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I keep a pad in front of the front door.... If Abby gets caught short ....it's there....better to wrap up a pad than clean the floor..

Sorry to hear Parker did this. I would have been shocked and worried also, but as I read the comments, they sure made sense. This board has such great members with good advice. I remember watching an episode of Ceasar Milan where he said he will tell his dogs to get off the sofa or whatever, every now and then, because he can. Meaning, the dog must always know the human is the leader of the pack, no matter what.

Yes, I was very shocked as he had never done this before. I am always getting on my son for bothering the dogs when they are sleeping. He says, "but I just want to give them kisses/hugs." Then I respond with, "how would you like it if you were sleeping and I woke you up just to give you kisses/hugs?" It's funny because Parker loves to lay and sleep next to Evan on the couch, even if Evan is annoying him. I will just have to be more strict with Evan and with Parker being on the couch. Thanks everyone!

....and then it snowed! Crud. She refuses too pee or poo outside. Took her out three times. She just shivers. And shivers. After three unsuccessful tries, she peed on out throw rug in front of the door (the door we use to go out) and then poo'd on the peed pad I laid in front of the door. That was my temporary fix. I've never had to train a pup before. My three previous tzu were trained before I got them. And we can't take a walk as no one has cleared their snow yet. I think we got maybe 8 inches. It is taller than she is. I can only shovel so much on my own before my c

Now That is down right precious,

OMG how cute are they

The best thing I did for my guys since they HATE going out in the rain, and it rains a lot here in Washington State, was to add this for them to go outside. Works GREAT too! They have a fully covered area and then can go out into the weather, if they so choose. Vicki

My daughter has a neighbor and good friend with 3 boys. She is the Mom who always has a houseful of kids. They brought in a Lab puppy some years ago. She was a sweet, happy, kid loving dog. She had a crate in the master bedroom where she slept at night, sometimes napped and would accept as her safe place if she needed to be separated. One day she was in her crate, door closed, napping and one of the neighbor kids went in and stuck his fingers in the crate.......Bella bit him! The Mom of the house had a fit and was going to have her put down for biting a child. Then *I* had a fit and tol

It's good that he gave a warning growl and that he did not bite. I once read that if a dog wants to bite, they will bite, so if they snap and miss, it was because they meant to miss, so although it's not good that they snapped, it is good that they know to make it a miss know what I mean? it sounds like you handled the situation well. As others said, I'd take away couch privileges right now, make sure your son respects Parker's space when he's sleeping, and that they are always supervised together. Also, maybe have your son do some obedience training with Parker (sit, down, stay with treat

If you know Parker gets grumpy while he sleeps, as you are saying, then put him somewhere where he has his own world, that no one can be in. Is been said I believe. You have to exclude that he might be in pain? because mostly there is a low grump also! Be carefull with "bending"over to a dog, 9 out of 10 times it might go good, but they really don`t like that, it is threatening. I really don`t know if Parker is bossy or anything during the day...... but for now...give him a nice quiet area to sleep, how is Evan? bet you he did not expect that to happen.

That is upsetting, I would say the low grumbling sound is a warning, maybe the fact your son leant over him after his warning, made him snap? Parker should be lower in rang than your son. I think Marlene is right, get him of the sofa, give him his own place where nobody may touch him while he is asleep, that way he can always go to his place when he wants to be left alone. Also it makes him lower in rang than your son who is alowed on the sofa. We first had a bench now its a pillow in the kitchen, nobody is alowed to touch Gizmo there, it works perfectly. Good luck.

When this happens with Boxers (where my experience lies) we say no more furniture privileges. The furniture belongs to the hooman beans and the dogs have their own spot(s) which belong to them. I had this happen to me a couple of weeks after Shorty G arrived to stay in our home. I was bending down to say "good-night" to him, got my face real close and he BIT my nose! He immediately got a loud "NO - BAD BOY!!" I believe it was just one of those things that was instinctual on his part and he GOT the message when he got yelled at. It has never happened again. It's something I worry abou

Success again toda! Only my 13 year old took her out tonight and forgot to reward her upon peeing. So when I took her out before bedtime she heard the ziplock bag of treats ...chicken bits... In my pocket and didn't want to focus on peeing. Walked and walked and walked! So no bits and I am guessing I will be woke up in the middle of the night. At least we've still not had an accident in her kennel.