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I have noticed that when Gus plays with my daughter who is now 7 he is gentle but he will jump and nip at my son. Reason we think is because my son screams loud and sometime even like a girl when playing with the dog, therefore is almost seems that Gus thinks he is getting hurt and trys to pull...

have you tried puppy pads and leave them out in the kitchen to see if he will pee on them rather then the carpet?

leaving alone Where do you get these Buster Cubes, Puzzle Toys and Kongs? How come when they are in the kennel all day they don't have accidents but the minute we try to do our best and leave them out they pee all over the place. Gus can hold it all day when in his kennel and all night when he...

leaving him alone Thing that gets me is that he is great all night long without getting in anything but during the day he gets mad. I normally shut all the doors so he only has access to the family room and kitchen. I will start with a 15 minutes at a time and see how he does. Thanks

what is a kong? what is a kong?

gus will be 2 at the end of July and we during the day he is in his kennel (during the school year) at night he stays out and has full roam of the house and does great. However, we have tried to leave him out for 30 minutes at a time and he will destory things. Once he dragged my pool wraft out...

Where do you buy your food? I have never heard of some of these dog food names. I normally shop at the grocery store or the farm store. I don't feed him any table food and my daughter bought him some doggy snacks and after a few he got sick. Come to find out they were chicken flavored, pizza...

Gus most of the time will just puke up his dog food but knock on wood he has not done that since we switched. The only two times he has puked up tree bark it has been clear liquid and tiny tree bark (sticks). We were feeding him Nitro which was mostly chicken and after this last giant bag of non...

Gus loves to eat tree limbs that fall on the ground, problem is after a while he starts to puke tree bark. I have had him to the vet which tells me he is allergic to something. We have been going through a spell where he would puke every night. We switched him to non allergenic dog food and he...

Hi, my name is Melissa and I have a 2 year old Fawn boxer male. Our first family pet and love him. He is a handful with the personality of my husband. I plan to learn alot about the breed from this website. Thanks