Newbie q's re: leashing, etc
Hello! My family is very new to RV'ing and we are soon-to-be new dog parents as well. We'll be bringing home a bernese mountain dog pup in a few weeks! We're also considering full timing for a y...
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Deb and Ed M wrote:
Are you folks telling me there are breeds of puppies out there who never get the Zoomies?? Granted - my heart lies with herding breeds and yes my dogs are high-energy. But I've met LOTS of dogs/puppies, and sooner or later - they need to go crazy once in a while?!
I think most are just saying that a big dog with the zoomies takes up an awful lot of room in an RV with so many folks in it already- at least three of whom probably ALSO have the zoomies, two-legged pup variety.
Per breed differences, though, since this is a working (herd) dog:
I've had both working and "pet" breeds, and my experience has been that a dog bred to work has a greater compulsion for activities that satisfy that inbred need. I saw the sad outcome of one such dog, owned by my sister. And just so you know that this was not in a household that didn't know how to train a dog: This was the house dog in a setting that also included a full team of (outdoor) Alaska husky sled dogs.
The household pet, acquired at eight weeks and carefully raised, was a border collie so compulsive about "herding" that he simply could NOT be broken of nipping at the heels of groups of "critters", whether two-legged or four. He'd have made a champion herd dog in a setting that allowed/encouraged that natural bent!
Instead, he eventually had to be put down for "biting" a child.
