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We have a rescue, a 15 week old lab/pit. Nip training is going well, along with crating and everything else but goddamn this dog refuses to poop or pee outside. I've been taking her in and out for the last 3 hours since she ate (can't stay outside too long due to the cold). It's always the same thing. On weekdays I eventually have to work and can't keep at it all day and that's when she poops (there's a couple general places she goes all the time). I'm just struggling so much with this. I want a win for her. When she poops inside she avoids pee mats as well. She usually pees on them fine but keeps squirting little toonie sized piss spots around the house as well. Anyway - there's no bad pets only bad owners and I owe it to her to make this work. But... gently caress. I'm so tired, lol. Doesn't help that I'm the only person in the family not sick so I'm doing this all solo.
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Jan 29, 2022 16:42
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movax posted:Any anti-poo eating tips? Is it just a phase they grow out of? My pup is 5 months old and we watch him like a hawk, because after he poops / another dog poops... nothing in the world is tastier than poop. And parasites are no good! My buddy was having this issue. Started giving his dog a potassium chew his vet approved and it went away. I don't know why, sorry, but might give you some direction.
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Jan 29, 2022 16:57
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Ahdinko posted:We've had our puppy 2 days, she's 16 weeks old and we are trying to crate train her for sleep at night. She's having issues peeing in the crate, possibly anxiety? We're going through similar. Took like almost a week to get her to go on the pad (too cold for her outside) but when we did we through such a party for her - treats, excited good girl, playing etc, after that things got easier quick. For the crate it took a good week before she chilled out, but keeping it a steady routine helped a lot.
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Feb 22, 2022 04:42
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 This is Casey. I love her so much it hurts but it would be nice if she could bring herself to poop outside.
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Mar 6, 2022 17:55
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Say hi to Casey!     
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Mar 21, 2022 17:43
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Yeah pee pads always seem to leak through, we put them over a small tarp.
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Apr 6, 2022 19:33
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I take my dog out to poop and she won't poop but she'll try to eat rabbit poop and our lord in Christ we are trying to get poop out of your body not in loving stop
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Apr 11, 2022 14:51
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Hey cone buddy She's not having a great day.
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Apr 23, 2022 16:58
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She's in better spirits, watching a YouTube squirrel video. 
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Apr 23, 2022 21:03
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I'm imagining someone screaming at their dog that is currently making GBS threads on the kitchen floor, exasperated, red faced, hat wrenched and twisted in their hands: "You can't do this to me! This. Is. ILLEGAL!"
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May 6, 2022 12:44
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My 8 month old lab/pit has an eye that is just endless eye boogers. I have to wipe it out maybe 4-5 times a day. It comes away clean, and has always been like this. It's mostly the left eye. Is this just her gross eyes or something potentially serious?
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May 17, 2022 20:01
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cailleask posted:I’ve worked with a trainer who does use aversive collars, but combined with heavy heavy positive reinforcement for desired behavior. I find that my dog does need to know her boundary of what I do NOT want, along with what I do want. Every dog is different, though. Yeah, this was our breakthrough. Positive wasn't enough (it's still the vast, vast majority) but for things like keeping her from diving headfirst into the loving dish washer or trying to bodyslam the cat firmly holding the collar, giving her a "no- bad" then praising the followup calmer behavior helped her nearly immediately after months of failure.
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Jun 10, 2022 13:07
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"I know, we'll feed the cat on the table where the puppy can't get" Dog: *grows, gains incredible leaping power* Ah, poo poo.
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Jun 14, 2022 13:20
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Sab669 posted:The very first day I brought Bonnie home from the shelter, she saunters into the kitchen and jumps right up onto the kitchen table I'm going to make a box to feed the cat in I guess. I can't put his food much higher, he's getting a bit older and I don't want him to have to have to take the great leap everytime he wants to eat :\
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Jun 14, 2022 14:25
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very "wtf have I done" moment
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Are these zits? Noticed Casey (8mo) getting them near her nipple and tummy area. Never saw zits on any other dogs we've owned. 
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Jun 15, 2022 02:38
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HootTheOwl posted:I can't tell, are you sure it's not a tick? Kinda looks like a tick. Checked with a vet student i know to hold us over until we can go into the vet proper. Shouldn't be a concern unless they start looking rough...
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Jun 16, 2022 03:48
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Casey before day care Casey after day care  "Aww she looks tuckered, did she play hard?" "You think that's bad, you should see her victims." "?" "I mean playmates" My puppy tilts until the machine breaks. Harvey Mantaco fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jun 23, 2022 |
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Jun 23, 2022 04:34
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Jun 27, 2022 13:27
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I wish our 9 month old carpet shark could learn to say hello in a way that wasn't oral and vertical. I'd like to have family over again. Working on the jumping is going OK, but she just wants to mouth on everything.
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Jul 26, 2022 00:24
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Sanctum posted:Is a dog being afraid to pee around their owner a natural behavior that happens sometimes or is this something that a previous owner could have caused by aggressively shouting and making the dog afraid to pee in the presence of a human? There's a temptation to give a dog poo poo if you catch them peeing where they shouldn't, but they can absolutely just build a negative association with peeing around you. That's a pretty common roadblock for people. The previous owners may have contributed to this. We had been going "no bad" when our dog peed inside and we caught her, we had to stop doing that and then just trade off having her on walks and with us until she went outside then threw a party when she did... it was so hard though.
