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The other day Steve put a new card in the camera but it turned out to be an old card. He came across some photos that I took at least 8 or 9 years ago of Steve relaxing in our loungeroom and in every shot there was Bensie either staring adoringly at him or with his chin on his knee. I was...

Owning a dog could help you live longer, study finds

It happened at dog training this morning. I wasn't there as I am working but hubby said Maxx and a Huskie/German Shepherd cross were having a sniff when the other dog went for him. He has two puncture wounds on his ear. He is ok, a bit subdued and he snuck downstairs earlier and is sleeping...

Maxx was 19 months old yesterday. I sat back and observed him a lot and realised that some really good behaviour (and removal of bad behaviour) had snuck up on us so slowly we didn't realise or appreciate it. Examples 1. We have a gate blocking the kitchen. I've started leaving it open to...

The last three nights Maxx has woken up in the middle of the night and barked and/or come and woken me up. The first night he seemed to just wanted a scratch but then went outside to the loo. He hasn't needed the loo in the middle of the night in over a year. The next two nights he just...

Our first day of any type of formal training went pretty well. He was a nightmare of course, lunging and pulling but there were 9 of us in Kindergarten and two other, younger, labs who were the same. Maxx had to sit at the end to try and calm him down :rolleyes: Anyway the trainer was awesome...

Sigh. Maxx the marvellous (NOT) has decided to start jumping up at people again. He doesn't do it to us so we are at a loss to know what to do. Despite losing weight he is still a BIG boy and I certainly wouldn't enjoy a 40+ kilo dog jumping up at me so I totally do not want mine doing it...

Maxx, Steve and SIL came up to meet me off the bus today. As we started walking down the hill we spotted a small dog across the other side of the road and his back legs weren't working properly :(. His owner(s) were nowhere in sight and he ran straight across the road towards us. We grabbed...

This poo has not been Photoshopped or altered in any way from its natural state One too many pea kongs perhaps?

Maxx is fascinated (almost obsessed) with rubbish trucks. Today I'm working in our dining room that has a balcony that looks over the street and the glass sliding doors are open and the screen door closed. Friday is rubbish day. Maxx was sound asleep when the rubbish truck arrived and within...

Just answered my phone, it was OH and upon my 'hi!' all I received was a sigh. This is a common occurrence and is the precursor to some bad news, normally of the chewed kind. OH: They have nice shoes in Italy right? (We are going at the end of the year) ME: Oh no OH: He decided one of your...

As you may have read on the Kennel Club thread, Maxx's crime sprees continue and are showing no sign of abatement. We keep surfaces clear but of course sometimes forget and he is there and like lightening it's in his mouth and chewed. Just about anything. Last night I took myself off to bed...

We're a few days late but we picked up Maxx on 15th December 2018....one whole year already. This time last year (from Boxing day) we were here with 9 week old manic crocopup and two inconsiderate visitors who invited themselves to stay for nearly my whole two weeks off. All of my photos of...

Despite having a million things to do around the house this break, I am prioritising some intense training for Maxx. I've read so many threads and ideas that now I'm quite confused but here we go. Any and all suggestions will be gratefully received! Day 1 yesterday and I did a lot of engaging...

What happens when you forget to put the piece of wood back against the shoe cupboard sliding door

We are madly spring cleaning etc so HRH (His Royal Hairiness) is put out because we aren't being his devoted slaves every second of our free time. He is sulking and I'm sorry if that is anthropomorphizing (sp?) but I'm sure he is! I patted him and he let out the biggest sigh, looked at me then...

If he hasn't already, this one will put house-proud OH into the realms of needing a straight jacket Maxx now sleeps in our room as we didn't like leaving him upstairs on his own. Maxx 1, humans zero. It's been about 3 weeks (I think?) since we moved him in with us. It's ok, he only snores...

We can't believe he is 1 already. Happy birthday beautiful boy, we love you to bits

Maxx has been shaking his head a lot over the last couple of days and also scratching and pawing at his ears. We cleaned his ears and there wasn't much wax/dirt in there. We rang the vet and he said it might be an ear infection :(. We've made an appointment for 3.30pm today.

I have a very good friend who has Cystic Fibrosis, so her breathing is a bit laboured but otherwise you wouldn't know. Maxx has always been completely obsessed by her and today cemented that. We haven't seen them for a while but we spent a long weekend last Christmas, a day at their place in...