Recent content by konasmomma09

Our older dog doesn't eat very much either. For a while he was underweight, what we did was give him peanut butter kongs and extra biscuit treats. He bulked up pretty quick and is actually a little pudgy now. But most of the extra weight is lipomas. He still doesn't eat a lot, maybe half a...

I agree! I think what happens is people are just somewhat ignorant. For one, shelters may not even cross their minds. I was one of those people. Honestly I have no issues with adopting from a shelter, it's just at first it didn't even occur to me that they might have something I would want...

I didn't want to hijack any of the other crate training threads since this is a different topic though similar. Our puppy is crate trained...mostly. He's got no issues going in his crate and letting me lock him in and walk away when he's been exercised and is tired. I'm not sure what he...

Thanks! I do think he gets bored. I've left toys in his crate with him, but he somehow managed to pee on those too. Now all he gets is a Kong ball stuffed with treats. I think that entertains him for all of 20 minutes though. He learned really quick the best way to get the treats to tumble...

He's probably in there for about 5 hrs. We told them to let him out at lunch. And that way he's not in there for more than 5-6 hrs. But I just talked to my neighbor about leaving him out but locked in one room with the baby gate, so that may be something we'll try (at least in the mornings...

I'm having problems with Kona going potty IN his crate and ON his dog bed, even when the bed is not in his crate. We've taken away his bed because I got tired of cleaning it every day. I mean it got to the point where after I cleaned it, I'd put it out to dry and he'd pull it down and pee on...

Thanks. I've not thought about having treats in inaccessible places. I use "GOOD!" like your "YES" marker. And he's learned that earns him treats. But I usually have the treats in my pocket. I usually try to hide the treats in my pocket before he sees it. But for some reason, he figures...

We do rub his head and scratch behind his ears as praise also, but he's still turning to get his nose in my hand when I go to rub his head to praise him. As far as how much we're feeding him, he's about 40lbs now and we're giving him 3-4 cups of dry puppy food a day (the dog food he was...

Kona (5mo coonhound) is really good about obeying commands when I have treats to praise him. I read before that during training you should praise with treats 4/5 times and keep verbal praise all the time. We've gotten to the point where he knows 'sit', 'down', 'come', 'break' and somewhat...

Hello! I'm a newbie to the forums and thought I should introduce myself. I live in the Chicago suburbs with my husband. We're both young (mid 20's), active professionals who love the outdoors and love dogs! My hubby and I have 2 dogs, a 13yo Lab/Shepherd mix named Hunter and a brand new...