Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[-Oz-]

welcome home DD.

[mason reese]

Congrats DD!

[Stone Hawk One]

Wining $350.00 on the penny slots at the casino in Green Bay.

Now on to hook up with Sharkbait and Angel eyes.

[Stone Hawk One]

Wining $350.00 on the penny slots at the casino in Green Bay.

Now on to hook up with Sharkbait and Angel eyes.

[Panoptes]

love that

.01 slots treat me well

Lots of happy endings

[Stone Hawk One]

A great time sharing burger fries and stories with Sharkinen and Angel Eyes.

Glad to have met the two of you. It is always nice to meet the personalities behind the screen names.

Hope our paths cross again.

[Stone Hawk One]

A great time sharing burger fries and stories with Sharkinen and Angel Eyes.

Glad to have met the two of you. It is always nice to meet the personalities behind the screen names.

Hope our paths cross again.

PS: Suh had better sign today or SB will be opening a can of whoop ass on him.

[DanO]

It's great you guys got together.

GO LIONS "10" !!!!!!!!!!

[Malto Marko]

Must have been a doubly fun time eh, SHO?

[Sharkbait]

A great time sharing burger fries and stories with Sharkinen and Angel Eyes.

Glad to have met the two of you. It is always nice to meet the personalities behind the screen names.

Hope our paths cross again.

PS: Suh had better sign today or SB will be opening a can of whoop ass on him.

SHO, we had a great time as well, thanks for taking time out of your vacation schedule to meet up with us. We grew up 25 miles from each other so there definately a lot of stories to tell, 3 + hours worth. I too hope we can meet up again sometime, perhaps at a forum game.

Suh, day four, still not there, Still waiting,C'mon dude.

[Malto Marko]

........ so tomorrow marks the three week anniversary of Lola coming to live with us.

One week ago Thursday she was spayed. I suspected this might set her back in her acclimating to the house and the rules but she took it all in stride and the Humane Society does an absoutely wonderful job. She was dropped off at 8 AM and picked up at 5PM. After arriving back home she slept the rest of the evening. They gave us 3 days of pain pills to give her starting the morning after. She really only seemed uncomfortable the first day but we gave her all of the meds. By the second day she was back to her old self and ready for walks.

Since coming to live with us she has learned to sit, lay down, and speak on command. She has 8 days of no accidents in the house and even woke me up at 2:30 AM this morning because she wanted to go out and do her duty.

Now all I have to work on in making her come when she is outside (she loves the outdoors and if she is not on a leash, there is no control over her at all, she does what she wants and goes where she wants).

Tailgunner went away last Monday and Tuesday and against my better judgement, I brought her into work as she has the propensity to trash her cage if she is left alone in the house locked up. She even will take a dump in it which is unlike any dog I have ever had as they usually will not dump in their cages unless they are left way too long.

......anywho, she was roaming around the shop and a customer came in the door. I escorted her to the back and asked my brother to keep an eye on her while I waited on the customer. It turns out it is a long time customer that was bringing back some vases and it required several trips from both of us in and out the front door. On the last trip, my customer stood there talking to me with the door slightly ajar. She executed a jail break that was so fast, the customer did not even know what kind of animal had just went past him She bolted for Michigan Avenue. My heart was in my throat because she has no regard for cars or traffic.

I chased after her and she playfully stayed far enough ahead of me as if to say "comeon sucker, catch me if you can" but thankfully stayed on the sidewalk. She then rounded the corner and decided we were going to play a game of chase me around the block.

Well, she went down a block and one of my neighbors (a glass shop that does windshield repairs on site) had his garage doors open. She decided to investigate. I followed her into the building and a couple of the guys working there tried to help me but she was just too slick for all of us. She darted out the door and headed back towards the shop. By this time, my brother and the customer were heading in our direction to see if they could help. She went barreling toward my brother and literally ran right between his legs, did a loping circle then headed back toward me at full speed. I stopped and kneeled down hoping she would come to be but she buzzed me like she was Tom Cruise buzzing the control tower in Top Gun and headed right back into the building we just came out of.

Fortunately she got herself cornered and one of the guys was able to grab her collar.

To say the least, currently we are working on stopping on command and coming to my whistle.

She really has come a long way in three short weeks.

[Panoptes]

MM,

I'm glad that story had a good ending.

You need to tether that restless beast until she's well trained.

Next time may not end so well.

[Malto Marko]

Trust me, she has not had an opportunity for a jail break since.

[-Deborah-]

Very scary, Mark. I had to stop reading during that story then realized this wasn't the "piss you off" thread before continuing, figuring a bad outcome was about to be revealed.

I'm glad Lola is being quite good, otherwise!

I don't know if you have a PetCo near you, but the one in Allen Park has training classes and the guy there is like the Dog Whisperer. I've seen him take some dogs who seemed incorrigible and tame them in seconds, so teaching your pooch the "stay" or "come" commands would probably be a quick challenge. They also do a great job of socializing the dogs with eachother. Also noted one case where a dog was obsessed with the cats in cages nearby that were waiting for adoption and this guy was able to break that obsession in the short time I was observing (was waiting for my dog to finish his grooming session). I'm sure you guys are doing well on your own but you might pick up some techniques you hadn't considered, if you're interested.

[Islair]

Malto-

With the dogs I have they arent really quick enough to run away like that....they are just sneaky....and get away when you look the other way, but I have a solution for you.

When I trained the older hound I had this great big lead that would let him pretty much go anywhere and at great distance, then I would call him and if he didnt listen I would snap the leash. The problem was that he knew he was on the lead and soon as he was off he was back to his "not listening to you" ways.

I invested in a shock collar, and I know some of you are already cringing, but I'm telling you, it works. I hooked the thing up and set the buzzer on the lowest setting (which is on the remote) and sent Walter out into the world. I called him, and he didnt listen, ZAP!, then I called him again. Again he didnt listen, ZAP!, and I called him once more, and he came running towards me.

The collar was on him just under a month, and I probably shocked him less than a dozen times. I rewarded him when he came on command and I didnt have to use the remote, and if I did, no treat. There was a little chime on the remote where you can warn the dog that the shock is coming, but I didnt use it, I thought it was sort of a get out of jail free card. I didnt want that, he listened, or got zapped. Dogs arent dumb, but you have to set the rules now. You are the Alpha dog, not Lola. She will get the idea, and listen to the one in charge.