Recent content by j12toad

I am not an expert but it may be from seperation anxiety. A really good book I have started reading and many people from the forum have read and recomend is the Dog Listener from Jan Fennell.

Thanks for the advise. :D :D :D

Back in March we got our second boxer, Cooper, male at 8 weeks old. He is now 4 months old, and his sister Riley is a year and a half. They are always playing, or stealing toys from each other. Recently though, Riley will get on top of Cooper, as in showing dominance and Cooper become very...

My inlaws live on a lake in Fredericksburg, VA so we go down there almost every weekend with our two boxers. Riley, the oldest, 1 1/2 loves the water but up unitl last weekend would not go past where she could not stand. My wife was out in the cove swimming, and Riley was on the shore standing...

Its not actaully "shoe laces" its more just water dropping from her mouth. I guess its nothing to worry about then.

Riley my 1.5 year old has started this drooling/salavating thing. We have got in the habit of giving her a treat when we leave or go to bed or when she comes in from doing her business. So when we go to get the treat, she sits and waits, and before you know it, there are drops of drool or...

Here is my situatation... I have a 1.5 year old girl that is gated off downstairs, and now I have a 13 week old male who is crated at night. During the week we get up early to beat the traffic so the dogs get to go outside by 6am. Well on the weekends, my wife and I would like to sleep in...

Our new pup is now 11 wks, old and is still crying in his crate. We ignore him at night and when we leave the house. But when we come home, he starts crying when we open the garage door. I want to get him out as soon as possible because I know he needs to go outside... so what do I do...

Have you divided the crate off so he only has enough room to turn around? Also, are you removing the items that he has peed on, its not good to put those items back in the crate as they will continue to pee on it.

I am getting frustrated... our new guy is now 10 weeks old, and when we take him out on his leash, he just stands there, refuses to move. If I give a slight tug or try to coax him to come to me, he stands his ground, and will not move. So I then drop the leash so I can continue out to "the...

My first girl is 1.5 years old, and I just got her a brother that is 10 weeks today. When we did puppy class with our first, they said if they are doing some thing wrong to never say their name, they will think there name is bad and learn not to respond to it. So my question is, if our first...

I got a 10 week old boxer, and I know I am supposed to feed him 3 times a day... how long do I do that? What age do i switch to two meals a day?

I used to feed Iam.... but have switched to Canidae about a month and a half ago. Wow what a difference... Riley's coat is so soft now, and she loves to eat, not that she didn't before. Her poops are firmer and have actually reduced slightly. From other readings, I think that is due to the...

No pics, but funny story .... Our new 9 week old baby sleeps with his crate on tire floor on the 1st floor, and his gated off there so if he messes he wont mess in the crate. Well this morning before my wife went down to get him, he had climbed the baby gate and climbed up the stairs and...