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If he graduated obedience than take him to an advanced obedience class or even better a Canine Good Citizenship class. I don't mean to pester but it just sounds like you are having a hard time managing him by yourself and a proffessional could really help. That way you would both be happier.

Hope it goes well.

Our upstairs hallway is fairly clear of dog hair even when the main floor is a mess. I can only presume the dander would be the same. So I guess I'm saying what K already said so my post is mostly pointless.

The spots could quite likely come from the Newfie part. Landseers (type of Newfie) are black and white and sometimes have a few spots on their legs. In fact it is possible that the pup is mostly Newfie. [url]http://www.newfclub.dk/eng/breed.htm[/url] [img]http://www.newfclub.dk/Images/landseer.jpg[/img] [url=http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.landseer-paradies.de/pic/aronaction.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.landseer-paradies.de/zuchtwert.html&h=277&w=237&sz=20&tbnid=clMiDkHw0ZoJ:&tbnh=109&tbnw=93&hl=en&start=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlandseer%26start%3D140%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN]Source[/url] [img]http://www.landseer-paradies.de/pic/aronaction.jpg[/img]

Ugly like the worst possible combination of an Ewok and a Bulldog as oppossed to the best possible combination of an Ewok and a Bulldog (which is really cute)?

DO - Cori is a Rat Terrier if rats way a ton, eat grass and moo! :lol:

Try clicking here and look on the left side for the PM button [url=http://www.dogomania.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=644&sid=f457a8b595a28813e5e47ce3c4d21bee]Crested[/url] She might take a bit to get back to you as she doesn't get on as much as she used to but it might be worth a try.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about those breeds but I do know we have a Chinese Crested owner on the board who pops in periodically. Hopefully she'll be along in the next week. I'm sure she'll talk your ear off.

Thanks Pom. I'll keep trying in future, and keep tweaking the post and see if I can't reach some of them.

Well, in a perfect world it would be because they are a demanding breed that requires a certain type of owner who is educated and prepared. If only people who met those standards were allowed to have pits (and if no pits could be bred if they weren't going to one of these people) than pits wouldn't have the rep they do. But its not a perfect world.

Increase the amount of time he has to behave before getting the treat, even if its from 1/4 second to 1/2 a second. Work up from there. Take him out all the time and in lots of different circumstances. If possible ignore his undesired behaviour and have others do so as well (you may have to set up an artificial situation to reinforce this.) When he is actually calm and quiet, then have the "stranger" give him a treat and praise him yourself. Do something similar with the door - arrange a dog training bbq. You bbq and invite freinds over. Have them cycle throught the front door irregularly and ignore the bad behaviour and reward the good - a few hours of this might help.

First - check the training sticky in this section. It has tons of good info on the basics. Second - Where did you put her overnight? The first thing a teach a pup is house training and come. House training saves your house, come could save your dogs life. For house training see the sticky but basically don't let her out of your site ever or crate/confine her somewhere safe if you have to leave her alone - see crate training in the sticky. If she can't make mistakes she won't develop bad habits. If she chews something she shouldn't - take it away and replace it with a proper chew toy. If she appears to be about to make a mess in the house - wisk her outside, stay out there till she goes and praise. You may want to do more in the house training feild but again see the sticky. For training "come" or recall training: Take her out on a really long leash or in a secure yard with a freind. Let the other person play with her and walk away as far as possible with the lead. Call, reel her in gently if she doesn't come, give tons of praise and treat. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Do this in varying circumstances and locations. Try to never use "come" to get her to come for something she doesn't like or use "come" and then discipline. Use another word for those things if you must but make sure "come" is always positive and reinforce this throughout her life. This way if she ever sleeps her collar, breaks a leash or is loose and in trouble you can safely call her back. It helps for other training too.

The Shitzhus fur is soft and silky but not straight like a Yorkies. They will take longer to matt up than a Lhasa but probably faster than a Yorkie. We almost always had ours with a "puppy cut" which is pretty short all over. Sometimes we would do a modfied puppy cut with a slightly longer tail and the topknot thingy. In the puppycut they look like small fluffy bulldogs. They are broad chested for small dogs and squat bodied. Actually they look a bit like a cross between a bulldog and an Ewok! Tons of personallity, quirky, funny, playful, can be quite stubborn at times, will snuggle. Might be a bit small for rough play with kids but as you've already said you won't be leaving them alone together it shouldn't be a problem. Border Terriers aren't soft or fluffy but they don't matt up. Good dogs, I'll let you know more about them if your interested.

I love those dyed poodle pics!

I'm so sorry for your poor Lhasa. At least she got to spend her senior years in a good home. In the small dog area my favourites are the shitzhu, whippet, italian greyhound (unfortunately too fragile for my household), border terrier and the parson russell terrier - the russell has the highest excercise needs and the most [i]outgoing[/i] personality but they are still quite managable with proper excercise and training.

It may be that your dog prefers destructable toys and eating them at the end is just part of it. My boys love a toy they can rip to peices, it is the best thing in the world for them. I have resorted to toilet papaer rolls and dollar store stuffed toys. I have to watch them, less than at first but I still have to watch. I'm not as worried about the toilet paper rolls but the stuffing I have to watch. Either way I have to clean up when they are done playing or when I decide they are done playing.

The reason she is looking at smaller dogs is because of excercise requirements. She was thinking about a Rough Collie but wasn't sure she could provide for its excercise needs so changed her mind. I like her, she has to stay.

We can't observe your pup so it is hard for us to know. If she is stiffer in the morning it could be joint/tendon/sprain or ElbowD as oppossed to a fracture, however, puppies like playing - they may ignore pain when they have something to do. The only way to know for sure is the vet. The X-ray for my foster GSDX when we were checking for HD were less than $90 and that including knocking him out so he'd hold still for them.

Thanks HF. I may give orange a try this Halloween. Do you have a suggestion for a safe and mostly temporary orange dye?

She could have a sprain or a fracture. Although HD is out for front leg it could in theory still be something like Elbow Disp. A quick trip to the vet so the vet can look her over and then decide if x-rays are needed would be nice. Kavik (my BC) hurt his hip when he was a puppy but stopped limping in 3-4 days although if he got tired he walked funny for a couple weeks afterwards - been fine every since then though.

Yup, kongs are what I would suggest too. They are designed to have food put in them. Also get chew toys of verying hardness - Kavik likes his kong and tire toys and would chew on harder things if I let him but Zaphod will only chew on soft things like stuffed toys and braided ropes.

I have thought about temp. dying Kavik's white blaze red or orange for Halloween - thought it would look good with the black, but I'm afraid it will turn out pink or something.

I have 4 pets, all in good health. Pet insurance here would cost me over $360/month for what I would consider adequate/moneysworth coverage. I put a bit of money aside periodically instead because it seems to work out better as its $4320/year for insurance and I have yet to pay more than $1300/year and that was the year I fostered Tyr.

Check out the crate training section in the Training Sticky in the Training Section. Get thee to an obedience class. They are less than $100 for 6 sessions at places like Petsmart. If you can work with a behabiourist or do more that would be better but 6 sessions would give you a working start and would let someone who can observe your dog give you some suggestions.

Sizzle and Mouse - both of your dogs look great and so dignified.