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No joke, i am amazed at how it took all the undercoat away, even though they are single layered... I used the same brush....zoom groom.... but i was doing it everyday and nothing seemed to stop the shedding...but now .... ahhh... i can wear black again..and guess what.. it is really black not white afterall..lol.

Haha thanks guys! i think gweck was a little proud in his costume hehehhee! Where is that costume of the elf on the saddle?!?! We thought about trying to make a saddle for gweck last year too because we get that one ALL the time, did I say ALL cause really ALL the time! haha.  Now that this thread has started we are thinking about what to make gweck this year! muwahahahaha!

For Mowglie who used to be our little problem child he turned into a little gentleman with his prong collar on. Sophie pretty much ignores the prong collar and pulls right on, Bava sort of obeys but still plugs on ahead with his prong collar on. I'm thinking of maybe a gentle leader for him...any opinions on those? for a heavy duty puller (or two!)

I think in Mowglie's case that he wanted someone to be alpha...when we got him, we'd had such an easy time with Bava who just sort of went with the flow that we didn't really have to assert ourselves with him. Along came Mowglie who was just a really big change to our lives and all the stuff we'd done with Bava did not apply to Mowglie. So we got tough with him after a particular incident and after a month and a half of a pretty tight schedule, he's actually our most obedient and well behaved dog. I need to do the same with Sophie. She pulls and pulls and pulls and wants to have her way. Can't let her get away with that as soon she has the potential to weigh over 100 lbs. AND she's strong!

We can let Mowglie out the front door and he'll do his business, sniff around the yard and come to you and wait by your side to go back in. No questions asked, Happy to do it even. If Bava or Sophie got out, you'd have to pretend you were going for a car ride to get them to even pay attention to you.....cause they're OFF! Zoom and away they go....

Grain of salt thing here too.

I am reading "Ceasar's Way" by Ceasar Milan <the Dog Whisperer>.  I am kind of dealing with the same thing with Tsu and Boudreaux.  I just got thru the chapter than says if you/family are established as the alpha that there is no "second in command", the other dogs should be equal in their own eyes.  This is my first experience with two dogs in the house so I am talking out of my butt here... multiple dog owners may strongly disagree with that.  Again, I am still learning myself so if that is incorrect in everyones experience, let me know.     

I am starting to realize how very important it is to walk the dogs twice a day, every day.  Boudreaux is WAY calmer when he taken for a good walk twice a day.  Do Boo and Maiden get walked every day?  That may help them calm down a bit, wear their furry butts out!    Ceasar said that if you can't walk at LEAST an hour a day, to get them backpacks with weights in them to make the shorter walk more productive. 

A walk can't hurt nonetheless! Good luck!     

Quote from: Boobearsmom on July 27, 2006, 07:32:55 am

Ok, just a quick background on whats going on and why I need advice.  DH and I were separated for a while and recently got back together.  Well I have Boo and he has a female, unspayed American Bulldog/Pitbull mix who is only a few months older than Boo.  So in the beginning (of the two dogs getting together) Boo didn't really want to play that much with this other strange dog and just wanted to lay around (which she had started doing a lot of anyway recently).  Now like two months later this whole dynamic has changed A LOT!   I at first thought that Maiden (DH's dog) was alpha, but now I'm not so sure.  The tables have turned and now Maiden just wants to sit around and Boo is constantly harassing her.  Always nipping at her ears, neck, back or whatever is available.  Maiden wants no part of this and has decided she's going to hide with me whenever Boo is driving her nuts, which is every day.  This morning I caught Boo with her mouth around Maiden's neck and Maiden on her back.  So who is alpha (besides me)?  Maiden gets really ornery if Boo gets too close to me while I'm doling out their dinner and will growl at her and give her a warning nip, but that's all she seems to do to her.  Then this morning Boo had her by the neck.  There is more to it also, like Boo constantly being in trouble doing things she never did before, or just did them rarely.  I'm talking things like her getting into the garbage, chewing our daughters toys, barking at me, constantly begging food.  Ok, even more, sorry this is a book here.  The two of them when they do get going and Maiden wants to play, go rampaging thru the house to the tune of almost knocking out an air conditioner in a second floor window.  Boo instigates most of this and will try and keep Maiden going with her.  If I put the two of them outside they flop on the ground because its been so hot.  Soooooo....any ideas on how to deal with two demon dogs?? 

Please take what I have to say with a HUGE grain of salt.  I don't have a very deep understanding/knowledge of this kind of thing.  My best guess is that they are still struggling to establish pack order and that when they figure it out, they will be at peace.  Who does in/out of doors first?  Do either of them get to be on furniture?  If so do both get this privalege?  Who eats first? 
There are many people on here with extensive knowledge in this area, so if for some reason this thread doesn't get picked up, I'll bump it for you.  People here love to help

Happy Birthday - big, gorgeous Boo!