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Has anyone fed or know anyone who's fed this food? Have an opinion on it? My parents have been responsible for feeding the animals but I am considering taking over that expense. We currently feed Tucker Fromm Gold Small Breed and Tucker does very well on it, the only complaint is that he's...

Any cat trainers out there? I'm going to try and start teaching the kitties tricks again and am inviting anyone else who has some to join in and post videos. They both already know sit, high five, and spin but that's about it. I want to teach roll over but to do that I need to get them to...

My aunt and uncle have a 1 year old lab, you might remember me trying to help them find a breeder last winter. She always seems to sit funny. She'll sit on her bum with her legs straight forward or sit with her feet splayed out to the side and knees inward. I don't think I've ever seen a photo...

This morning my dad woke up and stepped in pee, I guess Tucker couldn't hold it. It's the weekend so my parents slept in (and they lock their door with him in there so I could let him out even though I was up early) so he didn't go out as early as usual. So we weren't too concerned even though...

Tucker graduated from Basic Manners last night and he was a very good boy! He's had a couple of not great nights (one because he had to poop the whole and I didn't realize it, poor thing!) but for the most part has gotten more and more comfortable and confident each week. Last night was his best...

So my dad is a 58 year old carpenter. He worked with the same company for like 30 years until the business went under about 4 years ago. He was out of work for a while but did some side jobs for cash. Then one of his friends/former co-worker said his new boss was hiring and would put in a good...

You know how everyone jokes about how cats are always in charge of the dogs in a household? If the dog steps out of line the cat will, erm..teach him a lesson with his claws. Yeah, that doesn't work so well here. Willie and Tucker have always had a decent relationship. I mean Tucker doesn't...

So this is an unpleasant topic, but I thought maybe some people here may have experience dealing with end of life decisions. My grandfather has lewy body dementia, it's basically a combination of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. He's been in a nursing home for maybe 7 years or so. He has...

One of my New Years resolutions is to train more. After seeing how non-reactive to dogs Tucker was at the vets office I'm going to see if the local pet store/training place will allow him into any classes, but I'm also going to do more training at home, too. The prospect of being able to work...

Or maybe not depending on the accuracy of these things, I guess we'll see lol. I got a dog DNA test for Christmas so Tucker's swabs are going out in the mail today. I do hope it comes back with more than just chihuahua, I already know that part! So, what do you think it'll be...

I want to get my aunt and uncle's lab "puppy" (she's a year old) a toy or two for Christmas. I don't know too much about what she likes to play with but I do know one thing...she eats stuff. Lots of stuff. I swear every picture I've seen with her she has a shaved front leg because she had to go...

I don't have a smartphone and have found myself wanting one just for the camera and it seems silly to get one just for that. So I was thinking of looking into getting a compact camera that I could easily take with me anywhere. I take lots of pictures of my animals so I want something that takes...

It seems like something I should have figured out by now but I don't really know what color Tucker is considered. I didn't think much of it until I started bringing him to the new vet and when setting up a new client profile for him they asked what color he was. I was like uhhhhhh....tan, I...

Poor guy isn't feeling well at all. Monday morning around 3:30am I guess (he sleeps with my parents) he started scratching himself obsessively and rubbing himself on the carpet which woke my mom up. She woke me up. His face was all swollen and he just couldn't stop itching. There were clumps of...

I took Tucker to the vet on Friday. He needed a regular exam and vaccines but I mainly wanted to go to ask about potentially getting him on meds for his fear aggression and reactivity. This was the first time we had seen this vet and I loved her. Tucker was a very good boy, he always makes us...

This is going to be long, I apologize. My family (I live at home with our parents) owns three pets, Neko, Willie (cats), and Tucker. My parents are in a very bad way money wise. Each month they pick and choose what bills can be paid, we're likely losing our house very soon. Their problems...

While on a family vacation a few weeks ago I was telling my two brothers what breeds of dog would be a good fit for them when one of them asked me what breed I would get if I could have any breed I wanted. I didn't have an answer, they were shocked I didn't have a favorite breed. My favorite...

In one of my other threads pinkspore suggested Karen Overall's Protocol for Relaxation to help with Tucker's fear of being stepped on. I'm hoping it will help with his general reactivity as well and teach him a pretty bomb proof down stay. I wanted to create this thread in part to just keep...

Maybe this is a silly question, but do you think you can desensitize a dog to being stepped on? I am sporting a nice bruise on my leg from Tucker biting me this morning after I dropped my feet on him. Since the summer began my dad has been bit at least four times, I've gotten it twice and my mom...

Wasn't sure where to put this as it's about me but also about dog trainers sooooo... putting it here. I'm about to vent a bit, if you'd like to get to the actual question part skip to the last paragraph. I graduated from college one year ago now with a bachelor's degree in biology. I've been...