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2 issues: My boxer, Baron, is just over 2 yrs. old. We have been keeping him in his crate while we are at work (4 hrs. max - I come home for lunch) & he does pretty good but I thought that he may be old enough for a little freedom. I tried leaving him in the utility room, object of...

Baron's ears were cropped @ 12 wks. of age. He is now just over 7 months old.

We've got good cop & bad cop @ my house. My wife is the good cop & I'm the bad cop. I'll whip him in a minute if I can catch him digging that 3' hole in my back yard. Lucky for him I can never catch him in the act. However, whenever I do catch him, the feelings are hurt alot more than the...

I had a boxer when I was young & we taped her ears for about 2 wks. We got Baron's ears cropped about 4 months ago & they are still not standing properly. Both ears are curling back @ the tiips & the left ear still flops back @ mid point some to most of the time. I know I did bad...

Update Thanks to all of you who responded w/ your advise & comments. Well, Baron got his ears cropped on Thursday morning & had to stay overnight @ the vet. That was the toughest part - we missed him alot & knew that he would miss his favorite blanket & toys. We didn't know how he...

We are bringing our puppy home from getting his ears cropped tommorrow & wanted to know if any of you guys had any good suggestions on how we can comfort & take care of him in his next few painful days. This is all new to us and we don't know what to expect or what needs to be done. I'm...

I have decided between 2 different vets to perform the ear crop on my puppy and I am receiving some conflicting information between them. Our current vet chooses to crop ears between 10 & 12 weeks of age which is similar to what I have read (our puppy is 11 wks. now). Our other choice of...

I tried to get by w/out using a crate for my puppy, against others recommendations, but have now come to my senses. I have noticed that there are plastic "kennels" and metal cage type "crates". Are there any benifits to having one over the other for keeping my 10 week old puppy, Baron, while...