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Comment on My Dog has Started Pooping Every Night in the House. Any Advice How I Stop This Behaviour? by Cristie

Cristie — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:13:18 +0000

I am having the same problem with my dog that we have had for over 3 years now. All of a sudden she is using the bathroom in the house, but in rooms that we are not in very often. I seem to believe that she is doing it at night while we are sleeping. She is let outside numerous times a day, and always as soon as we get up and right before bed. The only change in our routine is that my 6 year old son (whom she loves) has been gone for most of the summer so far. I am thinking that she is doing this just because of the change in that situation. I am going to start putting her in her cage when we are sleeping to see if that solves the problem. I am hoping so, because we rent and the only reason the LandLord allowed us to have a dog is because she was so well house trained.

Comment on Some advice about dogs being left alone during the day? by vulan

vulan — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:15:33 +0000

thankyou you helped alot

Comment on I am Trying to Design a "Victorian" Era Garden? by ab_peace

ab_peace — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:52:55 +0000

just fill a single space of our our earth with a beautiful n peaceful garden’s !!!!!!

Comment on how to make my apartment look nice? by anne

anne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:48:32 +0000

I was looking for ideas to make my apartment look better too. What do you do when you have different kinds of thift store furniture? How can you jazz it up

Comment on Garden Wedding Ideas? by Susanna Miles @ K.i.s.s Re: outdoor planning tips

Susanna Miles @ K.i.s.s Re: outdoor planning tips — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:21:44 +0000

Hi,

Great photos… great posts! I love what the bride and groom did with the trees. It truly made their wedding location magical!

I hope my page helps you with some great outdoor wedding planning tips!

http://www.kiss-honeymoon-and-wedding-ideas.com/outdoor-wedding-planning.html

Best of luck and happy planning!

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Comment on Home and living furniture on Amazon website? ? by Jenny C

Jenny C — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:27:18 +0000

Hi, Amazon is well respected company frequently featured on Oprah. Never had a problem with them. Hope this helps.
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Comment on Home and living furniture on Amazon website? ? by MS

MS — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:30:09 +0000

Amazon has always done right by me. I’ve been with them since they only sold books. Since then, I’ve ordered tons of DVDs, kitchen stuff, foodstuffs, perfumes and I recently bought an emergency propane heater from them in preparation for the winter months (it arrived promptly, as everything I order from them does).

I’ve never bought furniture from them, or any of their Amazon partners, though. I will say that, for what I’ve bought from them, I have to say I have been more than satisfied.
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Comment on Advice on starting a new garden? by keswickian

keswickian — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:58:31 +0000

To hell with that crap.Dig your garden add some peat moss some sheep manure and it you think you need it go get some top soil ,router till or turn it all and let it sit for the winter.If you want to plant some bulbs for spring then do it.As long as you have good black soil and you add fertilizer things grow.If you want plants like poppy,s and bulbs then they have to be planted in the fall for spring and they are probably cheaper now,Put in rose bushes but make sure that you cover them with mulch same with other bushes.plants like nasturtiums, morning glories, moon flowers and sun flowers that seed themselves can be planted as long as they are covered.All these i grow and put the seeds right back into the ground and have beautiful crops.
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Comment on Advice on starting a new garden? by Tony D

Tony D — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:43:32 +0000

try the website “plantpassion” . it`s a uk site . found it quite usefull .
good luck .
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Comment on Advice on starting a new garden? by Greco

Greco — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:11:42 +0000

After you’ve dug up your garden, take soil samples from different areas and depths and take it to your local extension office.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/

Look under county offices to find yours.
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Comment on I lost my cat and need some tips on how to get him back!? by william D

william D — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:07:15 +0000

What you can do is go to your local animal shelter and see if you can “borrow” their live traps. Place a food at the end of it and it will catch the cat with out harming it.

But …the cat that you just trapped might not be yours.
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Comment on I lost my cat and need some tips on how to get him back!? by swimgal324

swimgal324 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:24:38 +0000

Shake a bag of cat food, and if he does not appear leave it out in a bowl.. He will resurface when he calms down and gets hungry enough
Good luck
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Comment on How Do You House Train an Impossible Puppy – Tips Suggestions Desperately Needed ? by wishnuwelltoo

wishnuwelltoo — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:29 +0000

THE BLADDER ISN’T GROWN UNTIL 6-MONTHS-OLD!
I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it. I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate. Dogs don’t potty where they eat and sleep. When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on. So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out. I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time. They have to graduate to more space. If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them. I take them out the same door each time. I tie a dinner bell to the door handle. Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it. So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty. When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty. Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty. Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn’t. So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her. So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy. If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst” and take her out right away. I never yell* or spank* my puppies. Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go poop until 10 minutes later, so wait for the poop. I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not. Puppies train at their own pace. While I may have a puppy that hasn’t had an accident in several weeks, I don’t let my guard down. I don’t expect my puppies to be “fully potty trained” until one-year-old. If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over. I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them. When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her. All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a “big girl.” This is the time I train her how to behave in the house. So we are practicing “no barking”, ‘no biting”, “no jumping”, and “don’t eat the furniture.” I also have to practice “playing inside” so she doesn’t knock over things. You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble. Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.

REVISIONS:
*I use a CRATE to train with. It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried. I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured. The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. . However, use the method that works best for you…..a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.
*OUTSIDE, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using. When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty. You can move it away as they get older. The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty. Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens. The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.
*BEDROOMS, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me. Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty. While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to. They don’t have to sleep in the bedroom forever.
*TREATS. While I use treats for training, you don’t have to. I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.
*SOME PUPPIES will go potty in the same spot each time. Some puppies have to be told to go potty. A command like “go out” for pee, or “go finish” for poop, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops. This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs. By using commands, the puppy won’t get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home. The command will tell them what you want them to do in an unfamiliar place. You might also want to use
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Comment on How Do You House Train an Impossible Puppy – Tips Suggestions Desperately Needed ? by ?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:26:52 +0000

I was beginning to think that my Dal was impossible to train but I started taking him out about every hour to two hours and making sure that when I took him out he went potty and if he don’t we stay out till he does, he catching on very quick now. When its time to go potty I will tell him “Let’s go potty” so he knows that’s what we are going out for. If we are going out just to be going out I will tell him “Lets go out” and when I say that he gets his daily walk and gets to play outside.
Be sure that you take him out right after he eats, wakes up or gets done playing that’s normally when the really have to go, be sure you also praise him while he is going out side and when he come in give him a special treat so in his mind he will be thinking that when I go out side I get something really great. Yeah my puppy know his routine I started taking him out at like 12:30am, 2:00am, 3:45am and then about 4:00 something and now that’s when he wakes up to go out, I about don’t have to set a alarm clock to get my boyfriend up at 4:00 in the morning for work because the dog is ready to go out.
Hope this helps you out some and be patient.
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Comment on How Do You House Train an Impossible Puppy – Tips Suggestions Desperately Needed ? by Stephanie C

Stephanie C — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:02:40 +0000

Potty training is hard and takes a lot of time and patience but no puppy is impossible to train. Here is a good article that helped me train my puppies.

http://www.purebredpups.org/Dog_Articles/18/Potty_Training_Your_Puppy.aspx

Hope this helps!
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http://www.purebredpups.org