I could only imagine my dobe taking a nice big #2 inside. It would be a bit smelly.




Has Brian taken an interest in that bone yet?

Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 03, 2009, 09:43:58 AM
I could only imagine my dobe taking a nice big #2 inside. It would be a bit smelly.

+1 My whole backyard smells right after one of my mutts drops a bomb.

Quote from: Triple J on September 03, 2009, 10:02:56 AM
+1 My whole backyard smells right after one of my mutts drops a bomb.

Quote from: Randimus Maximus on September 03, 2009, 08:21:24 AM
I had an extra piece of sod outside, so I had him pee on that a couple times last night.

Swapped it out with a piece in the pool/doggie litter box this morning, and bingo - he's using it! 

Good job.  And fingers crossed for you guys!

Quote from: triangleforge on September 03, 2009, 09:14:16 AM
Any ideas?

BRAD

Get a night job.

On a serious not, cutoff water at 7 pm or so. Fluffy's probably worries about leaking still.

Quote from: triangleforge on September 03, 2009, 09:14:16 AM
I'm looking for some dog training advice, and where else would I turn but to Dogs of the DMF?

Here's the issue: In the past three or four months, our two dogs have gotten in the habit of waking us up three or more times a night begging to go out. It started with Fluffy, our 7-year old female Husky/Shepherd/Whatever mix developing a urinary tract infection that meant she HAD to go frequently, but after two weeks of antibiotics & rechecking a couple of times she's got a clean bill of health and should be able to go the night without going outside.

I'm pretty sure the pattern goes like this: Fluffy wakes up, she's bored and wants company, so she goes and wakes up Ruffles, the 15-year old male Shar-Pei who's mostly blind, mostly deaf and counts peeing on things as one of his greatest remaining pleasures in life. That, and killing the skunks that occasionally get into the back yard at night (last Saturday was the first in a long while, and the memory lingers on both dogs despite multiple washings). Once he's awake, he'll start barking & scratching at the bedroom door & won't let up until one of us gets up & lets them out.

We've got to find a way to break the pattern with one of the dogs; unfortunately a dog door isn't an option because of the indoor-only cats who've never had to deal with the neighborhood coyotes & because Fluffy's a big girl and any door big enough for her to go out is more than big enough for an ill-intentioned human to come in.

Any ideas?

BRAD

Don't let them out to run around and have fun on their own at night.

If they ask to go out, take them out on a leash.  Stand in one place until they go, or until a fixed amount of time is up (for example 3 minutes).  Bring them inside.  No attention, no petting, no treats.

They think the nighttime outings are fun.  You have to make them boring.

They'll probably give up after a couple of days.

Shelby the Siberian Husky w/ her pond/water bowl/ post walk foot cooler/pillow

Quote from: scoprire on September 07, 2009, 04:47:07 PM
Shelby the Siberian Husky w/ her pond/water bowl/ post walk foot cooler/pillow

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A dog's life indeed

That is a great picture!!   (And a beautiful dog too!)

"There is no Greta, only Zuul"

^ HA HA!!!

Here is my new Jack Russell pup 

Hurricane Roxy

omg whatacutie!  

Sooo cute!!

Quote from: DuCaTiNi on September 10, 2009, 02:11:14 AM
omg whatacutie!  

+1


hurricane

From Brian's vet this week:

"I have discussed Brian's case with all of the experts around the country and NOBODY has dealt with this problem
with any regularity.  Even the surgeons that have been doing this for 20 years have only operated two or three
cases.  The results are mixed with some surgeons saying the recovery was very difficult with not much clinical
improvement and some saying that while the recovery was difficult the procedure really helped their patient."

Figures.         

When we first noticed the lameness, I was fearful of an ACL-type injury.  Oh how I wish that were the case now!

On a positive note:  " I have to start out by saying that euthanasia is not something we need to talk about now
and I hope we never need to discuss it."   

There's always a bright side!