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Next month I am moving from Long Island to Virginia. I've found myself (and Dutch of course) and appartment, and I'll be going down next week for an interview at a local shelter. My plan is to sign a short term lease, and look into buying a house. I was wondering if anyone here lives, or has...

We use Accent at the shelter to stop the dogs from eating their stool overnight. It's actually a spice made for people food, but apparently it tastes horrible comming out the other end. (Sorry, that was gross.) We've had to use it on a few dogs, and only one continued eating his stool, so it...

The prettiest Easter Bunny ever.

Waiting patiently for me to continue playing snow-ball fetch.

Merlin, who I was cat-sitting, decided that Dutch's crate would be a great place to take a nap. Dutch however, was not at all pleased by the visitor, and quickly kicked him out.

Something tells me he didn't appreciate the pink ears.

Taking pictures in the living room again.

Dutchy being cute in the living room.

Wow, I think my heart almost stopped when I saw that first pic. She looks almost exactly like my Trevor, only younger of course. The length of the coat, the eyebrows, even the ear flop ...almost identical. If only I had a good pic of his face to show you. Trevor was a German Shep/Rottie X...

Heh, you got me. I was just dancing around the living room singing to Dutch as I cleaned. Yes, literaly a 1/2 hour ago. He just follows me around, staring as though I'm crazy (in this case he was probably right). But if I jump infront of him, he play bows at my feet and runs around me all...

Emma, I haven't done the website thing in quite a while, but I was into it a few years ago. Let me see what I can whip up as an example. This may take me a few hours, but if you're interested, I'd be more than happy to help you out. I'll PM the link to you when I've got something worth...

Ok, this isn't my dog, it's Sophia from work, but I absolutely love this picture ...

I agree with you completely Love4Pits. It's sad that governments are at the point where they so blatently avoid the real problem and punish the innocents as coverup.

We have 2 dogs at the shelter who will only poop on cement. Sophia spent a long time in a shelter where she was never walked - and I'm assuming she picked up the habit by going on the cement floor of her run. She is now kennel-clean, but will only go to the bathroom in the parking lot...

Even more stupid nicknames I have a very strange habit of adding the word "face" to the end of dogs names. I do it to all my favorites at work too. Yes, I'm a little strange. Dutch = Dutchie-face Sasha = Sashy-face Sophia = Sophie-face Chance = Chancy-face Trevor (<3) was Twevy-face...

We once had a femal Cocker come through the shelter. Her name was Truman. I thought that was pretty bad.

We've used spray bottles at the shelter for serious problems, and seen amazing results. However, it must be used carefully. Timing is very important - make sure you spray Pakak as he's biting, not as he approaches or backs off. Also, don't allow him to see the spray bottle (hide it up your...

Since the behavior has been allowed for 2 years, it may be safe to assume that your dog thinks that inside is a perfectly acceptable place to relieve himself. I would reccomend starting from scratch. Treat him like a puppy (when it comes to housebreaking), and throw all expectations to the...

From what I've read, I believe that most people here (including myself) use positive reinforcement training. I'm a big fan of "nothing in life is free" training, where the dog works for his/her rewards. If you have any training questions, feel free to ask, you're sure to get many helpful...

I had this same problem with Dutch when I brought him home. The only difference in our situations is that Dutch and I sleep in the same room. He has severe seperation anxiety, and this was the only way I could keep him from literaly attempting to claw his way out of the crate at night. When I...