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no he was yelling because he is a drunken fool and no i haven't ever grabbed his dog. when i do find snoopy in our yard i say 'go home' and he usually responds by running toward his house. i have no idea where snoopy is tonite -- i just saw him at our gate yesterday so i assume he is around somewhere!

ok so i know i have told you that our neighborhood has an intact free roaming male pit, snoopy. sweetest dog by some miracle -- his 'father' has the intellect of a garden hoe and i have tried to talk to him several times about keeping snoopy contained either in a fenced yard or on leash. he is most often drunk and unfortunately this retard is helping another neighbor build a new house --honestly i think he pays him in beer. so we have had several run-ins and i have explained that while i do like snoopy gaia tends to redecorate the house when he comes in our yard. he comes right up to the windows and just looks inside. hunny wants to snatch snoopy and give him to a rescue. that would be fine but then i have to worry what retard might try. anyway suffice it to say he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer! so today i am on my back porch grilling meat for the pups and he starts yelling that i snatched his dog. then he starts saying that his dog jumped my fence and that he and gaia got in a fight (never happened not even close). a bunch of drunken accusations all the while my other neighbor is trying to shut him up because he realizes that i am standing there steaming. so i went t-totally ghetto on his redneck ass! i mean i went so far as to invite him to step into the yard so i could plant my grilling fork in his eyes. then i shouted a myriad of curses at him that ended in 'you pcunt" (silent p). after that they all went inside the new house and got quiet! i swear idiots bring you down to their level! i am still shaking. i am now thinking next time i see snoopy out i might have to call animal control!

who needs fake mice when you have 17 acres of farm land as a neighbor? we have only had 2 in the house since we lived here and boy gaia and aspen went stark raving mad with them. they were upending furniture and rugs -- it looked like a cartoon and i almost peed myself laughing at them. luckily we cornered the mouse and flung him back into the field.

oh dear poor little cheech! you are in our thoughts and prayers. we are sending rottie good vibes for your internist visit today!

[quote name='ObedienceGrrl']It's not cute anymore![/quote] your butt? :wink:

dust off your split leaps and other cheerleading/dance jumps so you can avoid the collisions! picture yourself in a video game (super mario bros comes to mind) boing boing boing!

aspen has some skin problems right now and he is on marine fish oil -- not the capsule the actual oil and our vet told us we can put aloe on him.

hair up on his back and neck is called piloerection or 'hackles' -- your shackles made me giggle. here is my suggestion for dealing with cats: i know you now take treats with you on your walks which is great. i want you to take n additional type of treat that is super yummy and only reserved for cat encounters. you pick but it has to be something super salient like a bit of steak or ham or something really yummy that he doesn't get all the time. on your walks when you see a cat i want you to put that super treat on his nose and point his nose in the direction of your face and say 'watch.' there are a couple goals here: 1) you now have a cue to get him looking at you 2) cats = treats so eventually when he sees a cat he will look at you for his treat. you do need to practice this at home in low distraction settings and use good treats but not the ones reserved for cat encounters. i don't expect he will do very well if you just train him when he sees cats -- you have to work on it in low stress situations to really establish the behavior. remember that there is always the option to turn and go a different way. you may have to turn and run to get his attention re-focused. you may have to do this for a while until he gets the hang of 'watch.'

they are just like male primates -- they think if they don't use it that it will fall off! they have to check that it is still down there and in working order! aspey's weenie peeks out sometimes when he sits -- when he was a puppy it was out all the time. i don't think i have a puppy pic without his baby boner!

good boy barkley! hey AAP what did the vet say? did they have any guess as to why his ear was swollen? what did they give you as the anti-inflammatory?

could be one of those first name = john last name = john kinda names! :wink:

can you tell if something might have bitten or stung him?

[quote name='JackieMaya']Awww, Kessie gave her mummy a wee wee gift! LOL My puppers taught me that I always keep the toilet seat down and the bathroom doors closed.[/quote] JM you get the award today! that is the best use of wee i have seen! kudos to you!

clearly kat you got her to let you know when you need to get the plumber out to fix the toilet that is not flushing properly :wink:

oh wow she is so cute! i am sure she will settle in nicely after a few days of tlc.

just saw the new holiday siggie -- love it! very cute!

