Was doing some searching for this illness and stumbled upon this thread.
Did your pup's elbows ever get any better?
I am having a terrible time dealing with the same thing. First it started as just concrete elbows, then progressed into obsessive compulsive licking.
I treated it with...
Recognition Score: 100%
Temporal Memory Score: 91%
Thought 2 faces from part 1 were in part 2 :( No other errors.
I have poor memory on names though :o
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Very durable and light.
I have the line for about 3 years now and not a scratch.
Although a leash from that material only lasted me only 2.5 years of daily use.
My guy peed like a girl until he saw a neighborhood Dalmatian lift his leg...
From that point on, he always lifts his leg to pee on tree's. Still pees like a girl on grass though :D
He's intact though, just had a vasectomy done.
About an hour each month for baths. After the bath I need the whole day to get my strength back. He hates bathing.
Have a nice rake to get his undercoat once a week for about 20 minutes.
Usually its 20$ for general check up. But since we've been going to him for many years now he does ours free alot of times.
Obviously have to pay for all medications, etc.
40$ per month for hartguard and advantage.
If its a puppy under 8 months of age, I wouldnt care ;) Just keep going through the basics of establishing yourself as a leader through training and other positive means.
I agree that dominance term is over used very often and in wrong places.