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How big is it and where is it?

Hi, I have one of these in blue. Blue would be a color that people would pay attention to if your dog was running along. You can get them on Amazon. http://www.niteize.com/product/SpotLit-LED-Collar-Light.asp

So sorry for your loss

I saw it earlier today.....that's one BIG DOG!!!

*HUG*

I get 12" jumbo odor-free bully sticks from BestBully.com. His teeth are excellent, and they don't bother his stomach.

When the house gets below 70, Taylor is glaring at me.....looking like he is ready to leave and walk back to his adoption agency

So very sorry

That is SO FUNNY! Taylor doesn't whine too much, but a couple of months ago he started groaning when he farts and is asleep. At least it gives me warning and a moment to run to the other side of the room :o

YEAH!!!!! :bounce8

I'm so sorry.

Good timing with this topic. Taylor came here 10 months ago (after 14 months at the adoption agency waiting for a home!!!!), and he settled in quite fast. I live on the second floor, with an outside concrete staircase, and he learned stairs when he was brought here. Up/down/up and that was it. He has never had an accident in the house, never has been destructive, and after the first night of sleeping in a crate, he has slept on his bed outside of my bedroom in the hallway ever since (with my bedroom door open). Other than a little separation anxiety the first 6 weeks (just pacing.....I used my web-cam to see how he was progressing), he's been fine. BUT, just a few weeks ago, let's just say his personality is coming out? Like he now plays with stuffies and not just for 15 seconds? More like a few minutes of rampaging around throwing them in the air, or wiggling around on his back waiting for me to get down and wrestle with him (all 90 pounds of him and those back legs do leave a mark when he kicks me). The latest, the past few nights, instead of him laying there sleeping upside down from 7:30 PM or so till I wake him up at midnight to go out so I can then go to bed, anywhere from 8:00 to 10:00 PM he'll wake up and start wiggling around. Then he gets up and stomps on a toy or two. Then runs to the door to go out, and when he gets in the back yard (around 20' x 30') he starts doing zoomies like a lunatic. The lawn looks like Poland after being bombed in WWII. For the first time, last night at 9:30, he started digging a hole in the dirt and I stopped him before he hit water (we live across from the ocean). Then got him back in (after hosing the mud off of his feet), and after 15 minutes of laying there on his side on his bed panting, it was "legs up and zzzzzzzzzz" till I got him up to go out at midnight. Then MORE ZOOMIES!! Talk about bursts of energy? Most of the time I feel like I have to put a mirror under his nose to make sure he's breathing . Oh well. He's cute.

The only time Taylor sits is when we are outside, and then it's side-saddle as he scratches at his neck and spins his collar around and around. Once in a while, he might get up from sleeping and go into a sitting position for around 5 seconds. That's accompanied by a look of "Huh?? Where am I?? What am I doing??"

:f_white

It's finally getting cooler and dryer here in South Florida and I see Taylor getting nutty (more often). Nothing like zoomies outside at midnight!!!

Thanks for the good news.

Dear Jan, So sorry about your loss. MiMi was a sweetie. Thank you for giving her such a loving home. Mark & Taylor

Dear Jan, It was an honor, and a pleasure, to have Taylor and I visit you last month. Pal was such a sweetie. My heart aches for you. Mark & Taylor

Guarding the green bag (with his eyes closed).

Taylor has been on IAMS green bag for 3 weeks. Within ONE DAY, he was having bounce-off-the-ground poops for the first time in 8 months of 4 different kinds of "high-end" ($$$$$$$$) foods.

One of the rare occasions when all of him was on his bed....and his head wasn't resting on something as hard as a rock .

Taylor loves his bolster bed, and when it's on top of his Costco bed, he is a HAPPY BOY!

Taylor and I are on the same grooming schedule: every 4 weeks I get a haircut, and every 4 weeks he gets his nails trimmed for $7.00. No....not at the same place . Taylor gets his work done at the groomers.

I get Taylor the odor-free jumbo sized 12" Bully Sticks from Bestbully.com and according to his vets, his teeth are great. They don't see soft at all. They have 10% off specials around once a month and I buy them in the 25 pack.

The changeover in food started 2 weeks ago, and the past few days has been mostly the new food.