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I think the indoor/outdoor areas having the same tile will be confusing her. As Maura said, it would be a good idea to get her a box/shallow tray to toilet in if no grass or dirt areas are available. Fill the box with soil and grow/lay ready made grass in it and then re-train her to use this...

Thanks Doberluv :-) Really appreciate your input and yeah, I'd love to join in, finding the time is a different story ;) We will definitely keep working on this with Sierra and also work in low stimulation situations with her and our parents. If anything Sierra may have been over-socialized...

Hi again, I just wanted to post an update on Sierra. We had a busy couple of weeks and not much time to work on the problem with her. However, we had a big family BBQ for my son's 8th Birthday on Saturday. There were lots of people and because I thought Sierra was going to be all focused on...

Thanks for the responses so far :) I know the 'why' isn't really important and speculating won't fix the problem but thought it better to provide as much info as possible. I appreciate the advice and I agree with a lot of the suggestions. I don't want to make things worse for her, which is...

Hi all, I'm hoping for some help in understanding how to handle this situation that has recently developed between our 2 year old chocolate lab, Sierra, and my husbands parents. Sierra is very friendly with every person she has ever met and she used to love my in laws as well and enjoyed...

Thanks for your reply :) In hindsight I guess I didn't really spell out any questions as such...just a whole lot of rambling going on lol So to clarify: 1) What are some methods to stop Jess from play herding our son? we try to re-direct the behaviour but it seems to be the only thing she...

Hiya! I am new to this site so I guess I'll start this post with a little introduction This is Delta, our 3 1/2 year old Chihuahua...... This is Jess! She's new! We got her about 5 weeks ago, her estimated age then was 7 1/2 months so she's still very much a puppy. We were told she's...

Thanks for the welcomes! Definately looks like a friendly place :D I want to upload some pics soon to introduce my critters...might take a while to get all my photos sorted though! Take Care, Sonja

Hi all, I just signed up today so here's a quick introduction :) My name is Sonja and I live in New Zealand with my wonderful husband, our son and 6 furry four legged familiy members; 2 dogs, 4 cats Our newest addition, Jess, an 8 month old Border Collie X pound rescue is keeping me very...