My 11 week old puppy Tucker I've only had for 13 days and I am really impressed with him. He knows sit, wait, down and "shake paw" command. He now understands that if he needs to relieve himself he just walks to the front door. He even picked up on that I wear the same sandals when we go outside; a few times he has carried them to me. We've been potty accident free for 4 days :) . Its great to see when your dog just connects the dots.

I just got Bootsie the beginning of June. She is about 5 months now and 7.3 lbs. I would like to get her a harness.. it seems none of them really fit her right..especially the easy step ones (not so easy). Any suggestions on type or brand? Thanks!

Does anyone in this community have any experience or advice about making home made dog food... you know with meat/rice and supplements.  I'd love to be able to make something like that for the puppies now that they've got little teeth (and I fear mom is having a harder time keeping up with their voracious appetites).

I saw one recipe that used ground beef, white rice, and whole eggs (shell included for calcium) and vitamin supplements.  I'd be more interested ones that included some…

Since I'm completely new to all of this, can someone please tell me if the ears on a corgi stand up naturally? I'm wondering if my pups' ears will eventually stand up.  I ask because I noticed a corgi cross with the ears "done" and since mine are 3/4 corgi, I'm hoping their ears stand on their own.

(we are now at the puppy teething stage, sharp little buggers :) )

Thanks,

H O L Y C R A P. I am trying to teach Waffle some more tricks. When I was teaching him "Wafflecopter", he would spin once and I would say "do it again", and he would spin again. Now he spins twice! I said "do it again" when I was teaching him something else at school and he spun around and I made the connection that he thought "do it again" = "spin". I've been saying it over and over too trying to teach him to go backwards. Well I said it today…

Last week, Baxter and I went to Perry, GA for a huge 5-day agility event (two rings with 940 entries a day.) We got to the arena on Wednesday and boy oh boy, I'm glad we got up there early. Baxter was quite afraid of some of the noises inside-- the microphone announcer, the dog barks echoing off the walls, etc. It was a lot for him to take in. We walked around a bit and eventually he calmed down, which was very helpful because we were like the 8th dog up the next morning...…

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8 yo female Corgi, Jen.  She's very good with people but, not with other dogs.  She needs a home where she will be the only dog.  She live in Villa Park, IL.  She's a very good companion, she'd be great company for an older woman.

Sunday July 8th, one week ago today, I decided to Google any upcoming corgi litters in the area. I found a litter born June 16th with a couple male pups available. I sent the woman an email and within the hour had multiple pictures of the male my boyfriend and I liked best. We sent her our reserve deposit and officially started the countdown to picking up our new baby boy, Maverick. The woman had names for her pups for reference and our choice's name was Raccoon, which was kind of a sign…

We signed for our house on Friday, and pretty much spent our whole weekend out there with Scout (minus sleeping, as furniture is still at the apartment).

Scout is taking the move as expected, easily.  Pretty much I am the only thing she needs, and as long as she knows she has me, she is fine with any changes.  We had to leave her in the house while we ran to town, and I was going to lock her in the bathroom, but she didn't want to go in.  So she stayed in the main part of the house. …

These poor dogs don't have a clue where I am calling them from.  They never once looked up.

I'm at the top and there is no way I was climbing all those…

I noticed a spot on Billy's head this morning and took him to the vet, turns out the poor lil man has mange.  He also has been fighting kennel cough which has led to an pnemonia ( i can't spell that) He was put on Ivermectin (amongst 3 antibiotics for the pnemonia)  which can cause a lot of issues for him including neurological problems.  This has postponed his vaccines and now he can not go to Puppy Kindergarten :(  I just need my little man to be better he has not been healthy since the…

My person has lost her mind. There I was, on my walk minding my own business, ignoring a scruffy dog, when she started squealing and telling me what a "good girl" I am. Well, of course I'm a good girl! I'm the best, if I do say so myself. Normally I would have barked, growled, and lunged at the ruffian, but I had no interest in exerting that much energy so early in the morning. Instead, I glanced at him, and kept on walking. Always leave 'em drooling, I say. Such a small thing seems to be a…

After wrestling with the decision for several weeks, my fiance and I decided that it would be best for Chase to get him a muzzle, temporarily. This was a very very difficult decision for me because I do not like the idea of a muzzle at all!!

I feel like the worst mom on the planet, and a piece of me feels like this means I am giving up on Chase.

We decided that this would be best to keep Chase safe. We…

So the puppies are 3 weeks old today and for the last 3 days or so I've been giving them ebsilac on plates.  They are able to lap now but I'm concerned that they aren't getting enough milk from mom and am thinking it's time to move to puppy mush.

Does anyone have experience at this? (I'm much better with kittens and homemade "glop") I've read such a variety of things from baby food (such as rice or oatmeal dry mixes) with esbilac to soggy/mushy puppy chow and water.  I don't know if…

Waffle's birthday came and went and I didn't say anything!  He was 3 on June 20th. It's been SO HOT so we've had a pretty lazy summer so far.  My job search continues so I have very little to occupy myself with besides exercising and entertaining my dog.  (And copious amounts of video gaming.)  Anyways, here are some doodles... and then some real pictures.

True story:…

Well, my fellow agility classmates convinced me that I have to let Tucker try in the "real world" sooner or later. We've been going to class for about 9 months now. So, I've sent in my entry form for our first trial! We are going to be doing two classes at the Texas Agility-Shoot out, which is a non-sanctioned event benefitting canine cancer research. We're going to try a tunnel class and a jumpers class. I'm so nervous. I have a "naughty" dog that delights in seeing my exasperation, so…

Okay, I know most rescues make mistakes on dog breeds but they should know this is no dachshund/chihuahua mix!! This is a corgi plain and simple -_- Poor pup does not have rightful identification. She's quite skinny too :(

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/23521481

hi!  walter, 3 mos old, is a great puppy!!  he has a sweet disposition (most of the time ;) is crate trained & 90% potty trained (100% when i'm with him :)  here are my 3 concerns:

1)  he has taken to dig holes in various parts of the yard, mostly in dirt areas (not grass).  i want to sprinkle the granuals to get him to stop.  any other suggestions?

2) he still follows up too closely and nips at our ankles and feet. i read that you can take him, making no sounds, by the…

Ramji has a mysterious fever. He hasn't done anything out of the ordinary and he also doesnt have diarrhea. He does have a loss of appetite and is lethargic.

Took him to the vet yesterday, they did a fluid pack in his shoulders and got a shot of fever reducer. I checked his temperature throughout the night and it did go down through the night, it went down 104.5 to 103 to 102 but this morning, it shot back up to 104.7

I'm taking him back to the vet in a couple minutes to get…