Puppy Time!

She's cute! My golden is just about 18 months now and 70lbs and still growing, and while last spring and summer I couldn't wait for him to grow up a little, now I miss the things like being able to pick him up or watch him trip over himself playing. So enjoy that tiny, whining, cute PITA while she's still small!

Once you set the schedule and stick to it, dogs instinctively know not to soil the home.

One of myy favorite gross dog stories: had a Lab x Shepard named Sally. Never messed in the house. One day the good man found her enjoying a bag of blood meal he'd forgotten to put away; he took it away from her and figured she'd eaten 2+ lbs. of the 5 lb. bag. There were some really gross farts but no calls to go out overnight. We figured we were over the hump. Uh, nooo... . I returned from work at 2:30 the next afternoon and upon opening the door was nearly overcome by charging Sally and the wave of dog -hit smell. It was unbelievably gross, but I found only a couple of little drips on the rugs. That dear sweet dog had left the mother lode of her distress in our bathroom. I couldn't believe it. She knew that was the place for that activity; we used the space, and that's where the litter pan for the cats was located. Clean up was pretty bad, but at least it was contained. And she never soiled inside the house after that, either. It really gave me an appreciation for just how smart a dog can be.

My dog had the runs one day while we were at work. I didn't even realize it at first. Could smell a bit, but looked all over and couldn't find anything. Looked long enough that I guess our noses got used to the smell and it didn't seem so bad. Next morning I went to take a shower... Found it.

Flatbedford said:

Now two days accident free!

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The puppy . . . or you?

don't get wrong here, great line from rodent Dangerfield. " I have a dog named Egypt, he leaves a pyramid in every room!?!" enjoy ,remember puppy teeth?!?

Dogs, kitties, kids... doesn't matter. It's how much time, patience, and effort you lavish on them that helps them become good, gentle, and polite citizens of the world. She's darling.

Yea - they grow up fast. My Molly, a Bavarian Mountain Hound is almost a dog now at nine months and is becoming a world class tracker. The breed is born to track wounded game and she has it in spades. 2oz. of blood over 400yrds with multiple obstacles to negotiate like 90 degree turns, long gaps, creek crossings and even over the wood pile -she follows it like a painted line!! Dogs are the best!! Yours is a gem.