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My ex- in laws had a Black lab, that I think had a problem with it till he died. He woudl try to mount people, he mounted his doggy pillow (which was very disturbing to me) and was a general terror. I've been taking the water bottle to Soldier when he is bad or barking. It seems to be doing the trick. But for the male dog owners who's male puppies never went there...that's amazing to me. I've never had a male puppy who didn't go thru that phaze and have to be trained that it was rude. WOW :o I thought it was basic male puppy behaviour just like chewing and potty training! Who Knew!

Maybe Soldier is in the minority here. I always thought that this is a normal stage the boy dogs (and some girl dogs) go through. I know it is bad mannors (of course!). Aside from my very first dog when I was wee little, every dog I had that was male went through this! LMAO! Maybe it's just where we live...it's in the water!

Yup, he's neutered. lol. He was neutered a week before xmas. He's not exactly a spastic dog. He's not over the top with anything...good or bad. It's just funny. And trying not to laugh when I'm correcting him, is really hard. I'm sure you know what I mean. Trying to make your voice deeper and strong when you want to laugh. If I have a puney voice and I'm laughing, he pays me no attention. lol

Ah yes...Soldier and I :Help_2: have entered "The Humping Zone". One day he's my little puppy, the next he's grabbing my leg in the kitchen, or tackling me if I'm on the floor. That weird, persistent, glazed look in his eyes which convey to me "I don't know what I'm doing, I don't know why I'm doing this, but I MUST I MUST!!!" He's so polite when he jumps up, trying not to push me over or scratch me...but at the same time it's just RUDE! *Laugh* It's been SOOOO long since I have had a boy puppy, I actually forgot about "The Humping Zone" :shake: Dee dee Dee Doo Dee Dee Dee Doo Dee Dee Dee Doo

I just worry about the puppys when they are sent on a plane. My gosh, you guys should see what some of my bags looked like after I got to my destination! I dont' know if the handlers are nice or criminals, dog beaters or wife beaters! It's just too scary for me. My Timber mutt flew from Fla to NC a million years ago, she came away unscathed and not bothered (other than happy to get out of the travel crate). So I know that the experiences can be fine, just from my own. But i'm so paranoid about stuff like that. And researching a dog and a breeder online and over the phone...without seeing the living conditions of the animals and so forth...just seems risky to me.

Showing my age (ack!) Old Yeller! 1. Old Yeller was so much like my dog! I would watch the movie everytime it came on tv and I would forget that my dog wasn't on the screen in that movie. 2. Also, the original animals in "The longest journey" They were orginally a Siamese (very much like the one I have now) a Lab and a Bull Terrier. I thought that they were all awesome. 3. The bears in "The Bear" Not the cartoon version :P

Soldier is basically 4 months old. He walks VERY well on his leash...not perfect...but for his age I can't complain too much. When it's just me and him, he walks beside me and only gets distracted when he see's people. (wants them to pet him) He knows Sit, Shake, At ease (lay down) Roll over, beg and Kisses, Leave it, Down...I am probably leaving out a few. I need to teach him to stay and to heel. But when I do....Timber mutt comes over and bungs it all up. It's also rather hard for me without a second person. I have always in the past had a second person to hold the dog and assist me with "stay". Soldier is starting his "humping" stage :roll: and these two commands I feel would help to curb this. What a dork he is when he tries it! Ugg! He is a very smart dog...but very independant at the same time...does anyone have any ideas to help?

