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I'm not sure if you can teach a dog this, but Declan has a really low warning growl/bark that he uses. The first time he used it, he was a teensy teensy 5 month old puppy, and I'd fallen asleep on the sofa with him. My roommate came back late from art class, and Declan made his low...

Declan will also seek out his crate if I move it- and we have a quiet house! His crate door is always opened, and it has a cuddly bed in it, and he loves to sit in it- usually in the morning when I'm running trying to get us out the door. I also used to put his food bowl in it when he was a...

You could take the approach Declan does & turn the house into an agility course. :rolleyes: Sofa: great jump (he leaps right over the back & lands on the cushions all the time because it's more fun that jumping up normally, I guess). Cardboard boxes open on both ends: wonderful tunnels...

We did Eukanuba Puppy food for a year, then Eukanuba Maintenance. Now Declan's on Eukanuba reduced fat, took the two extra pounds he'd gained right off him.

Please tell me there's a "least likely to know what a flea infestation looks like award" :o Took puppy to the vet... and he has crusty dandruff. The white stuff coming off in his coat is all dead skin, so he just needs dandruff shampoo. I feel so silly right now, the vet looked at it &...

Bonjour! Est chazhound.com un forum bilingue? Je parle le français un peu, j'ai l'etudie et maintenant je l'emploie quelquefois avec mes collègues français. :) Declan comprends seulment "s'assied" -pour un chien, n'est pas trop mal. Yeah, he takes just a bit of brushing... like an hour...

Well, this is about my 5th post, so I guess it's time to say hello. :) Hi all, and "woof woof" from my sheltie. Declan and I live in Seattle, although I'm originally from NJ and he was born in Philadelphia. I grew up around shelties, so a few months after I graduated college, I got Declan...

And thank you thank you for all the advice here! :)

I tried the light/soapy water thing in the living room, and it caught nothing. Then today I stopped off at the vet to pick something up for my friend's dog, and I was talking to the nurse. She had a look at him, and said she thought it wasn't fleas, but maybe a skin condition. :confused: So...

I'll third the recommendation for Bitter apple spray. Also, I used cornstarch rings when my guy was a puppy and going through teething. Our vet told me that small dogs shouldn't be given rawhide, but that cornstarch chewtoys were fine (with supervision, obviously).

We're waiting to try the flea comb again... in the meantime, I'm vacuuming like crazy & tossed out all the pillows here and took all the quilts and blankets to the dry cleaners. In fact, I've done nothing but clean since last night. :rolleyes: So much trouble for such a small furry guy!

I used to try training with food, but my boy would just go NUTS and not focus. Other sheltie owners might recognize this behavior- as soon as he realizes that I have tasty cheesy bits or something in my hand, he launches into his repretoire of tricks. Bang! Rollover! Sit! Speak! Offer a paw...

It's hard! You don't want to know how long it took.... 5 months of trying it 3 times in a row almost every day. He is a master at "stay" (I can leave him in a down stay and leave his sight or walk more than 50 feet away and he'll stay put), which helped. When we practiced, I put the treat...

My sheltie loves showing off his fancy tricks, so he knows a few. "Bang" -roll over and play dead (although he pops up too quickly for it to be "dead") :D Shake, other paw, both paws Roll over Speak Pick a hand (show him two closed hands, he will sniff & pick the one with a snack in it &...

Hi all, New member here! I have a 6 year old male sheltie, who I just discovered last night has a bad case of fleas! I usually give him Frontline in the summer, but not after November. Well, we are in Seattle, and it has been very warm here recently, so perhaps that is to blame. I was...