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Well I ordered "Before and After Getting Your Puppy" by Ian Dunbar for my brother and new pup Kia, and "The other end of the leash" for me (which I'll pass on to him once I've finished it). I'm also passing along Stanley Coren's "How dogs think" which is an entertaining, educational and...

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Thanks for the suggestions. I like the "other end of the leash" idea. We had dogs when we were kids but I (we) did not really know the first thing about dogs till I got Murph. Books that help you understand dogs and realize they do not communicate the same way as humans are great. Thanks...

Hi all, My brother is adopting a puppy this weekend and I'd like to buy him a puppy/dog training book as a new puppy gift. When I adopted Murphie, I read EVERYTHING I could get my hands on in books, magazines, online and here, and took what worked for me and Murph. I'm looking for a few...

Murphie was a very rambunctious little pup when I first brought her home. A common refrain around our house was "What have you done now?! Jesus Murphie!!" :D And thus...Murphie, Murph, Murpher, Smurph etc. She also commonly gets called Puptart and Stinker. A lot of folks have said to me...

On a lighter note...Murphie is a rescued mutt, but when someone asks what breed she is I say "oh, she's an all Canadian", and its usually gets a good chuckle. For some reason, 'mutt' is seen as sort of a pejorative or substandard, as in "oh she's JUST a mutt". Don't know why and have never...

Oh Gawd, This whole thread is too much. Sheesh

Try breaking your trick down into small steps and reward each step. Clicker training is excellent for this. Tons of info on the net about Clicker training. Good Luck!

So heartfelt, and so moving. What a wonderful tribute to a beloved friend.

How old is your pup? I think puppies have an ingrained "fear period" that they do mature out of. I know when Murph was around 4 months she was quite terrified by a lot of things (walking past the neighbour's garage, other dogs, the wheelbarrow) and she did NOT like walking outside of her...

This probably won't help but... Murphie is only 65 pounds and only bathed every couple of months but if I can't get her to the U-Do doggie wash (its great! they provide elevated tubs, shampoo, towels, driers AND clean up the disaster after) I fill the tub, soap her up, rinse as good as I can...

I hope someone more knowledgable than myself replies. However I give Murphie cattle femurs etc but have the butcher cut them into pieces so she can work out the marrow. She ends up chewing on the ends and giving her gums a good workout anyway, before she leaves them lying around on the lawn. I...

I like our local off-leash dog parks. Murphie has a wonderful time at them and they were especially valuable for her socialization in her young puppyhood. That said however, there have been unpleasant and some downright nasty incidents at the park we frequent. Both between the dogs AND the humans.

What an interesting question. What it has to do with dogs, I have no idea. However...my two bits. Asexual reproduction does not allow for the free recombination of genetic material, (it is purely reproducing the existing genetic information) and therefore can result in decreased diversity in...

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