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Peeing in the house
Posted to: Training & Behavior
Hi everyone, this is my first post in this forum. Together with my boyfriend we have a Jack Russell of 26months old. He is more my partners dog than mine, but since we live together its becoming my responsibility too. From the beguinning Guiness pees in the house and sometimes even does a poep. What...
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URRGH!
Posted to: Training & Behavior
Maisie is *almost* houstrained. Only has accidents every month or so. EXCEPT, when we leave her in the bedroom or alone even if we take her out for 30 minutes before. She poops. It's like she's getting back at us for leaving her. Today, I took out the trash and left her in the house for 60 seconds...
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Help with training new 10 week old Yorkie
Posted to: Training & Behavior
All of the research that I've done has me confused. I bring my new 10 week old Yorkie home on Saturday and I want to make sure I start him off right. Can I expect him to sleep in the crate with regular outings during the first night or am I setting myself up for accidents in his crate? I...
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"How To Speak Dog" by Stanley Coren, Ph.D.
Posted to: News & Entertainment
I finished reading Stanley Coren's 2000 book "How To Speak Dog" yesterday. Great book, but very scientific. Coren even states in the book that he is a "scientist" in profession. I understand how to read a dog a lot better after reading this. I'll point a few of the many new...
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The goober...
Posted to: News & Entertainment
He is now Goober. The name was given by Kelly, my 3 yr old. He's 3 weeks old today and has been an awesome little baby. I get plenty of sleep, and he only cries if his tummy hurts. Hopefully he stays this way! Kelly on the other hand was a loud baby. Always upset, cried about everything. ...
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Monday Sekc's Zoo Crackhead Action!!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Let's start off with a very rare pic of Shelby and Souffle behaving... Here's my Regulators checking out the noise they heard... Shiloh has an ear infection and he doesn't like taking his medicine so the big ogre tries to hide under Osama Bin Mama's bed... Shelby does her...
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The role of empathy and humanising in understanding dogs.
Posted to: Training & Behavior
This has come up a number of times over the past few days in the CM section. I'm tired of talking to what seems like recitations of CM philosophy over there, so I'm here to hopefully discuss this matter without being beaten about the head with extreme interpretations and deliberate misunderstandings...
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Rimdyl
Posted to: Health & Grooming
My Golden Retriever has been diagnosed with DIC, he has been on rimdyl for 2 months for leg injury does anyone think that rimdyl could have caused his DIC. He is also on medicine for Hypothyroidism.
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Food suggestions
Posted to: Nutrition & Exercise
I've been reading here about dog food and while I've learned a lot, I've also become quite confused; innundated with ideas and information may be the better words. We're looking to get a puppy in the spring (most likely Rhodesian Ridgeback), so I've been researching food, training...
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The 5 continents of planet Earth
Posted to: News & Entertainment
"WHAT????" you probably said "they are not 5 continents, they are 7" This is a subject that i always talk about, in European and Latin schools they teach the kids that they are 5 continents and when the American or Canadian people tell me that they are7 i really try to understand...
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Ebony Rose Black/white
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Is me Ebony Rose in Black/white,this how my color are. You think I'm a pretty Girl? My mommy tells me it a lot,pretty Girl Ebony Rose
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Standing up & Still for a Second!!!!!
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Been trying for ages to get Jazzie to do a nice Pose,eventually with a little help from a yummy biscuit we got this shot,his mouth is open as he has just eaten it!!!!
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what is wrong with me???
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Dec 31, 2006 my dh and I decide to get a puppy. I admit I was more for it than he was (not that he was against it at all...I was just more excited). We have 2 kids (3 & 6) that have wanted a puppy more than anything. So, we get the puppy and surprise the kids. The kids love the puppy, my dh loves...
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Had her heart murmur checked on...
Posted to: Health & Grooming
Hi everyone -- I don't know if you guys remember that I mentioned Dweezil's "possible" heart murmur. Our primary vet confirmed that she does have a slight murmur. I, in a heartbeat, ok-ed that they did xrays today to check on the size of her heart. It is a little bit large, but...
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HELLO
Posted to: News & Entertainment
Hello to all the pet lovers out there!!!!.... I just wanted to say that with my recent beautiful friend MILO I just love to be in touch with others like us...you can us at his home page http://www.pikapet.com/pet/view/1608?pic=4518 ...See you all real soon!!!
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