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Any of your beloved pups have horrendously dry paws? Aspen's paws are not cracked or anything, but they are decently flaky and so dry that they are actually painful if he touches you with them. I can't imagine that it is comfortable for him, especially now that we are entering cold, snowy...

Aspen bats at the door to get let out. Lately, he has been batting and whining. We always let him out when he asks. The last three days, he has been asking to go out at least 10 times each hour and then when we open the sliding door to let him out he quickly hops away from the door like he's...

After Aspen destroyed his nice Serta dog bed about a year ago we just haven't gotten around to getting him a new one. Was thinking of getting him one of those plastic Perla ones (one like this, in case people call them different things Perla Bed) and then a little cushion or blanket inside. He...

My sisters 7 year old westie named Chester has been pooping and peeing in the basement! He has pooped in my basement - same room, same spot - TWICE! And pooped and peed in my sisters basement three times. He doesn’t do it often, maybe once a year but it is always in the same spot. I’ve lived in...

For one of my Creative Writing classes, we had to write 12-line poems where each line was enjambed and had to end in a noun, adverb, adjective, or verb. I, of course, wrote about my boy and I thought you guys might enjoy!! Yellow Dog Brown nose sniffs the frigid air hopes to catch the scent...

Aspen got let out last night by Justen and he didn't realize there was a bunny in our yard. Usually, they escape through a tiny hole in our fence but last night Aspen was really, really fast and caught him before Justen could get shoes on and stop him. I got the bunny from Aspen but it was...

Aspen has been sleeping in our room the last week and this morning and Tuesday morning he woke up and then started huffing to puke. We put him in the bathroom and he puked up bile and spit but not a lot of it. He has no access to anything "bad" in our room such as chewing on socks because...

Justen's sister's Red Lab, Clifford, was attacked yesterday. He was outside at their apartment's fenced in pet yard and another tenant's dog attacked him. I don't think Clifford fought back, and a large patch of his fur was ripped off and he is missing some patches of skin. He also has scratches...

My sister has been staying with us for a few days with her doggies! Its nice for Aspen because he gets to play with his cousins and also gets to stay out with them while I go to school. I came home Monday and my sister asked me "Is Aspen sick?" I knew he was fine because he was his usual cheery...

I know that you really only do this with Huskies and Samoyeds, but I swear...no matter how much I groom, no matter how much I vacuum...if you even LOOK at Aspen he's dropping 1,000 white hairs. So, do any of you think bringing him to the groomers regularly would help? Can labs get their coats...

Aspen has these body language cues that he gives me when he knows its close to dinner time. They are really useful if it is a really busy day for me and I've almost forgotten to feed him until Aspen reminds me. Don't worry, he makes sure to remind me promptly at 6 pm each night so he's never...

Aspen has these drops that come from his boy bits that are quite inconvenient. He leaves them all over our floors and on the couch. Sometimes he licks it off, sometimes it just...drips. It is kinda gross, but I just have to clean my floors and other surfaces much more often. Has anyone else's...

Aspen has always stayed in his crate while we were away ever since he was a baby. Today, we went out for a quick run to get food and decided to let Aspen stay out as it would only be 10 minutes tops. When we came back, he was calmly waiting for us by the door! I am so proud of him! We definitely...

Aspen is 16 months and we are still struggling with jumping on people. The only place he doesn't do it is at the vet and I am guessing it is because he is a little anxious and unsure. I have tried scattering, keeping on a leash until no more jumping, and ignoring or turning away. I even ask...

I grew up around labs and would notice some houses have that "lab" smell. I know many of you say your dogs don't have smells but it isn't really a bad smell, just something you notice because it smells...different? I have been noticing Aspen kind of has a smell, similar to his paws. I am...

Remember when your dog was a puppy and wanted nothing to do with being handled? Maybe not...but I do. Aspen was a demon when it came to being held. He would bite, grumble, and fight you. He didn't like being pet at all. Well yesterday I got a memory notification from photos I took a year ago and...

So, the kennels that we have brought Aspen to for some overnight stays as well as his obedience school has been posting about a dog named Toby who needs a new home. He is a 7 year old Newfie/Lab/Collie mix and needs a new family because his owner has been put into a home for the elderly so he...

Aspen's wound is finally scabbing over. After battling over wearing a mitten for about a week, we've finally gotten to slow down on it always being wrapped because it's scabbing over. It of course didn't slow him down at all but he sure tested my limits of being able to handle blood. He was very...

Today Mr. Aspen got a little too excited when he saw a dog walking by the house and pushed the plexi-glass in our single pane window when he jumped up to the sill to look outside. His paw got trapped between the glass and the trim, and he tried to get his paw out. In doing so, he cut his toes...

I couldn't access this forum yesterday, something about the host wasn't online, so I couldn't post. BUT Aspen - seemingly overnight - has developed a fear of not only his nail clippers but also his toothbrush! This July he will be 15 months old. Clipping his nails was one of the (few, IMO)...