
dog thinks he's a bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTnhJmo_gc
Submitted November 02, 2018 at 10:46PM by Satori51
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I feel like I failed him. The only living thing that cared about me no matter how shitty of a person I was. He was with me through the roughest parts of my life and never left my side. Idk what to do with out him. I feel lost.....
I've buried a lot of (family) dogs that I cared a lot about but he was more then just a dog, he was my best friend. I'll always love you teddy. I know your in a better place.















My 1.5 year old German Shepard mix is pretty much perfect, except his hatred for the local stray cat. He is very well mannered, and loves humans and dogs. He never shows aggression when on walks and meeting new people and pups. He is also extremely trainable and learns quickly. We thought he was gosh darn perfect until the local stray cat came waltzing up on our porch, and our pup went nuts. Barking, jumping on the glass, and whining. So my first question is;
Why is he reacting this way? He does not growl at the cat, just barks excessively and jumps at the glass door. But his tail is wagging the whole time, and sometimes he even starts to shake if he gets really worked up. I'm not sure if he is showing aggression, fear, or some other emotion.
We have tried training him not to do this, but it's the only thing he is being stubborn on. We tried telling him not to bark (surprisingly he use to bark at the neighbors walking by when we first got him, I told him a firm "no", and after a week he stopped), pulling him away from the door, and then putting him on his leash and taking him to the cat. Nothing worked. He still gets crazy when the cat comes around.
Also, getting rid of the cat is not an option. Our landlords are pretty fond of the cat, it has been around for years and is super friendly with myself and the neighbors.




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I live with my younger sister and our single parent mother. My sister was declared primary owner of our pets, one male and one female german shepherds, so she could learn some responsibility with caring for animals. Shes had them for three years. Recently, one of the shepherds suddenly lost the use of their hind legs. My sister, like myself, had no idea what happened. She witnessed it, and it 'seemed degenerative' because the dog slowly could not stand minute by minute, wayward walking until absolutely nothing.
I assumed it was a spinal disease called Degenerative Mylopia after researching, i think is thats name. My sister disagreed. My sister decided, she would give the dog 1 week to gain back the use of its hind legs or the dog has to be killed because she has no time to take care of a disabled, is her thinking. During the one week, she did not bathe the dog, it defacated on itself several times, and all my sister did was wrap the dogs lower half in a cloth and says "what you want me to do?!"
A week past. The dog never got back the use of its hind legs and my sister called her step father to bring lethal poison for the dog to drink. Her and her father (because she has a different father), dug a hole and buried the dog. I was not at home at that point in time and when I got home, she explained to be she "wasn't gonna go through that" with regards to taking care of a disabled animal, and because the dog did not squirm in the last moments of death while being forced to drink poison, my sister believes the dog "wanted to die".
This may sound ridiculous but it did happen. I'm sorry that it seemed rushed I wanted to get the most important parts out.
Aside from all of that happenimg, and more unmentioned, I feel like I could have done more too. Despite her being the primary owner, to feed, bath and take care of the dogs, I feel I could have done something because it's very sad and terrible how it all happened. Please leave your opinion. Should my sister have pets at all after thus experience?




