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getting a new puppy is both joyous and stressful. i think my cat who is about eight now went into the heat and that is what her vocalizing was for the past few months. Now she is getting into a postion where Luc goes on top of her and grabs her by the neck and shakes her and drags her on the ground.it freaks me out and i have an appointment with the vet on tuesday to fiirst see if he can see a scar of her being fixed which I think is a waste and then have her spayed. She keeps on asking for it..
my old boyfriend came to visit today and thought luc was wonderful. within two minutes he had luc respect and listen to him. If i die in the next few years or have too much trouble with luc my friend said he would take him.
luc is a real heartbreaker, at first he seemed paper trained but now he isn't at all. He goes so infrequently that it is going to be especially hard to train him, now i realize when i start walking him after he gets his shots, i still have too much shortness of breath to probably give the rascal time to do his business...he just seems to hold both for so long.
my existence has been turned topsy turvy. i am also obsessed with somebody i have been speaking to about twice a week on the phone. I want more but he doesn't seem ready to give it...
bobby

you have alot going on.
Relationships are tricky....maybe jsut give it some time.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

thanks....abby isn't being as seductive and is running away a lot faster.
I went into a horrible depression this morning but I think i am coming out of it. Luc is precious and i have more of a life force than i have had in years

bobby

I am happy you have Luc to love!
bizi

Dear Bobby,
I hope that Luc will fit into your house hold and life style in ways that you want.

M.

currently luc is a real hands full. he is impossible to paper train. he hardly goes to the bathroom so i can't catch him to go and don't know what to do. i hope it works out when i am able to start walking him.. that won't be til after the 29. he is in the nipping stage because he has so much energy. i am using apple vinegar cider and beginning to pick him up by the scuff of his neck to detach him from me. he is a big boy. he is now chasing yuki too who is only five pounds. she is swatting at him. i keep on praying to God that nothing will happen to my cats..
he is making me realize how horribly lonely i have been. i am trying to hang in there. he is such a handful. i ordered some squirt guns and will fill them with half lemon juice and half water and squirt him when he does negative stuff.that should be a deterent. I have to establiish that i am the dominant one and I am so non threatening....
also i haven't lost anymore weight so walking him will still be very hard.
the bottom line is that i feel so horribly lonely and Luc is a way I get out and not be so lonely. I do hope it will work out.
bobby

is there a puppy dog training school that you might beable to get a few lessons?
I have never raised a dog..but I do know that you do need to establish yourself as the alpha dog. my friend who has a rottwilder dog uses his whole body to hold him down sort of in a time out this works for his dog.
I wish you good luck
bizi

maybe but i raised hammy and morgy together -they were litter mates
and i did it without help....each dog seems to have special problems i guess
i also don't have money and animal trainers are so expensive..i just started thinking maybe i will pay my friend to help me train luc
bobby

bobby...do you have a crate? It's much easier to housebreak a dog when you use a crate...they won't foul where they sleep. And you can take luc out when you want to walk him. Dogs are smart...he'll get it. :)

Dear Bobby,

Here's a book I sent my sis when she first adopted her dogs:
Good Owners, Great Dogs / Brian Kilcommons
. . . also this one Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete

She has two big dogs (95lbs and 80lbs)

I just talked to her and asked her if she has any advice for you.

She said:
-->low voice -- practice "NO" low and slow and use a specific hand gesture that goes with it. Dogs growl to let each other know that they are unhappy. Don't growl but do be low. Low = serious


-->high voice --- fun sound -- happy sound -- whine
A high voice to a dog is a good sound. So use that for a fun voice.

Make sure that he knows that you are in charge
Once in a while she would put her hand in front of their food or even take it away and then give it back to them so that they knew that she was in charge of the food.

This was from that book Good Owners, Great Dogs


M.