[Dailydrool] Vet in Cincinnati
Margie Downu
mldndallas at aol.com
Fri May 6 08:09:08 PDT 2011
My daughter just moved to Cincinnati, in the Pierce Township area and
need a good vet. If anyone has first hand experience recommendation
they would appreciate the input. They have two Bullmastiffs.
Off Drool reply: mldndallas at aol.com.
Margie and Bosco
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> 1. Small Basseting World (Barbara Slater)
> 2. Range of emotions (Vicki Kerns)
> 3. Thank you (Ross Hounds)
> 4. Basset weights & chests (dpmcquade at verizon.net)
> 5. Dog Trainers (Lisa Turnquist)
> 6. Basset Weights (Karen)
> 7. Basset and size (Maddy)
> 8. How to Measure A Basset (Beverly Szaton)
> 9. Trainers (dpmcquade at verizon.net)
> 10. Weight and Green Bean Diet Question (Mucci, Annette)
> 11. People Choice- Cleo the Basset (Susan Hurt)
> 12. Iowa Basset Rescue's 4th Annual Waddle through the Tulips for
> Basset Rescue!!! (Iabassetrescue)
> 13. What does your dog weigh? (melissa fenchel)
> 14. I have been rescued many times (Chris Bly)
> 15. Pawtunia's last gasp, er, grasp, er beg for Mishgun Pledges.
> (bassetslave at comcast.net)
> 16. Separation Anxiety (Dale Rutz)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 12:25:03 -0400
> From: Barbara Slater <saharawest at gmail.com>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Small Basseting World
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> A while back, I was just nosing around on the internet and found this
> wonderful site: http://www.bassethounds-walk.co.uk./
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> They have monthly walks around England where they usually have 20-30
> basset hounds in tow . . . or should I say the humans are in tow.
> It is
> such fun to watch the videos of the walks. I just love seeing so many
> bassets in the same place. It's just one of those site that give that
> peaceful feeling that at least in one spot all is right with the
> world.
>
> Flowing drool to all in need.
> Barb, Allie, Frances (ATB) & Frazier (ATB)
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> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 11:44:29 -0500
> From: Vicki Kerns <vickikerns at gmail.com>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Range of emotions
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> Man, these hounds can sure fill us with a range of emotions, can't
> they?
> When I read the drool, I always learn something, I cry when someone
> has lost
> their beautiful baby, and I laugh when reading some of the stories and
> antics of other hounds. Whew!
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 09:57:50 -0700
> From: Ross Hounds <mtnbassets at hotmail.com>
> To: "dailydrool at dailydrool.org" <dailydrool at dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Thank you
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> I want to thank everyone for the condolences and nice notes about
> Fred. So sad and quiet without his commentary. I will try to get
> back to everyone but movers were here to load yesterday and we get
> on the road soon to start our trek back to NY. Kahuna has been at
> the Referral center and is being worked up for what is probably
> masticatory myositis. Some labs are cooking and we will follow up
> with a neurologist in Albany to get the muscle biopsy and start the
> high dose steroids there - I DIDN'T want to do a long drive with him
> on mega prednisone! He is getting tramadol for the jaw pain and
> eating reasonably well.
>
> Thanks again, and be patient with responses as I will be driving and
> caring for the houndies while on the road for the next 5 days.
>
> Synthia, Zuma, Kahuna (stop calling me pin head - just 'cause the
> muscles are gone the brain is as big a ever, hehehe), Pearl
>
> Sent from my Verizon iPhone
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 12:17:08 -0500 (CDT)
> From: dpmcquade at verizon.net
> To: dailydrool at dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Basset weights & chests
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> <<I am really a stickler on the weight of my bassets. My husband
> thinks I obscess on it way to much and like to keep the guys to
> skinny. Well, he isn't the one dragging them to the vet to treat
> them for the arthritis that I think most bassets gets if they live
> long enough. Don't get me wrong. I don't believe in any ribs showing
> or vertebrae stickout out, but if you feel for Fred's ribs, you ARE
> supposed to be able to tell they are there.>>
>
> There's another really good reason to keep a basset trim, no matter
> how much it wants to chow down: Those delicate backs. Too much
> weight can put a strain on the back and increase the chance of disk
> disease. That's part of why so many people have to consider surgery
> or putting their hound in a cart. And I'd guess that with the dwarf
> bone structure of a basset, it is good not to put too much strain on
> those joints either. Better a bit too thin (but not painfully so)
> than overweight, I think.
