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Happy Birthday Polli! We miss you. Celebrate with a few drinks with Loca and the others, ok?

I'm adding Linus, my beloved cat, to the list

That is a long list. It's been a bad year. Hugs to all that are missing our beloved family members

I'm so very sorry for your loss

Marty, have you seen this post?

I'm so sorry for your loss

I'm so sorry for your loss

Oh Heather, I'm so very sorry. Augie was truly special

I posted the link to this thread in EEG for better exposure and pmed a few people about this.

Loca was not cat safe at all when i adopted her, despite having tested small animal safe at her group. she eventually became cat safe with some work. i had her tied to my waist with my leash whenever i was home. i corrected her every time she even looked at the cat and praised her when she didn't; she was muzzled whenever i wasn't home and when she wasn't attached to me. i knew it worked when about 1.5 months later i came home from work and found loca without her muzzle and the cat alive and well. i don't know how long it took, but i would say she wasn't even cat workable when i first brought her home. give that a try...

Respect is earned. You may demand obedience, and you may get it, but that doesn't guarantee you will get respect, whether it is your dog or your husband or your kid Of course, obedience is easier to get when they respect you. Check out the free articles by Suzanne Clothier at the Flying Dog Press site. this made me laugh. you can't demand respect from anybody or anything, including a greynhound. the majority of us adopted dogs who are already well behaved, leash trained, housebroken and used to being handled by people. housemanners may be lacking, but those will come. personally, i don't think demanding respect will get you anywhere. for the poster who felt that we don't spend lots of time doing obedience training with our dogs, you're right, many of us don't. as i posted earlier in this post, greyhounds are already pretty well behaved. despite the fact that Treasure didn't learn any of her obedience school commands, she BY FAR the best behaved dog in her class. i guess it depends what you're looking for.

Phoenix learned a lot in obedience school and does really well with sit, down, etc. Treasure learned absolutely nothing in obedience school but she sure looked cute! To be honest, the only commands that I care about are "wait" and "stay", which they both do. There are other ways of establishing yourself as pack leader than teaching commands. I concentrated on not allowing the dogs to run me over on the stairs and waiting for me to walk out the door first. Despite their lack of commands, they are still the gentlest, best behaved dogs I know.

I remember Santa!He was at the kennel when I adopted Treasure. I met him; he's a real sweetheart. Congratulations!

OK, I have a sitter for Phene. My friend can't take both since her hound has some health issues. Treasure is cat safe, small dog safe and kid safe and she's a hoot! My trip is February 11 - 28. thanks

I used this harnesswith Loca.

I'm so sorry for your loss

I'm so very sorry for your loss

How very sad

I guess volunteering in a kennel would help. Like others, I haven't yet healed from Loca's death, nor have I been able to bring myself to write a proper memorial. I hope you find something that helps you

I'm so sorry for your loss. I remember how it seemed like Hobbes was at GRA for such a long time and how thrilling it was when I saw that he had been adopted.

I'm so sorry, Andrea

Lynn, I'm so sorry. I know how special Bea was and she loved you very much.

wow, what a jump!! i can see that Tess was very special

I remember Irska. He was so beautiful and special. He is missed by many of us