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So i actually did an experiment and walked him without treats. I was not prepared at all for how praise motivated Freddie is! Bax tolerated people and was obsessed with potato crisps. He didn’t give a fig if you called him good. Freddie not only knows his name better than Bax did at 10 but he...

Excellent wisdom as always judyN. Couple of follow up questions. We started trying to predict pestering and feed before the pester starts. So if he normally pesters at 9 feed at 845 so he doesn’t tie pestering to food. However this is resulting in more inconsistent food times. Should we allow...

Crate seems to be a win! He went in and out a few times exploring it and then I tossed one of his favorite chews waaayyy in the back and sat down next to the door on the floor with my dinner. He finished his chew. Came to the door and poked his nose out. And then turned right back around and...

Also complicating matters but my husband is currently the stay-at-home dad and he still has a ton of residual guilt and trauma over not being able to save Bax so every time Freddie starts crying for food it just guts Joel that he's not being a good fur dad and he's failing Freddie just like he...

So Freddie is a little piggy. again he was found wandering the streets of New York City at a portly 11.6 kilograms (or 25.6 lbs in freedom units). he's currently roughly a good weight at what I believe is about 5.4 kg or 12lbs. So obviously the poor boy doesn't know the meaning of the word...

product review: got him this one and it works exactly as intended. however, since it's technically built for bully sticks (all the best ones were) the hole is a little small to fit all the fish skins. thankfully some are thinner and I was able to squish one so that it JUST fit into the hole and...

Just saw this. Thanks JudyN that’s my intent exactly.

Oh my word that’s brilliant! I love the idea of a treat holder! I was able to find one with a screw to tighten down to keep it even more locked in place. That’s one thing I love about the dog community. If you have a problem odds are someone else has had it before and they’ve already come up...

I was able to pick up one for fairly cheap and I’m hopeful he’ll like it. I want him to feel like he has a safe space all his own. It’s good to hear that y’all don’t think crates are evil lol.

I've been posting so much (sorry about that) that I couldn't find the person who recommended it but my package of Skippers Flatties Cod Fish Skins came in today and it was a miraculous hit!!!! He gnawed away happily for a solid fifteen minutes on it. when the ends started to get soggy he'd hold...

Baxter was claustrophobic. I don’t know if I ever tried a crate with him and it was a disaster or if I just knew it was a bad idea and never tried. He hated tight spaces. Elevators. Cars. Blankets over him. Clothes. Hated them. Freddie however is a different beast. The rescue said he had a...

Baxter once swallowed an entire live American toad that was the size of his face before I could stop him. If it fits in the mouth it’s going down I guess haha.

I’d be worried about him getting frustrated. Also my ability to hold slippery meat while he’s yanking on it.

Do I need to worry about him choking when he swallows such a large piece of meat whole? I have more drumetes and flats and wing tips but I’m just worried about him choking on them now.

I want to switch him to Sundays for dogs because I’ve heard good things. A. Does this look like a good switch? And B. Should I wait for his poops to stabilize before transitioning him?

he a rat terrier/jack russel mix. about 11#. and I don't intend to raw feed yet, I don't have the freezer / fridge space to do it properly atm. i was just planning on supplementing to give him something to chew.

My thoughts exactly

Should I be concerned that he’s swallowing them whole? Should I be feeding him larger pieces of chicken so that he has to tear them up? I also was thinking about getting him a whole frozen Cornish game hen since there aren’t really large pieces he can swallow and the frozen nature might feel...

Sorry didn’t realize there were rules against language. My apologies

“Gumming” is he doesn’t really bite hard. He just kind of mouths it and moves it around his mouth without biting down hard on it. I guess I’ll just keep trying with the tooth brushing then?