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. @Clair McGuire , any response from the vet practice? All digits crossed, - terry .

. These are recent pet ads on Lakeland, Fl, CraigsList - Puppies. (Haines city florida) image 1 of 5 © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap (google map) Hello - Pure mix of 2 high cuality breeds are born pitbull x doberman ; they have their first set of shots an tail are doked an...

. here in the USA, we still kill between 3 & 5 million ‘surplus’ AKA homeless dogs & cats, each year. :( Try to imagine how many animals that is, on any average day. It’s 8K, 219 daily on the low end, at 3M —- or if 5M died in the year, & the deaths were distributed evenly, 13,698 in a day...

. @JudyN , I am talking about the consequences for shelters, rescues, & pets when unintended or poorly planned litters are born. :confused: This is relevent to prior posts that expressed opinions condemning S/N prior to “maturity”, however the individual poster might define that. The high...

. These are recent pet ads on Lakeland, Fl, CraigsList - Puppies. (Haines city florida) image 1 of 5 © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap (google map) Hello - Pure mix of 2 high cuality breeds are born pitbull x doberman ; they have their first set of shots an tail are doked an...

. To squelch any potential conflict, I started a new thread. :) This post - which included the stats on U-S euthanasia, nationally, & the contrast between Southeast U-S [loads of litters, floods of homeless pets overwhelming shelters] vs New England [very few unplanned litters, few homeless...

. How is the “car trips / cars as good things” project going?... .

. Let’s see... for her markings: Splodge Spot / Spots Patch Blaze Chips [as in chocolate chips, sprinkled over ice cream or cookies - not potato chips or FFs] For her color: Pie [short for Piebald] Newsprint [she’s B&W] Holstein [for Holstein-Fresian dairy cattle, the most-common American...

. Where did i say, or even imply, that mating a 6-MO bitch is a good idea? - or that breeding a 6-MO dog is a good idea? o_O I stated simply that, biologically, they are both capable of reproduction, which equates to adult status in any organism. As for 11-YO girls having menses / being...

. I don’t know why anyone would think a 6-MO pup is “such a baby” - at 6-MO, She can get pregnant & carry a litter to term anytime now, depending upon the vagaries of her own hormones & any exposure to airborne estrous pheromones from other Fs, & at 6-MO, He is fully loaded with...

. I have zero issues with a pubertal spay [6-MO] & in fact, i recommend it to my puppy-owning clients - so well done, IMO, as she is now virtually immune to any mammary tumors, plus her risk of Pyometra is gone, & her odds of UTIs are much reduced. :) As she never had an estrus, her risk of...

. I’m going to vote for Wagnificent! - dog-walking & in-home boarding. :) As long as U have an explanatory tag-line, a catchy name is easily recalled, distinctive, & fun. Let’s face it, “Charley’s Dog Wash” is a lot less memorable than “Bubbles & Squeak dog-grooming”. :D JMO & IME, - terry .

. About retraining for a reliable rapid-recall [on a long line & Y-harness, not loose] - One of the best tactics I know requires a helper: someone known to the dog, willing & able to hold onto the HARNESS rather than the long-line, in order to restrain him as U run off. The idea is that as...

. Hi, @Free spirit - Sorry to say, I cannot agree that simply hanging out with another dog-owner, no matter how “calm & sensible” she or he may be, will painlessly & effortlessly cause problem behaviors to evaporate. :oops: The owner or handler can be as calm & self-confident as an iceberg...

. This is, by far, my fave video of How To Introduce a Box Muzzle HAPPILY: . Notice that this F ACD is, as typical of her breed, not a fan of strangers - however, the trainer in this clip has excellent timing [with her marker, in this case, the “click!” of the box-clicker, held in her...

. I am sorry to hear U are struggling, not only with a dog whose lifetime habits aren’t apropos in his new setting, but with other people who are exceedingly judgmental about his behavior, & apparently oblivious to their own responsibilities! - Keeping my own dog from approaching or harassing a...

. Such a good dog, Murphy!... :) I am glad to hear that tho U are colorful & ouchy, no serious damage resulted! - those surprise falls are terrifying; in Dec-2009, i was returning from a brief shopping trip less than a block from home, walking on grass on a slight slope, & suddenly found...

. Had my 1st customer for the beefheart jerky - a tiny Yorkie x Maltese. :D He belongs to the nice mechanic who came by to fetch Rozinante (our faithful ramp-equipped van) to his shop for repair. Very sweet dog, a bit shy but warmed to us fairly quickly. I would say he gave it 5 stars, LOL -...

. The ‘safest’ form of rawhide is minced & shaped - cut into tiny bits, then while still damp & malleable, the small pieces are put into a mold, compressed, & baked dry. However - rawhide is not a suitable “reward” for in the moment training, as it takes too doggoned long to safely gnaw back...

. We are in the Lakeland area, Tampa Bay is over an hour away by car - but there are plenty of local resources, a large mall w/in 20-mins drive if we want to stroll & shop or go to a different restaurant, & so on. Organic foods are a bit of a challenge, staples such as org milk are at Publix...