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I already have ordered from photobucket, which does ship to Canada (I know this isn't the issue here) but great quality and all. Quite expensive however, but as you can see (https://secure.photobucket.com/print/calendars) there are promotional sales going on. I have no idea if you can do it the way you did it other years. Or if it is just a one time order. Anyway. Photobucket and Shutterfly does ship to Canada. There I said it Any one you choose (wal-mart or MyCanvas), I would order one. We can try Wally's as a group and if this year really doesn't work quality wise, you can always go back next year to MyCanvas?

I'm so sorry Run free Spriet

We had issues with Jack too. He was on lamb kibble, but having terrible gas and mushy poos. We put him on a bland diet, (chicken and rice) it got better, a week later, it was perfect poo, but horrible cramps. We wormed and switched to another brand of kibble (chicken and rice) as it just couldn't be any worse. We had explosive diarrhea (that was normal on kibble at this point...) and pudding poo at first and were about to cry. We waited just for the sake of it. One week later, perfect poo. We then wormed a second time to be sure and we didn't have any more issues

This one! http://www.2houndsdesign.com/Freedom-No-Pull-Harness/

Apparently it is a natural dewormer. With Jack I think it help keep his "wrigglies" under control when we first got him (we were unaware he had worms given the negative fecals...). When we stopped the carrots, he began having stomach cramps, diarrhea, being sick.... We wormed, and now we don't even need the carrots for firming things up

super update!

Mine won't eat fresh carrots, but will gladly the olewo, go figure...If you want to go fresh, I'd rather go with some pumpkin than carrots though

Awwwww adorable earsies! They will make a cute pair!

It would just be twice as noisy!

I think you might have a few options.. 1. Moving the crate like a foot at a time until the hound sleeps where you want him to sleep. Granted you will sleep a couple of nights with the hound right in the doorway! 2. Move him someplace where you want him to sleep and sleep in the same room for a few nights until he gets used to sleeping elsewhere. 3. Does he needs a crate? Mine would totally wake me up just by moving and shaking the crate up. He sleep in his bed in the corner of the room and never so much as put a paw on the floor. He does groom occasionally, but it has become rare now. Before he got well settled (about 6 months) he would groom every night for lenghty minutes doing obnoxious snorting and grunting. That was irritating! But that has faded. 4. Ear plugs. Of course you must understand that if he has slept with you for the past 2 months, he must feel excluded if you tried to get him to sleep elsewhere right away Just like if your wife suddenly wanted you to sleep in the living room for no reasons Hope that helps Good luck! P.s. Your boy is gorgeous

So sorry for your loss. Breeze seemed like a really amazing girl

Try maybe setting an alarm. Then pushing the time back Set it for 4h30 (or before she whines) then get up and do your morning routine. Then 4h35 and so on until you get to 5h30 Hopefully she will learn to get up with the alarm and not before.

When Jack was sick in the morning he wouldn't eat anything. The trick was to get something in him (like a pb toast) and a few minutes later he would eat

I would just guess she is hungry. Does Ruby get a Bedtime snack? Maybe that could help?

That is a hefty amount of food! How active is your grey? Mine is 82 pounds and we feed a little under 4 cups per day. He is actually gaining weight at 4 cups

Ditto! My man had to do this in the backyard also

Is there any reason why you feel the need for her to go potty on your patio? My Jack holds it all day when we are gone for work and we don't have a problem, plus he does not RUSH to go when we get home. He still needs to find the perfect tree! Plus he has decided he won't poo in the yard unless it is an emergency, go figure. We once stayed the whole afternoon in the yard just laying around and playing. No poo until we went for a walk. It's one of those things! If she isn't messeing the house, why force her? As for the big dogs, everything is very new to her. She never seen another type of dog before! Take your time, keep the interactions to a minimum and positive! Good luck!

Amazing!

The DAP really worked for us! And we only needed to use it for 2 months. Then we used the collar again when we left for 2 weeks so he wouldn't be too upset by our leaving. That said, we have had Jack for about 9 months now. It took 2 1/2 month to overcome his SA, and still to this day, me and my husband cannot leave at the same time when he knows we are leaving as he gets anxious, paces and comes to the door waiting for us instead of napping. So I tell my husband to leave, then I give him his kong and leave myself (about a 1 minute process). As simple as that We do a 20-30 minutes fast walk before leaving him for the day and he is good with that 30 minutes of noise isn't that bad I believe in a few days he will be over it

Congratulation on the addition he seems very sweet

For the sit, we used the tuck and fold method! Basically, I had one arm in front of his chest and then with the other I pressed behind his knee. Then congratulate "sit" and give cookie with first hand. Took us 2 weeks of unconsistent training to teach

As for the schedule, the first few weeks was : Everytime he got up from his bed - outside!!! Eventually, he learned that a walk means "Do your business we are leaving you alone or sleeping and we won't be disturbed". So here it goes : 5h30 : Up - feeding time 5h32 (whenever he finishes) : Out - Pee 6h15 : Walk - p&p Here I leave for work after the walking 4h15 : Walk - p&p 5h15 : Feeding 6h30 : Play time in yard - pee 7h30-8h : Walk - pee and seldom poo The walks are about 20 to 30 minutes long Hope that helps

Oh my, she's adorable!!!

Oh boy, successful story here too! Don't worry it does clear up eventually We initially put Jack in his crate when leaving with some toy (nylabone and his cuddle plushie), a blanket, a water bowl and a kong. He would destroy the bowl and put water everywhere in the first hour, then proceed to chew the blanket to pieces (can't remember how much blanket I bought) and then he would howl for the rest of the day. So we said, why not let him roam free? Well he kept running from window to window, getting on the couch, then on the stair ramp (eeeek), ramming the front door, howling. He never settled. So he went back in the crate. We plugged in a DAP diffuser literally a foot from his crate. He calmed down for 30 minutes, then an hour, then each day he was quiet for longer and longer. We reached 6 hours of quietude. Then one day, all hell broke loose and the howling started again, we wanted to cry! We tried him out of the crate again, he discovered there was a bed downstairs he could use and that was the end of the saga. Now, he actually WANTS us to leave to get his kong! He gets whiny in the morning during the week-end The whole process took us about 2 1/2 months-3 months. You are almost there, keep trying stuff! You will find what works for you

I do a 20 to 30 minutes walk in the morning right before leaving, depending on the weather. He goes maybe 3-5 times on most mornings, sometimes more. And he is fine for up to 11 hours (We don't usually leave him that long, but it happened once, traffic and such...)