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.

Teeth Brushing

Though I don't value much of the vet's advice when it comes to my other dog Maui, I am trying to follow just about every instruction given with Ziggie. When I took him in for his check up and shots last week, they told me that I needed to get a tooth brush and tooth paste for him. After much thought, I purchased one. When I was trying to brush his teeth, he loved the tooth paste, but not so much the tooth brush it was on. He would move every time I put it against his gums. I got him some chewy toys to rub against his gums as he played, and the problem was solved. He now loves his tooth brush and teeth brushing days.

Cuteness and Teething

It’s a really good thing that puppies are very cute. If they weren’t, I really don’t think they would survive at all. My new puppy chews up the world as though it were nothing but a big dog bone. If there is anything within his reach, he will destroy it. He sadly chews up everything from carpet, to my retainers. He has also gotten ahold of my backpack and dirty laundry bin. He didn’t want what was in the bin, but the bin itself. I’ve found that yelling at him just doesn’t help, but acting as though I care very deeply about the item he has chewed and acting like this is the biggest loss in the world tends to work. Since I started being so over dramatic, my puppy has chewed up so much less.