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Trusted with the precious

feeds@yuku.com (roachflower) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:07:04 GMT

Does anyone remember when Sarah coined the term gollum for how some dogs basically love a bone without actually eating it? My Karma and Ginger both do that, while Shakespeare is chewing away. The other night I was sitting indian style on the floor with the baby while the dogs had some rawhide. Karma started looking for a place to hide hers, trying under a cushion and behind the desk but pacing and unsure of her hiding spots. So she picked it up and brought it over to me and tucked it into...

dog is afraid/upset when I cook

feeds@yuku.com (marybeme) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:48:58 GMT

Has anyone seen similar behavior in a dog? I have had my dogs now for 3.5 years. (They are nearly 10 now; came from a shelter.) I live alone so don't cook all that often. When I first got him, he would only get upset when I cooked meat and I thought it was a reaction to a scent of burning. He runs to the back door and wants to get out. Or he runs upstairs and hides under the bed. Over the past year it has gotten to be anything I cook - even when I boil water. last night I cooked a...

Need help with crate training my puppy!

feeds@yuku.com (MrBrown) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:27:59 GMT

We got our 3 month old puppy 2 days ago, and while he might be very cute, he's also not properly housebroken. We've been trying different methods, and we're assuming it's gonna take sometime. The real problem comes at night. We don't want to laave him out of the crate because we know he will soil all over the house. However, whenever we put him inside the crate he cries and barks for hours on end. We could possibly deal with that, if it wasn't for the fact whenever he...

Question about rawhides.

feeds@yuku.com (evas) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:08:03 GMT

Hello everyone,
I apologize in advance for the length of this post...

I recently purchased a few rawhides for my dog. She is a 3 year old Miniature Pinscher mix (15 pounds), that I rescued and have had for 1 year.
When I first brought her home, I offered her bones to chew on but she would become very protective of them to the point of growling very loudly and sounding very snarky (she is a vocal dog anyway and growls during play all the time, but these are different...

6 month old puppy wont stop messing in house, new addition to family

feeds@yuku.com (amandarudy) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:42:45 GMT

I just got this dog last week. The previous owner claimed he was housebroken. He is not. He will go out sometimes but then like tonight he went out, peed then came in the house and peed n pooped. I am a high risk pregnancy. Hes got 1 foot out the door at this point. I cant have the stress or germs in my house. I was told he was housebroken when i got him. Obviously not true. I was only trying to get my son a dog for christmas and hes about to lose that gift because I cant take it. If I crate...

puppy biting dd and won't stop

feeds@yuku.com (reneegavin) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:14:20 GMT

My 10-11 week old puppy is absolutely adorable and can be the sweetest thing in the world. However, he has begun to bit (like all puppies do). He bites my 12 yo dd mercilessly! It is at the point where she is afraid to go in the same room as him. Once he starts, he will NOT stop! We've tried "NO!" in the deep boming voice, the high pitched squealy voice, pushing him away, leaving the room, & the "Cesar Millan claw'. None of the things phase him. As a matter...

Older dog starting to chew

feeds@yuku.com (kbCreative) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:16:22 GMT

I have an 11.5-year-old GSD mix who hasn't had a chewing problem until the last couple of years. It started out as chewing when we would go out of town (of course, we had made arrangements for someone to feed her and let her out a couple of times a day). But now, we could just be out of the house to run errands. What is going on? How can I fix it?

Thanks,
Kristy

Please Help! My dog hates strangers.

feeds@yuku.com (laurengrilli) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:11:21 GMT

Hello,

This is my first time posting on this forum. Everyone seems very helpful and knowledgeable, so I thought that I might seek out some advice from you all!

I have a 3 year old mutt named Watson that I rescued six months ago from a shelter where he was about to be put down due to overcrowding. He's a small dog, around 25 pounds, and very cute - some sort of dachshund or corgi mix. When my boyfriend and I went to the shelter to pick him up, he was excited and...

Why does my dog do this? Bone obsession

feeds@yuku.com (Megan24) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:03:09 GMT

We brought Cooper home from the humane association about 7 weeks ago - he is now about 6-7 months old. They said he is a hound terrrier mix - he has a red coat and weighs about 23 pounds. After we adopted him but before we brought him home we went and got the requisite dog supplies including food, toys and some bone treats. When we got him home and gave him a bone he acted very strangely. He ran around crying and whinning and tried to bury the bone all over the house! (Behind the...

cavalier king charles puppy has piddle piddle problems. we need ur help

feeds@yuku.com (parker) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:58:15 GMT

hello friends, been desperately trying to potty train our male puppy for the last couple of weeks. he first learned to use pee pads (while he got all his vaccinations) which he learned very well. now as I transition him outside on the city streets he just doesn't get it. His poo signals are obvious so he has no accidents there. however he is peeing in his crate, in the car, on his play blankets and recently on our bed. he is just playing and all of sudden freezes and pees out of nowhere!...

