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Basically you can feed any bones that are not weight bearing.
Chicken wings are nice to feed, and so are rib bones. Remember that it's important that the bone be covered with meat (about the same meat/bone ratio than that of a chicken wing)

He is a 6 months old - and becoming a teenage whooligan - very normal :wink: But, it is critical that he learns what is appropriate play, and what not, and that is all up to you to teach him that. The general stuff to do is - - long walks & mental exercise (clicker training, feeding out of kongs...

I think your post was missed, so I'm bumping this for you - hopefully someone will answer soon

In addition to tinytwo's advice - He sounds as if he is a little reactive, which means he may be a little fearful. Jacksdad has a reactive dog, and he has come a long way with Jack - please do a search on the forum and read Jacksdad's post - they have very good info. :D He won't listen to "no&q...

I'm only reading your post now, and frankly, I have no idea what their gums look like when in shock

But, how is he doing?

Our two dogs sleep with us in bed as well. :D They have a bed in our room on the floor too, and sometimes they will get off and sleep there - this is usually when it gets too hot (we stay in South Africa, so have VERY hot summers). One is a Jack Russel cross, the other a Dachshund, so I have a plast...

Wonderful!!!

I don't skip meals either. If one of them decides not to eat their meal, then they don't get something else to eat untill the next meal (Bibi sometimes skip meals). When Striker needs to loose weight (he tend to gain weight SUPER fast), I just make his meals smaller and provide raw veggies to chew o...

No worries

Good luck
Please keep us updated on how they are doing

If you want to use the crate for Betsy - use the safety belt to keep it from moving around.
Wouldn't it be easier to crate train Maggie & use the crate in the car for her?

For the crate (and a little mental stimulation) - Leave him with a kong toy in his crate. You may have to make it really easy at first and use super yummy stuff, until he gets what he's suppose to do, then make it more difficult for him to get the food out, even up to the point where you freeze his ...

I think it's easier to leave the lead on him, bc it's then easier to get hold of him & do his time out (you want to do his time out as soon as he reacts). When he has learned what you wanted him to learn, it won't be necessary for the harness & lead anymore :D Crate training - i think leave ...

I don't know much about the breed, sorry. You can do a google search on the breed. Just ignore any stuff about "dominance" - that's outdated. :wink: Look at things like - what were they bred to do originally how much exercise do they require daily (mental & physical) diseases that they...

I didn't mean it like that