>
> I am wondering about chest size in bassets. I know it probably
> varies from breeder to breeder, but is there a standard that is
> considered good? How can you tell what's too much? I think of this
> because both our Alexis (ATB) and Abner were obviously bred by
> someone who liked massive chests. But they were only 14" tall, which
> seems short to me, for a basset with a huge chest. I am wondering if
> this conformation puts a lot more strain on the back and could be
> part of why Abner got back problems. (Alexis never had such a
> problem though, perhaps becasue she was never overweight.)
> Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 12:02:29 -0500
> From: "Lisa Turnquist" <turnq007 at umn.edu>
> To: <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Dog Trainers
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> Re: 17 month old dog who is getting into trouble. Sending a dog away
> for 2
> weeks is not going to fix the problem, it could even make it worse. I
> shudder to think about an electric collar being used for training.
> Part of
> the training process is to train the people too, in fact of a lot of
> it is
> training the people. What will work is to find a positive-based dog
> training center in your area and go to class. That way both you and
> the
> basset will get some training and support. I also have to wonder if
> your
> young dog is getting enough attention and exercise. Dogs destroy
> furniture
> because they are bored or perhaps have separation anxiety, not
> because they
> are bad. Hopefully some of the Florida droolers will be able to
> give you
> some good suggestions for trainers in your area. Always interview a
> prospective trainer about their experience with bassets. If they make
> negative comments about bassets- cross them off your list.
>
>
>
> Lisa and the MN Woofers
>
> Ella, Hank, Copper and foster Molly
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 19:08:52 +0200
> From: Karen <bassett8 at gmail.com>
> To: dailydrool at dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Basset Weights
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> Just to add to the discussion:
>
> Coco is 62 pounds
> Whisky is 70 pounds
> Caspian is 55 pounds
> and
> Piper (ATB) was 114 pounds
> none of them is overweight according to the vet, so it seems we have
> a full
> range. Piper was a very large basset with very big bones and the
> others are
> a little more delicate. I think Basset Hounds come in all sizes and
> bone
> structures, depends on their breeding and just for the record, Piper
> was the
> most highly pedigreed Houndie of all.
>
> Drool and love to all in need.
>
> Karen with the Out of Africa Bassets
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 13:42:53 -0400
> From: Maddy <milmaddy at aol.com>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Basset and size
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>
> All of my Bassets have been different in size
> BobbySox and blue Jeans was a big girl
> Had paws the size of Kanas, and not fat,but she weighed anywhere
> between 75-80lbs
> Emmett who looks like his uncle may have been a St. Bernard weighs
> in at 66 lbs
> Daisy Mae is a little girl, a tad pudgey at 54 Lbs and then the
> smallest one is Webster @ 40lbs
> All are/were rescues and all have very much the Basset attitude
> Maddy
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 12:58:57 -0500
> From: Beverly Szaton <bgszap2 at gmail.com>
> To: Daily Drool <dailydrool at dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] How to Measure A Basset
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> 1. Put Basset on couch.
> 2. Rub tummy till Basset falls asleep on his back, legs stretched.
> 3. One cushion-- still under 5 months
> 4. Two cushions-- a year or more, but on the moderate size
> 3. Three cushions-- Full grown, adult, understands and totally ignores
> command "Off" or "down"
>
> No tape measure needed.
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 13:15:12 -0500 (CDT)
> From: dpmcquade at verizon.net
> To: dailydrool at dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Trainers
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>
> <<I went on line and found dog trainers here in the south Florida
> area. One
> of them will take her for 2 weeks and work with her numerous times
> during
> the day and return her a better behaved animal, who will listen to
> commands.
