#Multidog

[cleoselene]

Patitas (aka Teeters, aka Petey, aka Teeters McGeeters the Pumpkin Eaters, aka Kevin), who is now in the care of my mother after living with us for a few years because he had a lot of anxiety in a multidog house, among other reasons, was always, always, ALWAYS Ernie best buddy. They had a bromance for the ages. Teeters is going to miss his sparring partner. They were always just two peas in a pod, it was adorable

[barksandrectrailbc]

Some days just feel the same-same. www.bnrbc.ca info@bnrbc.ca 1208 pine ave trail, bc Photos via Kaylee B #dogalikes #lookalikes #multidog #manydawg #lotzadog #heavyonthedogs #trailbc #bnrbc #kootenaydogs (at Barks and Recreation Pet Services & Pet Supplies) https://www.instagram.com/p/CenCEUarpnM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ridl]

Multidoggo

[chihooahooas]

Trying to adopt when the rescue wants to meet the other pets is hard 😣

[trainingfaith]

Multi-Dog Households: When Many Becomes TOO Many

Living in a multi-dog household is a balancing act. People often wonder if they are doing their dogs justice, and at what point have they reached too many dogs?

I’m going to be completely honest and say I have a lot of dogs. I’m not going to disclose how many, but it’s common for people to walk in my house and start trying to count how many fuzzy four-legged creatures are running around. It’s almost immediately followed by, “Oh my gosh. You have so many dogs!” or for those who aren’t fond of all the puppy kisses, it’s the infamous “You have way too many dogs” comment. However, my many aren’t too many. After reading this article, you’ll understand why.

On the other hand, I’ve walked into a house with just 2-3 dogs and it’s very clear even that is just too much for their owner to handle. However, these owners typically don’t seem to realize it.

So… why is it that 10 dogs can live together happily without any doubt there are too many dogs in the home, and 3 can push an owner overboard? How do you know when many has become too many?

I always like to start with basic care. Do you have the time, money, and energy to provide food, water, shelter, and veterinary care to all the dogs in the home? Every single dog in the household should have a proper body condition score, they should be fed a quality diet, they should appear active and healthy for their breed, and they should be up to date on shots and vaccines. If an owner needs to start skimping on food costs by feeding their dogs a poor quality kibble just so everyone gets fed, then many has started to become too many. If an owner starts skipping yearly wellness exams and vaccines because it’s too costly to provide it to every dog, then many is clearly too many. While I’m all for dog owners saving money by administering vaccines themselves if they have the knowledge and skill set to do so, all dogs should still have a wellness exam each year.

All dogs should also have a space to call their own. Every dog should have an adequately sized crate or ex-pen that belongs to them and only them. This helps minimize conflict in a multi-dog household, and it gives dogs a safe place to retreat to when needed. It’s also recommended all meals are fed in dogs’ individual crates. If there are so many dogs in a house that dogs have to live outside, be moved into the garage, or share crates/safe spaces due to lack of physical space in the house, then many has become too many.

I understand dogs get messy. However, all dogs deserve to live life with a clean, well-maintained coat free from any tangles, mats, dirt, and impacted undercoat. Nails should also be well-kept so they don’t touch the floor. Even with my busy schedule and a house full of pets, every single dog gets brushed out regularly, their paws, ears, and sanitary are kept neatly trimmed, and their nails are ground down to tiny little nubs at least once a week (some dogs get their nails done every few days). They also get their teeth brushed regularly. It breaks my heart walking into homes where dogs are dirty, matted, their toes splay outward in funny directions due to severely overgrown nails, and their teeth are full of tartar from lack of care. If an owner can’t provide basic upkeep for their dogs, then many has become too many.

All dogs should be given the proper amount of exercise and mental stimulation. Dogs who aren’t exercised regularly and given something for their brains to do often suffer from anxiety, hyperactivity, and depression. This can cause numerous issues for the individual dog, issues for other dogs in the household, and issues for the dog’s owner. Dogs who are given the proper amount of exercise and mental stimulation are happier, more relaxed, and in turn, better behaved. If an owner finds themselves unable to adequately exercise their dogs’ minds and bodies on a daily basis, then many has become too many.

