Oh, so cute. Jet did that. I have one photo of her between my feet and I'm wearing my tall rubber gardening boots. I missed my cue, should have...
If he is pooping ok and the piece you saw was only the size of quarter (you mean the coin, right? NOt a quarter of the kong?) then, yes, you will...
Excitement, play and activity will prompt the urge to pee more. I was out every 10 minutes sometimes if we had some fun going on, at that age.
We are like Boogie, hand signal first, then verbal. For DOWN, or whatever your word, the lure with the treat went to the hand being flat, palm...
My big, burly male Vet was nearly in tears one January as he asked if I (new client with him) was aware dogs should not eat chocolate. He'd...
Here a lot of people have a separate word for downing on a recall and the popular word is DROP. I was already using DROP It for dropping...
FLAT? Or maybe FLOOR? I use Down for lie down, Feet for not jumping and Free when an exercise is complete. Ooh, DIRT as in Hit the Dirt. :)
I am very sorry for your loss. Had Charlie been ill? Would you consider necropsy? That's a hard thing to authorize. The neighbour must be...
What a good stick. And he has it perfectly balanced in the middle, he should be proud. So many dogs never do more than drag a long stick. Bear...
Poor Diesel. I hope he was a good old age and even though it might bring tears and sadness whenever you think of him it wakens that place in your...
My first dog when I was a kid was fed once a day. It was the norm then. He was an outside dog in a cold winter climate so in winter it was a lot...
Welcome to the board. I found old posts you made on other boards about looking for a place with ponds to train. Did you ever find such a place?
We hide Poppa in a closet when company is over. Except I found one day, upon my return home, that the OH and his friend, a dog person, thought...
Oban started at 9 weeks on towels and dirty laundry on the floor. That's when I got him a big teddy bear, Poppa Bear, who was bigger than Oban...
I take a big thick blanket to hold puppy on my lap, crate, new collar on, leash ready, food and water. Also clean up supplies in case puppy gets...
Apparently the familiar "sit up and beg" position works to strengthen the back but I don't know if it does so through strengthening the abs. I...
I haven't seen it mentionned, maybe you are all doing this anyway, but Cartrophen Vet injections are sub-q and you can do them yourself if your...
@Lucy_sorbon surgery was an option when my girl developed neurologic problems resulting from spinal malformation, which was basically just bad...
I also used Leslie McDevitt's "Look at That" from her book, "Control Unleashed." However it's tricky if your dog is leashed and the other is off...
Many dogs are not ready to be alone, loose, in the house at one year old. Some never are. Did you start by slowly increasing alone time? How...
