Ice Hockey Players
21-08-2006, 19:51
Those of you who have small dogs - terriers, Dachshunds, even poodles - tell us about them. What are they like? Do they fit in a handbag? Are they fairly high-maintenance? Do you have cats, and if so, do they wrestle with the cats? Do your small dogs have "big dog attitude"? Are they good eaters or picky eaters? What was your dog's projected adult size, and does he/she fit it?
I'll start off with my Yorkshire terrier. I got her as a birthday present for my fiancee, knowing full well that my cat would kill me for doing so. Instantly, she named her Lily (though a while later, I came to the conclusion we should have named her Lucy, as we could say it was short for Lucifer.) The night we brought her home, we tried to crate her to get her to sleep, and she whined and complained like we were beating her, so we gave up and let her sleep with us. She's done the same since, except when we're out of town.
Her best friends are my MIL's border collie and my Siamese cat, who weighs 20 pounds. Rocco is the Siamese, and Lily's about eight pounds (bigger than the 4-7 pounds Yorkies grow to, usually.) The two of them are ridiculous. Lily jumps into this little kitty tent my fiancee got in Minnesota, and Rocco wrestles her from the outside of the tent. Needless to say, Lily has a major case of "big dog attitude" and lets no one intimidate her (Rocco sort of did for a while, but now he doesn't.) Lily was a tiny, three-pound puppy when she went to play with some other dogs, including a Shih Tzu and a Rottweiler. Before long, the Rottweiler was afraid of Lily!
Lily also eats just about everything, though she tends to bury it some. She got an infection from dairy products once, so I stick to feeding her meat now, which she loves, and occasionally chips. I don't feed her everything, but she demands it and is very in-your-face about it. She wants whatever I am having, even if it's chocolate, onions, or something spicy.
Treating Lily's infection cost about $300, but other than that, she's a tough dog. She will hang from chew toys by her mouth (a game I like to call "Flying Yorkie" and a game she's very good at) and she lost a tooth doing that. A minute later, she was the same old dog after licking the roof of her mouth for that time. She's usually pretty low-maintenance, and we got to take her and Anna, the border collie, to a cabin in the middle of nowhere for a long weekend along with my fiancee and MIL. They loved it. We cooked dinner every night, and the dogs got a plate - steak, hot dogs, hamburgers, potatoes - pretty much anything that wouldn't kill them. Breakfast was more of the same - every morning they enjoyed bacon, sausage, French toast, pancakes, and I forget what else. So to her, people food is better than dog food, and her favorite treats are boneless Buffalo wings and Barq's red cream soda.
Are there any small dog lovers here? Are there any who have to type this at work because you get interrupted at home too quickly by a little munchkin jumping in your lap and licking your nose?
I'll start off with my Yorkshire terrier. I got her as a birthday present for my fiancee, knowing full well that my cat would kill me for doing so. Instantly, she named her Lily (though a while later, I came to the conclusion we should have named her Lucy, as we could say it was short for Lucifer.) The night we brought her home, we tried to crate her to get her to sleep, and she whined and complained like we were beating her, so we gave up and let her sleep with us. She's done the same since, except when we're out of town.
Her best friends are my MIL's border collie and my Siamese cat, who weighs 20 pounds. Rocco is the Siamese, and Lily's about eight pounds (bigger than the 4-7 pounds Yorkies grow to, usually.) The two of them are ridiculous. Lily jumps into this little kitty tent my fiancee got in Minnesota, and Rocco wrestles her from the outside of the tent. Needless to say, Lily has a major case of "big dog attitude" and lets no one intimidate her (Rocco sort of did for a while, but now he doesn't.) Lily was a tiny, three-pound puppy when she went to play with some other dogs, including a Shih Tzu and a Rottweiler. Before long, the Rottweiler was afraid of Lily!
Lily also eats just about everything, though she tends to bury it some. She got an infection from dairy products once, so I stick to feeding her meat now, which she loves, and occasionally chips. I don't feed her everything, but she demands it and is very in-your-face about it. She wants whatever I am having, even if it's chocolate, onions, or something spicy.
Treating Lily's infection cost about $300, but other than that, she's a tough dog. She will hang from chew toys by her mouth (a game I like to call "Flying Yorkie" and a game she's very good at) and she lost a tooth doing that. A minute later, she was the same old dog after licking the roof of her mouth for that time. She's usually pretty low-maintenance, and we got to take her and Anna, the border collie, to a cabin in the middle of nowhere for a long weekend along with my fiancee and MIL. They loved it. We cooked dinner every night, and the dogs got a plate - steak, hot dogs, hamburgers, potatoes - pretty much anything that wouldn't kill them. Breakfast was more of the same - every morning they enjoyed bacon, sausage, French toast, pancakes, and I forget what else. So to her, people food is better than dog food, and her favorite treats are boneless Buffalo wings and Barq's red cream soda.
Are there any small dog lovers here? Are there any who have to type this at work because you get interrupted at home too quickly by a little munchkin jumping in your lap and licking your nose?