Today I enrolled my dogs at doggie day care. I feel very emascualted as well as a lot more poor.
At least the buggers will sleep better at night.
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Today I enrolled my dogs at doggie day care. I feel very emascualted as well as a lot more poor.
At least the buggers will sleep better at night.
My lucky dog learned with a doggie door when I lived in Arizona. I had a 10'x30' enclosed patio room with the built-in door from the previous home owners.
First thing I did when I bought my house in Iowa, fence the back yard & cut hole in the kitchen wall to the deck. Now all I have to do is tell her to go outside and go "pottie" before I go to bed and she comes up to her kennel afterwards. Best of all, I don't have to go out with her or open the door and freeze my own kahonies off when its cold out.
When is snows, I clear off an area for her to do her business. Makes it easier to clean up when it's all in the same vicinity.
I've got a question about my dog. He's a male and just turned 3 months. Until about a week ago, I had him about 95% potty trained. About a week ago he just figured out how to lift his leg and is now marking everything. When he had an accident before, he knew he was in trouble, now he doesn't act like he's doing anything wrong. Would getting him fixed help with this or is this just something they have to grow out of? Also when is a good age to get them fixed?
You have a dog named Clyde too? Weird. Clyde Williams??Quote:
Originally Posted by 4VR4CY
That was the inspiration for my Golden Retriever.
My vet told me that smaller dogs mature faster. He suggested between 5 - 6 months for "fixing." But, you should really call your vet, he knows your dog best.
Jack Trice and Clyde Williams. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by khaal53
My father in law is a vet. He acknowledges there are varying opinions on this, but his is that fixing a dog doesn't help with "marking".Quote:
Originally Posted by MJAnderson
FWIW, he also doesn't feel that a female having a litter is better for them, as many will say. In fact, he believes that numbers show that for each litter a female has, the odds increase of some sort of cancer (can't remember which).
And I'm trying to remember, but I think we had our female spayed at about 3-4 months. Just ask your vet, they'll tell you when.
Where and how much, if you don't mind? My wife forwarded me a link to a place somewhere near the East Village in DSM. Was maybe $20/day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Incyte
She doesn't want to take the dog there every day, but thinks it's a good thing for when we have plans in the evening. Keeping the dog in a crate for 12 hours is just too much, especially for as active as a dog at we got. Puppy motto - "kennel all day, hell to pay"
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Originally Posted by DaddyMac
Sounds good. Thanks.
My dog getting clipped didn't even phase him. Literally, his behavior did not change at all so I think that's a bit of an old wives tale.
Also, if you want to stop your dog from barking in his kennel, something else you can do is when he starts whining or barking, throw something at the kennel to distract him. We used like a can full of some change so when it hit it made a really loud noise and eventually he learned that when he barked the loud noise was coming and he stopped.
This is coming from a guy that sleeps right next to a 60 pound dog every night though.
I have a lab and the vet told me that 6 months would be the age to get her spade. She went in heat at about 5 months and got her spade while she was in heat. It was much more expensive and much harder on her. I would do it as early as possible, better for your dog, and a dog in heat is not fun to deal with.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJAnderson
Put a blanket over the crate to keep it dark. That was the trick for my last dog. Seemed to work really well.
The sheet thing worked for mine too. Also, I think it helps to have a blanket inside the kennel (although mine chewed hers up once).
Slightly off-topic, but in regards to potty training I have the best training solution ever. Tie a large bell (~1-1.5" diameter) to a ribbon and hang it off the doorknob. With pups, you can tell when they have to pee because they'll wander around and sniff the ground. When this happens, take them to the door, verbally say whatever command you want (i.e. "do you want to go potty?"), take his/her paw to ring the bell, and let the dog outside to pee. Keep repeating this, and the dog will associate ringing the bell with going outside. Ours has had "accidents" less than 4 or 5 times, EVER, and all but one were in the first month.
Pros: No barking, little scratching on doors/windows, few accidents, clear communication
Cons: Some scratching does catch the door, although my dog uses her nose on the bell more often than hitting it. They pick up on this really fast, but be aware they also will associate the bell with "just going outside" whether they have to pee or not.
That's easy to fix. Get rid of the dog and get a cat.Quote:
Originally Posted by mike4cy
So it can roam around my apartment independently not caring if I am there or not? No thank you. When you get home from work a cat MIGHT look at you and go about what it was doing. A dog wags their tail and comes running with affection.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wx4Cy