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Folks: I have a 2-year-old neutered Male. Extremely friendly to people--even strangers enough that he doesn't run away but is trusting. He is actively walked daily and gets 20 to 30 off leash to chase birds, rabbit and the occasional fox. He is well behaved inside the house and when on...

take4roll10: I appreciate the advice and concern. I don't really disagree with you because I've seen him and have to correct him when he wants to stop for some deer poop snacking. He already doens't posses recall too well as he will be fixated on a neighbor's dog and not hear me at all. For...

Folks: I’m worried we might not be potty training the right way. I appreciate the wisdom of this group and would like some of your thoughts in this regard. Here is my background. Our pup (Rusty), who is now 12 weeks old, came home to us at week 8. He learned to be in is crate the first day...

Say hello to Rusty. http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorrobynphotosharing/11410015944/ I posted once before on his play area and thought I'd drop a photo of him enjoying the snow. We've had 20 and even colder days; doesn't phase him a bit. This bread clearly LOVES the snow.

Our toes and fingers are a favorite...which is hardly allowable but he doesn't quite remember that fact. Truth is, as long as our pup has lots of options, he is happy. His 2.5 seconds of attention span drives him from one two to another quicker than you can blink. So we load him up with about 4...

Thanks, folks. Nice forum here, for sure. He's been so much fun for the family. We have 5 kids (16 down to 6) so Rusty get's plenty of play time in the yard. This "sleeping event" came after his first experience with deep snow. All that jumping just to move around really drained him of all his...

....after a bath due to his running in the mud and snow today. He was asleep like this for about 20 min. Hilarious. http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorrobynphotosharing/11193834715/

Your caution is well received. At a large park we take him to we use the strict rule that if another dog approaches, on a leash, we pick him up and ask the owner if their dog's vacinnations are current and if he/she is gentile. If so, we let them greet and play. If I see a stray or dog not...

He was bathed within the first 24 hours, as the breeder had not bathed him yet. No worries there. We used the most gentle soap, didn't scrub long and rinsed 3 times. That experience was more good than bad to him as he is now more used to running sink water--after rinsing his paws nearly every...

Thanks to all your advice. We are now 10 days into this (photo below) and he's doing MUCH better. I've had to rinse his paws off 3 or 4 times a day for a 3 day stretch. We had some nasty weather and I'd let him have a ball in it and get muddy. I'd not use shampoo, just wather to remove the...

Folks: We have a 10 1/2 week old Shelty male puppy; we got him 9 days ago. The first night of coming home we began his crate training. He put up a fuss, but took to it rather quickly and now sleeps each night in his crate, ext to my bed. In fact, last night he slept 6 without a noise in...

Folks: New member. Brought home our new boy last night. He's about 8 1/2 weeks old. Born to a wonderful breeder who knew how to treat him--and his 6 siblings.. YIKES. Anyway, I've done a great deal of study on training him properly--and some regarding socializing him as best we can. Few...