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• Posted in thread: Should I Spay My Puppy?? on 02/01/2012 at 7:17PM
  Thank you guys. I've been leaning towards spaying her for obvious reasons but I saw someone on a
  different website that said their chihuahua started acting out after she had been spayed... I asked her...

• Posted in thread: Multi-breed and single breed homes on 02/01/2012 at 3:04PM
  Oh! I didn't mention out chi's name is Tikal lol

• Posted in thread: Multi-breed and single breed homes on 02/01/2012 at 3:00PM
  Mine just kind of happened.... I wanted a dog and I had been fond pitbulls and pitbull mixes so I started
  researching the breed. About 4 months after my research I found my pitbull mix Ruby (1/2 Bosto...

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 2:42PM
  My dog was also fearful (still a work in progress as I've only had her for 2 months), very scared of
  people. Now she will tentatively greet them AND within seconds be their best buddy!!! Using a few o...

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 2:36PM
  Like I said. I didn't need a long drawn out explanation. I've heard it all. ALL sides and scientific
  explanation. "learned helplessness" if I got a nickel every time I heard that phrase.... Pshhh!!! I...

• Posted in thread: Bully Breed. What's the Deal? on 02/01/2012 at 9:14AM
  I have NO idea how to upload them lol

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 9:09AM
  We live in a society where children are spoiled rotten. Where there are no boundaries-- we call it
  "positive reinforcement" but what it really is, is a license to do whatever, whenever. We have low mo...

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 9:04AM
  You can believe what you want. I KNOW that I would never want one of my dogs trained with food. Maybe I'm
  old school but the dog is in MY home, with MY kids, I feed her, I love her... she'd better res...

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 7:49AM
  I refuse to give my dog a treat for something that it should already do. *puppyhood it's fine in the
  beginning but they need to be weaned off of the treats*It depends on what you mean as "physical". S...

• Posted in thread: "Well, maybe it's fine for you, but positive methods don't work on my dog!" on 02/01/2012 at 7:43AM
  Yes, people shouldn't attempt to be "the next Cesar Millan". That could be dangerous in plenty of
  situations. You have to be able to really read a dog and be perceptive of their body language. I think...