How to train mature Akita, basically a black wolf, to live with kitten?

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 6:13 pm  
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I have owned an Akita for about five years. He is very strong and great with people. But during the summer he likes to prowl the back yard at night for possums. If he finds one making its way through the back yard, he kills it. I don’t like it but I can’t watch him all the time. He has a natural instinct to kill certain animals. Today a small kitten wandered into my yard. The kitten cried and had obviously not eaten for some time. Of course, I fed the little guy some tuna, milk and even a piece of sausage. I set up a little bed and eating station for the kitten on the side of the house. A fence separates the back yard from the side of the house so the dog can’t get the kitten but they have met and the cat hates the dog and I can tell my dog will kill the cat if given the chance. I want to keep the kitten. I think he is a stray. How can I train the dog not to kill the cat? I can’t put the kitten in the house. The dog lives in the house and has access to the back and front yard. The dog can’t get on the side of the house.
Giving the cat to an animal sheltler is a dumb idea. So the first two answers suck. Do people know how many animals die in those shelters. Obviosuly not. As for the retard who said Akitas arent from wolves. Yes they are. Just look at one. Probaly bred with a wolf and a husky way back. As for the milk. the cat loved it and will continue to get it.
Not impressed with the first two answers at all.
To respond to the third answer still no impressed but you made better points then the first two answers. Yes it is true that all dogs come from wolves. And my dog looks like a wolf. In fact he is a wolf.And not all Akita are japanese. Some are American Akitas, like mine the one that looks like a wolf. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Shelter worker hates me?

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 5:03 am  
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First of all, i’ve been more than friendly to my local shelter.
I donate crates, food, harnesses, toys, & leashes as often as I can and have donated well over a hundred items this year alone.
I send a good amount of funds monthly.
I volunteer once(1)+ a week to groom, bathe, and walk the dogs.
I am friendly to all the staff and have never been rude or sharp.
I fostered 2 dogs in December(2009) until February(2010) and then another from the beginning of March(2010) to the end of April(2010)
That’s just in the last 6 months. I have fostered several other animals.. all have been spayed, vaccinated, dewormed, and trained at my expense. Also, I provided them all with wonderful care and I was responsible for screening the applicants and I made sure they all got a perfect home.

A specific woman has always disliked me. She works the front desk and whenever someone is interested in filling out an adoption application, foster application, or just wants to browse the pets, she has to take care of it.

She gives me dirty looks, makes digs about how I’m a wuss/can’t do any "real" work, and is generally hateful.
I can deal with it because it’s never been a big deal, as the man that works "over" her has always liked me, and he has approved my foster applications and etc.

However, lately I have been spending a lot of time with a absolutely wonderful Australian Shepherd. He’s a purebred–was submitted a couple weeks ago. He isn’t neutered, has had no vet work done, and is living with a foster family atm.
His vet appointment is set for next week if I’m correc.t
Of course said foster family is the woman who hates me and her husband.

I have sent in three applications saying I wish to adopt this dog.
There couldn’t be anyone better! I have only owned two dogs my entire life. Jack Russel terriers who lived 11 wonderful years and then passed away of natural causes. They were always healthy and happy.
I have volunteered with many rescues, and(as afore mentioned) have been very good to our local shelter.
I live in a large 3 bed 2 bath home, 2 stories, and have a 1/2 acre of yard fenced in for my new dog to roam. I am fairly active and could provide excersize.

The first time it happened, I asked her what the reason was for denying my application. She said that I work a 9-5, and that’s too long to be away from a puppy.
My original thoughts were WTF? Between vet expenses, food, various accessories, and training–I can’t support this dog (and live myself) off of no income.
But I explained, kindly, that I have a highschool aged neighbor who enjoys walking and I would hire him to walk my dog on my work days.
I sent in another application, and yet it was still denied.

What can I do to warm her up? I truly love this dog, and she’s being unfair to deny him a good home just because she dislikes me

humanizing pets?

