Questions to all of you...

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

Please post your responses to the list...


How many of you on this list are feeding your dogs raw as a whole diet?

partial diet?  Please explain what your feeding if a partial raw diet.

Kibble only?  What kibble?  Are you happy wit the product and why?

Today Oct 2, marks that all the pup's from March/April are 6 months of 
age!  Congratulations, you have all survived and your puppies are all potty 
trained right!  If not uummm it's not the dogs fault... :-)))

Most of you are currently enrolled in some sort of training class or have 
completed a class right?   If you have not now is a good time to get going 
on this.  Puppies need the social interaction of being around other 
K-9's.  I stress and advocate public classes.

We are entering into the extreme juvenile delinquent stages and really it's 
a must to find balance for these guys now.  Make sure your puppy is 
afforded lots of free play time as well as some instruction in how to be 
civilized.  Many of you might be thinking oh we can do away with the crate 
now, NO!    No it's more important now than ever that you instill that this 
is your place to be quiet and not be in my face...  A good thing to do is 
to move your crate into the living room now.  When you have company allow 
your pup to greet your guests nicely then put them in their crate where 
they can watch the goings on and be part of the visual and smells of the 
event...  This will help them become calm members of the family.

Happy 6 months to one and All!

Gina