On that note, all dogs should have received (and continue to receive) basic obedience and house training. Every dog should know commands like sit, down, stay, come, leave it, and how to walk on a leash. Training is a great way to bond with your dog, and it helps them live a happy life with their human families. Dogs should also be potty trained so they know how to keep their living area clean and smell-free. If an owner gets to the point where there are so many dogs in the house they can’t provide basic training for all of them, many has become too many.

Finally, each and every dog deserves individual love and attention daily. For my crew of pups, this is at least 30 minutes of alone time with me (usually spent walking, training, playing fetch in the backyard, going for an adventure, etc). If a household has so many dogs that they never get a decent amount of one-on-one time with their people and are instead expected to constantly share you with a house full of dogs all eager for love and attention, then many has most certainly become too many.

[peakvirgo]

two puppies is one too many

[creekfiend]

I never heard of bluetick dogs before I started watching Moishe grow up on your blog! May I ask what some of his breed-specific mannerisms are? Is he a kind of working dog that needs a bunch of jobs? Or more of a chilling out dog?

Honestly I only have personal experience with our weird neighbor's dogs. Because they keep fucking showing up at our farm 😂 but his have really nice temperaments. A couple of his older dogs turned up here like a year or two ago and just vibed around the place like goofuses. We closed them in our shed/pen area to keep them safe while we tries to contact the breeder and they were here for over 24 hours and just... chill. Very sweet. Very smelly. Very dog neutral and people friendly

In general the impression I get about coonhounds is they should be like that -- although I hear some lines or breeds can produce aggression problems, like a friend of mine with a redbone says she hears about aggression popping up sometimes with those but idk

They're pretty much only used by old school hunting guys who are pretty offline compared to a lot of other dog breed communities and who tend to have pretty different priorities as well. But I will say that the local blueticks have all been exuberant at times but easygoing, not hyper or anything. And hounds should always be dogs that 'pack up' easily which is nice in multidog households

Its always a toss-up how a dog from lines mostly bred to live in kennels will adjust to living in a house but all the coonhounds I know of who are pets have adjusted just fine and tend to be lazy in the house

Moses has been an easy-ass puppy. He self regulates astoundingly well and I'm honestly jealous because he will do stuff like PUT HIMSELF DOWN FOR NAPS when he gets tired, which... **looks at Lambchop** lol

My mom has been really sick recently and not as able to get him out and was expressing guilt about it to me the other day because Moses has been just FINE about napping with her in bed all day apart from a couple like, 30min bouts of puppy silliness/zoomies etc. Like he just doesn't care.

Definitely not the same vibe as, like, breeds that you hear "they need a job" about, lol, I think those tend to be herding type breeds and they adjust less well to being pets than scenthounds, when you take one from a working farm sitution and make it a house pet, but that might be an overly broad generalization

With coonhounds they're not going to be super like, handler sensitive (or sensitive at all lol) and that's where the "stubborn" thing comes in I think. Although since Moses showed up SO early, and we have been raising him carefully and with lots of puppy culture foundations, his handler focus is honestly much stronger than I expected but I don't know how much of that is due to his innate temperament etc as I don't know any of his immediate relatives. In general the adult coonhounds that I've met seem to have a "yes I love you so so much let's kiss okay I'm going to go do hound stuff now bye :)" approach to people, lol

In general they'll follow their noses!!!!!!! They'll run off and they'll bay. That's what they were bred to do. Moses' baying is really weird sounding and yelpy right now like a goofy teenage boy 😂 we started really strong with his recall and check-in training to try and balance any "running off" tendencies he might develop in adulthood but right now he's amazing and gets lots of cheese for coming to find us when he has off leash time around the farm. Unlike some other dogs that might have "run off and tree an animal" urges, coonhounds don't seem to be fence testers in my limited experience

BUT YEAH I have a data set of like, 4 dogs?? In terms of personal experience. Anyone else who has more please feel free to weigh in. If you got this far, here is my mom's little buddy for ya :)

[sidetongue]