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 8:38 pm  
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what is your opinion of people who treat their animals as a human member of their family. feeding them at or from the table assuming that aminals do not have heat or cold tollerance, kissing them on the mouth, daily baths and teeth brushings letting them sleep on their bed and potty in their house and making the outrageous statement that the life of their pet is as important as the life of a person( an opinion that is not natural on a species level.)
almost all dogs were bred to work not to be pampered with the exeption of little lap dogs developed for royalty.if a dog were ment to be indoors constantly them they would have never survived this long. thats my opinion whats yours?
then* sorry
respect and obsession are two very different things.

i love my pets, but they are pets not people
The Jamsmith_Lds: i hope you got an A on that essay, you have said everything i beleive and was trying to say in a very intelligent way.
iceprincess: humans evolved and adapted themselves if dogs learn to build there own house and heat it themselves more power to em’


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what pet should i get?

Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 11:03 pm  
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I do have school, I’m gone from 8am to 4 pm tues-fri and 4:30 pm on mondays. I am home pretty much the rest of the time and of coarse weekends. We have had many pets ranging from a quaker Parrot to a chinese water dragon. I love all animals, and am not sure what to get. i would like a dog. I would probably adopt from our local shelter so don’t tell me to because i would anyway. I do have a hedgehog. I don’t prefer cats, because they are natural predators. I don’t want a rabbit. I would prefer something under 20 pounds(weight). and dog wise, i know they need shots, spay/neuter, vet costs, essentials(dog bed, food water dish, ect.) I am just stumped on what i would like. any ideas?


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feeling so much anger towards mum about DOG?

Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 12:13 pm  
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I can’t even describe to you the anger i feel right now. basically my mum absolutely doesn’t like my dog because of something he cannot control. My dog drops a lot of fur, he is a jack russell terrier x wire haired so his breed basically requires him to drop fur. She is sick of the house being messy from the dog hair and insists the carpets are beyond saviour.I suggested i would vacuum the house every week but she said that the dogs hair flies everywhere anyway and the min its vacuumed up, more will come so there is no point. I already groom him regularly but as i said earlier, his breed is prone to shedding fur.

She said that her brothers in china always change dogs as they get older (my dog is currently 4 years old) and u should never raise a dog for its full life, its easier to just send it away to a shelter or someone else and get a brand new, cute little puppy instead. SHE INFURIATES ME SO MUCH with this comment, i am an avid animal lover and believe all animals deserve love and care, not just the ones that are cuter than the others and if u have raised a dog for 4 years, you DO NOT just send it away because it isnt cute or other ridiculous factors the dog cant help such as shedding fur. she says he is useless, has no value as hes a mutt, not pretty like collies etc. and a burden to our home. she said if she had a non shedding dog she would take it for drives in her car but because he sheds fur, she refuses to take him out and would rather him locked up at home if i cannot take him out for a walk. shes been talking with my grandpa to try and convince him the same and he lived in china for 30 years and has different beliefs to westerners (im asian australian) and he also tried to convince me about the beautiful dogs we could have instead of my dog and how cute they are.

BTW my mum is asian and when she used to live in china as a girl, they ATE dogs so she feels no sympathy or attachment towards them clearly. i have had so many huge fights with her this past week and it was mostly stimulated because the dog had jumped on the couch while we were away and because I (it was my fault) didn’t cut his nails short enough, they pulled out some of the wool in her grey jumper and she was pissed off. she started kicking the baby gate we have furiously until it was bent and threw my dogs bed off the balcony.

I have tried countless times to calmly talk to her rationally but nothing will process and she has threatened numerous times that i will come home one day and see the dog is gone. Ive threatened her that i will leave if the dogs leaves so she has to make a choice. i love animals, i love my dog and there is no reason he needs to leave our home because of a biological factor he cannot control. i am someone who doesn’t see the need to send my dog away simply because of something natural such as aging. she said this dog is worthless and there is no use keeping him. shes also made up a whole bunch of bulls**t excuses such as ‘the dog is affecting your studying’, ‘the dog is bad for your health and we’re all going to end up with fur in our lungs’ . TRUST ME do not tell me to try and speak to her calmly u dont know how many times ive done that, what can i do? wat do u think of my mum? I am so angry.


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