A service frog would both be funny and epic. 🤪

Thank you! 😊 KZbin can be weird sometimes. Thank you for the intended like and the comment. 🐶❤️🐶

Dogs, as wonderful as they are, can present so many challenges. What kind of challenges does your Busy Pup bring to the table?

@@busywithdogs My challenge is I got the wrong dog breed for my lifestyle. She is a 90lb rottweiler. Very sweet girl. Getting home from work I am tired sometimes. I want to take a nap, but I can't. I cannot relax when I get home, I have to take her out for a walk. She is really strong so can be challenging when I am tired.

@ That’s tough! Can you hire a dog walker or have a friend take them out during the day? I like playing rug with my dogs to drain their energy on nasty days. 10 minutes of tug drains faster than a walk, especially when the weather is gross. youtube.com/@mccaandogs has videos that may help you get some ideas on how to drain your dogs energy. We did their online puppy school for my dog, Clover, and the instructors are great. Their KZbin channel is full of great videos and free resources. Instructor Shannon had a Rottweiler and she is just fabulous.

Here is a video that may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJrXqKaXe7-kfqMsi=EQvf65KkgwTnadwG

@@busywithdogs McCanns dogs is a great resource. I do play tug with my girl in the morning and before bedtime. Walking is less tiring for me, more tiring for her. I have more stamina than my rottie does. Playing tug is really tiring for both of us. She is really strong.

The questions I brought up are for you to evaluate and answer yourself. Anyone who cannot ask themselves these questions probably shouldn’t get a dog. As with anything in life, no one can answer for you.

I am very sorry for your loss. 💔

And yet we ask her that every day!🤪 We’re stupid like that.

She is the sweetest!

That’s a really cute idea.

Thanks! Yeah, I don’t like the mess. I have enough messes with 4 kids and 3 dogs. Plus, she gets possessive of the sticks and we have a 10lbs Shih Tzu who would lose a fight over it. So sticks stay outside.

She does favor the shepherd a lot, but she hold her tail like a cattle dog, has a blue streak on her chest and her face and build has some cattle dog. She honestly looks like a perfect blend of the two. Her personality is a bit more of a cattle dog, I think.

@busywithdogs cattle dogs are awesome.

They are so beautiful. That’s a really good long life for a shepherd. ❤️

@busywithdogs It is, all my animals live very long lives. He was the only pure breed I've ever had, Had alot of mutts. But it is unusual for sheps to live that long.Gawd I loved him.

My brother had a shepherd that my parents found as a stray and she lived to be about 12 or 13. Clover is actually a shepherd mix, with Australian Cattle Dog, so I hope she lives a good long life. My pets have always lived long unless there were bad circumstances. We had a dog hit by a car in our own driveway, which was just awful. We had a cat just pass away at 10, which is young, but, he had feline leukemia for 6 years and that is a way longer than he should have lived.

@busywithdogs Sorry about your kitty, I lost mine last month..

🙏🏻 Thank you. I am sorry for your loss. It’s always hard to lose a furbaby.

Thank you!😊

That’s kind of the point. I wanted you to ask yourself questions. If you can’t, then blatantly, no, you should not get a dog.

It was such a cute moment I was so happy to get it on camera. You should totally do it with your babies.

So true, being crates for dogs is a basic skill. Some dogs never learn to love it, only tolerate it. Those things do help, but sometimes that girl just doesn’t want to be alone. I am going to send you pictures on ig of what I just came home too. We had a family event a few towns away, and girly clearly did by like being left at home crated.

@busywithdogs I get that. This crew seems to tolerate it because mom! Lol Our Kage actually figured out how to unlatch them and even one time took it apart and put it back together. He was so proud.

@ Omg, some dogs have a knack for getting out. Clover has Houdini’s out of her crate many times. I don’t know how she does it. I am not even sure she knows how she does it, because she doesn’t get out all the time. Kage was such a beautiful dog.

@busywithdogs Thank you. I felt the same about him sometimes I couldn't figure out how he precisely unhooked and rebooted everything.

