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It was definitely a long two weeks! 😆 I think a normal neuter/spay has a shorter downtime, but liver biopsies have a high risk of internal bleeding for a few weeks post-surgery, so we had to be really conscious of keeping him calm for the full two weeks. He was pretty heavily drugged for the...

This is SO cool!

We had Remy's stomach tacked when he was neutered last year, especially since they were already going into his abdomen (it was a cryptorchid neutering and he needed a liver biopsy too). Definitely worth doing while they're under, especially since anesthesia can be one of the more costly parts of...

Aww he is so handsome, and I think he looked great! When heat (temperature) is a factor, it seems to realllllly affect this breed, so I bet that definitely sapped his energy quite a bit. And females in heat with an intact male…major distraction! 😅 Good for you guys for getting out there and...

Thank you both so much! Agreed that videos are super helpful too — especially in competition. I feel like time goes so quickly in the ring that I tend to tune out the big picture and just focus on completing the next task, which is why I didn’t put it all together until later. Going to try and...

Thank you!! It was so nice to be able to connect the dots instead of just being puzzled by that new behavior :laughing:

We had our third Barn Hunt trial this past weekend, and it was Remy’s first time in the senior ring! I’ve been warned about “senior purgatory” by seasoned barn hunters, and was a bit anxious going in since it is a big jump from open (double the rats; a bigger course, tunnel, third tier of bales...

YAY! Congrats on the RATI title!!! So proud of you guys. :D He did amazing, and I'm impressed with how quickly he got to work – you can see him do a bit of a head whip after he passed the cradle, caught the scent, and realized he had a job to do. You did a great job making a call when you felt...

Yup, I think this is a good starting strategy…they pretty instinctively know what to do once they get a whiff of the rat scent, so you don’t need to instruct much in the beginning levels (as tough as that can be…I talk to Remy all day long, be it conversational or obedience related 😂).

Happy to help! Y’all will do great, especially since he has a basis for scentwork already. The novice tunnel is a good starting point because it’s short (much shorter than an agility tunnel) so they can see through to the end. If he knows the command “tunnel” that’s helpful too, so you can...

Yay! This is exciting, Barn Hunt is soooo much fun! You could definitely do both RATI and RATN in the same day – but be aware that they are quite different experiences for you and your pup. In Instinct, the three tubes (one litter, one rat, one empty) are laid bare on a cradle (no hay covering...

He's trained with Cypress and Birch currently...I haven't rotated Anise or Clove into the mix yet though! Do they typically do a variety of multiple scents in trials, or just one? I hear ya! Our foray into scent work was playing hide and seek with his toys, and then I introduced the AKC scents...

Only in Barn Hunt for now, but we'll probably get into scent work trials eventually...just a matter of free time and money! ;) Thanks! It started as a matter of tiring him out as a puppy (especially because it rains 9 months of the year here and we needed an indoor activity), but he really...

Congrats on the Excellent Exterior title! And man, some days just go like that where their alerts are off for whatever reason...all good experience and fun for them though. This sounds super fun and challenging! Similar to the Master level in Barn Hunt, where there are 1-5 rats and you have to...

Thank you so much for the kind words! And glad to hear you’re liking Voyager food too — it’s a great company, really reasonable pricing (especially compared to Rx foods) and Remy really enjoys the taste! Definitely mentally and emotionally stressful, but fortunately we signed him up with...

Aw, thank you! It took a long time to get those answers, but it’s a relief to know what we’re dealing with ❤️

Hiiii! Wow, we fell off the Doberman Chat planet for the past year. It’s been eventful for Remy, and I’ve been wanting to properly catch up here, as I thought maybe some of the experiences we've been through/info we've learned could be of use to someone else down the road. But I just hadn’t been...

Don’t think there’s a more perfect candidate for Mr. October than Ragnar in this picture!

Oh no, I didn’t mean to worry you! It’s hard not to consult Google sometimes. Our vet said that in dogs with healthy immune systems (ie, not Remy’s frazzled puppy immune system lol), they are usually isolated to one area…so if it *does* happen to be a papilloma, it’s probably unlikely Kaiser...

Remy’s pathology came back with both skin tags being papillomas! I’m guessing he picked up papillomavirus from puppy preschool, since that’s around the time these skin tags started growing, and papillomavirus is more likely to present in puppies with immature immune systems. Yet another reason I...