Dogs

7274 readers

383 users here now

A community about dogs.

Breeds, tips and tricks about training and behaviour, news affecting dog owners, canine photography, dog-related art and any questions related to dog ownership.

Rules

Posts must be related to dogs or dog ownership and must not be void of content.
This is a neutral space. No bigotry or personal attacks. Criticism should be polite and constructive.
No automated content. This includes AI generated imagery, post body, articles, comments or automated accounts.
No advertising or self-promotion.
Illegal or unethical practices are frowned upon, and any comments or posts suggesting them will be removed. This includes, but is not limited to, backyard breeding, ear and tail cropping, fake service animals, negative reinforcement, alpha/pack/dominance theory, and eugenics.
No judging or attacking community members who care for dogs with cropped ears, docked tails, or those from puppy mills or questionable sources. While we discourage these practices (per Rule 5), all dogs deserve loving homes and compassionate care regardless of their background or physical alterations.
No breed discrimination, all breeds welcome. Our stance matches the ASPCA's official stance and is not up for debate.
Citing your sources when making a claim is encouraged. Misinformation will be removed.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca

isVeryLoud@lemmy.world

Brownie now has balcony permission, he doesn't need the leash.. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/dogs@lemmy.world

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes! In my opinion and with good practice on commands they only become better listeners from here.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Wow, damn, now you got me wondering, as Brownie doesn't quite have any official commands that he obeys or even understands. He's weird like that, he seems to respond better with context clues and occasional cat commands LMFAO!

Yeah, he responds quicker to PSPSPSPSPS than he does his own name!

He's a rescue, so I have no idea what his original name was. I named him Brownie after we adopted him in 2024, but if I actually call him by his given name, he seems to understand that as we're upset with him, he must have done something wrong, and should probably spit out the chicken bone he found by the dumpster or whatever.

But he's got numerous friendly nicknames everyone has given him. His formal name is Brownie Parker, as he was found at the park, but he's also known as Chicken Butt, Cheese Butt, Fatass, and some other random names I forget. Regardless of whatever you call him, he knows when you're speaking to him vs speaking to others.

He's already fully house trained, that much is awesome! But you try to play fetch with him, he'll just look at you stupid like 'Why did you throw that stick/ball?'

I dunno, he's weird, but very cool and well behaved.