Comments on: Pupdate http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kim Campbell Thornton http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-235067 Kim Campbell Thornton Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:40:27 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-235067 Lots of great suggestions. I tried to do something with xeno too but didn't really come up with anything. Harper is doing great. She's eating out of dishes now, met the hotel janitor with no hesitation and, perhaps, is starting to win over Twyla. Twinkie didn't even mutter tonight when Harper sniffed her all over while she was getting a belly rub. Lots of great suggestions. I tried to do something with xeno too but didn’t really come up with anything.

Harper is doing great. She’s eating out of dishes now, met the hotel janitor with no hesitation and, perhaps, is starting to win over Twyla. Twinkie didn’t even mutter tonight when Harper sniffed her all over while she was getting a belly rub.

]]> By: CarolPW http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234948 CarolPW Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:09:21 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234948 Xeno- (foreign or strange) is a good start for an X word, as in xenophobia or xenophilia. Unfortunately, I don't know what the end would be for "exposure to". Xenotic is interchangeable with zoonotic, not quite where you want to go. Xeno- (foreign or strange) is a good start for an X word, as in xenophobia or xenophilia. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the end would be for “exposure to”. Xenotic is interchangeable with zoonotic, not quite where you want to go.

]]> By: Cardimom http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234800 Cardimom Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:11:40 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234800 S is for shopping center, a great place to go for people socialization. C is for a good puppy class for more people and doggy socialization. P is for playground; I took my guys and trooped them all over the playground equipment (when the playground was kid/people free), including the suspended bridges and going down the slides with them in my lap. N is for noisy; tv's, radios, tapes of show ground noises. MM is for mom mauling. This is an inside joke around my place. A mom mauling is 'Oh no, here comes mom needing more snuggles, AGAIN! I'm going to get a mom mauling!' Obviously MM's continue way past puppyhood! S is for shopping center, a great place to go for people socialization. C is for a good puppy class for more people and doggy socialization. P is for playground; I took my guys and trooped them all over the playground equipment (when the playground was kid/people free), including the suspended bridges and going down the slides with them in my lap. N is for noisy; tv’s, radios, tapes of show ground noises. MM is for mom mauling. This is an inside joke around my place. A mom mauling is ‘Oh no, here comes mom needing more snuggles, AGAIN! I’m going to get a mom mauling!’ Obviously MM’s continue way past puppyhood!

]]> By: kabbage http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234540 kabbage Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:44:34 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234540 (I use In or Out with one of my dogs, too.) Another I is Ice. Ice cubes, icy floors, icy stethoscopes on bare puppy bellies. Ice cream, too. Q: Quick, as in quick movements toward a little dog aren't necessarily threatening. Hope you can avoid the other quick as in trimming a nail too close! Quizzes where the puppy is asked for learned behaviors in new locations or circumstances to see how generalizing is going. (I use In or Out with one of my dogs, too.)

Another I is Ice. Ice cubes, icy floors, icy stethoscopes on bare puppy bellies. Ice cream, too.

Q: Quick, as in quick movements toward a little dog aren’t necessarily threatening. Hope you can avoid the other quick as in trimming a nail too close!

Quizzes where the puppy is asked for learned behaviors in new locations or circumstances to see how generalizing is going.

]]> By: Kim Campbell Thornton http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234510 Kim Campbell Thornton Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:46:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234510 Excellent. Thanks! I eventually came up with I for Internal-combustion engines (traffic noise). Excellent. Thanks! I eventually came up with I for Internal-combustion engines (traffic noise).

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234488 Susan Fox Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:09:32 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/02/26/pupdate/#comment-234488 A couple of ideas- Q is for Quiet, as in learning to stop barking and just chill. We call it "no barkies". I is for Inside, which is where all dogs should live and learn how to be family members. Or alternately, in our case, our collie has learned "In or out", which means either come in or go out Now, 'cause I ain't gonna stand here holdin' the door while you dork around. A couple of ideas-

Q is for Quiet, as in learning to stop barking and just chill. We call it “no barkies”.

I is for Inside, which is where all dogs should live and learn how to be family members.
Or alternately, in our case, our collie has learned “In or out”, which means either come in or go out Now, ‘cause I ain’t gonna stand here holdin’ the door while you dork around.

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