I posted last week about my multidog home and how I encourage positive interactions and use management to decrease the risk of negative interactions. Today I brought home a shelter dog (for the day) to get her out of the kennel and to let her have some fresh air, sunshine, and good company. I didn’t know if she was dog friendly - my only indication was that she was non reactive towards other dogs in the kennels. This video is fun to analyse! Googles had already met my 5 dogs through the fence and showed relaxed body language. I wanted to stagger her introductions so they weren’t overwhelming, and I start with Henry because although he is not terribly social, he’s the most neutral. Harold would have accosted her, budgie would have buzzed around her like a fly, Miller would have been ✨stiff✨ and moby would likely do something weird and/or dumb.

I failed Hen a little here in that I let him out assuming he knew Googles was out there; but apparently seeing her in the yard through the fence does not equate to realising she is still out there when he walks out (lack of object permanence Henry??) so initially he gets a little startled when she comes up behind him. He spins around with a “hey what now?!” Followed by a “oh no, are you gonna be nice?” Followed by a “I’m just gonna go…. (MUM THERES A STRANGE LADY HERE)”

He disengages and instantly relaxes, my presence and tone of voice reassures him, and there’s positive experiences all round. Googles is feeling curious and confident because Hen is not crowding her or begging for her attention (like a certain golden would do). This is an example of a managed situation that promotes positive interactions!

Watching further, there is an example of FAILED management. I had the other 4 dogs locked up, but naughty budgie squeezed out under the fence and “ambushed” us. Was this the plan? No. Did I fail to eliminate the risk of Googles being crowded by multiple dogs? Yes. Did the risk turn into reality? No! Because Budge has prior skills of healthy communication and appropriate interaction. She saw that Hen and Googs were having a conversation, that Googles was making no attempt to interact with her, and zoomed off as quickly as she had arrived.

Hen and Googles finished their very polite conversation, with lovely manners and relaxed body language (this is how I anticipated the very first interaction to go, but of course failed in that I didn’t realise Henry was at risk of a jump scare!) and both dogs came to me to seek out praise and pats. Look at those soft waggy tails and happy eyes! What good dogs! What a happy time we’re having!

It’s also important to acknowledge how well they react to my tone of voice, posture, and presence. If I had been super nervous about this meet up, things could have gone a whole lot differently, especially in those first arguably tense moments! If I had raised my voice, used an ‘ah ah’, or rushed to intervene - it could have easily turned this into a sour experience. I see a lot of owners who are so worried about their dog’s “bad” behaviour - but don’t realise they are the ones causing it because of their own anxiety!

Long story short, I love dogs y’all.

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

You guys had stuff to say in the replies and reblogs of the Favourite Monster from the Dungeon Tournament, so I decided to compile the ones I thought were funny again:

Mermaid vs Minotaur (round 1, part 2)

pitting the two flavors of horny against each other I see

Treasure insects vs Succubus (round 1, part 3)

u look at marcille's hot eyepatch boyfriend. u look at chilchuck's wife reveal. u look at multidog marcille. u look at izutsumi mom issues …and NOT vote succubus? VOTE SUCCUBUS NOW

Familiar vs Jack Frost (round 1, part 4)

diy silly little guys

Chimera vs Dryad (round 2, part 1)

sorry falin the dryads had certifiable yuri moments

Chimera vs Walking mushroom (quarter finals)

CMON MUSHIES! chimeras result from the whims of a far gone dungeon lord but walking mushrooms are ETERNAL

this ones not even fair RIP to those little fungus bitches

both are so smoochable you can't do this

[grison-in-space]

Also, the most useful skill I've taught my dogs since moving to Minneapolis, hands down?

"Back," meaning "here is a threshold, DO NOT cross it until I release you, but as long as you're on the other side of it you can do whatever you want." Hadn't encountered it till we took a couple of impulse control classes out here, but it's soooo fucking useful: I can use it to keep Benton out of the kitchen when I'm loading the dishwasher, so he can't lick the plates. I can use it to tell the dogs to stop harassing cats over a boundary, or to give me some personal space for a minute if they're being pushy.

