A Man/Gamer's Best Friend, Part 3, 1 Month later...
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ClawsandEffect,
Posted on: 2009-08-17 02:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Cool.
We just got our new puppy over the weekend. Another Chesapeake Bay Retriever. We had to drive to Wisconsin to pick her up because there were no breeders with any litters in the area where we live.
She's 7 weeks old and her name is Asthe (pronounced Ah-sta). This will be an interesting experience for me, as I have never trained a puppy before. I'm relying on my wife's years of experience to see me through the early stages.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
Funny... I just adopted a new dog as well. She's a basset/something or other mix, named Kahlua (but we all call her Callie). Not quite a puppy, she's about 8 months old and terribly curious.
"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." --Sun Tzu, The Art of War
I <3 Puppies.
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For the crying-in-crate thing, try the old trick of getting a cheap old-style mechanical clock that ticks loudly and wrapping it in enough towel or blanket material that it's cuddly. Put that in her crate to keep her company. When you get home, don't rush to let her out of the crate and make a big fuss over her freedom -- just wander by after setting down your stuff, taking off your shoes, washing up, whatever, and casually open the crate and keep going. The goal is to make leaving the crate routine but not an OHMYGODNOW reward issue.|
Originally Posted by Ericsonx
Well, we've had Bell/Bella, our black lab puppy just over 1 month now, and boy is it a shock to have to remember how to treat/train puppies when I havent had to do it for nearly a decade. At least Bell, unlike Liberty RIP, is calm when going on car trips, she looks around a bit, then lies down on the seat. Liberty was a barking nut. Bell still is a bit of a cryer in her crate though at night, in fact, she's crying/barking as I write this, but its still too early for her to be let up for the morning as she was let out earlier for a midnight pee.
We're also still working on the "no biting/nipping" thing, so, its slow going, she is cute but a bit of a pest, and I still haven't brought myself to bury Liberty's ashes, so, its a upward process, hopefully Bell will start to become more of a "good girl" soon, cause some days its driving my mom quietly mad LOL. I do appreciate all the support I was given when Liberty died, even if some posts and hopes did make me keep crying my head off. |
For the biting/nipping -- you want to encourage her to play-bite nowadays so that you can teach her the limitations she'll need to observe as she grows up -- here's a fabulous article on that:
The Bite Stops Here, by Dr. Ian Dunbar
If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
PS: Isn't there some kind of rule requiring that puppy threads include pics? I might have to report this thread.... 
If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
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Originally Posted by Sailboat
PS: Isn't there some kind of rule requiring that puppy threads include pics? I might have to report this thread....
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Yes, I want pictures 
I'm glad that you've got a great little pup, and I'm sure she'll keep you busy for a while
Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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how to you embed a pic btw?
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Host it somewhere that allows linking, and then copy that url, enter it in [img ] your url here [/ img] without the spaces. Done!
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Originally Posted by Ericsonx
how to you embed a pic btw?
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Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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:::can't help it, steals the puppy in that pic, he'll have two dogs, doesn't care!!:::
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Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
I <3 Puppies.
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Really? Whodathunkit?
Well, we've had Bell/Bella, our black lab puppy just over 1 month now, and boy is it a shock to have to remember how to treat/train puppies when I havent had to do it for nearly a decade. At least Bell, unlike Liberty RIP, is calm when going on car trips, she looks around a bit, then lies down on the seat. Liberty was a barking nut. Bell still is a bit of a cryer in her crate though at night, in fact, she's crying/barking as I write this, but its still too early for her to be let up for the morning as she was let out earlier for a midnight pee.
We're also still working on the "no biting/nipping" thing, so, its slow going, she is cute but a bit of a pest, and I still haven't brought myself to bury Liberty's ashes, so, its a upward process, hopefully Bell will start to become more of a "good girl" soon, cause some days its driving my mom quietly mad LOL. I do appreciate all the support I was given when Liberty died, even if some posts and hopes did make me keep crying my head off.