> He swears he does not hurt the animals, but he does prefer an electric
> collar with very low voltage, but that is up to us to include or
> not. We
> have used the invisible collar here in the house in the past to keep
> them
> out of certain areas. Has anyone had any experience with this type of
> training? It is costly, but if it will work, I will try just about
> anything,>>
>
> You might do better with a behaviorist than a trainer, since the
> behaviorist should focus more on why the dog does what it does than
> simply getting compliance. Knowing why a hound does it will enable
> the behaviorist to develop a gentle method of training that will
> really work because it will really get into the dog's head. And
> though such training may be gentle, do not discount how quickly it
> may begin to work, if you are willing to work with the dog.
>
> Also remember that someone who takes the dog away from you and
> trains the dog sets the dog up to obey him. But when you get the dog
> back, you may find that the behavior doesn't change at all in your
> home because the dog has built up the behavior there and assumes it
> can still act that way at home. You need to be part of the training
> in order to have control of the dog. No one can hand you back a
> perfect dog that will do all you please (as if a basset ever does
> everything a person wants anyway!)
>
> I would also worry that if the off-site trainer did not have quick
> results that the shock collar would go on. After all, you will not
> be there to stop it.
> When we first got involved with rescue, I was told that bassets
> generally do not react well to negative methods of training. They
> are a gentle breed that just does not accept that kind of thing
> lightly and can react with aggression. When our Abner's aggression
> was at its worst, following back surgery, I know I would have
> destroyed him if I had tried any harsh method, because he is a
> sensitive dog. It would be like taking a sensitive, fearful person
> and shocking them with eletricity whenever they got nervous.
>
> Often dogs who engage in the kind of destructive behavior you
> describe have separation anxiety. These are nervous, insecure dogs
> that are superattached to their humans, who are their security
> blankets. They get very upset when their humans leave and take out
> their fear on the house. Using any negative form of behavior
> redirection will not work and will probably make the dog worse. Such
> a dog needs security. There are methods that can provide that
> security, if you are willing to take the time and effort.
>
> A behaviorist may be pricier than a trainer, but your results are
> likely to be better. If you cannot afford a behaviorist, go online
> and Google "canine separation anxiety." You will find several sites
> that have the directions for dealing with separation anxiety. Commit
> to rigorously using these methods. I would also visit the vet and
> discuss the possibility of putting your dog on an antianxiety
> medication that will allow the dog to calm down enough to attend to
> the training.
>
> I do not believe you really do not want to keep this hound, but if
> you cannot commit to being part of the training, he needs to find a
> home where someone can be there for him. It will probably not be a
> short-term problem, but success may be had with the proper
> intervention.
> Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets
> who has gone through some separation anxiety problems with her
> Belvedere
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 15:08:02 -0400
> From: "Mucci, Annette" <Annette.Mucci at us.hjheinz.com>
> To: <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Weight and Green Bean Diet Question
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> My Sophie is over weight. 69lbs. She should really be at 60ish.
> Schroeder weighs in at 74lbs but the vet thinks he is fine. Just a
> big
> boy, but if Sophie needs to lose weight, it probably wouldn't hurt to
> have him drop a few lbs too.
>
> And now the Green Bean Diet:
>
> I combed the archives for info about the Green Bean Diet.
>
>> From what I've gathered, if I used canned, get low sodium. All beans
> must be cut up very small.
>
> Does it matter how many cups per meal, as long as it is in
> proportion to
> the total serving? Or are there better measurements I should be going
> by?
>
> I am currently feeding her 1 cup of dry kibble 2x per day. I was
> feeding her 1 1/4 cup kibble 2x a day. Then I cut back.
> But now I feel like I'm starving her and I'm not seeing her drop any
> weight.
>
> If someone could direct me on the measurements for the diet, I would
> greatly appreciate it.
>
> I know I need to get her weight down and I don't want her to start
> having health problems....
>
> Thanks in advance from a desperate momslave...
>
> Annette, Schroeder, Sophie, Apollo & Cash (Maya and Cassie atb)
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> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 12:43:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Susan Hurt <toodlessm at aol.com>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] People Choice- Cleo the Basset
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> My husband Mark and I are enjoying watching Cleo the Basset on the
> DVD's we obtained from a Daily Drooler! Neither of us had seen Cleo
> before, and she is gorgeous. She looks great, well-proportioned but
> petite from the ease in which she is lifted by Sock. I am impressed
> by her tricks. I appreciate her attitude.
