Riverhound

Every time he goes upstairs. Practice when no one is out there. Up and down, over and over.

Except that greysmom knows way more than I do... Maybe a combination of her method and sometimes having a random chick hiding behind your door?

Can you ask the women to be his "reward" at the top of the stairs?

Joe does this some mornings after drinking too much, too quickly. He prefers to get up on the sofa with me and aim it down my back. I love him.

What do you think of the age thing? How old is too old?

Joe wouldn't eat for anything when he first came home, so I started adding Romano cheese to his meals, and he gained 10 lbs. then I had to cut him back, and he really missed his cheese! Like the others are saying, don't sweat it right now. Even a skinny arse greyhound can survive losing a couple pounds when they first come home. It's ok. Don't bother with "training" now, just manners. No, dog, you can't take my pizza out of my hand. Lay there nicely and I'll toss you the crust when I'm done!

Half a turkey per dog? Wow. They would love it, and bone in turkey gives better output than green bag. But half a turkey seems like a lot of chow. I get free turkeys from work, and so do hubby and Mom. I always give my turkey away to a coworker, but somehow we ended up with an extra one once, and then didn't eat it. Seriously don't remember when.

Not sure. 3, 4 years? Haven't dug back to where it's been "living" yet! Kim, the effing fridge came back to life Sunday, then crapped out again Monday. Thank god for the kegerator! We have beer, milk, butter, and cheese!

The crate was invaluable to us when each of of our two first came home. With Joe, because he's a nosesy-pants and was getting into everything. With Brees, because Joe kinda wanted to eat her! It's mainly used as a den (door open) by Brees now, but Joe will go in when he's playing musical beds. I recently used it for Brees at night when we had a Shih Tzu staying with us that she sometime forgot wasn't a bunny. Snowpuppy's point about crates at the vet is valid. Even you just crate the dog briefly at random intervals, it will make them less likely to flip out if they have to be crated for medical reasons. I think having one is a good idea. It may be a waste of money and space, but it may also be a great tool. And then, there are dogs like Tricia's Murray. When she says he'd kill himself to get out of a crate, I believe her 100%. That *isnt't* the norm, but it happens. (And Murray is the best, best dog!)

My fridge died. I'll be getting a new one this weekend. The freezer is fine, but I don't want to transfer scary old crap into the new freezer and then never do anything with it. Sooo, do I ask my Dad to chainsaw the beast into usable chunks? Toss the dogs outside with the turkey-sicle for a day or three? (maybe inviting friends' hounds over for an hour of chew time each?) Just put it out for trash? I don't remember why I even have it...

That sounds promising!

Yup. X 2! I do feed raw meals sometimes, also, but the joy and teeth cleaning benefits of those are worth the ick factor.

Oh, no. Pam, I'm so sorry!

How bout a benedryl?

I'm sorry. There's nothing else to say.

I have Trupanion, a friend has Healthy Paws. We're both happy. I might do Healthy Paws next time, as they have an annual deductible vs. per incident, but I can't complain at all about Trupanion. They just send checks!

Fingers crossed for you.

Love the Burt's Bees shampoo!

Rinse in a solution of warm water, Epsom salts and betadine. That'll help dry things. Whenever they lick, I pull out the bag I wash the foot in, and they stop. "Do you want your foot in a bag?" is a powerful question here! To cover the wound, I use a tube sock, taped in several places to try to keep it up.

Get some crappy garden fencing at home depot. The wire stuff that you just jab into the ground. Show it to her before you turn her loose, and maybe hang some ribbons off it. That's how I keep mine from pooping in the flower beds! It's not pretty, but it works!

Agree about the martingale needing to come off. It does look like they want to like each other, so that's good, but please play it safe. Yes, mouthing is "normal" dog play, but only when dogs are comfortable together and understand each other's boundaries. I've had two together for more than two years, and I still use muzzles at times. I figure they're the hound equivalent of a bike helmet!

Ha, ha, Irene! They would never. . . No unusual output thus far, and no extra urgency. We're past the 24 hour mark. The Hispanic market down the street has whole ones. Those are on my list next!

They each got 1 -- they came split, so 1/2 a foot each. Yes, they were frozen. No overnight issues.

They just ate them. Took longer to get through than chicken quarters, so that's good for the teeth. I'll let you know if I see any ill effects over the next couple days.

That would be a hell of a ride!