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Dog Health > Need help for my sweet Miniature Pinscher

Blaze Watch out I- pounce and I- WILL LICK YOU     Barked: Tue May 28, '13 1:23am PST  Garnet and Blaze's mom weighed 16.8 lbs when we had her spayed in November. Her owner doesnt walk her or even bother to toss a ball for her to chase. He doesnt allow for either of his two dogs to have toys or anything to chew on. We did redirection training with their dad when we cared for them because Psycho chewed on everything including the couch. We gave him empty pop and tea bottles plastic only and we were always playing with Diamond and letting her run around chasing a ball or just taking her for walks. I dont know what she weighs now but I know she is really chubby. I feel horrid for her because she is a sweet dog but she cant be healthy. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Blaze Watch out I- pounce and I- WILL LICK YOU     Barked: Sat Mar 23, '13 8:00pm PST  I know what you are talking about as I have two puppies brother and sister Garnet and Blaze who are 10 months old. If we crate them separately they both cry so they sleep in the same crate when my husband and I are not home and at night. We make sure that they have plenty of toys to play with but their favorite toys are the cats Kiara and Simba. It seems like no matter how much you puppy proof your home puppies and especially Boston Terrier/Min Pin mix pups are always able to get into something. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Confused and concerned...

Blaze Watch out I- pounce and I- WILL LICK YOU     Barked: Mon Jan 21, '13 7:29pm PST  I have five dogs I want to ask about here. First is Garnet and Blaze's dad who belongs to a friend of the family. Psycho is very house destructive if left to roam loose if he has no toys to chew on. If he has toys he will not chew on anything else. His owner doesnt want him to have toys to chew on.. he says Psycho doesnt chew on ANYTHING, which is b.s. because Psycho chewed through a brand new couch that we were given, We had left him loose for twenty minutes while we were out feeding the dogs. Plus Psycho is yelled at if he barks so he is very jumpy. How can I get Psycho's owner to realize that his dog is just as guilty of chewing things up as the pups are? I cannot give the pups chew toys without worrying that Psycho will get them. Second question: When does play become aggression? Tundra has a new play mate who is Tank's sister Belladonna. The girls get along fine and dont fight. They play very well together barking and wrestling and growling and showing teeth as well as their hackles standing on end. Recently the same person who owns Garnet's mom and dad told me that he KICKED Bella three times because "She was trying to kill the dog in the pen. She was showing teeth and snarling and barking" These two play that way all the time and never once has it gone from play to a full blown fight. When Tundra gets tired of the play she will turn and walk away. I have tried several times to tell him that they play that way all the time and that Belladonna cannot be handled roughly or punished with harshness because she is very sensitive and doesnt like harsh corrections. Finally this brings me to the final concern.... puppy chewing. I know that Blaze has chewed up things now and then but he gets plenty of play time and exercise. I cannot buy chew toys for him and Garnet because I am afraid of their dad getting them and then his owner taking them from him and throwing them away. We are hoping to be able to move soon because Psycho's owner is constantly threatening our dogs and wants us to move them down in the farthest section of the yard from the house so that he can sleep because "they are too stupid to know when to stop barking" We dont yell and scream at the dogs when they bark we go look and say 'thank you' and 'thats enough,go to bed' which normally they will do about 97% of the time or did until he came home. Besides having to keep Blaze and Garnet in the room we sleep in all the time what can I do until we get a place where we dont have to put up with the constant screaming and them being blamed for things that their dad chews up? Also for those of you out there who have big dogs how big is too big for the house? Tank is a 70+ pound 1 year old German Shepherd/Lab mix SDiT or Service Dog in Training. I was recently told that he was too big to be in the house and he is in no way shape or form a SDiT. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Food & Nutrition > How do you store your food?

Blaze Watch out I- pounce and I- WILL LICK YOU     Barked: Sat Jan 19, '13 11:41pm PST  What we used to do is pick up the metal cans that milk is put in out in the Amish community. There used to be a factory in one of our small towns here in southern Indiana that made cheese and if one of the milk cans got a tiny pin hole in it they would set the can aside because it could no longer be used to hold milk. They would give the cans away. At one time my family had four of them three were used to store dog food and one was used for sugar. As they had the lids on them they were air tight and I never noticed a smell from the feed. You might find out where your local Amish community is and see if they would give or sell you a couple of milk cans. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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