Once we took my dog to a park on the bay but we tried to avoid letting her go in the water because she would need a bath afterward. It wasn't a particularly hot day but after trying to go towards the water twice and being told to stay with us, she started walking slowly, hanging her, head and panting heavily. A few minutes later, she started to limp. I checked her feet to make sure she didn't pick up a burr or foxtail and couldn't find any sign of the problem so I turned to walk back towards the car. She refused to follow. I went to pick her up, worried that she might be injured and she darted away.
Finally, I gestured in the direction of the water and said, "Fine, go swimming."
She took off running only pausing once to let me catch up before she would have lost sight of me on her way to the water.
The strange part is, she's not a particularly smart dog except for when she is being emotionally manipulative. Also, for the record, she was pissed about needing a bath when we got home.
This is too real for me right now. I just took mine to the vet last week thinking she had some sort of neck injury only to figure out a few days later that she was having anxiety separation attacks because I went back to work after taking a week for Xmas off. $400 bill but at least I have a supply of emergency doggie pain meds now.
@ickplant@lemmy.world Gryff definitely thinks he's a lapdog, moreso, even, than his 52lb #pittie predecessor (she was more-insistant on laying next to me; he wants to be on me). Fortunately, the 65lb dog we adopted was 8lbs overweight (so, now that he's in proper trim, he's "only" 57lbs).
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 207d
Diagnosed with being a great actor. Look at all the money he saved by not really being sick or injured too!
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 207d
Once we took my dog to a park on the bay but we tried to avoid letting her go in the water because she would need a bath afterward. It wasn't a particularly hot day but after trying to go towards the water twice and being told to stay with us, she started walking slowly, hanging her, head and panting heavily. A few minutes later, she started to limp. I checked her feet to make sure she didn't pick up a burr or foxtail and couldn't find any sign of the problem so I turned to walk back towards the car. She refused to follow. I went to pick her up, worried that she might be injured and she darted away.
Finally, I gestured in the direction of the water and said, "Fine, go swimming."
She took off running only pausing once to let me catch up before she would have lost sight of me on her way to the water.
The strange part is, she's not a particularly smart dog except for when she is being emotionally manipulative. Also, for the record, she was pissed about needing a bath when we got home.
Edit: forgot the dog tax.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 207d
Soooo cute tho!
Aviandelight@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 207d
This is too real for me right now. I just took mine to the vet last week thinking she had some sort of neck injury only to figure out a few days later that she was having anxiety separation attacks because I went back to work after taking a week for Xmas off. $400 bill but at least I have a supply of emergency doggie pain meds now.
ferricoxide@blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 207d
@ickplant@lemmy.world
I've got a 57lb staffy. He'd definitely not get carried around just because he was lazy. :p
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 207d
Yeah, I used to have a 80lb pittie. He thought he was a lapdog but thankfully didn’t want us to carry him around.
ferricoxide@blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 207d
@ickplant@lemmy.world Gryff definitely thinks he's a lapdog, moreso, even, than his 52lb #pittie predecessor (she was more-insistant on laying next to me; he wants to be on me). Fortunately, the 65lb dog we adopted was 8lbs overweight (so, now that he's in proper trim, he's "only" 57lbs).
#dogs
#DogsOfMastodon
#FediDogs
#staffy
ickplant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d
Aww, I love Gryff.
Here is the late Jake, he was a good boy.
ferricoxide@blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 207d
@ickplant@lemmy.world
Gonna guess that the picture didn't make the jump from your Lemme-based instance to this SharKey-based instance. :(
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d
My 80# lab will not only lay on me, but get up just to drop his full weight back down on me. Fuckin jerk.
fonecokid@c.im · 2 pts · 207d
@ickplant ❤️ 💙 😂