Recent content by houndlove

Okay, so Marlowe is a porn star. He was neutered the day I picked him up from the shelter but judging from the size of his wang, and the size of the man-purse that was left..... My friends when we first got him all had to come over and gawk, especially because with all the testosterone still...

I know that Trish King talks about being aware that sometimes you're fighting genetics, just so your expectations are realistic. Pyrs are barkers. It was part of their original job, to frequently make their presence known to any "invaders" on the area they were guarding. I have a friend who had...

To be fair, I've heard people adamantly claim you should never leave your dog alone with _______ for pretty much every single toy and food item there is. Kongs, bones of all kinds, stuffies, nylabones, rope toys, everything. At a certain point you just have to decide, I've watched this dog...

It's a complicated issue. If I could do it over again, I'd start my rehab work with Conrad with a consult with a professional and a special class, not just get around to it at the end when we've already accomplished so much on our own with no help. There would have been a lot less frustration...

Well, Cesar's feeding Castor and Pollux now apparently because that's "his" brand now. Talk about a total 180 from Iams! At least its in a positive direction. I really just wish consumers would think for themselves, just in general. Neither Halo nor Castor and Pollux are new foods and it just...

You could also do a "Should you breed your dog?" presentation.

Marlowe! He basically just turns in to this limp 1000 lb. sack of potatoes. He's pretty good about staying curled up most of the time (but even then if you try to move him---good luck with that), but the times when he starts oozing, he really oozes and he somehow manages to weigh 100 times more...

I don't spend anywhere near as much on pet food as on human food. We're currently budgeted for almost $500 on human food a month (good food is very important to us--if you don't have your health, what do you have?) and our pet food we're budgeted at about $100 a month. We feed a high quality...

Some dogs are just low-energy. If you're ruled out the major health concerns, just consider yourself lucky. ;)

I don't like to go the route of just coming right out and saying "My dog will BITE your kid" because instantly now I have a vicious dangerous horrible aggressive dog who should never again be let out of the house. People seriously think that any dog who does not stand for kids climbing all over...

There are two things that I pretty much will bend over backwards to avoid discussing with my vets: food and training. Because it's pretty much guaranteed we'll disagree on both topics. As long as my vet is good about treating my pets' illnesses and ailments, I just leave the nutrition and...

It seems like any more every time I try to go to the dog park, I have to leave prematurely because people don't understand that the dog park is for dogs and the kid park is for kids and they are not the same place. I recently drove a half an hour (I live in a city so this is major driving and...

If that is true, that is really gross.

Well, with parties come platforms and if you don't agree with the party platform because you have differing values, well....

I'm a little miffed at myself that we waited so long to start trying. I waited until the exact right moment and as it turns out it has taken us quite a while to get pregnant (not there yet) and as the months tick by, I'm not getting any younger.