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So happy to have discovered this tiny "beach".. It's really just an area where folks get their kayaks and paddle boards into the water, and in high tide it becomes really small. But we can let Baby Miles off leash there, which is huge! No-one complained so far, God bless the locals, they are...

That was my reaction too

We have an XXL, and it does take a lot of space... It's covered by a blanket, there is a bunch of stuff comfortably sitting on top.. sometimes stuff even ends up inside. Miles doesn't particularly care about the crate. When he was a baby dog, every now and then he would go in for a while. Now...

Lovely long post, and lovely little dog! Great! As for leaving alone, my 2 cents - what would I want the dog to do while he is alone? I only have 1 good answer - sleep. So when training for "home alone", what worked for us was to take him out on a long or eventful walk, come back, and then...

Training is great. But if just an energy burn is needed, and humans have no energy of their own to go for a run - technology comes to the rescue for us.

A kayak launching area in one of the nearby town which is completely under water at high tide, but becomes a nice tiny beach at low tide where Baby Miles can have his fun stealing crocs and running with other dogs.

i would agree with Judy, at least for the near term... any time you want to take Rosie out to the garden - text your neighbor to make sure Charlie isn't there.

If you were a small dog, this is how you would see Baby Miles :D

Pit bulls are very common here (US), most are rescues, some are super sweet, playful with humans and dogs, 3 of Miles' favorite playmates in the woods are pit bull girls. Others are quite scary.

With Baby Miles, sometimes observing the interactions I suspect that poor treat holders feel that their choices are limited.... either give up some of your your treats voluntarily, or the beast will take the whole bag. Some try to turn around and even attempt to walk away, only to find him again...

That positive reinforcement is a very effective approach to many things - influencing coworkers, raising children... And that tomorrow is promised to no one, every day is precious and needs to have some love and joy.

If you can’t easily change place where you walk so you can avoid other dogs - perhaps you can change time? When I had to avoid dogs with our first dog for a while - I found that at 5 AM most places are quite empty....

He will be watching over you... The final act of love is the hardest. Hugs.

Awesome!

My 2 cents - I would sleep on the sofa downstairs for a bit. Quicker and easier to grab her and run out in the middle of the night this way. Plus - I would imagine she uses the crate during the day too, so this avoids carrying the crate up and down...

LOL I don’t even know :-) Between wading in the river and 10 min drive back - he was clean as new by the time we got home. I expected firestorm from my dearest wife, but the only complain I got was not washing the harness :D Self-cleaning dog! How great is that!

Chasing a friend through the woods, finding a swamp and getting into it - must have attributes of a great walk :) Good thing there was a river at the tail end of the adventure, where the crazy pair got to rinse themselves.