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To: linda_22003
Ahhhh, black labs. They love drywall. As a snack.

As we have discovered! A (formerly) quarter sized hole in a wall in the basement is now softball sized.

136 posted on 01/16/2007 12:33:26 PM PST by ExpatCanuck
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To: ExpatCanuck

Every time you catch her chewing something inappropriate tell her no.

Take her away from the spot and give her something appropriate to chew on.

Start now teaching the STAY command.

Be content with 6 seconds at first, praise her up.

Build her time up slowly. In a week it will be a minute.

I can put my girls down on a stay for 3 hours.

Sounds like cruelty but I can have company over and not have to banish the dogs.

They STAY through dinner and a movie..

They are present but not intrusive.

They can play and visit when the people say so, not when the dogs say so.


141 posted on 01/16/2007 12:50:02 PM PST by TASMANIANRED
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