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Bax isn't to fond of leads in the house, he tends to back up as far as he can and then settle down for a nice long leash chew. I'll definitely work harder at just keeping him occupied in my room when I'm around. I probably shouldn't but i just feel so guilty. I'm either at school and hes locked in h...

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constant marking outside,

My dog was neutered at 8 months and the poor fellow cant go eight feet without cocking a leg. I wouldn't say neutering has much to do with marking outside or not.

Assuming you can't train your sister (AriRR has the ideal solution) and you can't/don't want/wouldn't be allowed to train sister's dog - you are in a really awkward situation. WW2 had nothing on the wars i've fought over her dog. (she refuses to clean up when he potties inside to. he's peed on my b...

I know a small amount about using herbs to treat humans but was always to scared to use anything besides the most basic of remedies.

How do you know dosage levels for dogs? You mentioned kidney failure at the start and in high enough doses even some herbs can cause that.

for Ki she throws him off the porch to muck around on his own until she gets bored or he pees. Bax does get a proper walk every day (2 miles though that may change when the snow flies :( ) but when I'm just taking him out to potty its much quicker. we don't have a run or anything like that and i don...

What is also frustrating is that bax tends to have his accidents later in the day. these are also around the same time that my sister lets her dog (who is unpotty trained) downstairs. so i run into situations like this: She lets her dog down, kicks him outside to run around by himself in the dark to...

Bax will ALWAYS take liverwurst in the car. i tend to gauge his stress levels while driving by feeding him peanut butter and cheese crackers. less value but they take him longer to eat. he does get to a point where he wont eat those but id rather not put him anywhere near that level of stress when i...

yeah we def dont have anyone in the area he and i could walk with without getting into the car. :cry: I do think I'll finish out this class session i just wont sign him up for another. We'll take that time to take advantage of our last few snowless weeks and really hit getting acclimated to the car ...

His current class goes till 11/4 And i'd hate for him to miss it. He's very high energy and it's a chance for him to socialize with dogs and people. Class is the place he feels the safest and happiest (outside of home)(this isn't me projecting, he honestly shows very open happy body language, is alw...

My sister in law has a 4 year old and we frequently compare notes on dog vs child raising. the cross over is fantastic =P we've started sharing articles

My training class is having a costume contest, I'll have to post pics of Bax in his outfit!

@WufWuf, what breed is Honey? she looks kind of like Bax

I think i've talked about this on other threads but it's really starting to bother me: So Bax (almost 2 yr old rat terrier) has had 'car anxiety' since we first got him. on his very first trip in the car he vomited 3+ times and whined the whole way. I chalked it up to anxiety since he'd never even s...

testicle police LOL yeah upon further digging i realized he wouldn't have been able to go to training intact anyway so i feel a bit better. He also marks prolifically anywhere that isn't our house (including in stores and in training when i dont pause him fast enough :evil: ) so there goes that the...

Not sure this is the right forum but it DOES have to do with health so here goes. Full disclosure this horse has LONG since left the barn for Bax but I'm always curious to learn more about dogs so: I'm doing some back reading through old posts and I've noticed that a lot of you are fairly serious ab...

Figured I'd post a few of him cause i happen to think he's rather dashing :wink: Waiting not so patiently for a slice of his first birthday cake http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd215/1-800-TROLL/10884906_10205270807703295_1762169512_n.jpg not quite so sure about this whole "camera" thin...