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Today was my first day at work. all my fears about him being to attached to me were unfounded. joel put a bed for him in his office and solomon slept all day with him no problem. a part of me feels guilty for how EASY he is. i struggled so hard with bax and while he definitely grew and...

only advice i can give re house training is act proactivly. that means like every hour take him out and don't come back until he's peed at least 3 times. he only gets free reign of the house if he's on an empty tank. I've found that for male dogs especially who may be insecure and feel the need...

that puppy thread was a HUGE help. just assuring me that I'm not doing anything wrong by letting Solomon velcro. i also feel better because I read the "flitting" article and realized I already accidentally did this with him when I was unpacking a bunch of boxes and he eventually just settled in...

we are very fortunate that 2/3 of our doors to leave the house have a vestibule area so they come pre installed with that kind of air lock and the third only goes to the back yard that has a fence. we definitely have him on a lead any time he leaves the house, even going into the garden...

Just gave him his bath because I couldn't take it anymore. he tolerated it super well. I used a scoop to scoop water up to wet and rinse him because I knew the sprayer could be a little scary. he didn't enjoy it but didn't fight me on it either and he LOVED getting dried off with a towel and...

Also side note but I'm extremely angry at this "rescue" I'm sure they meant well but they really screwed this poor guy over. from what I can tell they picked him up some time in November at 25+lbs. they then "put him on a diet" and he cant be more than 11 now. all his bones stick out. you can...

On May 2 we suffered a devastating house fire. my then-fiance (now husband) Joel jumped through a second-story window and was admitted to the hospital for two days with severe carbon monoxide poisoning. our beloved dog Baxter didn't make it. we are absolutely crushed by grief with the loss of...

Depending on his temperament that may be a contributing factor. got my rat terrier puppy at 8 months and he was a high-energy ball of anxiety. used to poop mucusy rivers of blood which his vet attributed to colitis caused by his anxiety. he continued to have symptoms occasionally even on raw but...

In a word? excitable. he gets very jumpy and over stimulated and then the kids freak out because he's so jumpy and overstimulated. he hasn't bit anyone yet but it's not to pleasant for anyone. maybe I'm reading him wrong then? it could just be being over excited and wanting to get the treat...

Hey all, little bit of a background about me. (Some of you may remember me from the postivily board. i was a regular poster there years ago. good to see JudyN still kicking around!) I have a 10-year-old rat terrier named Bax that came from a puppy mill. he's overcome so many obstacles and I'm...

So bax has been to every dog class under the sun at this trainer but we haven't been in two years. I decided as something "fun" id pick up a basic manners course. the day after the class he started pooping blood and one very expensive vet visit later i get the diagnosis. colitis. AGAIN. the...

So some of you may have seen Bax's story the other day about being sick after his dog class. I took him to the vet and the vet took one look at the pile of poop Bax generously left him on the floor and said "Oh, Colitis again Eh?" Bax has had Colitis probably 5 or 6 times in his life. i talked...

So I don't really take Bax around dogs much (he's not really a "dog" kind of dog.) But with winter cutting our walks short I decided to take him back to basic training at his old stomping grounds. He's taken almost every course they offer here multiple times, knows and loves the trainer, and got...

on the plus side he doesnt mind getting his teeth brushed. buying Logic was a huge win, (although its like 30$ a tube in the states) and hes been crunching on freeze dried chicken feet every week so i think once this tarter is gone ill have a pretty solid handle on keeping the plaque off

IKR?!?!??! its like... corn flakes with chicken shit on it..... sigh..... BAAAXXXTTTERRRRRRR

The way I've been handling this is I'm slowly weaning him off his OLD food (the veggie stuff) onto his new food (the really good fish stuff) and I'm considering the "vet recommended food" as just treats. so he gets his breakfast and a handful of crunchy "treats". Probably not what my vet wants...

This is the food my vet put Bax on to stave off the inevitable tooth cleaning: Hill's Prescription Diet t/d Dental Care Chicken Flavor Small Bites Dry Dog Food, 5-lb bag - Chewy.com Sweet jesus alive look at that ingredient list O.o

I can get fish4food in the states! but its a bit pricey. 45$ for a 13lb yikes. I'll poke around. i do like they're sustainably fished though!!!!!!! might be worth splurging

So I went vegan and I put Bax on vegetarian kibble. He's doing great on it but I recently went pescitarian for health reasons and figured if I was broadening my diet why shouldn't bax? His teeth have also gotten so bad on the vegetarian stuff I'm taking him in to get anesthetized and get them...

EWWWW.... JASPER! Yeah Bax's most recent vomit adventure has been eating popcorn (which i was TOLD is a dog friendly snack) throwing it up all over, picaing up all the hair and grass in the house and vomiting THAT up.... it was a mess... no more popcorn for bax.