Showing posts with label Astro the dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astro the dog. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
I &hearts Faces - Week 27
It's week 27 of the I ♥ Faces photo challenge.
There's a special "Pets" theme this week.
My Submission:
My Submission:
This picture was taken of my dog, Astro, after a long day at the pool.
He's always such a tired dog after long days out in the Texas sun.
If you would like to participate in the I ♥ Faces challenge head on over to http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Doggie Update and my vacation countdown...
Here is Astro with my parents dogs Pooky (left) and Dobie.Ok, so I take ALL the nasty things I said about my dog back. I was just upset and a little fed up with the peeing, but I do LOVE him and I would never get rid of him. Since that June 5th post Astro has been a dog sent from Heaven, no really. :)
Maybe he saw how unhappy his constant peeing was making me or he just finally realized that peeing is not to be done inside. Whatever the reason he's stopped. From what I can tell Astro is now a house broken dog. He goes potty outside all of the time. If he's inside and he needs to go he sits at the front door and waits, definitely a sign to let me know he's gotta go. It's the greatest thing ever. I'm happy that he has finally learned. Lets just hope that he doesn't un-learn this for the 2 weeks that I'll be out of town and he'll be staying with a friend.
Speaking of out of town, only 8 more days until I depart for the beautiful island of Puerto Rico!!!
By next weekend I'll be waking up to this.....
Crystal clear blue water, white sand and LOTS of sunshine! Let's just hope it doesn't decide to rain. ( The picture above is actually from right outside of my parents condo, just higher up in the air. I found it on-line, but that's our beach!!!!)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Dogs and why I should never have gotten one...
Ok, so don't get me wrong, I love my dog! He's sweet as can be and a great pet, but he won't stop peeing EVERYWHERE. When I got little Astro from his previous owners they warned me of this, heck peeing was the ENTIRE reason that they couldn't keep him anymore. I thought surely they were wrong and this sweet little dog would learn that peeing was for OUTSIDE.
It's been about a month and I've decided that they were totally right. I thought surely once he was fixed his need to pee would lessen, he wouldn't feel as if he needed to "MARK" everything. I was informed that he was crate trained, yeah, not so much. He not only pees on the kitchen floor and the carpet, he pees in his crate too.
Astro is about a year old, not quite adult, but definitely not a puppy and I don't know what else to do. How do you train a dog to go on a pee pad? I feel horrible leaving him locked up in a crate all day, but my other choice is to let him roam the apartment and considering he likes to pee freely that is not an option.
How trained is your dog? What helped you? Any tips would be appreciated? Am I just a HORRIBLE dog mom?
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