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potato28

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Originally posted by: phreakah
thanks everyone for the comments and tips! He seems to be doing okay.. he's started chewing on stuff so i'm trying to get him to play with his toys instead hehe
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As soon as he turns 1 and a half start givin him rawhide bones. It cleans their teeth... and they seem to have fun with it! Dont worry, I have a 8 year old mutt.. About 4 months old.jpg
 
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LookingGlass

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Originally posted by: potato28
Originally posted by: phreakah
thanks everyone for the comments and tips! He seems to be doing okay.. he's started chewing on stuff so i'm trying to get him to play with his toys instead hehe
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As soon as he turns 1 and a half start givin him rawhide bones. It cleans their teeth... and they seem to have fun with it! Dont worry, I have a 8 year old mutt.. About 4 months old.jpg
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Thats a cool picture. :)
 
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fireontheway

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How cute! i have always wanted a pet but i have always been worried to be attached so much that it would devastate me when something bad happens to it.lol
 
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LookingGlass

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Originally posted by: fireontheway
How cute! i have always wanted a pet but i have always been worried to be attached so much that it would devastate me when something bad happens to it.lol
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Then you get another one someday, when you are ready. The love, attention, affection they give far outweighs for me, the prospect of something bad happening to them. Something could happen to us, the what if's aren't worth the worry, in my book.
 
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Kelemvor

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Gratz. Goldens are awesome. Our's is going on 5 years old this summer. Still a psycho too.
 
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venk

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Originally posted by: fireontheway
How cute! i have always wanted a pet but i have always been worried to be attached so much that it would devastate me when something bad happens to it.lol
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See...I just don't want to clean up the poop.
 
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kewl, but read up on puppy training and socialization quick! their mental development stages are highly compressed..months . your window is short. train it good early and it makes life much easier later on when its harder to break habits/behaviors.
 
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imported_Phil

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Congrats :)
If you want them to stop chewing things like skirting boards, spray the item with some apple spray that you can get from most pet stores. Labradors of all varieties (and indeed most dogs) don't like the taste. Our black Lab went through a skirting board before we found this stuff, and she stopped immediately afterwards.
One more thing; if you leave the pup in a certain area each night and it starts crying/whining at unusual hours, do not go down to see it. It's hard to do, but leave it to cry. It'll save you immense amounts of hassle in the future, because it'll learn that it's not going to get any attention by crying. If you do go down to see it when it cries, it immediately learns that crying = attention. Good luck :)
 
DanTMWTMP

DanTMWTMP

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dude, this thread sucks. you know why? I just want to grab the doggy pics in this thread, and friggin pet the damn dogs. The inability to pet the damn cute dogs make me sqiurm.

this friggin sucks.

***head does indeed, explode***
 
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