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Published: 2013-08-10 23:25:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 422; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 1
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Zephyr at evergreen lake today, jumping in the water. I'm thinking he'd be great at dive jumping, another doggy sport. He has super strong back legs,loves to fetch, and most importantly, loves water! Nobody threw him in this picture, he was jumping in all by himself.Related content
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I even brought my dog Hank with me! Bless him, poor things terrifiyed of water!
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ooh, I know how to fix that. Can you check out my other two pics of the dogs swimming, in one of them it tells about how I got my other dog, Banya, to start swimming. She was terrified of water too. We'd throw a ball in, and she'd dip a paw in but didn't go in, and barked like crazy. so I did some things to get her used to water, it may work for you too! The trick is to be patient, not get bored, and tell yourself and your parents that the dog is fine even if it struggles.
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I've read you description anyway, i couldn't find anything in either of them! But it doesn't really matter, we can only go there once a year, and its just his personailty! Though, he doesn't like to fetch, but he's a rescue and hes terrifyed of being alone. So all i do is get in the water and call his name and it takes him awhile but he jumps in and then i hold him so he doesn't float away! XD
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hmm, to get him to fetch...does he chase a ball?
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He does, but he doesn't bring it back! Since hes scared to be alone, he doesn't dare bark, and he doesn't dare ignore a comand so i'm sure i could train him. But i'm not sure if i want to! I love my dog the way he is! Problems and all! <3 God sure did plan dogs well! I sware, its like he was born to be ours... we don't go to lakes or rivers hardly ever, perfect for Hank. We don't go out to forest or adventures, perfect for Hank. Lap dogs are more our family but i could never handle a dog that was under my knees, perfect for Hank! ITS AMAZING
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I agree, dogs are incredible! I'm glad you found him! But if you'd like him to fetch stil, all you have to do is throw the ball, wait for him to catch it, then run away from him. He'll most likely bring it back to you. That's how I taught Zephyr to fetch.
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XD thats how you taught him? Haha! Oh my gosh that incredible! I wonder what he was thinking! 
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That's awesome! Great place to spend a birthday, fo sho! It's a lot of fun!
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Man I wish my dog was like that XD well I can't blame him... he IS old.
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aw, poor guy! I love old dogs, though, I'm going to adopt mostly old guys who need a home when I go to college.
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Yeah we've had him for so long. Adopting old dogs is a good idea. They'll finally have a home and won't feel rejected.
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yes! I can't believe people would get rid of old dogs to shelters, lots get pt down! I understand it when people have to move, but they should at least put the dog in a good home with family or friends, or just put it down so it doesn't have to die in a cold shelter where it knows no one.
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Yes I agree. I wouldn't send my dog to a shelter. The thing with us is, if we get a dog, we stay with it until it's last days. There is this family that I know who had a dog and he was getting pretty old... they decided to put him to sleep 'cuz they didn't want him anymore. They could of at least looked for a family that actually wanted the dog. The reason that we didn't take it in was 'cuz we didn't know this was happening...
Sometimes I can't understand humans... we can be so heartless and cruel at times
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I know, I don't get it either. I now this sound hypocritical, but I did return a dog to shelter before because he was attacking my other dog ( really bad) over food and toys. we didn't kill him, just returned him is all. A bunch of people saw us when we returned him and said;
"Oh! what a pretty dog!"
"oh look at that gorgeous dog!" ( he was a Norwegian Elkhound)
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Yeah I understand. My dog that I have now was like that to my Aussie. He was a bit jelly.
A Norwegian Elkhound? Oh my cheese I would love to have one of those XD They're so beautiful. Heh lucky you
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Well, I suppose so, he was pretty, but his attitude made him seem ugly to me somehow. I got my two border-collie aussies ( not related) now so I'm happy, they're pretty darn gorgeous too!
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Yeah I guess it's the personality that counts.
Aww it must be fun to have them. Lucky you
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you have one too, though, yes?
( yes I do feel lucky, not bragging)
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No I have a chow-chow husky mix.
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I used to have an aussie and a husky but they stole them...
Heh it doesn't seem like your bragging to me though.
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who stole them? where do you live? ( I've heard of people stealing dogs in Costa Rica) But how terrible for you! I'm so sorry! Were they just taken from your yard?
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Some guys who live across the street. They stole them at night and we didn't notice. They probably took them somewhere else. They have a ranch, and many houses. They're the type of men you wouldn't want to mess with. I live in Texas. Many dogs have been stolen around my area but we don't know why. The strange thing is they only stole the ones that were in my back yard and not the old one who I have in my front yard.
They probably gave them something to fall asleep cuz my Aussie is very protective and he would a bite any stranger that comes near. My aunt said she heard a lot of barking that night (she lives across the street too) but she thought it was only my Aussie and chow-chow barking at each other (they didn't get along). The next morning I went out to call them and they didn't come. I looked around and that's when I noticed they were gone.
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oh I'm so sorry! You should call the police on those guys!
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yeah well it happened like 5 months ago and my mom was scared they could do something to us... so.....
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