Recent content by BarbaraCT

Thanks. I am going to have to try the tethering. They played outside and I saw them both poo and pee and then not five minutes after I let them in and they went into the family room, George peed and poo-ed in a different spot from yesterday. I took him outside as fast as I could, but it was...

Hello all. I hope you can help me. I'm having an issue with my 20 month old boxer boy George. We have had a few days of miserable downpours. Yesterday was the worst of it and neither one of my dogs wanted to go out and do their business. However, after much coaxing, they did. Or at...

I can't wait for those days! I'm determined to get some sleep when I can so I can stop being so grumpy!

Thank you! Last night I did take him out 5 times between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., he didn't like being woken up, but he peed every single time. It hasn't even been a year since I potty trained Penny and already I'd forgotten how hard it was to keep getting up and going out in the middle of the...

Hi there, I'm looking for some help please! I have a 7 month old resuce puppy who was used to spending 12-14 hours in a crate. Since his previous "owner" left water in the cate, you can guess what happens. He pees in the crate and has no problem sleeping in it. He has only been here...

Thanks for the reply. I am definitely anxious! And super-tired. Penny is definitely on naughty patrol today, she even chewed my ottoman - something she has never done before. She flipped out when I gave her a new bully stick and then gave the puppy a new one too (her first). I...

Thanks. This puppy is scared of his shadow! If anyone moves, he jumps up in his crate. I took him out for a few 5 minute walks today while he is recovering and he was glued to the driveway, I couldn't get him to go move. Every time he falls asleep, he jumps up. I'll definitely look into...

Hello all, Due to an unexpected situation (a very long and sad story) I picked up a 7 month old boxer from our vet yesterday afternoon who had been neutered in the morning. Well, when the vet brought him out, he was like a different dog from the one I met before (my vet, who is a boxer...

Penny is almost 15 months old and is 70 pounds.

It's amazing how many people think every dog breed they aren't familiar with is a pit. Penny's trainer has 4 of them, she should bring them to my house and take a walk down my block so that people can tell the difference! We are in group training and one-on-one (for recall training) and now...

Thanks - I do have to be careful because I want to shush her and baby her and I know it's wrong, but sometimes I can't help it and I have to stop. I'm so annoyed at Bike Guy and I know that he is telling people on the block that she's a mean and nasty dog since I have neighbors that like to...

Thank you for such great information. I have to re-train myself to remain calm. I do try but I get so amped up that she is going to react that I'm on edge with her. We just came from the dog park and I stopped in because it was empty so I figured she could use a good run. We weren't...

Thank you! The vet's explanation was that her fear period was when she was much younger and because she was so well-socialized from early on, that she couldn't imagine why Penny would be afraid of anything. Since Penny knows the vet and the office, she wasn't showing any signs of...

Hi everyone! My Penny is going to be a year old next week (3/17) and in the last month or so she has gone from a sweet, outgoing, friendly, fearless bundle of joy to a bundle of nerves and growls - almost overnight. There is literally not one thing that has changed about her routine, food...

Thanks! I really am hoping everything works out well. Your two sound so cute, I would love having the two of them and my boys are overjoyed at the idea of two more kidney beans!