Not unless the person I was leaving my kid with was someone who was well known by someone else that I knew very well and whose judgement I trusted 100%. In this case, it doesn't sound like anybody knows anybody else very well. And yes Gina, if you don't watch out, pretty soon you'll be running "Gina's After School Day Care." It was my experience that people really tend to take advantage of you if they know you're a SAHM. It's like they think "Oh, she doesn't

Once as a child, in the face, by a family friend's Siberian Husky (humans were inside the house and not watching) ...I was in her/his space, right up in this dog's face and making direct eye contact and whamo bamo crunch! nice big teeth from the top of my nose to the bottom of my chin...my whole face was in this dogs mouth for a half of a second. I yanked back and I'm sure the dog did not bite as hard as she/he was capable of. I let out a blood curtling scream and was rushed to the ER

Treats for my boys, i went to two different pet stores today and came away with (far too much) a 'camo' car harness for Kujo, a new brush for my shedding monster, a pack of tennis balls, a new kong and stuff'ems and the coolest ... "fetch a bubble" a bubble blower and the bubbles are chicken flavoured

Welcome to dog.com! Here are a couple of threads with information for you: http://community.dog.com/forums/p/28386/375822.aspx#375822 http://community.dog.com/forums/p/8403/26419.aspx#26419 But, I'm thinking, that if the dogs seem happy staying inside with you, stick with it! They aren't really getting more exercise by being outside alone, and sound agitated or nervous by other people and dogs, so I'd let them stay inside, if they seem happy.

A therapy dog is permitted to startle, but they can't go running off down the hall terrified. Sioux started out as a puppy who hid under the chairs at puppy class, and she is now one of the best therapy dogs in our area and has convinced numerous administrators of facilities in our area that therapy dogs are a cool idea. Not saying that Kenya has the aptitude for this, but it can only make her a better dog to get the training and exposure to new people and dogs. Go for it.

I'm not sure if there is anyway to fix this, but my Username "Liv" is not working. I had password reset 3 times, then today when I went to reset it it said my name was Robin? And that I was from USA. So someone has my email address. And I had to start a new account to get help fixing this. So anyone know what to do lol.

[quote user="calliecritturs"]Florida is a "by county" state -- meaning that counties individually set their own laws as to whether the dogs need to be vac'd annually or every 3 years in order to be licensed. MY county is, thankfully, every 3 years. MY vet won't give the 'annual' shot -- despite that he's in an annual county. He thinks it's pointless because the vax are pretty well identical except for paperwork, to have a dog caught needing annual shots

the dog always must know who is in charge and who controls his resources. he must see you as the alpha dog, NILIF isa good start untill you can afford a behaviorist. perhaps trying to get a book from the library that deals with these issues, or alternitvely check amazon for a book. at any rate aggressive behavior must be stopped in its tracks or else it can get worse.

[quote user="Thalie"] I wish they went to something less heavy than a yearly one though. [/quote] They do ... at least here. For quite awhile now dogs have been getting the rabies vaccine every three years because they found out the vacs were lasting a lot longer than they previously thought. Joyce

[quote user="Bobsk8"] . Her major concern is that they want to start using these chips on human patients for ID purposes. [/quote] Whoa!! Are you serious? Where did you hear that anyone wanted to start chipping people? Who is "they?" And what would their reasons for this be? Joyce