I can use it to make Benton back off for a second if his "I will join in a mutual grooming session while Tribble is getting love" pushiness starts turning into bossy "make Tribble play with me" solicitation that she finds annoying. It's really effective as a temporary "you are doing an obnoxious thing; stop doing that or you don't get to be in my space/near that thing" measure, and it's super useful for enforcing pause when big feelings are happening.

(I'm also practicing "place" a lot more often than I used to. I feel like I've somehow really got the point of place in a way I didn't in my twenties, and we're having a lot of fun practicing obedience work and thinking about how to make rotating multidog training and grooming sessions more fun.)

[scovered]

DOGECOIN MINING: HOW TO MINE DOGECOIN

Dogecoin is all the hype in the crypto market these days and you also want to get involved, right? If you’re a beginner, Dogecoin mining might be the perfect place to start for you!

Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency that started in 2009, and now there are thousands of cryptocurrencies. These new coins that operate on their own native blockchain are called altcoins or alternative coins. One popular altcoin is Dogecoin. It can be bought, sold, and traded, just like Bitcoin. and can also be mined!

WHAT IS DOGECOIN MINING?

By the end of this guide, you’ll know how to mine Dogecoin and what it is, and whether or not Dogecoin mining is for you!

Dogecoin mining is the process of being rewarded with new Dogecoin for checking transactions on the Dogecoin blockchain. Too complex? Let me simplify. In simple words, your computer will get some Dogecoins for successful operations in the Dogecoin network.

HOW TO MINE DOGECOIN?

To get started with Dogecoin mining, we will need two things.

Dogecoin wallet This is to hold the Dogecoins that you will mine. You will need to get your Dogecoin address from this.

a Cryptocurrency miner This is to mine some Dogecoins for us.

DOGECOIN WALLET

There are two types of wallets in Dogecoin, Multidoge and Dogecoin Core. We will be using Dogecoin Core for this guide.

Go to Dogecoin’s homepage through this link, click Wallets and download the Dogecoin Core for your respective operating system.

After the download is complete, open the application. Go to File > Much receiving addresses.

Now you have to copy the address of your wallet as follows.

Keep this address safe as we need it when we start mining in the coming steps.

DOGECOIN MINING

Now that we have our Dogecoin wallet address, we can jump right on to mining some Dogecoin for ourselves. To mine our Dogecoin we will be using unMineable.

Go to the unMineable download page through this link, right-click the Packed version and choose “Save Link as…” and download it.

Is unMineable safe?

After you download unMineable software, the anti-virus in your system may flag it as a virus. Usually, anti-viruses flag mining software as a virus and is as always a false alarm. So, to answer the question, yes, unMineable is safe. Be sure to turn off your anti-virus software before you use it.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO USING UNMINEABLE FOR DOGECOIN MINING

After the download is complete, open the application and you will be greeted with this screen.

Here you have two options to start mining. Either, you can choose your GPU (graphics card) or you can opt to mine with your CPU. If you have a dedicated GPU then I would recommend starting mining with GPU as it is usually faster and efficient and if not, mining with CPU will be more than enough. Click next after you have decided what to use for your mining.

Now you need to do the following:

Select a coin or token You need to select Dogecoin from the dropdown list. We can select other coins if we wanted to but we are focusing on Dogecoin Mining in this article.

Enter your address Remember the Dogecoin Wallet address we copied earlier? Get that address and paste it into this section.

Enter your referral code Use Referral code: 63zi-7zgi This code will help you save 25% when you plan to withdraw your Dogecoin.

If you do not see a place to enter Referral code then your screen will probably look like this.

Just click “I have a referral Code” and enter your referral code from above.

Now you can click Start and your mining journey for Dogecoin has started.

HOW TO WITHDRAW ON UNMINEABLE?

To withdraw coins from Dogecoin mining, you can click the Website button which will take you to your unMineable statistics and withdrawal page which looks as follows.

Furthermore, you can have multiple computers mining to the same Doge Wallet address at the same time as well. All the mined Dogecoin from different computers will be accumulated into one place. So, if you have multiple laptops laying around, you can do this as well.

