hi everyone!
just want to introduce myself and my dogs....sorry i'm so long!
i have 2 adult german shepherds - both rescues - my male luc is 5 years old, i have had him for 11 months, and before that he was in a no-kill shelter for close to 3 years (i adopted him from a rescue that pulled him from the shelter). he's a great dog, with some exposure issues, but he's come a long way.
i adopted my female teagan, who is 5.5 years old, from the local animal services at the end of last october - she is a sweetheart but is territorial, highly prey driven (with an emphasis on killing) and is aggressive towards strange dogs (with work, now just strange dogs coming near our home, and we're still working on it). she has some rank issues, and has shown the capacity to be aggressive towards people (last xmas renting a cabin, the owner and his former police dog and police dog washout attacked us - the owner did nothing. in the aftermath (luc had slipped his collar, he is nervous around strange dogs), when the owner moved towards her, she went for him. however, she is generally fine with people, it's more an FYI for me. i certainly keep her under tighter control than luc, but we've had huge improvements by setting up clear expectations and being consistent.
i was collecting some donations for a new husky rescue, and in talking to the volunteer, ended up going on their website about 3.5 weeks ago and watching video of a litter of husky/lab/beagle puppies - i'd been thinking about getting a third dog, and really liked the way one of the puppies interacted with his littermates - playful, but not pushy, nice, middle-of-the-pack dog. i adopted him - i wasn't going to take him home until next week or that weekend, as i am away this coming weekend, but his mom was adopted and the foster home needed me to take him - she'd taken in another litter plus adult fosters and her own dogs - so he will be petsat this weekend. it's not ideal, but there we are - he's only 6.5 weeks old!!!!
his name is neb, short for nebekenezzer, and he's doing really well, picking up housetraining and learning to come, his name, and we're working on sit. luc is alternately nervous and excited about him, and teagan just adores him, i supervise him and the adults closely of course, but she sits calmly while he climbs her muzzle or plays with her tail, when she's had enough, she just gets up and leaves (i make sure she has a neb-free area).
he's a chatty little guy, and he has a baby beagle or husky-style howl!
anyways, i'm here b/c i'm hoping to learn more about beagles and their behaviour so that i can be the best home possible for neb.
i do run - luc runs w/me, teagan has hip dysplasia so we mostly walk or do really short (1k) runs (she loves them). luc can run 25k+, i'm injured at the moment, but he has gone out w/my bf, who is a runner and triathlete. i also like to do a lot of hiking and backpacking, and of course the dogs come. neb will be a runner when he is old enough. at the end of june we are going to do some car camping and hiking in killarney (great backpacking there!), and he will come w/us, and i'm going on a 5.5 day canoe trip in temagami w/a friend mid-july, and he will come with us (she has adult dogs too, so neither of us are bringing the adult dogs) - i've already got neb a lifejacket! neb will also go to my bf's triathlons for socialization, and in september after some big races, we're going to be doing a 10+ day backpack in temagami, of course the dogs will come (between teagan's HD and neb being young, plus immediately post-half-ironman, we aren't going to push daily distance on the trail for that trip).
here is a link to pics of neb from sunday, his first day home - if anyone has any thoughts about his mix i'd be curious - how much beagle you think he is, if you think that guess is correct. that's all based on mom, no idea about dad:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a384/mitchthecat/Neb/
just want to introduce myself and my dogs....sorry i'm so long!
i have 2 adult german shepherds - both rescues - my male luc is 5 years old, i have had him for 11 months, and before that he was in a no-kill shelter for close to 3 years (i adopted him from a rescue that pulled him from the shelter). he's a great dog, with some exposure issues, but he's come a long way.
i adopted my female teagan, who is 5.5 years old, from the local animal services at the end of last october - she is a sweetheart but is territorial, highly prey driven (with an emphasis on killing) and is aggressive towards strange dogs (with work, now just strange dogs coming near our home, and we're still working on it). she has some rank issues, and has shown the capacity to be aggressive towards people (last xmas renting a cabin, the owner and his former police dog and police dog washout attacked us - the owner did nothing. in the aftermath (luc had slipped his collar, he is nervous around strange dogs), when the owner moved towards her, she went for him. however, she is generally fine with people, it's more an FYI for me. i certainly keep her under tighter control than luc, but we've had huge improvements by setting up clear expectations and being consistent.
i was collecting some donations for a new husky rescue, and in talking to the volunteer, ended up going on their website about 3.5 weeks ago and watching video of a litter of husky/lab/beagle puppies - i'd been thinking about getting a third dog, and really liked the way one of the puppies interacted with his littermates - playful, but not pushy, nice, middle-of-the-pack dog. i adopted him - i wasn't going to take him home until next week or that weekend, as i am away this coming weekend, but his mom was adopted and the foster home needed me to take him - she'd taken in another litter plus adult fosters and her own dogs - so he will be petsat this weekend. it's not ideal, but there we are - he's only 6.5 weeks old!!!!
his name is neb, short for nebekenezzer, and he's doing really well, picking up housetraining and learning to come, his name, and we're working on sit. luc is alternately nervous and excited about him, and teagan just adores him, i supervise him and the adults closely of course, but she sits calmly while he climbs her muzzle or plays with her tail, when she's had enough, she just gets up and leaves (i make sure she has a neb-free area).
he's a chatty little guy, and he has a baby beagle or husky-style howl!
anyways, i'm here b/c i'm hoping to learn more about beagles and their behaviour so that i can be the best home possible for neb.
i do run - luc runs w/me, teagan has hip dysplasia so we mostly walk or do really short (1k) runs (she loves them). luc can run 25k+, i'm injured at the moment, but he has gone out w/my bf, who is a runner and triathlete. i also like to do a lot of hiking and backpacking, and of course the dogs come. neb will be a runner when he is old enough. at the end of june we are going to do some car camping and hiking in killarney (great backpacking there!), and he will come w/us, and i'm going on a 5.5 day canoe trip in temagami w/a friend mid-july, and he will come with us (she has adult dogs too, so neither of us are bringing the adult dogs) - i've already got neb a lifejacket! neb will also go to my bf's triathlons for socialization, and in september after some big races, we're going to be doing a 10+ day backpack in temagami, of course the dogs will come (between teagan's HD and neb being young, plus immediately post-half-ironman, we aren't going to push daily distance on the trail for that trip).
here is a link to pics of neb from sunday, his first day home - if anyone has any thoughts about his mix i'd be curious - how much beagle you think he is, if you think that guess is correct. that's all based on mom, no idea about dad:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a384/mitchthecat/Neb/
