Archive for the 'Hints and Tips' Category

Help Stop Your Dog’s Digging

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Ok, I’ve worked on this digging thing for some time now. I’ve figured out that the best solution for us is physical barriers to areas that we don’t want her digging in. Because there are other areas of the yard that we don’t care so much about.
Here’s what we did — check out these pictures […]

Inside Toys and Outside Toys

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Lacey is now learning the word “outside”. The lamb leg bone and the cow bone that I’ve given her the last couple of days are outside toys (once the meat is gone).
Inside toys are any toys that are squishy, squeak, roll, clean up easily, or haven’t been outside already (or, for that matter, haven’t been […]

Fleas Revisited….. Again

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

I’m still working on this flea problem. My friend Leslie recommended flea busters. My brother’s girlfriend Julia recommended Revolution. I’ve done some research.
I’m still at the “I want what I’m doing to work” stage. So we’re doing the Advantage and now I comb her with a flea comb every day. I still get probably 30 […]

Keeping Dogs Off Furniture

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

We have new couch covers. It’s kinda space-age looking. Kinda like the Jetsons or Star Trek.
It’s tin foil.
Lacey has this really bad habit of getting on the couch in the living room so she can see out the window onto the front porch. Or she might jump up on the couch when she’s playing and […]

Dogs Dig Up the Yard — Do They Ever Reach China?

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Lacey has her favorite places to dig in our back yard. Some of them are ok for her to dig, some of them are definitely not ok. It’s time to do something about it.
Tomorrow morning, we’re having a house projects day. One of our projects involves helping Lacey not want to dig in the rose […]

Housetraining Tips for the Housetrained Dog

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

What?! If the dog is housetrained, what’s the problem? Why does she still occasionally pee inside??? Oh, and she doesn’t just pee inside, she pees on particular rugs in a particular person’s bathroom. I’m stumped. The rugs go in the washer, hung out to dry, on the floor, get peed on, go in the washer, […]

Ice Cubes — The Greatest Dog Toy EVER!

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Little did I know that the greatest dog toy ever would be in the form of chunks of frozen water. After all the money I’ve spent on rope toys, Nylabones, Kongs, plush and squeeky balls, multi-armed colorful octopus-looking things, tennis ball toys, pieces of carpet, bannisters (just kidding, no really, she only chewed the bannister […]