Recent content by Kailin

Lucy has been fretful all day, wanting nothing more than to chew on something. She got hold of a pillow and when she chewed it she left blood all over it. When I checked her gums and teeth, I found that one tooth was blackish at the base and very loose--I think it was the source of the blood on...

Lucy absolutely loves to eat ice cubes. She learned this from her big brother, Buddy. :) Also she loves to take a bath--she laps at the water the entire time! (First dog I've ever met that thought baths were a game!) And she thinks getting sprayed with the hose is loads of fun too, especially on...

*grin* I have two water dishes for my pups... They're both filled from the same water source--but while the inside bowl is nice and clean, the outside one has all kinds of dirt and dead leaves and bugs in the water. They never drink from the inside dish, unless they're really really desperate...

My brother's Boxer would walk up to us and snort whenever he needed to go outside. I don't know how he hit upon this method, but getting sprayed with snot is a really good attention-grabber... It's certainly not something he was trained to do tho. ;) I'm trying to teach Lucy to bark before...

I've had wonderful results with the Gentle Leader and Halti collars... My Dane has a GL and my Boxer has a Halti, both work about the same way but the Halti is cheaper. They pretty much eliminated pulling within a few minutes. And both of my dogs were serious problem pullers! Kailin, Buddy (2...

Lucy's very funny about settling down for bed... She will try seven or eight different spots on the bed before she finally is satisfied and ready to sleep. If we're downstairs when she gets tired she'll go from one end of the sofa to the other, then to the chair, then to one end of the loveseat...

Lucy will eat just about anything--pears, plums, strawberries, bananas, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, cheese, bread...her favorite tho are oranges and apples, she just loves them! MacIntosh especially. And she'll chew on an orange peel for *hours* at a time. She also likes to eat sticks, dirt...

In our puppy obedience class on Wednesday nite (4/4/1) Lucy quite suddenly began noisily grinding her teeth, and she has been doing so off and on ever since then. She had never done this before Wednesday nite to the best of my knowledge. I thought at the time that it might be frustration (she...

That's very similar to what happened with my Dane, before he came to live with me... :( :( :( I'm so glad you and Cooper were there to make a difference! Let us know if you hear anything more about Apollo. I hope that girl and her sister do the right thing by taking him in to the Rescue...

Yes, it does happen. :) It takes Boxers a long time to mature tho--up to three years, depending on the dog. I've lived with a male Boxer (my brother's dog, back when we were in high school) that had free run of the house and never ever had any problems. But he was already 3 when we adopted him...

Our Boxer Nano would chase the cats outside as a game (tho they never thought it much fun!) and he never caught them. Inside he only had to get swatted once by Delilah for him to learn to give her a wide berth...and he never would look her in the eye, he always gave her a very wary glance when...

Rawhide is not safe as it is non-digestible. It does not break down in a dog's stomach, not even a little bit. If a dog swallows a piece (and manages to do so without choking on it), this could potentially cause a tear or blockage in the intestines. Pig and cow ears or hooves are almost as...

Thanks for the warm welcome! :) It's all set! She'll be coming home in three weeks, female fawn, black mask... I haven't picked a name yet--I have to spend a few days getting to know her before we can decide on a name that suits her. :) She's in PA and I'm in MD so it'll be a lil' bit of a...

Hi all, I'm Kailin... I'm 25 and living on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I'm about to get my very own Boxer puppy! I've lived with a Boxer before (my brother has had a brindle Boxer, Nano, since we were both in high school) but I've never yet experienced the joys of puppyhood. I'm actually looking...