New Doggie Wants to Play...Relentlessly

feeds@yuku.com (heymaen) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:54:59 GMT

This weekend, we adopted 1-year-old shepherd mix Ellie from our local Humane Society. We thought she'd be a great match for Annie, our 2-year-old mystery mutt, who we've had for a year and a half. Annie has lots of energy and loves to play with other dogs. At the pre-adoption meet-and-greet, the two seemed to have a similar play style and got along well.

Shortly after we got Ellie home, we started noticing that Annie reaches her limits on playtime a little sooner than Ellie...

Bob and rehab

feeds@yuku.com (radar) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:07:25 GMT

As part of Bob's rehab for his FHO we are to use cold packs after his range of motion exercises.
He HATES this!
He just lays there and trembles.
Seems to me if we are to be using this for pain reduction it is counter productive?
ROM goes well as does his controlled leash walking.
Using a cloth under the cold pack....Any ideas?

VIDEO: Reno practicing Mother May I

feeds@yuku.com (KellieB) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:51:39 GMT

Just Reno and I practicing in the kitchen. Thoughts? Comments? (be nice! )
At the beginning I throw the biscuit and it lands by the patio doors at the far end of the kitchen, though you never see it in the vid. Reno never makes it close, which is fine. My goal wasn't to get the cookie, but to get his attention. The time you see him sniffing he's about 3 feet from it still.
Also, in...

Update From Vet CallDoggie with diarrhea that led to blood

feeds@yuku.com (beaglefan) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:44:26 GMT

Hi Guys,
Kiki our 9 year old Beagle was finicky with her food the last few days and was only eating half a cup total all day when she usually eats 1 cup. This can be normal for her.

Last night she ate her 1/2 cup in the AM and 1/2 Cup in the PM and she went to bed around 10 PM. She woke up at 3:30 Am and had the diarrhea -brownish-yellow in color- she came in then threw up a little bit of her food --maybe 8 kernels of it-She has been going in and out about every hour.Less...

Puppy gets too excited around people

feeds@yuku.com (meathman) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:17:34 GMT

My puppy is a 12 week old chocolate lab. Ive been doing TONS of socialization with him. I take him to the post office, drug store, etc. he is always meeting people and loves them!... One thing Ive noticed is often when we're walking on a sidewalk for example and people start to approach he gets way too excited.. He PULLS on the end of his collar trying to rush towards the nearby people and greet them (he often whines as well)....Another example would be when were taking walks outside our...

When does "not understanding" become "ignoring"?

feeds@yuku.com (stratedge) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:10:42 GMT

I have a situation with my 3 month old puppy where we are starting to see signs he has attention issues; a pushy puppy if you will. At times he can be really good and very obidient, particularly if there's food around but not entirely limited to that. At other times, when he's worked up and excited (which is routinely when we return from an absence, first thing in the morning, etc), he can be a real pain in the butt.

With regards to:

Raw food?

feeds@yuku.com (rstrauss) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:45:20 GMT

Hi Dogurus: (Dog-Gurus)

I started feeding my dog raw chicken (bones and all, which he loves), and he has started gaining weight. How much of this should I feed him daily?

He is now 55 lbs and doesn't look fat (to me) but has definitely gained weight.

I called the Wolf Park in Indiana, where they said they feed their wolves an average of 5 lbs of raw food (road kill) per day. Their wolves weigh 80-100 lbs, which equals 1 lb of food for every 18 pounds of...

Why would Dakota be afraid of the backyard?

feeds@yuku.com (DakotasMom) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:01:48 GMT

This is a fairly new behaviour (couple of weeks?) that is very mystifying.

I first noticed it when we were playing fetch. I threw it twice and then he ran up the steps and basically refused to come down. And he won't play fetch at all now and even pottying he sticks in one area that isn't part of the grass. (It's a raised grove of trees and he potties in the dirt).

Could it be the feel of leaves? I have mulched with mower, but there is still a few. I...

Walking on beach/long line question

feeds@yuku.com (3dogsmom) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:08:17 GMT

I have mostly been sticking to the woods with Sophie as quite awhile back I had that bolting down the beach to a dog far in the distance episode, which I felt quite bad about as she probably looked rather intimidating coming at the speed which she is capable of. When we have gone to the beach I have kept her on leash as dogs approach us so she cannot charge them. She is very good about this but I would like to move to the next step of having her off leash and staying with me. So today I took...

Humpy puppy

feeds@yuku.com (TimKubit) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:47:28 GMT

I've written before concerning my Lab mix pup and his "special ways". He's slowly turning into a normal dog, but there's something about him that has me puzzled. He's just about 5 1/2 months old and he is neutered with no real aggression/dominance problems. He's pushy when he wants to play, and he shows some dominant tendencies during play (especially if it gets more energetic, with humans or other dogs) but at the same time shows submissive behavior to the...