• I'm trying to compose a comprehensive list of the dog breeds represented on this list. I know I could get it by going over old posts, but humor me and post. If your dog is a recognizeable breed like "Chow Chow," post that. If your dog is probably ...
  • Hello! I have recently received a puppy (well a month ago) and we are crate training him. (If this forum is not the correct forum, I would love it if I could be pointed in the direction of the appropriate one.) He is now 5 months old. For the past ...
  • This story is taken from my local daily paper. The one thing about the whole pit bull controversey that stands out to me is this: it seems that either pit bull owners are very responsible, committed or they are ignorant, abusive idiots. I'm pretty ...
  • I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations, we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let him out to the yard, ...
  • My family just adopted an adorable Bassett Hound. She is 5yrs old. Her previous owner informed us that her diet was strictly canned food. We were also informed that an attempt was made once to switch her to dry food that was disasterous. The dog ...
  • So, okay. In my recovery from losing Mac, I left the shelter for several days. In my absence, a member of the 'Dog Welfare Committee" brought in a traditional trainer to deal with Mongo, a big, exuberant, Rottie/mix puppy. He dragged Mongo from ...
  • one of my cow-orkers was just on the phone with her son. (the shared phone for our unit is right behind my desk.) i overheard them talking about their dogs (son has a Boston and she has two Shih Tzus). apparently son's Boston is uber gassy, so she ...
  • About 5 years ago, we rescued an abandoned Akita that wandered into our yard, completely emaciacted and loaded with ticks. He's been a very good dog, very loving and reasonably well-behaved, if not the sharpest tool in the shed, until the last 6-8 ...
  • Our older dog is 4-1/2 year old neutered male Golden Retriever mix. He has been getting rather sedentary and obviously bored. We thought it might be a good idea to get him a companion. We rescued a 3 month old Border Collie mix. Her disposition is ...
  • Funny Melanie started a thread with my name in it, because I've been meaning to ask her and other Pap owners about them as family dogs. My neice has 2 small (but very dog-savvy) kids and a 15 year old Lhasa. She wants to be ready to bring in a new ...