost from the beginning of
time! That is why they need calm,
assertive energy to relax. Remember:
Dogs are predators in the wild, so if
they become nervous, their fight-or-
flight response is almost always more
likely to be fight. Nervousness in dogs
will soon come out as aggression. It is
how they deal with a problem.
Listen to your dogs. Listen to them
carefully, for they are trying to tell you
what they want. Their needs are really
very simple, and if you satisfy those,
you will have a happy and harmonious
relationship. That is the kind of bond I
have with Junior, as you can see from
the photos on these pages. And I hope
it will be the relationship you have
with your dog.

You wrote all of this?

broxymall:
mehn he just wasted his time
hope he got some benefit, i merely thought there would be some different only to still look like a nigeria shepherd
this is KUZEE

LOL, ur account was hacked abi.

I blame d moderator for this

Charlesdegaulle:
Please why do some dogs eat their puppies? I have a GSD who just gave birth. On the third day, i returned home from work to discover one puppy missing, even though the whole environment was secured. This has happened before and i was told that it probably ate the puppy. Is this normal? What could be done to prevent this? Answers needed please

Q-Why do some dogs kill their pups if not taken away from them immediately?
Also this condition can be caused by a number of reasons ranging from cannibalism, lack of recognition of the pup due to several hormonal imbalances, mastitis(inflammation of the teats), stress or fear, still born or unhealthy pups. Would elaborate on the last part(still born or unhealthy pups cos I av witnessed this before). This habit isn't restricted to just dogs alone, rabbits, snakes, chickens amongst a few display this habit too and this is cos of the dam noticing that d pup is unhealthy and would just pup extra strain on her so she would rather eat it up to gain nutrients than leave it unattended to. Same scenario happens to still born too, d dam feels sorry for d loss of her pup but instead of waste dt amount of nutrients she ingests the pup to make up for the ones she has lost and at the same time feed d ones that made it.

You miss road?

http://www.vdrrottweilerbreeders.com/white_rottweilers_albino.html
Educating paw lovers

A lot of things people don't know about the rottie and re so quick to judge when they don't see a box headed rottie. I'll be posting a link for all to read extensively about rottie so u dnt just say u heard smone say smtin and u repeated d same too..
A whatsapp group is also run educating paw lovers about dogs in terms of all u need to knw, interested parties can check my signature for my contact

Location?

kingboy:
And how much did it cost to have the imported rot. Kinda interested cos of the type of litters we have in Nigeria.

U can check my signature for my details if u really interested in getting a good rottie pup

leksmedia:
This is really gonna be helpful

Yea that's the whole point of it, make it easier to people to locate pet shops and vet clinics close to them

pmadise:
Oga Knyte the puppy, aged 3 months, is home. She is so cute. Mum is from Serbia and dad is from Germany. I'll upload the parents and puppy pix shortly. Thanks also to Dorcky of NL for the connection.

That's really nice and am glad u took ur time to get d best... Takia of her oo and hope she's loves her new home

An educational forum is bin run on whatsapp educating the public about knowing more about dogs.. Interested individuals can check my signature for my contact..

An educational forum is bin run on whatsapp educating the public about knowing more about dogs.. Interested individuals can check my signature for my contact..

Still available

Bring back the thread.. Not only applicable to pet shops alone but vet clinics too.. Post awayyyyy

An educational forum is bin run on whatsapp educating the public about knowing more about dogs.. Interested individuals can check my signature for my contact..

redfigure:
May i know DADE?
And so Rex, hes good, also a box head as one of My rott, but hes not in Lagos and I need a wide head rottie with short snout, cause i need to modify my other rott's future pup.

Messaged u already via bbm

Anchor84:
Rex is gud.since u r in Lagos,u can meet DADE for his Pedigree Rott but he charges high cos it's a Pedigree.

Ese sir

casyrotts:
op this Rex good o he even won award... and still has fresh blood.... no doubt

Rex's fans

neronito:
My girl Nova, she's 11months+...#ILOVEROTTIES

Nova is lovely

redfigure:
I think you should ask Wikipedia

I didn't ask Wikipedia but definitely found out culled up frm the Internet.. They re the sale

The title of this movie never comot

juicee1:
I've seen a video of a CO taking down a full grown bear. I once posted it here but I was advised to take it down cos it was like promoting animal cruelty. I had to delete it from my devicecos the brutality was too much. Fear CO.

Rottie in Nigeria are more like bingos due to poor breeding. A well fed bingo will stand it. I fear thesame fate might befall the CO.

I'll let u believe what u believe

uchpanila:
Wat about REX by knyte

Rex is doing very well.. Ready for dem bi****

juicee1:
what's a rottie?

A cow or a goat?

I, Mr caucasian ovcharka, do kill bears and wolfs, unlike a rottie who's only used for pulling carts of meat...

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Yea the reputation of a Caucasian precedes it but have u seen it actually take down a bear on a wolf or wolves like u said. Have u seen a the sheer strength of a rottie? I doubt it

casyrotts:
whenever I see threads of killed dogs or punished dogs I just cry.... have you ever heard when a dog is been killed? they cry for help and struggle for life... their cry can make a full grown well built man with conscience to melt... their cry touches the heart and goes down deep into the bone marrow... why kill my best friends? why? why kill a friend that can make you smile laugh and happy? why kill a friend that can lay it's life for you? why kill my friend?... can you compare the intelligence of my friend to other animals? what wrong has my friend done to deserve such hate and cruelty.. why ? ....why do you have to cut short a promising life of a friend?..... Can you kill your child and eat him? then why kill a dog?..... So many people keep dogs just to punish them no food no love no affection... why do you hate my friends?.. they love you they care for you... why become a devil on earth to my friends ...... Do you derive joy from murder?.... I bet you any dog you kill on earth will surely meet you one day... this is my believe and you cant prove me wrong.. Do you know how sad your dog will be if you were gone? those lovely moment's you shared those precious smiles... why kill your smile? why kill your joy?... say no to animal brutality ...say no to dog murder.. Love your dog care for your friend .. help a dog... adopt a dog today ..all petlanders I would love us to carry out a movement against animal brutality .....the social media is your friend we need to pass this message to the whole Nigerians... twitter,Facebook, instagram any thing you can get hold of ....lets hold hands together and give our best friends hope... please ogas seun ishilove
knyte BOUNTYDOG iroyalkennel prodeegee

I still find it bewildering when people not only kill dogs just for the fun of it but go all d way to even eat. God placed dem on earth of a purpose and I dnt tink that included serving as a source of protein for man. Dogs av proven themselves to humans time and time again, over and over but within our humanity a dark part of us feel they can b used for whatever we please. I stand against dog brutality today and forever

Well done Casmir.. Any individual who has a heart would not let a dog suffer nonetheless watch or partake in killing one.. I stand against dog brutality today and forever.

redfigure:
Yes and No, They differ in size. An Alsatian is bigger than a GSD... They are from different bloodlines... For example a box Head rottie and the large head rottie

I still think a gsd and an Alsatian are the same. The change in name arose after the war and people didn't want anything to do with the Germans.. Size ND all arose when different bloodline were mixed with eachoda, that doesn't make dem less Dan a German Shepherd

juicee1:
the enthusiasm is low...too many shitty rotties out there.

People now opt for larger breeds like boerboel and Caucasian ovcharka.



Which rottweiller can face me?

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LOL, u avnt seen a rottie den.

What hormonal changes did u experience with ur bitch after mating her/after she whelped?

Still available.. .

Lol, if u within Ibadan environs we plan on getting one done soon but before then deres a whatsapp group live on enlightening us on all we can know about dogs.. Interested peeps can check my signature and contact me