@TheHeelerMama he obviously was a ninja. 🥷

Sounds like y'all have a great situation for a dog. All breeds you listed are great, but I think each has a different concern. The Greyhound is tricky, they are more independent and cat-like in some ways, but they are sight hounds and it can be tricky to find one that is good with cats. How your cat reacts to a dog is a big factor. If they run from dogs, this could be a bad breed for your situation. My cats don't run from dogs, they let our dogs approach, and sniff, and if they are done with the situation, they exit calmly. This is good because they are not triggering prey drive in my dogs as easily. My almost 11-month-old herding cross has some prey drive and we do a lot of work with her and the cats. It can be done, but you need to be prepared to train through it for the first few months, regardless of the breed of dog. Dachshunds are usually better with cats, the greater concern is they are prone to separation anxiety, so measures will need to be taken to prevent that from happening. If they bond with the cats, then this should lower the chance of that happening. Dobermans are fairly neutral with cats, so this is a good choice. They are prone to separation anxiety and anxiety in general. Because they tend to be more neutral with cats, the chance of them bonding with your cats is lower and that may not help the dog while you and your girlfriend are at work. So it may be more work on your end to keep them from developing anxiety. They are also a breed that you need to be 100% committed to and understand. Side note, check your local ordinances to make sure it is legal to own a Dobbie in your area. Unfortunately, they are not allowed in some areas and I would hate for you to have to deal with that. Dobbies and Greyhounds are not for the underprepared handler, in my opinion. As with any breed, understanding the history and purpose of the breed will help you. Dobbies was bred for the purpose of being a personal guard dog and later was crossed with a Greyhound. Do you want that in a dog, and are you and your girlfriend prepared to handle that kind of power? The Greyhound is an ancient breed bred to chase small prey across the deserts for the pharaohs of old. Are you able/willing to provide for the need for running? I know I asked more questions, but I honestly think that they are important for helping you decide. I hope you find your perfect heart dog.

@ Thank you very much for the answer! We will wait until we found the solution to give the dog 100% love and attention.

That is a real concern. Maybe you can figure out how to make it work.

I hope she finds it helpful, both of you feel free to ask me any questions.

@@busywithdogs Thank you❤

Thank you so much!

@@busywithdogs No problem! We absolutely adore cats and dogs!

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Sorry, that I didn't reply fully sooner, had a busy weekend. I am so glad that you found this helpful. If you need more help, let me know and I will try to point you in the right direction.

Joy prefers the scissors too, but it takes sooo long. This works okay, especially around the feet. But it’s not the prettiest, but that could be my complete lack of skill. My favorite thing is how much it helps with clean up.

That is hilarious!😂 Dogs are so smart and funny.

My personal favorite independent breed is the Great Pyrenees, I have had two. However, I know this giant breed is not for everyone. Here is a list of other breeds that I would consider. Chinese Crested (The powder puff ones are adorable!) Greyhound Lhasa Apso Maltese Poodles Keep in mind, that more independent dogs are not always the easiest to train and can require a different tactic to train than other breeds of dogs. They are trainable, but you can't train them with the same tactic as a Golden Retriever. Also, more independent breeds are prone to be escape artists in backyards. They also usually don't make good off-leash dogs. However, all of these traits can be overcome with vigilance on the owner's side. I do have a free system that I use for getting my own dogs, you can find it here. www.busywithdogs.com/dog I hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions.

Another independent dog is a Shiba Inu!

@@W4ffl3.st4r Yes, wonderful dog. They do require a handler who understands the breed.

@@W4ffl3.st4r theyre independent alright, and stubborn!! definitely would not get bored with one but not a breed for me 😹

Biolab in Georgia, it’s wild that no one is covering it. Face coverings weren’t helpful, the chemicals just cling to them and hold the smell. We are taking precautions: turned off air conditioning and had our air purifier running in high.

There was a chemical fire outside of Atlanta Georgia. They had to evacuate the immediate area and that whole county was put under shelter in place orders. We are in a neighboring county and we were slightly affected. I can only imagine just how awful it was closer.

@@busywithdogs Thank you for your time & clarity. And I'm praying for you all, especially since with this type of calamity, there are usually residual effects that go on for years.

We greatly appreciate the prayers. There will likely be a class action lawsuit since it seems they were storing hyperreactive chemicals where they could get wet. From what I understand, there was a small fire that triggered the water sprinkler system that put out the initial fire, and that triggered the chemical fire. We shall see how that plays out. The good news for us is that the air has cleared up some.

Not talking about daily scooping out, I was talking about deep cleaning it. Removing the old litter, scrubbing the box, and putting fresh litter in. Sorry for the confusion.

That is a lot of work. I hope it works for you. We had to do a similar process last year when we had an infestation. This tag is working nicely as a preventative, which I love because of how much work we had to do in the past. Just a caution: I had a dog that had seizures caused by pine-based cleaning products, so I stopped using them entirely. It may not be an issue for your furbabies, but it is worth mentioning.

🤣 You keep thinking that, I am going to enjoy my flea free home while you do.