Dutch Shepherd Forum

Hello~

My name is Lindsey and I live in Arizona. My husband and I rescued a four month old female DS about a month ago. Her name is Eris and she is wonderful. I have a five year old female boxer, roo, who would love on anyone as they robbed our house so its nice to have a five month old puppy who sounds an alarm. Unfortunately she hasn't figured out that bugs, birds, doors closing, and any other tiny sound isn't an intruder! But she's learning. Thank God she is cute

We have her, and the older dog, in basic obedience classes. This is a refresher for my low energy boxer who would rather just sleep. Once I get Eris fit with pretty manners I'll be putting her in protection training and sniff training. It will be fun for both of us to learn!

Manners are a must and I watch a lot of dog whisperer, love Cesar, and its done wonders with my previous counter surfing boxer. She ate two tomatoes, an onion, and two cloves of garlic once while being babysat by a friend! She's also eaten a carton of raw eggs, among many other things. Now she doesn't even look on the counter. The puppy is new and probably annoying to her but she handles the little one with grace. Its been so fun having a DS, and the low energy dog is making her a little lower energy too! I'm looking forward to all the advanced training I will get to do with the newest addition to our family!

I'm so glad to have found this forum and I look forward to meeting everyone!! Thanks for having me!

great introduction. WELCOME and thanks for joining.
my 2 youngest DS puppies [ yes, I have 3 DS puppies at once !] not only eat tomatoes [ all 3 do ], they harvest them from the garden. the youngest one - almost 4 months old - has even decided which type he likes the most - Sungold - and hunts specifically for them and goes bug-eyed when he sees them. the Sungolds happen to be one of my 2 favorite tomato varieties, so I am a bit upset [ but a bit proud also ] that my puppy has such good taste!

Who knew tomatoes were such a treat for them? lol My husband has a garden that he has set up as an aquaponics system so luckily the grow beds are up off the ground where the dogs can't get them. He only has to deal with the squirrels!

I know! my old DS Tracedog would never touch fruit or veggies unless, as I did, I hid them in his food. my current crew will come sit in front of me to demand slices of orange or grapefruit! you know if they love that, melon, banana, carrots are no problem. won't eat raspberries though, which under the circumstances I find strange. I think they dislike the texture so much that they have not even gotten to the taste.
just a thought that did not occur before, WebMD.com has a great section called ''foods your dog should never eat''. it is very good and thorough except it misses walnuts. I pride myself on knowing this stuff, but I still review it occasionally just for a re-fresh.