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[doberbutts]

How do you adjust to having a multidog household? I have only ever had one dog at a time, but now I'm roughly four months away from my second dog (the bitch is in heat, just waiting for the right timing for breeding.) I am very excited for this second dog, especially as they'll be a "level up" from my current dog as a sports prospect. But I can't help worrying that I'm going to mess up what I have, or worrying it won't work out, or worrying about things I don't have any previous experience managing. Do you have any advice?

It was a little easier for me because:

1- I’d grown up in a multi-dog household

2- I was living with others who had dogs and thus knew how to manage a multi-dog household already, just didn’t have multiples of my own

3- there’s very rarely been a point in my life where we only ever had one dog that lived in the house long term

So as a result it wasn’t that different for me than anything else. Making sure everyone has one-on-one time and can escape from each other, managing high risk scenarios to ensure they go smoothly, those types of things are just part of the game nowadays.

But worries about going out of your comfort zone are normal. I was initially worried that I wasn’t going to bond with Sushi. Mountain dogs are outside of what I know how to raise and while I’ve had plenty of client dogs it’s different when it’s your own. But I adore Sushi it turns out and she’s exactly what I was looking for so it’s all good in the end.

[elvenferretots]

What are your thoughts on pitbulls?

There’s a breed of dog for every person, and a person for every dog breed. I grew up around a lot of American pit bull terriers and American staffordshire terriers. They make lovely pets for folks who want a happy-go-lucky and generally easy-keeper dog and are prepared to handle some intense prey drive and dog aggression that the breed was selected for. They’re goofy and funny and have a lot of heart. If you want a competitive dog for weight pull or other physical dog sports that also won’t go bonkers off the walls if you don’t put in a ton of exercise time, they’re also a good option.

Unfortunately, they are not exactly optimal obedience or disc competitors, and I would like to keep ferrets and a multidog household. They’re not very good guardians, as they were bred to be generally human-friendly. So they are very much not the breed for me.

[photoucher]

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[creekfiend]

I wanted to ask you about "crating". Am I mad for thinking it's weird? Like I look it up and no one seems to disapprove of it but why would you keep your dog in a cage? Is this a widespread thing in the US? I'm so confused haha

Crating is useful and good for a dog to know how to do due to the fact that it probably WILL happen to them at some point in their lives even if their owner uses a different form of Dog Containment; for example at the vet recovering from surgery. Thats already scary and I would much rather my dog wake up and not freak out bc theyve never been in a box before. Also some injuries etc require crate rest for healing and again, it is not great for that to be the first experience with it bc ideally crate training should be slow and really positive.

All dogs have to be contained in some fashion at SOME point in their lives whether thats a pen or dogproof room or tethering or whatever, pretty much. Lambchop has a puppy room for her own safety when Im not able to observe her bc otherwise she would do horrible dangerous puppy shit in my home and probably destroy stuff and hurt herself. But not everyone can have a puppy room. Crates are a useful tool for dog containment

Whether they are overused or for how long a dog ought to be in them on a daily basis, that is another series of arguments that nobody really agrees on

We have outdoor 5x15 kennels as well for separating/containing our dogs sometimes. Also Silver is tethered to my general trailer area on a 35ft line a lot right now bc she wants to chase goats and we are still working on the Good Fence For Dogs lol

Theres benefits and drawbacks to all forms of dog containment. And also a lot of drawbacks to never acclimating your dog to ANY form of containment (simply not possible in a multidog household with intact dogs and like... Livestock... And dogs who climb fences ahem ahem)

Im so sleepy. But. Like. While if given the choice I will contain my dogs in a larger space if I am able. Crates definitely are useful objects. And if properly acclimated to them dogs will GENERALLY be chill about them provided theyre not in there for super long periods

Anyway thats my take on CONTAINING UR DOG

Eta: "keeping ur dog in a cage" is definitely not how i would describe the most common use of crates and the people who DO keep their dogs in crates like. For the majority of their lives. Are generally not people most ppl approve of IN MY EXPERIENCE

[xymalf]

Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-dog Household

Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-dog Household

Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-dog Household

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