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2009-06-30 [hanhepi]: :) yeah, she kinda does. we don't know what all she has... her momma was a white german shepard muttly, her dad a lab mutt the size of a walker coon hound (giant).

2009-06-30 [sequeena_rae]: She's gorgeous either way, beautiful colouring x

2009-06-30 [hanhepi]: thank you. :D she has a funny hound dog bark too. :) "barroooooooo!" 

2009-06-30 [sequeena_rae]: Candy does the same howl lol! Is she wearing a half check collar?

2009-07-01 [クロナ]: I used to have a Basset that did that kind of bark, but the funny thing about it is that she barked like that when she slept, too. I wonder if she was having weird dreams? But, Bella is so pretty!

2009-07-01 [Linderel]: Everyone except for Squee forgot to say 'aye'. I'm disappointed in you. *extends anyhow*

2009-07-01 [Nioniel]: :(

2009-07-01 [hanhepi]: squee: no... its just a regular choke chain. i want to get one of those nylon web and choke chain combo's though. it would be much prettier.
kelli- bella makes really weird noises when she sleeps... but the sleep barks are pretty close to normal dog barks, just more quiet, and interspersed with squeeks and nose whistling.

2009-07-01 [sequeena_rae]: I've never gotten the hang of choke chains. My step dad used one on my mum's dog and she would just choke herself with it. When used properly I know they work wonders but I could never use one myself :(

2009-07-01 [クロナ]: I think that dogs are really funny when they do things in their sleep. Like when they run like their chasing something. :)

2009-07-02 [hanhepi]: when we go for walks, i have to use a pinching training collar... "prong collar" its called i think. otherwise, she just pulls so hard she wheeses and my arms hurt for days. the metal chokes work pretty good after you have them mostly trained not to rip your arm out of joint, if you put it way up behind their ears, and your dog is shortish. (with a leash, bella is too tall for me to keep the collar there without holding my arm in the air like a goof.

2009-07-02 [クロナ]: Have you tried to use a harness? They're made for dogs that pull a lot. Harnesses help to prevent pulling and the dog can't choke on it. That's what I have to use for Lady. And, one of our other dogs has to use it becuase he has a collapsed trachea and can't have on leashes and things that rub on the neck.

2009-07-02 [Lord Josmar]: Sorry for the large picture. Smallest I had of it.

2009-07-02 [sequeena_rae]: I've heard of the prong collars, I don't think they're very common in the UK. It's like all chain collars, they look vicious but if you know how to use them properly they work wonders.

@[クロナ]: Sky was put on a harness as soon as she was allowed out for walks. It was perfect her and she learned how to walk properly very quickly. Now I just walk her on her collar (though I've only resorted to doing that because her harness is broken). How many people can say they have a fully trained GSD at 8 months :D She's such a good girl, I hardly had to do any work with her.

2009-07-03 [クロナ]: Yeah. I think that harnesses are good ideas for dogs (and cats) for many reasons. I work with animals, and so I really know all the benefits for harnesses. XD So I'm always recomending them to everyone.

2009-07-03 [sequeena_rae]: If you have a pulling dog though haltis are probably best :) It's very easy to correct a dog when it's on a halti

2009-07-03 [hanhepi]: i tried a head harness, my dog freaked. it was one of those freak outs that you can tell its never going to get better. there was screaming from her untill she squidggled out of it. we used to use a regular harness on our husky... it made him pull worse, because it didnt hurt when he did. it was grat for tying him to our little red wagon though... he'd drag us arround for hours. we needed an adult with us though, because if the waggon tipped on its side, he'd keep going, with my cousins and i being drug with it. lol. so i didn't figgure it would work any better with this mule i call Bella.
on a cat it would be great i think, because all my cats have freaked with regular collars, like you were choking them, no matter how loose the collar was.

2009-07-03 [sequeena_rae]: Looks like your dogs needed a lot of training - not to be offensive. Did you have them from pups or did you get them when they were older?

2009-07-03 [hanhepi]: the husky was a pup when my grandaddy got him.... it was a pup my aunt bred, and she started working with them as soon as their eyes opened. huskies are pretty stubborn, and he wasn't ever trained how to pull offically... grandaddy just thought it was funny to watch him pull the wagon. he did try teaching him not to pull on leash, but it never worked til the dog was old and i was walking him as my excuse to smoke. even then, if he caught a sniff of something good, i was likely to be drug into the bushes before i could call him off the scent.
i got bella when she was about 6 weeks old. she's real smart, but gets over excited on the leash... being a hound muttly propably doesn't hel a lot, she pulls real hard because she's sniffing and trying to catch up to what she smells. my fat ass just moves too slow. off leash, she is completely under voice controle, which makes the problem on leash all the more frustrating. lol. once she's wore out though, she's a dream to walk...not quite at a heel, but not pulling either, always slack in the leash.but she's young enough that by the time she's wore out, i almost need her to pull me home. lol.

2009-07-10 [Easterling]: *adding a picture of me and my buddy Alfred* :)

2009-07-10 [hanhepi]: awww! he's cute! what kind of dog is he? poodle?