Monza & bite stuff

["Lyn Nelson" <lnelson@mail.portup.com>]

>What I want to know is...did
>Monza even get scared when he drove across this bridge??????


I love The Bridge!  I even look through the grates to the lake hundreds of
feet below while driving.  Although, I've had some pretty rotten experiences
in blizzards while crossing that thing.  You can feel it swing.  Now on the
motorcycle, it's even more of a trip.  Ilene, you know they drive people
across if you ask.  My cousin who lives near Detroit always asks for a
driver.  Anyway......I think Monza slept through it.  Cripe - he slept
between us on a blanket for practically the whole trip.  What a sweetheart -
hey, what happened to him?

He's eating a little better now without as much encouragement.  He has about
2.5 cups a day, and he's heavier than when I brought him last week (then he
was 10.8).   I mix his Wellness kibble with yogurt in order for him to touch
more than a couple of pieces.  We had one accident in the house tonight - of
the pee sort.....hope we never experience the other kind again.  He's got
sit down, but struggles with drop it when retrieving.  I was planning on
working on the down command tonight, but we had company again.  I've never
seen these people so often but that's okay because he's wonderful when
others are around and I swear he grows horns when it's just me.  At the
moment all is well 'cause he's SLEEPING - yes!!!

I have an email into my vet from this afternoon about taking a stool sample.
I swear I've never talked so much about poop and pee in my life!

Since I'm completely new at this and no one around here is helping with this
question:  Any ideas on how to get it through his head that biting (he's a
chomper, not a fleabiter) people is a no-no?  No's just go in one ear and
out the other with him.  I've tried calm ones, loud ones, totally ticked-off
ones, foot stomps, hand claps, on and on.  With the biting thing, I've
grabbed his jaw and looked into his beady little eyes while reprimanding to
no avail.  The ignore thing works well other times, but if I move away he
follows and chews on my ankle or clothing.  Tell me what to do, please!  Or,
maybe assure me that SOMEDAY he'll grow out of this?

Lyn and Monza