If you have a Lowes or Home Depot near you, they have a Capture Pet stain and odor with enzymes. This is what I use on my carpet. The smell is somewhere between shampoo and laundry detergent and very light. It works wonders on my carpet and I love it more than NM! I do not see where it says it's laundry safe, but I should imagine it would be alright. You could test it out on something "not so important" like an old dishrag or something first. I do have to mention, tho, that when there is an "oopsy" I normally pour this straight on the spot and work it with a towel. I have not had any problems with the towels I have used. NO discolouration or bleaching. They are fine. If my dog or non-dog :kociak: made an oopsy on a blanket, I would not have second thoughts about putting the blanket in with this Capture. :)

is there somethign you can keep at the house for snake bites for dogs? Being on the other side of the world, I have only heard how poisonous Aussie snakes are. It seems I heard somewhere that there was something you could put down in yards/gardens to repell snakes. Although we have Rattlesnakes and copperheads/water moccasons here, 9 times out of 10 they hit the trail if a dog gets after them. And normally if a dog gets bit, there is enough time to get them to the vet for anti venom. (Course size,age and health of dog plays a part as well)

well, educated guesses to what Soldier is runs along these lines: Boxer mix GSD mix Rottie mix Chow Mix Lab Mix So I figure his mother was a GSD Boxer mis and his father was a Rottie Chow Lab mix! (There is absolutely NO way to tell unless we get Dion Warwick over here to ask her psyc friends) But I do know he's got some measure of GSD in him. And the tale tell black spots on his tongue tell me chow chow. His paws are HUGE and webbed, which makes me think there is a sprinkling of Lab. His head has been described as Block Head, and many rottie owners see rottie in him. He was listed as a Boxer mix from the Pound I got him from, and his nose is really short and wide for any of the dogs I listed above. I could lay a fifty cent peice on his nose FLAT. When people ask me, anymore, what type of dog he is, I tell them to take their pick, and run with it! But sometimes I tell them he's Great Dane/Chihuahua mix :tard: This is him on Tues (he's still drunk in this pic from surgery) But you can see his wide nose very well [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc02b3127cce9d97f631e10b00000016109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] This is him in his toy box (i know it's not a real toy box :lol: ) *edit...this is Sprout by the tree...I put the wrong pic in there by accident :oops: Sprout has nothing to do with this thread...but i'll leave him there now that i did that* [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc02b3127cce9d97f611e12b00000016109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc02b3127cce9d97f61de12700000016109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc36b3127cce9de6c08e3a2a00000016109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc32b3127cce9df21989180c00000036139AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc36b3127cce9de6c0903a3400000016109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] I suppose there is just as much a chance he could have husky in there somewhere, as anything else. I dont' see why not. heheheh Corgi would be harder to see. He's all paws and rotteness (in a good way) right now

k, My Ole girl Timber has never been a big barker. She would bark in the back yard if she saw the neighbors let their dogs out. She would bark at a stranger in the yard...that sort of thing. But she has never been a big barker. My dogs in the past weren't exactly big barkers either. It was what i consider "normal". They weren't always quiet..but when they barked they had their dog reason. Cat=bark, stranger=bark, other dogs bark=bark...very very typical. Soldier, however, seems like he's trying so hard to TALK. Before I hear all the technical stuff about dominance and any reaction is a good reaction to a dog....just hear me out. hehehe He barks like a 4 year old child would talk! If Timber won't play with him, he grumbles and barks. The barks are a high pitch "little puppy" bark. If Timber is chewing a toy he barks. He goes back and forth between the highpitch bark and the grumbly bark. Which I translate as him begging and then trying to initiate play...as in "I'm gunna get it...you better watch out...are you watching??? i'm gunna get it..." If he wants Timber to love on him, he makes this nasal squeaky whine and acts like he's going to nip at her lips, but doesn't. When he eats (I thought this was a problem but it turns out it's not) he makes what could be misinterperated as a growl. But it's more of a YumYum Growl Purr combination. I really think it's the same sound I woudl make if I had really good lobster. "MMMmmmmMMMMMM...OH YEAH!" When i'm at the PC having coffee in the morning and he has just gone potty and been given breakfast...is all rawled up...he will try to jump in my lap and makes a "growlowlowlowl" sound. When I do actually help him up in my lap, he just licks and wants a cuddle then wants me to give him a chew toy (while he's in my lap) When I grab him quick and kiss him nose, he makes a sound that I can only explain as cross between squeaky door and a growl. But when he's making that sound he tries to give me kisses and submitts on his back and there is all kinds of wiggling involved. Nothing that leads me to think it's a dominate-style behaviour. He just always seems to show what mood he's in by some "verbal langauge" These aren't all growls and barks...at me or Timber...it's really coming across as TOO me and Timber. :niewiem: Does anyone have a dog that is so Verbal?

hehehe I know that has to be frustrating! But at the same time, it's really funny and charming! You should be proud that your dog is SOOO clever. Even if it is an inconvience! What a great dog!

