How tolerant is your dog?

[wolf_Q]

What things does your patient (or not so patient ) dog put up with?

Nebo will allow me to put just about any type of clothing on him....sunglasses, hats, shirts, sweaters, shorts, bandana, harness, life jacket, etc. He doesn't really like the Doggles, but will leave them on usually. He hates the halti...but he'll still let me put it on. Sometimes he tries to get it off though.

He'll let me put toys/treats on his nose and he'll also hold them in his mouth. If he's got something in his mouth he's not supposed to he'll always allow me to get it out with no problems. I can stick my hand right in his food bowl and that doesn't bother him either (unless I'm a dog!)

He's very tolerant of grooming........he'll just stand there while I bath him, and has no problems with the dryers. He's a little bit of a baby about brushing at times, but not bad. He's great about his nails, and will allow me to trim/shave his pads (excepet when it tickles lol). He lets me brush his teeth just fine also.

Reggie and Smokey both will let me put on sweaters but usually get them off within an hour....Reggie will let me put hats/sunglasses on but he won't leave them on. No way either one would hold a treat on or in their mouth. No way am I going to put my hand in their foodbowl or take something out of their mouths either. I value my fingers!

Smokey is usually pretty good about baths but Reggie is a total brat. He won't hold still! He will NOT let you blowdry him either. Smokey will sometimes but just his back. Reggie is fine about the shaving except for his ears. He doesn't like to be brushed! They are both fairly good about nails. No teeth brushing!

[The Cat Factory]

Buddy is pretty tolerant. The only thing he doesn't like is getting his nails clipped

[tikeyas_mom]

Tikeya is tolerant of me lol, she lets me touch her food she lets oscar eat out of the same food bowl as her at the same time as her, she wont let me cilp her toe nails, but she is getting better with letting me trim her feet hairs. She wont wear a musel, and she will now put toys in her mouth or anything for that matter. lol

She will step into her harness for me, and she will lay on my brother, she hates baths though .

[ParNone]

I'm very happy with the tolerance level of all 3 of mine, but
Maddie goes above and beyond my expectations. When
she had a tumor and any other kind of lump or bump the
vet could find on her body removed a few months ago,
she was just unbelievably good about having all the stitches
removed. There was at least 7 or 8 different spots on her
face alone. She sat there patiently, not a sound out of her,
while the vet tech removed all of'em. She even commented
when we were done, how wonderful Maddie has been about
the whole thing.

She's also extremely tolerant with kids. My cousin's lil' girl,
tried to pick Maddie up by the neck, before I could stop her
and Maddie's attitude was one of "Oh kewl! this gets me
closer to your face, so I can lick you more".

We had a Lhasa Apos when I was a kid that we dubbed,
"the dog from hell", because he was always ready with a
growl and a snap over just everything... Zero Tolerance...
Hated kids, grooming, the vets and he was definitely food
aggressive. He'd got ahold of a pork chop bone one day
and tried to swallow it whole. I heard him choking and
found him with it half way down his throat, stuck. He
growled at me the whole time I was removing it to save
his lil' life.

My Uncle was over one day, trying to rough house with
him and was teasing him. We kept warning him to knock
it off, that Ghengis wasn't his Lab and didn't appreciate
the rough housing, but he didn't listen. Ghengis promptly
attached himself to my Uncle's boot, which was lucky for
him that he was wearing cowboy boots or he'd of had some
pretty nice puncture wounds in his ankle vs. his boot.

Anywho, after having a dog like him, I truly appreciate
Murph and Maddie and Oz and never underestimate
the importance of socialization, when they're puppies.

Par...

[Fuzzy317]

We have three kinds: Eli is Somewhat tolerant , Sassee is Very tolerant , and Ginger is Not tolerant at all

[pitc9]

Both of mine are some what tolerant,
Both of them they are fine with triming nails, they have NO food/treat aggression with people or other animals. Baths are not to bad. They are both pretty good at the vet, and both love other dogs!

