Fetch

I figure with two days until Ziggie is an impatient for three days for his neutering, I should try to get my playing with him in before. He really isn't getting the concept of the ball, stick or Frisbee all too well; however, he is just loving his brand new big rope I got from petsmart. He brings it back and everything when I tell him to "fetch." The problem: when he brings it back, he won't drop it. It's simple enough to push between his jaw lightly until he releases, but I would still prefer him to just let go when I say drop. It will just have to be a work in progress.

Neutering Time

In a couple days, I will take Ziggie into CSU veterinarian clinic to get his balls removed. He may just hate me forever, and I wouldn't do it without good reason. I think that he would make beautiful puppies, but as you can see, he is much bigger than Maui now. He pushes her around with such aggression, I'm worried for her. Hopefully this will calm his temper towards her or I don't know what else I can do but get rid of him or move out. Also, maybe he will think he did something wrong and this is why he is getting this punishment. Maybe his holy terror days will be over . . . wish me luck on that thought.

Mr. Monster

There is no other way to describe my little boy other than a complete monster! He is my house's holy frickin’ terror! He is obnoxious and is so full of energy its crazy! He has now learned how to open the door to the trash and rip everything out from beneath the sink. No matter what I try doing to punish him, it just doesn't seem to work. He also jumps onto counters. He not only ate two whole boxes of Girl Scout cookies by himself, but he also took the newspaper I could have sworn he was afraid of, and buried it in the backyard.

Potty Trained

With much time and work, finally Ziggie is potty trained! This is the one of the only times I really believe in hitting a dog pretty decently. I don't hit anywhere besides his butt, before anyone gets all, "I'm going to call the cops for animal abuse" on me. He is a fairly large breed dog, and it takes a lot of power to get any reaction out of him, so I adopted a rolled up newspaper due to my lack of strength. This worked GREAT! He is learning that when I go for the newspaper, he gets the heck out of the house and knows he's done something wrong. Normally, I don't even need to hit him due to the fact that he gets that when I pick it up, he's in trouble already.