PUPPY!!!!!!!

FWIW my dog is a totally afraid of the world-type dog (we got her from a shelter) and she seems to really love her crate. We only put her in there when we're gone, but she goes in there of her own accord whenever she is feeling freaked out. Maybe she used to live with someone who had her in a crate, I don't know, but it really seems to comfort her when she's scared.

DROPS THE COSBYS??

humans drop them off at the pool

(Tries and fails to think of a joke involving chocolate Jello Pudding Pops)

yeah Henry really digs his crate - if you approach it the right way it doesn't have to be a prison or anything, more of a sanctuary really. key part here is to never ever use the crate as a time out or bad dog training substitute, that will fuck it up for sure.

mind fucking blown @ the cosbys

not heard that expression in years

yeah, i mean half the time when we are on the bed the little dude all the way under the down comforter digging in circles and rearranging it to make himself a little cave sit in, which if you think about it, is sort of what a doghouse is, and a crate is basically just a portable doghouse with a lockable door on it. we always put a bunch of toys and snuggly fabric pieces and treats in there with him and i think he just thinks of it as a safe place to chill where he's out of sight of predators or whatnot.

Oooo Abbottt you have a dog again? Good for you!

http://a.imageshack.us/img180/5821/muon.jpg

It's my crate-lovin' Mady-Moo. She looks silly in her crate because it's so tall – she's 36" long but less than 18" tall.

I mean Mandy-Moo, sorry.

omg so precious!

such velvety ears!

proper dog coloring, too!

Oh wow, she's lovely. Collie/bassett? Even close?

yeah Henry really digs his crate - if you approach it the right way it doesn't have to be a prison or anything, more of a sanctuary really. key part here is to never ever use the crate as a time out or bad dog training substitute, that will fuck it up for sure.

We had a six-month American Pit Bull here for a week once who was going to a rescue in Sweden, and she was so well crate trained that she took all her meals in her crate, slept in it, and would climb into it by herself when she just wanted to groom herself and get away from it all. This all paid off in spades when I had to bring her to the airport, and while other dogs who weren't used to crates were freaking out around her in the cargo lounge, she just lay down in her crate and went to sleep.

The thing I took away from the toilet training regime described on that site is not so much the crating as the toileting on command. I was amazed that it could actually work.

So happy for moonship's dog now though. He probably never imagined he'd have such a nice place to live (not that I really think dogs are like Oliver or Annie or anything).

We think she is border collie and corgi. The vet thought part basset hound, but she never seems interested in *smells* like a hound is. Also she lookjs like other border collie/corgis I have found pics of on the internet, like this one:
http://ncaws.org/gallery/current%20dogs/Corgi%2011sm.jpg
(^^^not the Moo)

Yeah, there's definitely Corgi in the Moo.

I dogsat the same mix a while back - Borgis! One of the stupider/more awesome names.

i am v glad to be schooled on positive uses of crating bc my perceptions have been negative. for ex, i knew a beautiful keeshond whose owners would use the crate as punishment and the poor thing would just go crazy in there and chew on himself. just awful.

another dog -- whippet/pit mix owned by a friend -- gets horrible separation anxiety and is v destructive if alone & crated, so i always associated the crate to a prison for her misbehaviour. but it's good to know that being in the crate may actually provide a sense of security when she is alone!

got up early, took santi outside for potty. santi refused to potty, came inside, with 30 seconds promptly pottied on floor. conversation on drive to work: how we wished he'd hurry up.

got home early from work today. took santi outside for potty, fully expecting no results. santi immediately potties. right where i buried his poop the other night.

we freak out, heap praise on santi. tail wags like nuts. i pick santi up. santi promptly sprouts massive erection and ejaculates on my shirt.

moral of story: be careful what you wish for.

Oh god!

eh, it's not the first time. easier to clean than pee.

one step at a time, it seems

omg

Poor confused Santi. He's so lucky to have you.

^^^

i would like to introduce ilx to gordon

this is gordon

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs618.ash2/157052_10150101363789813_507284812_7422463_1392291_n.jpg

too cool 4 school

:D

I love his furstyle!

Awesome!!!

You may not know my official stance on this but dogs are the bestest

gordon looks like a hipster kinda puppy even without any accoutrements

Also I just got all excited because h had that same duck when he was a pup. Also because I am a dork.

GORDON!!!!

it is like a door has opened in my heart

<3 this lil guy

am very groggy because of getting up with him during the night -- but he is crate training pretty good so far

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fyi gordon is mostly maltese with a tiny drop of some other breed -- not exactly sure but he's bigger than a maltese

I approve of Gordon, he looks similar to puppy-Max who inspired this thread!

This is my parents' 1.5 year-old long-haired weinerdog named Tootsie Roll:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnFzJbdVUj0

last dogsitter i left my dog with let her boyfriend take her surfing. i just got the pictures:
http://i.imgur.com/vnMwI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wPy0S.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/A0avL.jpg

aw. <3

^^^^ omg

ok that is awesome

Agree 1,000,000%

Have you heard about this silly but obviously much-loved puppy? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0216/breaking28.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/images/2011/0216/269351_1.jpg

"A dog breeder saved his eight-week-old puppy with mouth-to-mouth after it almost drowned in a garden pond."

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9503/mandyhat.jpg

dog hates pirate hat

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183072_10150142002779813_507284812_8027455_3197556_n.jpg

oh my gordon!!

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184228_10150142002699813_507284812_8027454_8088726_n.jpg

LOL

Gordon looks kind of like an old bear I knew named Gordon! But obv way cuter, no contest.