Pictures of My Kids

[bettagurl]

Tink, Dutch and Sparkles.
Trying to keep 3 dominant female dogs is not easy...lol

[Cheech]

cute!

[Blueiz]

Nice, your sheperd is the dominant one..,;)

[bettagurl]

That is what she thinks.. Then the pittie tries to dominate her quite often.. Since I got a spray bottle Tink hasn't done it again.
After 3 fights between Sparkles(the little one) and Tink, I finally got the message across that it was NOT allowed. I have to say, sparkles had a good fighting method, she run underneath Tink and bite the crud out of her legs and mouth. Tink was the only one with holes and cuts from their short scraps.

however, I can pick Tink up and settle the fight when it's Dutch fighting with her, it's a bit harder.
Dutch may, for the moment be dominant, but they all have the personality to try to lead the pack.

I will never have a multiple female house again... Gah.. Dummies.

[Blueiz]

Yu should be the pack leader, not the dogs..

[bettagurl]

I am to them, but they still have their own rank going, since Dutch is aging, things are going a little funny, as I'm sure the younger ones sense she is weak.

They're all under me and they know it, it can be hard with Dutch at times, as she is mostly deaf, getting her to respond is not easy.
But Tink and Sparkles are pretty good about it all. The only problems I have with Tink is she is scared of other dogs, thanks to Dutch and a neighbors uncontrolled animal.
After the attacks on her, she reacts aggressively with certain dogs.
The ones she acts worse about are 3 cocker spaniels that go crazy when they see another dog, it's the only stimulation they have, since the owner is not home most of the time and they don't go for walks.. So you can imagine they go pretty nutty.
You've got a cocker spaniel. don't you? Imagine how she'd act without any exercise, save for running up and own the fence, and no mental stimulation other than seeing people go by.. X3 then you have the craziness of these dogs..

Sparkles is a character, she grew up with shepherds, and thinks she can boss the bigger dogs around, which is what started the scraps between her and Tink, she went after Tink for acting like a nutty puppy, and Tink tried to back her down, which didn't work.

I got to a couple of nice sites to help with training, http://www.seefido.com/dog-discussion-forum/index.php is one, dogbreedinfo.com, and I watch every one of Victoria Stillwell's shows, also other training methods.

If you had seen Tink when we got her out of that cage in the pound, you'd never have thought she'd be a good as she is.. lol She beat on her cage until it busted open, then ran out of their door into the zoo to run around... She gave up and went back in her cage after the SPCA workers walked her back in.. She nearly beat me to death with her tail at first.

[JAY973]

That is a beautiful Pitbull! I love her markings, the other pups are cute too...LOL

[Redneck Woman]

Very lovable kids ya got there. I will have to say Tink is my favorite. She looks like she would be a lot of fun!:)(trouble)

[Virtuoso2K12]

Thanks 4 sharing, nice dogs

[unvmyplecos]

they're so pretty

[bettagurl]

Very lovable kids ya got there. I will have to say Tink is my favorite. She looks like she would be a lot of fun!:)(trouble)

Oh gosh... she is.
She is pure pittie. Crazy happy all of time, has some dog issues, loves all people she meets(except for me neighbor and a lady who is nasty to her every time she walks by), and is STUBBORN and too smart for her own good.

[H3D]

Weird. I didn't know humans could give birth to dogs.

[caitylee]

Your dogs are beautiful!


My parents had issues in there house with all female dogs as well.

1 airdale terrier (Deux)
1 walker beagle (Sally)
1 chihuahua terrier mix (Snickers)
1 black lab (Scooter a puppy at the time)

Deux and Sally faught all the time, Deux was about 12 and Sally was 3 or 4 when they started fighting like mad. They wouldn't quit until one of us came with the broom. We usually had to hit Duex with it until she left Sally alone in her kennel. It turned out that Sally had cancer and this is why we think she was fighting with her because they had been fine for 3 or 4 years.

We had to put Sally down over a year ago and Duex was put down on Tuesday :( She was 13.5 years old, blind, deaf, and couldn't get up. It was very sad to see her in so much pain

[bettagurl]

Your dogs are beautiful!


My parents had issues in there house with all female dogs as well.

1 airdale terrier (Deux)
1 walker beagle (Sally)
1 chihuahua terrier mix (Snickers)
1 black lab (Scooter a puppy at the time)

Deux and Sally faught all the time, Deux was about 12 and Sally was 3 or 4 when they started fighting like mad. They wouldn't quit until one of us came with the broom. We usually had to hit Duex with it until she left Sally alone in her kennel. It turned out that Sally had cancer and this is why we think she was fighting with her because they had been fine for 3 or 4 years.

We had to put Sally down over a year ago and Duex was put down on Tuesday :( She was 13.5 years old, blind, deaf, and couldn't get up. It was very sad to see her in so much pain
When mine get into it, I think a broom would be in danger. I have to pick one up and leave.

So sorry to hear that...

[bettagurl]

Weird. I didn't know humans could give birth to dogs.

One of the many things you don't know ;)

[Dangerdoll]

That is what she thinks.. Then the pittie tries to dominate her quite often.. Since I got a spray bottle Tink hasn't done it again.
After 3 fights between Sparkles(the little one) and Tink, I finally got the message across that it was NOT allowed. I have to say, sparkles had a good fighting method, she run underneath Tink and bite the crud out of her legs and mouth. Tink was the only one with holes and cuts from their short scraps.

however, I can pick Tink up and settle the fight when it's Dutch fighting with her, it's a bit harder.
Dutch may, for the moment be dominant, but they all have the personality to try to lead the pack.

I will never have a multiple female house again... Gah.. Dummies.

I believe Doll warned ya about this problem with females in 1 household ;)

[bettagurl]

I believe Doll warned ya about this problem with females in 1 household ;)

Yes you did, thankfully I followed your advice.

Don't you have 2 large girls who are the same?
FEMALES! Gah, I'm starting to feel old from the stress of keeping a constant eye on everyone.
Dutch (bless her heart) probably won't be with us long.. she got over whatever the problem was she was having a month or so ago, but she has tumors, and other medical problems.. and 13-14 is a nice age for a GSD..

[NeonFlux]

Cool dogs

[Dangerdoll]

yeap, I have the 2 Saint Bernards (1 male, 1 female) and 1 doberman (mostly) mix.... the girls fight.... the saint usually starts it and causes the most damage.... we are at a permanent separation because of the severity, so for safety reasons... it's tough breaking up a fight of 200 lbs of dog...

[bettagurl]

yeap, I have the 2 Saint Bernards (1 male, 1 female) and 1 doberman (mostly) mix.... the girls fight.... the saint usually starts it and causes the most damage.... we are at a permanent separation because of the severity, so for safety reasons... it's tough breaking up a fight of 200 lbs of dog...

I can imagine, a friend's 3 american bulldog mixes got into it when I was sitting next to them, ha, scared me to death.
Surprisingly the only injuries were on the biggest male, who's gum got a small cut.

[unvmyplecos]

i loved my male pittbull he was kind of a dumb dog actually i think it was more of an attention grabing thing but either way i had a fractured arm, it kinda hurts to rolldown stairs, get trampled by a dog then get licked by a dog to fill it with irony

[bettagurl]

Yes, they are very bumbling, goofy lovers. And an untrained one can be dangerous just being friendly... Jumping and ect.
Mine sprained my wrist just running by and hitting me with her big head lol