I've got my Fingers crossed for ya :) It's going to be alright!

[quote]I found pumpkin easily, and it's with the canned fruits and veggies here lol.[/quote] Sounds like someone stocks your grocery store who knows where to put pumkpin!

He is, thank gigishiba. I had a bit of a worry last night. After he woke from a drug induced nap, his left eye looked like cherry eye. Both of his eyes were puffy, but the inside third lid on his left eye wasn't retracting. It and HE seem fine this morning. I still plan on calling the vet when they open and talking to them about it. But he's playing with his toys, bothering Timber Mutt, appetite for food and water back to normal and even wants to sit in my lap while I have my morning coffee. This, however, I'm not letting him do. He's not a lap dog and I dont' want him getting hurt over my struggling to pick his gangly self up!. (Soldier is a 14 week, 25+ lbs mongrel of med/large breeds. No one told him this and he heard me picking on him when he was TINY telling everyone he was half Chihuahua and half Great dane. So I believe he thinks that this is what he is and that makes it acceptable to sit in my lap when I'm sitting at the PC table) When Soldier has a few more days under his belt, I feel I will let him up in my lap again. Tho I will have to put a chair on either side because he really is too big to be a lap dog :dog:

I had a Lab/Newfie mix that was awesome. His protective instcts for me were unbelievable. TO have a protective dog who isn't aggressive towards strangers. Any child could approach me and probably pumble me but if there was an adult that HE didn't know, he would run and sit in front of me and just give a low growl. That was it. He would keep himself between me and the "stranger". If the "stranger" was also around my parents, then there wasn't an issue. He was dog aggressive...but only towards dogs that were his size or larger. Strangly enough, small dogs and puppies were always fine and got away with murder. He took a beagle puppy as his friend and would allow that pup to take his toys and sticks and chew on his ears...the works. It was crazy. He would follow us around the ponds swimming behind our boat (aluminium) and if you tried to get in there and swim with you, he would want to rescue you...which could be uncomfortable...so we didn't do that. The dog I would like to have, a Landseer. I like that they have all the white on them. After having a Half Newf...I've always wanted a full blooded newf. *sigh* some day...some way. I just know that we'll have to have all hard wood floors and a telflon coat of paint on the walls :roll: But you never know with us...that's something we might just do. I found a Newf Rescue when I was starting my search for my pup....Its something I weighed heavily on. I'll not soon forget

[img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc00b3127cce9dea3841f02700000006109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc00b3127cce9dea384df02b00000006109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] [img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc00b3127cce9dea3849f02f00000006109AYtXLRqzbc[/img] Poor guy...he's still drunk :drinking:

