This is actually a very bad behaviour and pet keeping! The lady is afraid and your dog shouldn't be doing this. The woman in black barely has any control of the dog.
My pup does have a large (relative to his body) stick in the house that is his. We swap them occasionally. My chronic pain/health wont let me stay outside much, so we try to compromise when possible.
Most of my rescues never cared about sticks or balls. My little Doxie-mix girl I have now doesn’t even care about toys, but, she’s gives the best tiny hugs and smiles! 🐾❤️🐾
I’m watching this thinking, I can relate to these dogs even as a human man. How about the ladies out there, where any of you struck with the same thought of “yeah, I totally get it “?
I always get downvoted for saying this, but you shouldn't let your dogs play with sticks.
They're an extremely common way for dogs to get injured. From impalement, to GI tract splinters that don't show on x-rays, to poked out eyes. Don't take my word, it is well documented. Ask your vet.
A formative memory for me is throwing a stick for a dog that was not mine. The stick landed in the grass pointy side up and punctured the dog's lip. It wasn't a bad wound so the dog was probably ok. Assuming it did not get infected. I still feel bad about it 35 years later.
My comment is anecdotal evidence from my vet, who I trust more than strangers. Not a statistical analysis. My dogs will continue to play with sticks whenever they want.
"I trust anecdotal evidence, not science and statistics" is pretty stupid. Your willful ignorance is putting your pet in danger. You're as intelligent as an anti-vaxxer.
The BVA one is a survey and isn't peer reviewed. But there are peer reviewed studies that show almost all injuries to a dog's mouth and esophagus are wood related, which is better at showing how dangerous sticks can be more than the BVA survey.
"Vets at Blue Cross hospitals have treated many dogs with stick injuries...Some dogs sadly have been put to sleep due to the severity of their injuries." https://www.bluecross.org.uk/advice/dog/dogs-and-sticks
meigea11
They're all good sticks, Bront
osser
It’s like me after a long day of work going for an ice cold beer
winkyroomba
I love dogs.
kirmes
This is actually a very bad behaviour and pet keeping! The lady is afraid and your dog shouldn't be doing this. The woman in black barely has any control of the dog.
Bizarkly
They're all -- GOOD GRIEF!
Newdonster
Dogs are better than people.
stonecoldstevebuschemi
purgruv
Did we hardwire stick retrieval in dogs after millennia of gathering firewood for the collective hearth?
AngelBolen91
My pup does have a large (relative to his body) stick in the house that is his. We swap them occasionally. My chronic pain/health wont let me stay outside much, so we try to compromise when possible.
sugarHitHero
So sorry for your health condition do well to visit your doctor as supposed
cyno01
We keep getting weirdo dogs that arent into sticks, balls, or water lol. Tear the shit out of some stuffed animals tho.
FloatingOnACloudOfTitties
Most of my rescues never cared about sticks or balls. My little Doxie-mix girl I have now doesn’t even care about toys, but, she’s gives the best tiny hugs and smiles! 🐾❤️🐾
Allusernamesaretakensoichoosethis
Why do dogs need sticks??
FloatingOnACloudOfTitties
They are branch managers!
agrobelny6
I’m watching this thinking, I can relate to these dogs even as a human man. How about the ladies out there, where any of you struck with the same thought of “yeah, I totally get it “?
kateaanne
Absolutely! Good sticks, cool rocks — cool nature shit is a non-gendered wonder
amundost
If you train your dog to carry sticks, they will carry sticks
Gindipple
wish mine hadn't outgrown his stick fetish
KuroFluff
Time for you to pick up the slack.
HogWashDiddler
1stDrunkJoe
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1b2Q2ZTJkeWxsdG55YTJzdm5nZW5tNXZmaW1panpxbnZpYzF6NTNsaiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/kLk1Qa8mrYdQA/200w.webp
InfocalypseRising
"Do I haff sumfing in my teef?"
BlazeDragon777
At this stage hes committed
ahorseelbowdeepinme
albaboss
That is a well built snowman
ihavethelowground
AI?
theobstruction
Who is going to think to prompt this?
ahorseelbowdeepinme
It's a fairly old gif. I hate that we even have to question it though
pizzapartyhard
DOOOOOOOOOOOON’T GIVE HIM THE STICK!
lawlandorder
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
JustAName00
I always get downvoted for saying this, but you shouldn't let your dogs play with sticks.
They're an extremely common way for dogs to get injured. From impalement, to GI tract splinters that don't show on x-rays, to poked out eyes. Don't take my word, it is well documented. Ask your vet.
TheInternetHasDestroyedUs
It's well documented that everything is fucking dangerous. Live your life.
rudejohn
My vet said in her 20+ years she has never seen a dog with GI teact splinters or punctures and told me to go ahead and let my dog play with sticks.
uzetaab
A formative memory for me is throwing a stick for a dog that was not mine. The stick landed in the grass pointy side up and punctured the dog's lip. It wasn't a bad wound so the dog was probably ok. Assuming it did not get infected. I still feel bad about it 35 years later.
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rudejohn
My comment is anecdotal evidence from my vet, who I trust more than strangers. Not a statistical analysis. My dogs will continue to play with sticks whenever they want.
JustAName00
"I trust anecdotal evidence, not science and statistics" is pretty stupid. Your willful ignorance is putting your pet in danger. You're as intelligent as an anti-vaxxer.
FaeVikingPrincess
The BVA one is a survey and isn't peer reviewed. But there are peer reviewed studies that show almost all injuries to a dog's mouth and esophagus are wood related, which is better at showing how dangerous sticks can be more than the BVA survey.
JustAName00
"Three in four vets have seen dogs injured by stick-throwing in the last year, according to the latest figures from BVA's Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey."
https://www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blog/news-article/making-a-point-on-throwing-sticks-for-dogs/
"Vets at Blue Cross hospitals have treated many dogs with stick injuries...Some dogs sadly have been put to sleep due to the severity of their injuries."
https://www.bluecross.org.uk/advice/dog/dogs-and-sticks