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My GDood has VERY long legs, and can snatch things thought to be beyond her reach. I've now lost 4 paperback novels...thank Heaven I had finished reading them. At least I know she has good taste in literature! The remains of the library are going to be moved to higher ground :wink: She also dearly l...

We brought home our Goldendoodle last June, and she's doing very well. However, in October we adopted our son's 4 1/2 yr old Havanese. He's a sweet little dog, but he's having a lot of trouble with adjusting to using the doggy door (opens into an outdoor kennel). Sometimes he'll go for a week using ...

When CRS was described to me as possibly being connected to epilpsy, it seemed to fit with Pogo's physical response after these episodes...as if something had short-circuited. It's all a moot point now, of course, but it did help to think there might be some explanation for his issues - nothing else...

In preparation for the arrival of our new puppy, I decided to bone up on my dog training skills so as not to perpetuate bad (i.e. uneducated) habits. Bought several books by the "hottest" new bunch of trainers. While they didn't seem to offer any revolutionary new techniques, I did find so...

This post is much belated, judging from the dates of the previous posts, but I've only just arrived :) I, too, had an experience with CRS, though didn't realize what is (perhaps) was until after the fact. Our Dalmatian began showing signs of what we believed to be aggressive behavior when he was abo...

Thanks to an idea in a recent episode of It's Me Or the Dog, I have successfully trained my 5-month-old Goldendoodle to respond to a good, old-fashioned coach's whistle. It took all of 10 minutes of whistle/treat for Tillie to understand. I can now take her out in the yard (not fenced) to do her bus...