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Finally heard Annie growl last night. She has really learned to appreciate the comfort of the bed, and when she's on it, there's no moving her. She goes completely limp and refuses to make eye contact. The GF was trying to pick up/push her out of the way so she could get in, when she growled and snapped at her. A loud "NO" from me and some pointing to get off the bed, she hung her head and retreated.
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Dexman PE PMP
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My puppy has graduated lap dog stage already. He's gonna be a big guy.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Our 15yo cat finally had to have a chair put at the foot of the bed so she could get up on the bed. Granted, the bed is a huge four poster, but when I was a kid, I had a 23yo cat who could jump up on it until the day he disappeared.
I guess this shows, to some extent, how the sedentary inside life affects their strength.
Still trying to get one of the outside cats to come in. At 7 years, he's getting old to be outside only. But inside scares him, weird boy.
I guess this shows, to some extent, how the sedentary inside life affects their strength.
Still trying to get one of the outside cats to come in. At 7 years, he's getting old to be outside only. But inside scares him, weird boy.
I'm not a cat person, BUT we do have two outside cats. One is about 4 months old and, for a cat, is pretty cool. He will play with anything you throw at him. He likes the boys, even though they abuse him and he's pretty cute, for a cat. I let him inside for a few minutes at a time, which is a big step for me. Lets hope this is as far as I go down the "cat person" trail.
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My puppy is a shameful shitter (and pisser, too). He goes all walk without going, then I get in the house and turn my back for 30 seconds, and he's squirting out a nice pile. He gets good food, goes out at roughly the same times everyday, and can hold it all night in the bed. I had this same problem with my first Lab, but don't remember how I dealt with it.
Suggestions?
Suggestions?
Dark Knight
Silent Guardian
Treats!!!!
Enforce whenever he pees or takes a dump OUT. Use the world OUT with emphasis and treat him each and every time after the act, if it happens during the walk.
If he does it inside say the word OUT and, of course, no treats, no affection acts.
We trained our Shih-Tzu like that and it worked perfectly. She will better blow up before doing her things inside the house.
Road Guy
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We have never really trained out border collie, I guess they are so smart the just figured they are supposed to shit/pee outside... We have been very lucky... And she always would walk off the trail back home about 30' and shit in the woods so I don't even have to pack it out..
Here she is wanting so bad to chase the geese on the frozen lake....
Here she is wanting so bad to chase the geese on the frozen lake....
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
So I feel like a piece of $hit parent. Mrs Dex and I decided that we really can't handle 2 cats and 2 dogs, so one of each will be heading back to the shelter. The cat that is going away is the same one who stopped using the litterbox. I got her to start using it again for a while, but she has regressed. Honestly with her, I don't want to play the "where is the cat piss smell coming from" game anymore. I already feel like I have to replace the carpet in the entire house because of it, I don't want to wait any longer for things to get worse.
Now the part that makes me feel bad: we're giving up Zeus, the puppy we adopted about 6 months ago. He absolutely destroys everything around him. I understand he is still a puppy, but we don't have the time to dedicate to training him. Because of this, he spends about 22 hours per day in his crate (which he is also destroying). We can't leave him in the back yard for more than 30 minutes before he gets bored and starts destroying something. So far he has dug up a tree, eaten Mrs Dex's rose bushes, shredded all of the kids toys, and has left the yard looking like it's the 50yd line of Lambeau field in January. If he is in the House we can't leave him unsupervised AT ALL without him peeing, getting onto the kitchen counters, or tracking down another kiddo toy to shred. Despite all of this, the kids absolutely love him. I feel like $hit for getting rid of a dog and a cat, but honestly I can't afford to keep them.
FML.
Now the part that makes me feel bad: we're giving up Zeus, the puppy we adopted about 6 months ago. He absolutely destroys everything around him. I understand he is still a puppy, but we don't have the time to dedicate to training him. Because of this, he spends about 22 hours per day in his crate (which he is also destroying). We can't leave him in the back yard for more than 30 minutes before he gets bored and starts destroying something. So far he has dug up a tree, eaten Mrs Dex's rose bushes, shredded all of the kids toys, and has left the yard looking like it's the 50yd line of Lambeau field in January. If he is in the House we can't leave him unsupervised AT ALL without him peeing, getting onto the kitchen counters, or tracking down another kiddo toy to shred. Despite all of this, the kids absolutely love him. I feel like $hit for getting rid of a dog and a cat, but honestly I can't afford to keep them.
FML.
Not such a good day in the Tex household yesterday either...we lost our lab to liver cancer. We are grateful, though, that she was only sick for a day and a half. Saturday morning she was fetching her stick and ball.
knight1fox3
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Some very hard decisions to make there Dex but ultimately it sounds like you are following the best course of action for you and your family (and your house...LOL). It's hard to make a decision where it is best to just cut your losses. But what are the alternatives? To me it sounds like you've already tried pursing the alternatives and this is the next best (albeit difficult) thing. I'm sure we could go back and forth on what training methods to try but I'm sure you've exhausted those measures. Your kids are young right now and should be pretty resilient. Sure they may be upset for a few days, but kids do pretty well at redirecting their attention after a certain period of time. Good luck in the coming days. You guys will pull through fine.
Tex, sorry to hear the news. It's never easy to lose a lifelong pet who was a member of your family. Condolences.
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Tex, I know this pain very well. Back in November, just a few weeks before the PE exam mind you, we had to put down our retriever mix due to a large mass located in his abdomen area. It was preventing him from going to the bathroom so he would either squat endlessly like he was constipated, or just stop eating. He was 12 YO and we adopted him back in 2007. He suffered for about 2 weeks before we were made aware of it and had to make the "decision". It is one that I still have nightmares about. I was in the room with him when they put him to sleep. I have NEVER cried so hard in my life. I am very sorry for your loss.
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Krakosky
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We adopted this sweet girl back in December. I really had no intention of getting a 3rd cat. We went to the shelter to drop off donations and she followed us around as they gave us a tour. She would look up at us and give a little squeak of a meow. I couldn't say no. She's 4 years old, a polydactyl and so sweet.
Krakosky
Tank Ass
So Ursala (greyhound #1) took a big chunk of skin off of her front leg yesterday afternoon, right above the elbow (their skin is paper thin, so its down the muscle). No clue how she did it, other than she was running around outside being a bit rough with her sister.
It can't be stitched, and I know it hurts like hell, because she's limping on it quite a bit. Hoping it starts to heal soon. Need to head to a horse feed/supply store to pick up some topical antibiotics for it. Its tough to keep them from licking it, so she has a sacrificed kid's sock and tape over it right now with some colloidal silver on it.
It can't be stitched, and I know it hurts like hell, because she's limping on it quite a bit. Hoping it starts to heal soon. Need to head to a horse feed/supply store to pick up some topical antibiotics for it. Its tough to keep them from licking it, so she has a sacrificed kid's sock and tape over it right now with some colloidal silver on it.
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