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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello drool family. First let me send heart healing
drool to all of those whose precious hounds have made their journey to the
Rainbow Bridge. We send healing drool to all of the hounds and humans that are
sick or injured. We hope that all are healing and back up on feet or paws soon.
Things are slowing down here at Howling Hound Acres. Ruger and Xander are doing
well and enjoying the cooler weather which means longer walks and sniff abouts
around the farm. The boys were feeling exceptionally froggy today chasing
each other through the house several times throughout the day. They are getting
along very well. We have a couple of issues that we are working with Xander on.
1. Keeping him from end table cruising. Meaning: You can't leave any food or
drink on the end table next to the couch. Or the moment you get up and
leave the room he is slurping it down. You can't even go to the
bathroom! This has been difficult for me to train myself to pick
things up anytime that I get up. Colt and Ruger hardly ever got into
anything unless we specifically gave it to them. 2. Leash
training. He does great on the leash until he gets on a hot scent
trail. Then he pulls like a mule team. With us being out in
the country on a farm surrounded by woods there is always fresh
scent making it extremely difficult to curb the scent
hounds natural born tracking enthusiasm. 3. Slowing his eating down. He
eats sooooo fast! Dyson Animal Vacuums don't suck food up that fast!
I have tried everything that I can think of. I separate him and Ruger, I
have tried the muffin pan (which made it worse) I thought that after a few
months of not having to compete for food that he would naturally slow down, but
that has not happened. Not sure what else to do? I know that eating that
fast is not healthy. But Xander is a rescue, we were told that he was one of 7
dogs in the family that surrendered him to rescue. He seems to be in
the mind set that whoever eats the fastest gets the most. If anyone can
help me with this I would really appreciate it. If you would like to see the
hounds, the moos and the rest of our farm look us up at Howling Hound Acres. It
is a community page so anyone can go check us out. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hugs to all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Michele, Ruger, Xander at Howling Hound Acres and
Colt ATB<BR>Women are Angels...And when someone breaks their wings..They simply
continue to fly....on a broomstick...They are flexible like
that...<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>