Category Archives: Dog Behavior

No Butts About It

Posted on November 16, 2010 by daysofourdogs

One of the little joys of living with dogs is waste management. When a dog has a bowel movement, some fluid is excreted from its anal sacs, which are on each side of the rectal opening. This gives a smell … Continue reading →

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Sister Dogs

Posted on November 15, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Windy prefers people to dogs. Hope prefers dogs to people. Yet somehow these two have bonded. Hope has been more accepting of Windy, whom we have had now for a little more than three months, than Jake has been. I … Continue reading →

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A Day At the Spa

Posted on November 12, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Hope got a haircut yesterday, and the groomer, and old friend, said she had the best behavior ever. When Hope first saw my friend, she said Hope tried to jump out of the tub. She could not use the hairdryer … Continue reading →

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A Sniff On the Hand

Posted on November 10, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Hope is inching toward a little more trust. Jake and Windy started barking and wanting my attention while I was seated. Hope watched. They were nagging me for a walk. While they were being petted, Hope came up and joined … Continue reading →

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She’s Got Her Bark Back

Posted on November 9, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Windy continues to improve. She has been quiet since her surgery until yesterday. She got her bark back. Windy’s bark, though, is not normal. One of her previous owners had her debarked. Debarking is a cruel procedure of cutting a … Continue reading →

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She’s Not Happy

Posted on November 8, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Windy is recovering from being spayed a few days ago. To keep her from licking her incision, I have an inflatable collar. Most vets will give you a plastic cone, known as an Elizabethan collar or e-collar. I found the … Continue reading →

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Is It Hot In Here?

Posted on November 4, 2010 by daysofourdogs

We found blood on the bedspread yesterday morning under Windy’s spot. We were alarmed. I checked her mouth and rectum. Nothing. My husband said, “Is she having a period?” “Of course not; she’s fixed,” I said. Thinking she had a … Continue reading →

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Progress Continues

Posted on November 2, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Hope has been doing a little trick for the past couple of weeks my husband didn’t tell me about until yesterday. When he comes home, Jake and Windy run to great him, but Hope decides to do something different. Hope … Continue reading →

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A Breakthrough

Posted on November 1, 2010 by daysofourdogs

Twice yesterday Hope, my girl who spent five years in an Amish puppy mill, behaved almost like a normal dog. I had been gone a few days. When I came in the front door, Jake and Windy went crazy. Hope … Continue reading →

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‘I don’t speak dog’

Posted on October 27, 2010 by daysofourdogs

My in-laws never have owned a dog. When they first started visiting, my mother-in-law wanted to be helpful. She said she “didn’t speak dog” and needed to learn what my dogs wanted or needed if my husband and I were … Continue reading →

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