Hello Istoryans (i'm a newbie in this site too and i see people here are called such),
im a newbie dog owner/lover. i've had cynophobia since as long as i can remember but everything changed when my uncle gave us "whitey", a white aspin pup. he's such a doll and lambing kaau that i dared to connect to him. he had this appetite na murag basurahan where everything that's put in his bowl kay ia mahurot.
a few months nalingaw ako parents ug ako sister ug pakaon nia...then came that dreadful day na na.busy akong mom sa gawas and wala nia namalayan si whitey...she said basin kuno nigawas but akong cousins and i searched the entire 3 blocks away from us but we weren't able to find him...duda namo gikawat xa coz dogs dont just disappear and he's more than cute enough para kawaton...after mi nag acceptance na nawala na jd xa, cge lang mi talk about him sa balay kay mao nmn lang amo mabuhat...na sad jd ako parents especially ako papa who has become whitey's master tig tula...
this happened last november 2012, so by december, i decided to get another pup. this one's Abby and she's my very first dog na ako ang nag own.
she's a mix labrador/akita breed (or as claimed by the one who sold it to me)...i would have loved a pure breed dog with papers and all but i dont think mka live up ko sa "ideal" dog master...d ko ganahan ma substandard ko sa eye sa akong dog so i started with a mix breed first...
i feed him vitality puppy 3x/day and she gets access to her water bowl wherever she is sa balay (she stays inside sa house)
i give her LC Vit 1ml per day and let her chew on pedigree denta stix once a day
i also give her a bath 2x/week using "Coat Care" and put a dab here and there with doggie cologne para maganahan mag lambing akong family sa iaha (people here sa balay treat her like a baby if clean xa)
i also had her checked sa Animale Veterinaire sa Tres de Abril and she gets her regular shots and deworming done per schedule, 3rd niya na schedule ugma Jan 28,2013
last december pud diay i noticed na naa xa tick infestation, so nkagamit pd ko niya ug frontline plus for puppies (which i may say kay effective kaayo)
every afternoon we have our dog walks for mga 30-45 mins since naa xa naamigo sa unahan sa amoa si Cory (7month poodle) para at least ma socialize xa with other dogs...they often restle
now by Feb im planning na magpahimo ug cage for her but im also thinking of getting a pure labrador for my bday...akong dilemma kay if magbuhi kog pure lab, based on how i'm raising abby, is it enough to sustain the needs of a labrador retreiver?
having 2 dogs is not an issue man pud coz i have a cousin who loves dogs too pero based on knowledge, i think i know more about raising a dog compared to her. pero para nko di pa man enough akong knowledge gud and mahadlok/maulaw ko mag buhi2 ug labrador nya d ra diay to nko magampanan ug tarong....
so i ask you istoryans if my decision to get another puppy is a wise decision, and to ask for suggestions on dog raising...