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    Coming to PDX

    I got a job in Portland. I'm on my way!
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    Help on moving to Portland, OR?

    Anyone here from Portland, Oregon? I will hopefully have a great job interview out there in the next couple of weeks, and I'm poking around trying to see what neighborhoods might be good. It will be me, my wife, and our 3 kids (ages 5 and under). I want to be pretty close in, I think, so I...
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    Does your dog share your bed?

    Nope. Never. Leo sleeps in his crate, downstairs, door closed. He doesn't even have a pillow or towel in there or anything. I gave him an old pillow once, and he loved it. After about 3 days, I woke up to find pillow fluff everywhere. If he sleeps on it, he destroys it. So, it's cold...
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    Louisville, Kentucky?

    I find that I may be moving with my family this summer to Louisville, Kentucky. None of us has ever lived east of where we are now, which is Salt Lake City, Utah. I've got little kids, too (ages 5, 3, and 2 months). I need some tips from some locals there! --Where should we live? My...
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    Kuckle, Marrow, Raw and Meaty, Oh my!

    So, you mean the smoked knuckle bones from the pet store, right? Usually found completely shrink-wrapped in the treat aisle?
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    Kuckle, Marrow, Raw and Meaty, Oh my!

    What are the various kinds of bones I can safely give my (14 pound!) dog, and where do I get them? Where do you get yours? Do you get them packaged from WalMart or the pet store? Do you get them from the butcher counter at your local grocery store? If so, how do you ask for them...
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    What the heck?

    Another option is to have the sick, suffering dog put down. Then, with any donations you maybe could have drummed up to save her, help 50 other people get their dogs neutered. Just sayin'.
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    Dog bite stories...

    The post from drmom777 about getting bit at the dog park made me think of the only time I've ever seriously been bit by a dog (not counting when Leo was a puppy and bit anything and everything he could). I was living in Santo Andre, Brazil (a suburb of Sao Paulo). Dog there always made me...
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    Where did the blood come from?

    I couldn't find any briers or thorns on him, or anything that looked like a scratch or injury at all. I think I'm going to agree that he probably cut his tongue or gums or something on a stick, and then licked himself, as he does plenty.
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    Where did the blood come from?

    Have you guys ever had the weird, phantom spot of blood show up on your dogs? My wife took Leo on a day trip yesterday to visit my sister. I guess he loves it there, because her backyard smells like a bunch of different stuff than my backyard, or something. Anyway, when she came home, he had...
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    I'm torn both ways on this one...

    I promise this wasn't an attack on you. Yeah, your post made me think of this more, but I'm sure we've all thought of this issue at some point. Like I said, I see both sides of the issue. Some take one side, some another. But I wasn't trying to attack you.
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    I'm torn both ways on this one...

    I think I lean that way, too. It's terrible to say, but I think when a very sick dog is rescued from a hoarder or puppy mill or whatever, it should be euthanized. I'm not just talking about a dog that has flees or a cut ear, here, of course. But a truly sick dog, or an abused one that has...
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    I'm torn both ways on this one...

    This is a sincere question, not intended to raise any drama. I'm curious what you all think. I've read on here plenty of times of the heroic efforts people go through to save a dog from a terrible situation. I think it's noble and admirable. People get a dog from some place where the dog...
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    Dog aggressive toward new baby?

    With 5 bites, honestly, this question would be a very easy one for me. There is nothing in the world worth endangering your child, not even your favorite dog. If it were my house, the dog would be gone. It's very sad, and too bad your breeder/you didn't get the dog socialized early towards...
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    Hiking/Camping with your dog/puppy

    We take Leo camping all the time. We bring his food/water dishes, of course, and a few toys, and his crate. That's it. He usually doesn't care much about his toys there - too many new things to sniff at! When it's time to sleep, he sleeps in his crate in the back of our van while we sleep in...
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    Naming my new baby...

    Wow, thanks for all the feedback, everyone. This is a ton of positive feedback, and I've gotten nothing but positive feedback everywhere I've asked. So today, I told my wife I was done - the name will be Asher Davis (plus our last name, of course). Thanks again.
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    Naming my new baby...

    Thanks for the encouragement everyone! It's always so hard to fully commit to a name, but this one just may stick.
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    Naming my new baby...

    So, it's official. Last week, the ultrasound confirmed that my wife will be having a boy before the end of this year. We have two girls now, and this is likely our last one, so it will be nice to have a boy in the mix. My wife said that since this is my only son, I get to name him. Yikes...
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    Peeing in the living room?

    Yes, he's neutered. Has been for a long time.
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    Peeing in the living room?

    He's almost 15 months old, and we've had him since a tiny puppy, so over a year now. And potty training him here was a piece of cake, at least in the family room and kitchen (which are more like one big room, with just a couple of stairs between and different flooring). He's crate trained, and...
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