But both have snaped at kids (Yikes!! )
Buddy is NOT tolerant of my husband
And both are not tolerant of people being in our yard, which is good most of the time, but when we invite people over and they have to watch there behinds, because Sierra will nip you on the butt if you walk to fast!!
(I need to do something about that!!)

[cloverfdx]

clover is the most tolerant out of the 3 dogs
she is great in any situation except for, being blow dried (she hates it, so we have given up), having her tempreture taken at the vets , and sharp lil puppy claws near her neck (she used to have ALOT of problems with the skin around her neck and remembers the discomfort), and she is naturally territorial

Theo (chichi) on the other hand cannot stand strangers,children, dogs that jump/step on him, having his nails cut, going to the vets, but he loves to swim , have baths, play with other calm dogs at the park, and go for car rides.

penny HATES having her nailscut (has to be muzzled), and does not like the water but will tolerate a bath, and can be possesive with treats (rawhides, dried liver etc), but could not care less if you took her dinner away from her ~weird lil dog~

[primabella]

I voted wrong lol

Mickey is tolerant enough. He'll let us give him a bath, clip his nails and brush him and his teeth without much fuss. He won't give me a hard time with balancing things on his nose (usually) and he doesn't care if someone if face to face with him whil he is eating or drinking. When little kids come up to play with him, he stays there patiently and even if they pull on him, he won't move. He will let me dress him up but he won't stay in it unless I have a cookie with me. Hehe

[ramanth]

With Kia, it depends on the situation, but I put down somewhat tolerant.

She does NOT like her nails clipped or baths and it is during those times that she has bared her teeth at me. She's not tolerant of those two things at all.

She'll allow me to dress her up but she doesn't like it when something touches her ears, so she won't wear hats.

Her adoption papers said her tolerance was unknown with children under 12..... so I'm careful to watch her but for the most part she's been great (as long as they don't try to take her treats from her)

At a recent picnic I turned to find two young children pulling her ears and tail. She just laid there and took it.

(Of course when their dad saw he spanked their butts and sent them to a proverbial corner.... they left her alone after that. )

[RubyMutt]

I voted "tolerant"

For the most part she is pretty good. The one time I dressed her up and made her pose for photos (for Miss Canine PTer 2003 ) she was VERY well behaved.

However, when I'm just playing around and try to put sunglasses or a hat on her she won't stand still.

She's great when I'm brushing her, but not so much when I clip her nails.

She can sometimes be a little fussy when I'm putting her halti on, but for the most part once it's on she just leaves it.

[CamCamPup33]

tolerant

[Kfamr]

Putting up with me... VERY VERY VERY x 1000000 tolerant.

[binka_nugget]

Kai's very tolerant with me. He lets me put on any shirts, shorts, shoes, ties, hats, glasses...anything on him. He use to hate baths but now he sits there like a good little boy. Brushing doesn't seem to matter to him. He just lays there for me while brushing. He's very good when I do his nails and trim his feet hair. He stays still for me. But when it comes to other people, he's not so tolerant. I feel special

[Aspen and Misty]

Nova is extremly tolerant. She lets little kids chase her, hug her, pull on her fur, pull on her tail, pull on her ears, lol.

She also will let me dress her up with only some dirty looks and a little bit of "Mouthing".

She is exretmly toleratn about new things and new situations also, like my uncles wheel chair she sniffed it and didn't even care, and it's one of the biggest wheel chairs I'v ever seen, lol.

She also doesn't mind walkers she just sniffed it and didn't care and aloud the little old lady to pet her while she sat there and allowed her to.

So I would say extremly tolerant of everything.

Ash

[Cincy'sMom]

All of our dogs are super tolerant. We have 4 newphews aged 12, 10, 9 and 5, and the dogs play wonderfully with them. One night when we were babysitting, the youngest kept yelling in Cincy's face, all night. Finally, she looked at him, and barked once. He kept staring at her and getting in her face, but he stopped yelling

They are all also very good about baths, nail clippings, gromming, etc. Cincy gets pimples on her belly and she just lays there and lets to you look/pick at them. They are great about medecines, eye drops, ear cleaning, etc, etc, etc