Riptide's Story and Guest Puppy Renegade!

  
In 2014 on Christmas Day an old man who had a girl dog had 9 puppies. The old man was worried because of his old age he couldn't take care of the parents and their pups. So the 9 pups and their mom were driven to the watchful eyes of their foster mom, Nancy. Sadly the dog father was a stray so no one knows where he came from or what happened to him ever since the family of his were driven away to their next home. So the large family was raised without their doggy birth dad. 

At the foster home all of the puppies snuggled close to their only other dog member besides their brothers and sister, their mom. Most of the pups got their share of milk right away all except for one pup. He had to wait the longest.He was the runt of the litter, the runt means he was the smallest of his family. All the rest of his family was bigger and stronger than him. His name was Little Man. Little Man was always going to be the tiniest pup of the Smart family. 

After a few weeks of growing the pups were put into a trailer full of crates where they were to  wait until the the trailer reached CT where they would meet their new owners. They would learn some exciting new things like their new names, how to sit,lay down, roll over, crawl and all the things that their owners had chosen that the pup they adopted should learn. The story that has this sneak peek has some of the stories about the crazy things that Riptide has done. 

And for our guest puppy Renegade! Renegade lives in Butler Pennsylvania. He is a Labradoodle. They actually don't shed and are super smart. Renegade knows how to play baseball. When Max hits the ball Renegade runs and grabs the ball then tags his owner with it. I wonder if I can train Riptide to play baseball like Renegade. It would be cool.  See you on the next post! Claire  
                                                                                       

 

Hunting Dogs And Some Things That They Can Do To Help Out

Hey this is Claire but before we start I'm sorry that I didn't write posts for a couple of days. I didn't write them because I was very busy for the days I should have wrote posts because my Dad and I had wanted to be in The Warwick Neck 4th of July Parade so I was has helping out with the float business and it needed a lot of attention,work and some extra coats of paint and I guess I forgot about writing  posts but float or no float  either way I wouldn't have the time I needed to write some good posts. So todays post will be extra long to so I can make it up to you. Does that sound okay to every one?

Now that I got that over with now I can tell you what todays topic is. Its Hunting Dogs And What They Can Do To Help Out. That is a long title. Hunting dogs are a group of dogs who are all have a certain instinct and like to hunt.
Some ways that dogs hunt is by Flushing, Retrieving and Pointing. An example of Flushing is if a hunter is shooting water fowl. The dog would scare the bird, causing the bird to fly into the air, leaving a perfect target for the hunter.

Retrieving is when a dog sees the animal being shot and retrieves the bird, which means to find the animal and bring it back. Some dogs such as the Golden Retriever are excellent at retrieving because they have something called "soft mouths". This means that they can bring the animal back without damaging it.

Pointing is when a dog sees where an animal is but the owner doesn't. It will stand perfectly straight like an arrow, pointing directly at where the animal has landed so that the owner can locate the animal and shoot it.

Sometimes dogs howl when they find prey. This can help the hunter by telling him "Owner, look, I found the animal you are looking for." Dogs howl because of their natural instinct from their wolf ancestors. Thanks for reading! Hope you like the video!

A German Pointer shows the owner where the shot animal is. 

A golden retriever brings back a bird to his owner.

Police Dogs And A Couple Things That They Do To Help Police Officers And People.

A police dog being trained to jump over high walls.

A dog is told to sniff out a certain smell to find something in training. 

A police dog is being trained to jump high by using a jump rope.  

Hey this is Claire. Today's topic is going to be interesting because I will be talking about police dogs! Does that sound cool? Police dogs are trained to help officers find the criminal. These are some ways the pups help the police. By sniffing out the bad guys scent and using it to locate where it is coming from, by chasing the person, tackling and pinning that person on the ground till the cops arrive. Some dogs are told to sniff out bombs and drugs and alert their owners about it and warn everyone else "don't step here there is explosives." Police dogs are very smart and brave. They might have to go through years of training before they are allowed to go on their first mission. It takes a lot of patience to train a police dog for missions. 
That's it for today everyone! Now I have to go think of the next topic for the next post. Creating a blog is a lot of hard work so I am very proud when I see the finished post. Sometimes I am so tired after I want to take a nice, long and refreshing nap . But I love to share everything I know about dogs with you. Special thanks thanks to RI State Trooper Damien and his police pup Sam for protecting us. In the pictures below the German Shepard would be Sam and the Trooper is Trooper Damien.
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Dog Behavior and How to Tell What They Feel.

