Recent content by smudges mama

same boat Hi there - I am pretty much in the same boat as you are - at least you seem to have a sense of humour about it (pulling your pants down comment)! I struggle with this as I am not seeing the funny side these days! I got some really helpful replies to my post (just a little ways down...

think carefully It sounds like you really care for this dog and will find it very hard to give her back but I would urge you to think this through very carefully. Your last update concerned me a bit. It sounds to me like you are trying to talk yourself into this even though on some level you...

Thanks! Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! Today I discovered a fullly fenced off-leash dog park. I have to drive to get to it but I think I will be going every day for the next while so that smudge can get a good playtime and exercise. I can't take her to an unfenced park because her...

I am having a terrible time trying to walk my 5 month old boxer Smudge. She needs exercise and I would love to take her on good long walks but she is so excited and distracted by being outside that she pulls to the point of choking herself and I cannot get her attention. I took her to puppy...

Hi fellow boxer lovers! We just brought home Smudge, our lovely little 9 week old boxer girl. She is our second boxer, our first one died 5 years ago when I was expecting our daughter. We are so excited to have a boxer in the house again! This is the first time raising a puppy for me (our...