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I got a job in Portland. I'm on my way!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Leo is housetrained. Apparently, though, he's only trained in the kitchen and family room. It's true that those are the two rooms where we spend most of our time, and we very rarely even allow him in the living room since we're not in there. It's a formal front living room, and it really only...

Leo is a great dog. Only about 15 pounds. He's great with the kids, great with ignoring their toys (most of the time...), etc. Just great. In the backyard, though, he has learned that digging can be fun. I'd love to be able to let him play in the back yard for an hour or two by himself...

I posted something sort of like this a few months ago, but I've been working on the right way to do this, and now that I have my own etsy shop opened, I think I've finally figured it out. Check this out: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11690618 This is really the perfect...

OK, we didn't do anything fancy or special at all for his birthday, or even take any pictures. But my kids did sing happy birthday to him, and he listened attentively. He's really become part of our family. May 6th was his 1st birthday. (we might have made a bigger deal out of it, but my...

My wife is pregnant with our third kid, due in December. Yikes! Tips on how to get the dog prepared? We're keeping him, of course. He's a perfect gentleman with our two kids now (girls, ages 2 and 4), and I want him to be good to the baby when he/she comes, too. He's only 14 pounds, and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMXLtDcIfhI He's 10 1/2 months old now, and we've had him for about 9 months already. They grow up so fast!

My wife is running an etsy.com shop (it's a place where crafters can sell their handmade stuff), and it's doing pretty well. I even added a couple of things in there - I've been making these necklaces using old scrabble letter tiles. Check these out...

Every week or two, Leo vomits after eating. He only does it the one time, then goes on like normal. He did it on the old food he had, and on the current food, too. Pretty much, if he hasn't thrown up in 2 weeks, we just expect it, and clean it up. It's usually within half hour of eating or...

Should I be brushing Leo's teeth regularly? How often do you brush your dogs' teeth? I know he wouldn't fight me to do it - since the day we got him, we've trained him to accept us touching his ears, feet, tail, and mouth (including looking at his teeth) without a problem, so we could always...

Leo in his new Christmas sweater: And Leo, taking a break because I'm taking a break: Any time I lay down on the floor, or even sit, Leo has the same routine - he runs over and jumps up on me. Then, he realizes he doesn't have any toys, so he jumps down, runs to find his nearest...

Happy New Year, all! We currently have our little Leo (about 14 pounds, 8 months old, Chihuahua x Shi-Tzu). We love him - he's a great dog, not messy, not noisy, potty trained very easily, all that good stuff. Personally, I want to get him a playmate. Specifically, I was looking at this...

What's going on with Leo? On Thursday night, he was boarded for just one night at a local boarding place. When I picked him up on Friday, he threw up in his crate on the way home. It's not entirely uncommon for him to throw up every 6-8 weeks, so I didn't worry about it. We didn't feed him...