[quote] I love you guys here at Dogo, but geez, so much drama...[/quote] cc: for someone who :roll: & :D about the drama you sure are right in the thick of things, huh? moving on . . . this will be my last post in this particular thread as well - feel free keep the fire burning tho. as to the reasons i don't agree with ceasar's training methods well there are many so i will give you my #1 -- his blatant use of aversives. make no mistake aversives usually work and most times they work quickly and that's what i find a lot of people are looking for -- a quick fix. i see what ceasar does as a 'patch' whereas i see what positive trainers try to do as a 'fix.' nobody is without fault. any type of training can go very wrong quickly and yes i certainly agree that each dog, situation, handler, and trainer is different. i do try to adapt my protocol according to the dog/handler/situation but the one thing i will not do is use something aversive to the dog and call it training. i don't wish my dog to be uncomfortable at any time -- always fun i think it should be -- again fun is subjective by dog. he is your pet and your friend hell mine are family why on earth would i jeopardize that relationship? is everyone clear on why r2 does not like the milan method? geez that was a good 10 senctences without sarcasm -- my brain hurts! [quote]as well as sarcastically putting me down for having pics of him on my pc.[/quote] i don't understand why this particular sarcastic 'put down' bugs you when so many that have come before did not?! why so sensitive about this? i know good and damn right well that i am not the only person who finds it peculiar that you have pics of your dog trainer on your pc - but hey to each his own. i don't think i ever called you an egotistical starfucker -- only because until you said it in the other thread i had never heard the term starfucker! i do think i like it and will add it to my vocabulary. quite honestly i do not require your apology for knocking my or any other training methods. i have a little thicker skin than that -- it's not like i am gonna toss my method just cause drj got huffy. all jokes aside i find it sad that a grown assed man could get his delicate feelings hurt on an internet forum. whatever happened to sticks and stones, dude? as for the comments or starfucker (yes i do like this word) implications i made -- me thinks thou doth protest too much. the issue of why i have not posted a pic for your viewing pleasure -- think what you will. i don't really understand your intense interest and frankly it kinda scares me. if you must know my dear, my day job strictly prohibits my talking about the specifics of what i do [b]and[/b] posting pics of myself willy nilly on internet forums (maybe if i did it nilly willy it would be alright?). are you quite satisfied? would you like to talk with my boss -- i am sure he would take it very serious if i walk in and tell him drj needs me to post my picture on the dogo board! hey i understand. you are just too busy living your non-egotistical LA life to consider other possibilities. as for your theory that i am some low self-esteem hermit -- well ess knows me and i believe she might agree i lack a lot of things but self-esteem is not one of them! i am comfortable with who i am and what i believe and i sleep very well at night. oh one last thing off topic -- for someone who is the star AP english student/self-proclaimed grammar guru -- your posts are littered with mistakes. you might freshen up those skills! :wink:

cool! hurry up with those pics!

no no don't get discouraged! of course you love them! pyr's contact is a great start! you can always ask questions here and believe me you will get every band of the spectrum in answers :wink: but there's tons of very accountable people here.

ok gonna be sarcastic here again -- fair warning avert your eyes if you are highly sensitive to such . . . so if we use court's explanation then i say drj and i were jockeying for position today. get it?

[quote name='ESSlover']I know. I'm sorry, Jeff. I guess I just know that R2's training methods *do* work, and the way he was putting them down was just pissing me off. She doesnt know all she learned from a book, she has hands on experience.[/quote] you are a silly girl ess and thanks for the vote of confidence :)

[quote]Of course I dont believe everything I read or see on the internet. However, I apologize when I make personal attacks, whether its over the internet, or in person. The fact that you have said that my two-sense (5 cents for inflation) is worth a penny, that I am egotistical and obsessed with celebrities is not only not the truth, but its uncool. I did not go into personal attacks. I just stated that I think my point is more valid considering that I have been to Cesar in person, not just commenting on him or his methods from 2,000 miles away.[/quote] ok here is my top of the head very sarcastic response ala major payne . . . . you think you deserve an apology? you think i should take back all those mean and hurtful things i said? well, i'm sorry you just an egotistical, celebrity obsessed, cold cream wearin', milan lover! remember that's sarcasm people! oh yeah and it's 2-cents not sense! that's real. well jeff maybe you are just a bigger man than me.

yes unfortunately a waggin tail is not always friendly!

anytime jeff baby! you know i still love you right?

[quote]Annie is so quick. There is never any warning such as hair standing, ears changing positions, & her tail is always up in the air!! One minute she acts like she is just standing there (or walking past Hunterr) & the next minute she had a hold of Hunterr’s neck.[/quote] i don't agree with never -- the signs are there but in some dogs they are much more subtle and sometimes the time between the 'you wanna piece of me' stare and the lunge is milliseconds.