Oscar and I have attended puppy class and now we are in his intermediate class. I'm a bit nervous because I cannot seem to teach him the lay down command. He is a pretty smart dog and he knows all his other tricks really well. I know that we will not pass the class until he can do this command without me putting my hand on the floor with a treat. The trainer explained to me that sometimes the short legged dogs have a hard time with this command and he might eventually get it. We practice…

As I write this my new guy Rhun is getting the big snip and losing his boy bits. Though I think I am more nervous. We took him to a new vet out of town, one that a family member has used in the past as our vet in the city couldn’t get him in for a month and this one was 5 days, not to mention the town (small city) vet charges half the price as our big city vet, I was quite shocked, and…

We put in our carpet 3 yrs ago, and I've never had to clean it. It's held up very well. But I've decided that with 3 cats and now 2 dogs I'm gonna do it before fall gets here. I don't want to use harsh chemicals, I'm sensitive to alot of things, and I'm sure there not good for all of my furbabies. What does everyone recommend as far as carpet cleaning? Commercial, or DIY? If commercial, what companies? If DIY what machines and products?

Thanks KRISTIN & ARCHIE.

My female corgi "Dot" is eating up my carpet in different areas!! I thought it was because of my kids dropping food, but i know that is not it since she tore the carpet up under our bed!! She has made 6 holes down to the concreate floor in just 2 weeks.... can anyone help me please???

Our corgi, Abbey, is 5 months old and is definitely a handful as most other puppies are. Our main issue is in the evening. When Abbey gets tired, she refuses to just lay down. If she feels herself getting tired, she will jump up and just run around. She starts to nip more and just becomes cranky in general. Does anyone else seem to have this issue? How can it be resolved? All she wants to do is lay down since she looks exhausted, but won't!

Chloe turned 2 June 18th. She is a very excited, vocal dog. We have been taking agility lessons for a few months and she is very excited while we are waiting our turn. She whines, barks when it is not her turn. She was this way in obediance too. It is embarrassing. I tell her quiet, say wait your turn, hold her mouth closed, stroke her and she will not shut up.

She obviously loves this event, but dealing with this is frustrating and annoying.

What have other…

So Buddy has been showing some little boy tendancies during the past few months. Our breeder and vet recommended that we wait until he turned 8 months old to neuter so he would have a little more time to develope. Well we haven't really taken Buddy to the dog park in months and have been avoiding dogs in general because we don't want to have any "mishaps" with another female dog.

Well last night we went for a walk and despite waiting until almost 9pm, it was still 100 degrees…

Earlier today I responded to a blog post with the best intentions(I feel I made Ms. Porter feel worse) and when I read her reponse...well I felt like doo-doo because that's not what I wanted to do. This really is the only site I come and interact with other's in a forum type situation(my work doesn't reguire any computer use either) and I find at time's that typing can be tricky because seeing what I type later in black and white words seems so different than how I felt when I typed it. I'm…

Archie has never been on flea control. His breeder said she's never had a flea problem. About a week after I brought him home I found a couple on him, so at his first visit with my vet I got him some. I've always used Advantage with Caleb and had great results. Well the vets office switched from carrying Advantage to this new kind called Vectra. It is very strong smelling, and ever since I put it on him he's been itching (or should I say trying to itch) he can't reach his back very well.…

Hi,

So, I took Cam out for her walk today, and she stepped in gum. I took off a large wad of it on the street, but couldn't get the rest off at home. It's stuck to her paw pad. I tried icing it and the snipping it away with small scissors, but couldn't manage to get the rest off.

I know that gum is toxic to dogs, but can anyone recommend how to get the rest of it off?

Thanks!