Yeah, me too. The muzzle would be for the vet, not the dog, and if it means they are quick and not dumb, weak, and scared about it it's better than drugs.
And thank you
@farmerjan . I need to not ruin her. She is perfect and I am so lucky to have her.
They took her away I know because there is a theory out there that the owner is the source of all the dog's negative behavior. Take the owner away and the behavior goes away too. But not with this dog. She's an independent thinker, like she's supposed to be and she's not making decisions based on me in that department. I feel like she's being very patient with them and "schooling" them. She feels like she's got this. I wish they could work with her better. She's not actually that difficult.
Tomorrow morning I will be making some phone calls. She'd be happy to walk up the BIG hill provided there's water at the top and I'm going too, but you never know, maybe there's a LGD experienced vet around here somewhere so I'm going to look on my own too.
Meanwhile, she's getting off leash privileges in the yard after being on the 6' leash, then 12'. She's also allowed in the house, but doesn't want to stay long even though her kids live in there. She mostly just visited to check under the table for stuff I didn't sweep up then went back out today. House is boring. She loves walking the yard with the kids and showering them with attention when they are outside though. My youngest can walk her on and off a leash and yesterday they went around finding stuff he could throw for her (leaves and sticks, I think) and she'd catch them and act like it was a big deal. It was cute. She does not care about sticks and leaves normally. She also guarded him from a cyclist that accidently knocked him over on a trail last week. I can't remember if I mentioned that. The cyclist didn't stop and was going very fast so the bike did not become dog food (telling her to stop worked, and being on leash is obviously helpful). She did what she was supposed to do guarding her charges, imo. I think she may be particularly attached to my 4 year old, but she takes good care of both kids on their outdoor excursions. They like to escape at meal times and feed her the food I cook that they don't like so I'm not totally surprised. "Too crispy" bacon can really encourage friendships, although I get the impression that if she wasn't already smitten by them the bacon wouldn't have been touched because she makes her own decisions and is very bright.
Yep, we'll take good care of this one. She's a good loving dog that has exceeding my expectations. There's a vet a little farther down the road that is supposed to have experience with large dogs and be very good and patient with them, including aggressive ones, so he shouldn't be afraid of my non-aggressive one that is making a fool out of my current one and he may be able to get that heartworm test done so I can get her on preventative just in time for fall and winter to kill off the mosquitoes. I'll call and feel it out today, and if they don't pass, I'll just keep working my way west into farmyier and farmyier territory. She got her rabies shot done at least.
I just looked it up too and I don't feel like that was an appropriate medication for this scenario at all.
