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    Bell Walker & Bugsy

    in Remembrance

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    Pat I simply can't imagine how devastating this must be for you. Your love for your girls shines through in every word. The tears are still flowing here for them and for you. Bell Walker and Bugsy are together and both of them will stay tucked in your heart and our memories forever. flowers_pink.gifflowers_pink.gif

    Izzy, Dear Sweet Izzy

    in Remembrance

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    It was such a shock to hear that sweet Izzy was gone. Sherri, I am so very sorry your sweet boy had to leave you but, oh my he was so loved by you and Jim and his life was so good. We will miss him.

    Run free sweetheart. rungrey.gifgrouphug.gif

    Bones, What Are Your Thoughts On This Controversial Issue.

    in Food and dietary discussion

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    Our dogs get some kind of bone every meal but we don't provide weight bearing bones from any large animal (cow,pig, etc). They eat chicken backs, wings, feet, necks, and small drumsticks. Turkey necks, wingtips, duck neck and feet are the other types. All of these are available at local grocery stores but we can buy the chicken backs in bulk from a butcher.

     

     

    We, as well, have seen the benefits of raw bone chewing but prefer to stick to ones they chew and swallow.

     

    I don't feed exclusively raw but these are the kind of teeth cleaning raw bones I give mine 2-3 times a week for teeth cleaning purposes as well as shear joy of eating purposes. None of mine have ever needed a dental yet. Hopefully they won't.

    Growling

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    NO you do not correct them for growling when on the couch, they are telling you that they are uncomfortable. If you read my post, you would see what I say to do about growling on the couch, you get them off the couch. They cannot differentiate between their bed, and the couch. So say you have a little child that is getting too close to your hound when he is on his bed. You have taught the hound not to growl ever when on a bed, so he doesn't, the kid keeps coming, and since you are watching, you don't see a problem. The hound is not beyond its comfort zone and air snaps at the child. You freak out and punish the hound for something that YOU DID.

     

    So NO you do NOT correct for growling on a sofa or bed. Food, again you need to understand WHY the hound is growling. Trust is the issue yet again. So if you don't fix the underlying issue (TRUST), then you remove the safety net and get bitten. Plain and simple...

     

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    How Often Do You Take Your Hound Out For Bathroom Breaks?

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    Just an aside, she WAS housetrained in her foster home. However that does not generalize to your home or any other home she may be taken to. What you know is that she is well able to be housetrained and then treat her like a new pup and start from the beginning. It should be a quick process. If you can't yet read her signals and she hasn't yet learned to make them more obvious, then try the tether to you process. In other words you don't ever let her out of your sight when she is not confined. It is much easier to scoot them out the door plus you do get to see their signals a little more easily. Good luck!

    Aggressive When Running With Others

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    Frankly I think unless you can find one or a couple of other dogs that can handle him and they all get a good run then I would not take him. In fact in our group you would be asked to not attend. It really defeats the purpose of a playgroup/ run group to have all the other dogs shut down cause of one. And certainly that is not a slam at your boy. It's just his nature. I often have to remove Jonah cause he can be an absolute PITA with some dogs.

    Walking 2 Dogs

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I slide my entire right hand/wrist...up to my forearm...right through the loops of all leashes.

    Then I grab the leashes with my left hand, placing the two dogs on my left side and off we go.

     

    None of mine are spooks or bolters, but this way, the leashes are 'attached' to me with my arm through the loops, and held in my hand.

     

    Now I'm taking three dogs, I still have my right hand/arm through all three loops.

    I hold Nigel & Ruby's leashes in my right hand and lace them on my right side and grab Nixon's leash in my left and he walks on the left.

    They all walk along just fine like this.

     

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    Chewing Shoes And Remotes

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I never won the shoe war with Jilly and she did not chew them all the time only whenever the mood struck her. I am also not good at putting mine away so the compromise was a babygate at the back door whenever I left the house. She never chewed when I was at home.So in essence the shoes were gated away from her.

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