In this picture Riptide is calm.

In this picture Shipwreck is very happy. 

In this one Riptide sniffs his Mom. 

Hey this is Claire. Wait, before we start I want to say sorry that I didn't write a post yesterday . Now we may start. Today we will be talking about different ways to recognize dogs behavior such as the way their ears are pointing like a horse. When their ears are up dogs are usually happy and paying attention. If they are back they hear you and think that they are in trouble. So don't yell if you're dog is right next to you. If you have a loud voice you may damage the dog's hearing if you yell. So start expressing your feeling in some other way then a loud voice. 
Now we will be talking about how you can tell with tails. Obviously a wagging tail means "I'm happy!"  When your pup is scared his tail goes between their legs and he'll crouch down to the ground. 
The last way I'm going to be talking about is how a dog shows submission. He will lay down and show his belly to the other dog/dogs. He is saying " I am taking a break or I am done for the day or you are in charge."  Now you know some different ways to tell what your dog is feeling. That's it for today! See you on the next post ! Claire   

Talented Dogs

This is Rikki, who starred in the movie Underdog.

This is Riptide, who is famous for his Chewbaca talk.

This is Tres, who paddle boards, hikes, bikes and snowshoes.  

Hey this is Claire with her special guest writer Leah! Quick tip Leah will be writing and so will I. When Leah is talking her letters will be pink when I am the letters will be black . Got it! Let's go. Today we will be talking about three different dogs and their talents. The first we shall be talking about is Riptide. Riptide's talent is being able to talk like Chewbaca. The next dog is Rikki, he is famous for starring in the Disney movie Underdog. He lives in our neighborhood! The last but not least dog is Tres. He likes to paddle board, hike, bike and snowshoes. Hi, I'm Leah and I am 9 years old and I am Claire's neighbor, and best friend.
Thanks for reading the 3rd post of thedogsdiary.com! It doesn't matter about what talent your dog can do, all dogs are special. See you on the next post!

Mutts, Pure Breeds, and Crossbreeds.

This is Shipwreck, a Dalmatian Pit bull mix.

This is Riptide, a Black Lab mix.
                                                     

This is Miley, a Chocolate Lab.

Hey this is Claire on my new blog called the Dogs Diary.com.Today I'm going to be talking about Crossbreeds. Crossbreeds have purebred parents of two different recognized breeds, for example Shipwreck is an Crossbreed because her mom was a Pit bull and her dad was a Dalmatian. Miley is a pure breed because she is all Chocolate Lab. Riptide is a mutt because he is a mix of four different dogs! Here are some different crossbreds, the Golden Doodle, the Lurcher, the Cocker Poo, the Labradoodle, the Labradinger, and the Bull Boxer. Quick question: If you,your neighbor or a friend has an interesting dog please  take a picture and send it to sailaway521@gmail.com. After you do that I'll look through them and choose which three I want to put it into my next post or if you like to draw  please draw one and send it. Just so you know crossbreed, mutt or pure breed dogs are all special. See you on the next post! Claire. 

This is some of Riptides siblings.

Introduction To The Dogs Diary.com

                                      Hey, this is Claire on my new blog called The Dogs Diary.com.  I am 8 years old. My favorite animal is a puppy or dog.The dog up there is Riptide. He will come up a lot in my blog so do not forget who he is. Another dog who will be popping up a lot is Shipwreck. She was my first dog,she died on February vacation 2015. She was 77 in dog years and 11 in human years. Riptide is 1 so he is 7 in dog years.  The purpose of this blog is to post pictures of your dogs and share information and tips about dogs. See you on the next post! Claire