>
>
> I only wish there were more of Cleo in the episodes and less of the
> people! 75% hound and 25% human would be good. But it is fun to
> see how everyone dresses in the 50's, the women with their crazy
> underwear (including pointed boobs) and the guys with their ties in
> their pants. Plus all those women care about is catching a
> husband? Good thing I was born a decade later because that was
> never on my radar much. Cleo doesn't worry about clothing at all of
> course, and she has no romantic interests at all (at least so far).
>
>
> Susan
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 10:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Iabassetrescue <iabassetrescue at yahoo.com>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Iowa Basset Rescue's 4th Annual Waddle through
> the Tulips for Basset Rescue!!!
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> Please JoinIowa Basset Rescue's
> 4th Annual Waddle through the Tulips for Basset Rescue!!!
> MEETING
> START up
> PLACE
> Sioux Co Court house at
> 210 Central AVE SW
> Orange City,Iowa 51041Waddle(Parade) will start at 1 pm on May 21st.
> After waddle we will be visiting with our HOUNDS at
> Pizza Ranch
> 1501 8th ST
> Orange City,Iowa 51041
> Please have on hand a copy of your vet records for your hounds,
> Also Keep Hounds on leash at all times and clean up after them.
>
>
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 13:44:45 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> From: "melissa fenchel" <mibassetrescue at att.net>
> To: <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] What does your dog weigh?
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> I don't know how many people remember our Augie Doggie it's been
> years, but
> he was the largest basset in the world! Really! He was perfectly
> proportioned but just huge. He weighed almost 90 lbs. It was as if
> he'd
> been at Chernoble(sp) and gotten zapped. Almost everyone who saw
> him the
> first time said, "Oh, my God!" We thought maybe we should have
> named him
> that.:) He was our first basset (from a backyard breeder. We
> didn't know
> any better at the time) and we thought he was a normal size. When
> we got
> his sister Sophie who WAS normal we thought she was a midget! We
> asked a
> very well-known breeder if Sophie was abnormally small. She looked
> at us
> like we were crazy! We must have been! We went on line and the
> Drool to
> ask if anyone had a basset as large as Augie Doggie. Nobody did.
> He was
> the largest basset in the world.
>
> We started Michigan Basset Rescue so I guess we got a LITTLE
> smarter! Does
> anyone remember our Augie Doggie? We hope to see your weekend after
> next at
> the WADDLE,
>
> Gramma Jo and Melissa
> ?
> Michigan Basset Rescue
> 100% Recycled Bassets
> http://www.michiganbassetrescue.org
> New EMAIL ADDRESS!!
> mibassetrescue at att.net
> WADDLE 2011 May 13, 14 and 15!!!
> NO RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Message: 14
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 13:16:22 -0500
> From: "Chris Bly" <jbly1 at kc.rr.com>
> To: <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] I have been rescued many times
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> I RESCUED A HUMAN TODAY
>
> Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering
> apprehensively
> into the kennels. I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help
> her. I
> wagged my tail, but not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.
>
> As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little
> accident I had
> in the back of my cage. I didn't want her to know that I hadn't
> been walked
> today. Sometimes the shelter keepers get too busy and I didn't want
> her to
> think poorly of them.
>
> As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about
> my past.
> I only have the future to look forward to and want to make a
> difference in
> someone's life.
>
> She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me. I
> shoved my
> shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her.
> Gentle
> fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship.
>
> A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that
> all would
> be well. Soon my kennel door opened, and her smile was so bright
> that I
> instantly jumped into her arms. I would promise to keep her safe.
> I would
> promise to always be by her side. I would promise to do everything
> I could
> to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes. I was so
> fortunate that
> she came down my corridor.
>
> So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors. So many
> more to
> be saved.
>
>
> At least, I was able to save one.
>
> I rescued a human today.
>
>
>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 20:56:51 +0000 (UTC)
> From: bassetslave at comcast.net
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Pawtunia's last gasp, er, grasp, er beg for
> Mishgun Pledges.