oh boy, this is an old thread. Maybe it will get some new attention ;) My pup "Little Soldier" is very talkative. I would say he's a big barker...but it's not always barking. It's all sorts of noises depending on the circumstance. Growling is involved...but it's play growling when he's trying to get me or Timber Mutt to play with him. (he's 14 weeks for the record) I'm not worried with the "other noises". The problem is...he uses barking for his version of a 4 year old boy being a pest "Play with me! Play with me! Play with me" or "I dropped my toy off the couch and want someone to get it" or "I see a spider in the corner!" but mostly it's in poor Timber Mutts Ear "Play with me! Play with me! Play with me!" He is crate trained and only barks in his crate in the morning if I don't wake up to the sound of his "squeaky toy" when he has to go potty. I have tried using a plastic jar with pennies in it and shake it at him and tell him NO BARKING. But it's not really doing the trick (so to speak) This suggestion right here maynot be a good idea with Little Soldier as he's on a rather strict diet due to Pano [quote]Each time your dog barks, after two or three woofs, praise her for sounding the alarm. Then tell her, "Stop Barking." Simultaneously, waggle an especially tasty food treat in front of her nose. Most dogs instantly stop barking because they can't sniff and lick the treat while barking. During this quiet time praise her continuously - - "Good girl, stop barking, what a good quiet dog you are, good dog . . ." After 3 seconds of no barking, let her have the treat. The next time she barks, require her to stop barking for 5 seconds before she gets the treat. Each time she is told to stop barking and succeeds, she will be rewarded. [/quote] It would be harder to keep him on diet if i'm grabbing food for him every other minute. hehehe I have not tried the water bottle to squirt him with...but considering that 90% of the time he's barking at Timber...hmmm...well maybe it would work. :niewiem:

poor poor guy. Hopefully the meds will get everything running on the straight and narrow. I know how hard this must be on you. Just hang in there and think positive. Give him lots of cuddles and sweet whispers (I'm sure you are already)

Well...having morning coffee and dogs are wondering WHY in the world they aren't having breakfast. (Timber isn't being fed because I don't want to feed her infront of Soldier) Once I come home from dropping him off at the spueter clinic, I'll feed her. She's such a little lady. Where as Soldier is bounding up and down the hall and jumping into my lap (25 lb 14 week old "Sooner" dog that is 16 inches to the shoulder). :Dog_run: Or he'll run up and nip me on the butt! *laugh* Poor guy, I guess it's good for him to have this energy this morning because he will not have it in a few hours :-? Send us your prayers for everything to go smoothly :)

lol there was a bit of an exageration to that...but it FEELS like he's lifting you off the ground...and normally you jump up a little bit when a dog noses you "up" like that :scared:

Thank you! Can you tell I'm excited? It will be nice to have it done and out of the way. Maybe this will cut down on the "Nose to groin" problem that so many male dogs have :oops: My mothers lab can lift grown men off the grown with his nose :scared:

Along the same lines as this....at what age do you think it's good to start jogging with a dog. Dog breed...say "Boxer/Chow/Rottie/GSD/Lab" mix. hehehe In other words, what will be a considered a med/large dog. We are estimating him to be between 60 to 75 lbs. He's nearly 14 weeks old so I know this will be many months in coming. But by summer of 2005 will it be possible to jog short distances with him? I have read that over excersizing a puppy (as with anything I would imagine) can be very bad. I have never personally jogged with a dog as I hate to run or jog :oops: But my hubby runs/jogs once or twice a day. I'm training Soldier to walk to the left beliving hubby will jog agaist traffic so Hubby would be between on coming cars and Soldier (I don't forsee him running on a road without sidewalks...if anyone was wondering) :Dog_run: But those of you who jog with your dogs now, I would enjoy reading your replies/advice and comments :D Thanks

I read on a website (tho someone has already stated that you can't believe everything you read on websites) that salt water fish WAS good for dogs where as Not so much the fresh water fish. (I thought I saved the website but can't find it...and i know it was gotten to by way of Doberdogs.com..somehow) Now, for a Newbie to the idea of feeding fish to dogs...(forgive my ignorance) when my hubby and I go camping at the beach and catch (xyz fish) it's safer to cook them and remove anything from the fish that could be a choking hazzard? And how about Shrimps? I haven't seen shrimps mentioned. We catch TONS of shrimps and would like to be able to share that with our pup as well!

I only just found the pumpkin in the store as well! For those who want an idea of where to look for Pumpkin in your local shop....try the area with the spices and chocolate chips (not cookies...just the chocolate chips for baking) You should find pumpkin there. But I, like another poster, do not understand why they are not with the canned fruit or veggies...very odd! :roll: