The dog ate my pair of discus

[Lisa01]

The dog ate my pair of discus

I don't know who else to tell who will understand
I watched her do it...I couldn't move...I don't think I was breathing.

Trying not to kill the dog....counting to ten

They were in the bottom tank, i just moved them in a 20 H for breeding, I walked to the other side of the room, heard splashing - turned to look..and it was all slow motion after that.

German sheperd put head into water, comes up with BOTH of them and runs...I think I was shouting by then. By the time I got to her they were gone....

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH

Free dog to good home...

I should have known this same dog ate my FDBW a few weeks ago

[Eddie]

OMG!! That is insanely awful. I am so sorry to hear, surreal even. :(

[athy]

OMG thats horrible :( and here I was angry at my shepherd for always scaring my discus cuz she moves too fast and loud. Yours is at a whole different level. perhaps some tank lids next time for bottom tanks, or just ban the dog from the discus room.

[jball1125]

That is horrible. Sorry about your loss. If it makes you feel any better my dog ate my Iphone not too long ago. :(

[Lisa01]

The dog is banned...

have my husband picking up egg crate and styrofoam on the way home to make lids for ALL the tanks....I think he is taking worse than I am

[Ed13]

Wow, Sorry to hear this!:(

[JL15219]

That is crazy never heard a dog trying to eat fish out of a tank maybe a cat......Damn that really sucks....sorry to hear.....:(:(

[Disgirl]

I'm so sorry to hear this. What a dreadful thing to happen. We all sympathize with you for sure.
Barb

[phatdave]

If it were my dog it WOULD go to the pound!

[babers]

That is horrible. Sorry to hear that. I made lids out of the light covers that go to hanging ceiling at basement...don't know what it's called. But they work great...just cut them to size.

[DerekFF]

I have shed a tear for you......

[ockyra215]

Well that sucks I love dogs at times I hate them. i cant believe he ate them.I used to have a Doberman he used to drink from the sump of my 150 could never figure that out made keeping it topped off tricky.Well at least now you can get some more Discus.:D

[whitedevil]

Eat the dog.

only fair right?

[waters10]

That is crazy never heard a dog trying to eat fish out of a tank maybe a cat......Damn that really sucks....sorry to hear.....:(:(
Exactly! I was always worried about our cat. Would never expect to read about a dog eating not only 1 discus, but a pair! So sorry to read this ... :(

[David Rose]

What are the chances:confused: Sorry for your loss Lisa, but don't give up?

[ifixoldhouses]

I had a dog that used to eat my chickens, I taped one to his head for a few days after that he didn't bother them anymore, old country folk trick I heard about.

[phatdave]

Eat the dog.

only fair right?

BBQ him, that will put an end to it for sure.

[birdog]

WHAT?.... MAN!:(

R.I.P. :angel: :angel:

[Wahter]

That's terrible. I've never heard of a dog grabbing discus out of a tank and eating them.

Sorry to hear about that.


Walter

[smiley]

I would feed the dog better...looks like he is the hungry type :D

[alan j t]

REALLY REALLY??

[blade59]

Man that sucks. I mean really, just sucks. Everything is a game to some dogs. I have two boxers, one is a rescue and I swear sometimes it looks like she is jealous of my discus when they are getting more attention than her. Sorry to hear that man..

[John_Nicholson]

Man that sucks and I would have stomped the dog pretty good for it, but in the global aspects of things it is just an animal doing what animals do.

Good luck.

-john

[deepflyball]

wow that would make your day. Sorry but remember hes just a dog Jerry

[Peace]

Sorry about your loss... freak accidents that you can never see coming... until it happens... and then you vow never to leave things to chance again...

i lost a discus two days ago... my guy was on his penultimate day of metro treatment... was recovering so well... on my way out to work, i see that he's dead... submerged airstone somehow got dislodged... oxygen levels probably dipped overnight... the rest is history...

i was in complete, utter disbelief when i discovered it... to lose a discus like that... i can only imagine it must have felt for you...

[Gordon C. Snelling]

Time for an electric catfish.

[allan_mark76]

Do you have pixs of the dog?

~AKA~

[waters10]

I should have known this same dog ate my FDBW a few weeks ago
Re-reading this, I thought you would be the author of this thread (http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=78192), but I guess it's common to have dogs that enjoy blackworms ...

[Lisa01]

And a picture of a GSD (10 months - 88lbs) who has now eaten more than she is worth
The second pics is of my other jealous one....yes she is sitting in an empty tank

Ok can't get pic to attach (its to big) anyone know how to make them smaller??????

[ifixoldhouses]

And a picture of a GSD (10 months - 88lbs) who has now eaten more than she is worth
The second pics is of my other jealous one....yes she is sitting in an empty tank

Ok can't get pic to attach (its to big) anyone know how to make them smaller??????

someone posted this earlier, a gem of a program

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

[Kingfisher]

The only fair thing to do now is buy more discus and feed it home made dog heart pellets instead of beef heart pellets. You never know, they might grow very fast.

[Lisa01]

I did get the pics to attach


Thank-you

[birdog]

He looks well fed! :D...... sorry Lisa I couldn't resist.

I'll be quiet now.:o

[diamond_discus]

OMG ... This is insane .. I thought only cat will eat fish .. and dog only like bones ? Sorry for your loss Lisa ... must be some kind of dog.

You must spoil your dog very good ... My wife just get a dog a couple months ago .. I won't let him get close to my tanks, not even to my Python hose .. or else he will be in my backyard ..

[allan_mark76]

Cute dog.

Take it easy on them as they really don't know any better. The best you could do is just try to prevent the problem before it happens again.

~AKA~

[Discus-n00b]

I must say, its a beautiful Shepherd, I love the Sable coats. Sorry to hear about the fish though.

[mutfish]

If this actually occurred, the blame needs to be laid at the feet of the caretaker of the tank...no lid? What's the worst that could happen?

[pam916]

So sorry for your loss. I would be devastated. I am glad our dogs have to stay outside, we have birds and I know they would eat them.

[setarei]

I thought I just had to be worried about jumpers not my dog getting in there. Sorry for your loss and it at least thought me a lesson not to leave a dog alone with the fish (not that my pup could do anything her head is lower than the cabinets on the stand).

[angel eyes]

Wow, I mean..just WoW!
I read this and my stomach sank, to think a dog would go scuba diving for a discus?!?
I'd never believe it if I hadn't seen it.
Really sorry for you loss (I'd be enraged and need to go for a long drive to "cool" down...and I'm a dog lover!)