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Aug 15, 2022 12:27
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Casey please stop pulling the fluff out of everything through it's weak point like you're Anthony Hopkins in Fracture but the dog version 
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Oct 13, 2022 04:40
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Hellblazer187 posted:I've never had a person pet Chino without asking first. A bigger problem here is tons of people want to walk their dogs without a leash or just let their dog roam the neighborhood unsupervised all day. My dog loves people but seems mostly annoyed with other dogs. Young unleashed dogs always seen to want more from him socially than he wants to give, which leads to problems sometimes. I wish people just used leashes it's not that expensive or difficult to use. I'm not a violent or aggressive person but the entitled boomer mouthbreathers in my neighborhood who think it's their god given right to have their dog off leash turns me into some sort of feral maniac. It's so loving disrespectful, inconsiderate and childish.
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Oct 19, 2022 14:07
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Michael Transactions posted:Has anyone had luck with using a pet behaviorist? My puppy is still having a hard time getting used to the crate. She's a rescue so I wonder if she's had some trauma about it in the past. Hoping a pet behaviorist can help so I can have some of my life back. My kennel offered a service that really helped us. Looked at the situation, gave us advice and drills and a plan. They just sold their services as "dog behavior correction."
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Nov 20, 2022 21:26
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Is there any consensus on anti-dog-barking devices? New neighbors and they're complaining about our dog; the dog DOES bark a lot, unfortunately. Nothing that's set and forget that's any good i don't think. You can get non-shock vibration collars you manually fire to break a reactive dog out of its barking concentration if need be but you still need to do the reward when it stops to train them out of it. It's unfortunately just really hard to train out. We had a friend walk by multiple times to help us with the training to give the dog more chances. (Not an expert - just saying what worked for us, she still barks but much less)
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Dec 14, 2022 02:37
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My Casey is a year old! We're chilling by the fire tonight. 
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Dec 31, 2022 04:12
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Vim Fuego posted:Is there a good source for buying stuffed toys in bulk? I'm looking to get 10 or 25 at once. My puppy Ranger is about 65 pounds and he murders them quick. Is there a known place to buy ones that squeak and are non toxic? Not a place in particular, but, I've been getting no-stuffing toys. You don't have to immediately chuck them if they get opened up and they're usually mate with better stitching it seems.
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Jan 5, 2023 19:20
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People and dogs both make mistakes. You care, you're open to criticism and you're putting in the effort. You're a good dog owner. It's ok.
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Jan 9, 2023 21:15
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Some dogs have a decrease in blood during their most fertile period then bleed more after but my dog has always bled like crazy the whole time. Her favorite place to hang out is on my coffee table. I go through a lot of clorox wipes. Hope you have a place you can let her tear rear end. Or dog is similar (not as bad though) and going to the abandoned school near us that is gated in and telling her to "go, play" so she runs around like a maniac for like 20 minutes makes her so much calmer for the rest of the day.
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Jan 11, 2023 14:35
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Jun 6, 2023 00:47
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What a beautiful smile.
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Jun 6, 2023 13:36
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That dog is the ideal presentation of the subject matter
Harvey Mantaco fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 15:11
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So we're getting rid of all of the squeaky toys tonight, now. Jesus - I'm so sorry.
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Jul 17, 2023 20:32
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cumpantry posted:when torgal barks we just hold his mouth together and go shhhh. Wait, that works?
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Aug 10, 2023 15:30
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GateOfD posted:argh, why can't you stay still while i'm trying to trim your dew claws Wigglebeans are hard
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Aug 14, 2023 06:29
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H13 posted:- General feeling of things not being right. It feels like he's deliberately on his ABSOLUTE BEST BEHAVIOUR around me, almost like he's scared or shy or timid? This is resulting in me playing with him more often with his toys, giving him more treats and pets and rewards and assuring him he's good. If he was scared of me, I'm sure he wouldn't be coming up for playtime or hugs?
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Aug 15, 2023 14:15
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The Slack Lagoon posted:My dog caught a juvenile rabbit in the yard today. I didn't realize how accurate squeak toys are compared to rabbit noises Yeah mine got a baby rabbit last spring, a few quick and hard murder shakes then threw it against a wall. My wife heard the noise it made from inside the house. Harrowing.
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Sep 21, 2023 00:24
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I just learned my girl loves bell peppers. Big crunches 
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Sep 27, 2023 19:50
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Andoman posted:This makes my blood boil. I have 3 dogs and 2 of them are sweetness and light, the third and smallest is a Jack Russell Terrier and it doesn't matter how friendly your dog is (or how big) she will make a concerted effort to eat it if it comes in range. She is on a lead for a reason ... its for your dogs protection not mine! It would be helpful if more owners had a bit of respect. As for letting dogs approach a dog with a cone ... I'm lost for words. People get just loving indignant about being told to get their dog on a leash. I've never had someone be any less than an entitled mouthy prick about it, if they do it at all.
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Sep 28, 2023 21:19
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The worst I ever heard was some guy go "he's an off-leash dog." I'm pretty sure I just went aaahhhHHHHHH, like I didn't have the words for it.
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Sep 29, 2023 01:37
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I always struggle with what to do when some freaks off leash dog comes at me. Is it aggressive? Just noisy? Do I risk a bite? Boot it? What if I boot a friendly dog? I got pulled down and had my hand hosed up by a German Shepard a guy was just letting chill on his front lawn unsupervised so I never trust myself.
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Sep 29, 2023 19:22
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