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> It is me. Queen Pawtunia. I'm letting Rusty sleep a few hours
> because he got off his butt long enough to raise a few pennies for
> the paw hounds of Mishgun. I think Rusty would make a splendid
> jester, but the slaves figure he might eat them if they tried to
> lift him on the cart for the pawrade. Not happening. So all we ask
> is to be respectible for the paw hounds. Auntie Feyfey and Momcakes
> were good beggers and the Queen can not be disgraced.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you everybody who won my auctions and those who bid on stuff!!
> I got a pawful of pennies.....but I have been mentally WOOFED at by
> Aunt Taco WOOF Bell and Uncle Chili from the bridge. They said, "YOU
> CAN DO BETTER, LITTLE ONE!" Uh, oh.
>
>
>
> So...this is it. My last ditch effort to get a few more bucks for
> the paw hounds. She slave will woodburn up to two more things. She
> has a lazy susan and a cutting board. She has hunted for more of the
> lazy susans, with glass inserts, but has not found them. She'll keep
> looking but this might be it. She will woodburn a picture of your
> single hound. Full front or full profile, clear picture necessary.
> She is not fast and owes Auntie Jackie one first......UNLESS you are
> going to Mishgun, in which case she?can try to have one done if ya
> ask and get her the picture, IMMEDIATELY. First one to ask can have
> their choice of the two things to woodburn. Second one gets the
> other.....after that, well....there is always another fundraiser but
> she'll have to finish these first!!
>
>
>
> Let me know at bassetslave at comcast.net if you are interested. She
> has a few sample pictures to show.? $150 each, plus actual UPS
> packing and shipping.
>
>
>
> Thanks for everything. I am very grateful to not be going empty
> pawed, but the paws are not quite full enough. I don't gots to win,
> but I don't want to be embarassed.
>
>
>
> Speaking of embarassed, can't wait to see what my new dress looks
> like!! My dawGsigner is working on it and it is being delivered to
> Mishgun!!
>
>
>
> QUEEN PAWTUNIA
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> Message: 16
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:08:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dale Rutz <dalerutz at sbcglobal.net>
> To: dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Separation Anxiety
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> Our Sugar Magnolia had AWFUL separation anxiety and she ate
> furniture as a
> result of it.? She did get better, and she did eventually stop
> eating anything
> in the house (although she would still dig holes to China when someone
> traveled).? At the time our finances were severely restricted and I
> turned to
> the humane society who had an animal behavioralist on staff and phone
> consultations were FREE.? I called her several times a week for a
> couple of
> months to report on symptoms and progress and talk it all out.? I am
> GREATLY
> simplifying but what helped Maggie most were:
> ?
> 1)????? ?A distraction that kept her busy for at least 10 minutes
> when we left.?
> A Kong stuffed with peanut butter was her favorite.? The
> behavioralist told me
> that almost always the destruction happens in the first 10 minutes
> after you
> leave while the dog is in panic mode, after that they calm down
> although
> sometimes they get nervous about what they?ve done.
> 2)????? Someone to talk to.? We have a neighbor who is home days
> over the back
> fence.? And a dog door.? We told Jill about our issue and Jill would
> go out back
> and call to Maggie, especially if she heard her crying.? She?d toss
> treats or
> small toys over the fence.?? Maggie figured out she wasn?t
> completely alone.
> 3)? A routine.? We were told that at least one of us had to come
> home at the
> SAME time every day.? NOT early, and ESPECIALLY not late.? It helps
> build
> confidence that you always come back we were told.
> 3)????? Forgiveness.? I remember coming home after a month of no
> chewing to find
> she?d eaten the arm of my rosewood futon while my husband and I had
> gone out to
> get dinner.? I dropped onto the couch and started to cry.? She came
> whimpering
> up and I told her ?oh Maggie, I love you no matter what you do.???
> She curled up
> and put her head on my knee.? ?It was the last piece of furniture
> she ever
> chewed.
> ?
> Good luck and please know you don?t need a lot of money to fix
> this.? You (and
> the dog) need time, patience and love.
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