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SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 19 May 08

My neighbour goes to work and her mother-in-law is home with the kids because the kids are having school vacations. My son goes over to their house some days to play and some days the kids come over to my place. Today, my son was...

friend

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houndsgood If it bothers your son, then encourage your son to say something to his friend. Sometimes what a friend says means a whole lot more/has a bigger impact. saying "hey, i like your grandma, i don't understand why you talk to her that way," or "it bothers me when...

20 May 08

hockeygal4ever @hockeygal4ever (10021) • United States 9 Apr 08

Once again, locally, we've had another situation where pit bulls have been over aggressive and had to be shot. While I do feel that this breed has gotten a bad wrap from having bad owners, I have to admit that I myself even wonder...

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houndsgood btw, not all pits are bred for aggression. People who fight dogs only try to do that. and oftentimes, it takes a lot of training. the dogs inherently do not want to harm. There have some pitbulls i have known that have been mutilated and left on the steps of...

9 Apr 08

Carolyn63 @Carolyn63 (1403) • United States 8 Apr 08

I have mentioned several times that I help with a local animal rescue group. I thought I would share another way of helping you may not have thought of. I crochet, mind you, nothing fancy. People will bring me their scrap yarn...

crocheting

helping animals

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houndsgood I never heard about the packing peanuts! That is good to know!

9 Apr 08

jobenmakapangyarihan @jobenmakapangyarihan (546) • Philippines 7 Apr 08

Debarking, or devocalization, is a controversial surgical procedure, similar to a laryngectomy, applied to dogs to permanently stop them from barking. Debarking reduces the volume and pitch of a dog's bark making it sound more as...

dogs

thanks

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houndsgood That is so sad they caved to the neighbors, when a citronella bark collar would have worked, or they could have just found out why the dog was barking so much and remedied it. Some dogs bark when they are bored.

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suhasinihemanth @suhasinihemanth (11) • India 8 Apr 08

I stay with my widiwed mother and my paternal grandmother,after my dad's death we shifted to the same aprtment where my aunts stay, because of my financial situation I had to quit studying and start working, my dad was though a...

concern

depression

suicidal

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houndsgood BTW, they are probably afraid of losing you also, as they just lost a loved one, and that is part of THEIR grieving process.

8 Apr 08

yogeshdhusa @yogeshdhusa (2236) • India 6 Apr 08

hey, today in the morning i found one of my gold fish died, dont know why, i had 8 gold fish now 7left, should i get one more, The problem is that i done know which fish died male or female. As well as I want to get a new kind of...

died

fish

gold fish

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houndsgood I didn't know goldfish needed 20 gallons each. That's new to me!

7 Apr 08

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yogeshdhusa @yogeshdhusa (2236) • India 6 Apr 08

hey, today in the morning i found one of my gold fish died, dont know why, i had 8 gold fish now 7left, should i get one more, The problem is that i done know which fish died male or female. As well as I want to get a new kind of...

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houndsgood To clarify, I don't mean "add more" as in get more fish, but add more as in take into account, they will need something even bigger than that.

7 Apr 08

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Krisss @Krisss (1231) • Australia 6 Apr 08

I am needing vitamin B12 injections once a month. I have seen a dietician who says my intake is good, but my body is just not using it at all. I am exhausted for the last week before I get the injection. Does anyone know...

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houndsgood You can get it at any health food store. Some other stores might carry it too. They kind of look like round, chewable children's vitamins. You don't need a prescription. The kind I use come in a small box and they are on cards.

6 Apr 08

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 4 Apr 08

When i was a child i used to love Raspberry pips...little tiny boiled sweet coated in sugar....I used to get 2 ounces a day...with my daily threepenny bit!!!...they were weighed and wrapped in a little triangular paper bag... I...

childhood

memories

sweets

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houndsgood Yes, there is some really gross candy out there. Not all chocolate that is inexpensive is bad, but I had a real harsh tasting chocolate bunny shaped piece of candy this Easter. And then I read the ingredients and was sorry I did...

5 Apr 08

dandj929 @dandj929 (423) • United States 5 Apr 08

We are researching getting a puppy. We are a young couple with a three year old daughter. My husband works full time and I work part time and have the summer off. So we are looking to get a puppy at the end of June when school...

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houndsgood I like Poms, but they can be quite snappy sometimes. Not a good choice for a 3 year old

5 Apr 08

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nelly5 @nelly5 (1424) • United States 1 Apr 08

Okay, I am very saddened by the fact that I have to get rid of my cat, but yet, I am so ready to get rid of him because I am not going to tolerate what he did to me this morning. I was laying on the couch after the kids left for...

cats

gross

odor

spraying in the house

urinating

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houndsgood Rubbing a dog or cat's nose in pee doesn't have the same affect that we think it does. The cat interprets this as an attack from you, versus that they are being corrected for something they did several minutes ago or hours ago. It only causes stress for...

1 Apr 08

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Bella75 @nixxi76 (3191) • Canada 25 Mar 08

Back in July 2007, we bought a boxer dog and named him Chester. We found that he became part of our small family pretty quick. There were many things that annoyed me about the dog but I still loved him. He would annoy me by not...

dogs

pet owner

saying goodbye

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houndsgood That makes sense. If the dog used to whine, and your husband would get out of bed to take him out, dogs learn by positive reinforcement and that was training him that he would be rewarded if he whined. When your husband stopped getting up to take him out, he...

25 Mar 08

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RowenaTheWitch @RowenaTheWitch (947) • Italy 25 Mar 08

A friend of my mother has had a daughter. She's not christian so she doesn't want her child to be baptized, instead his husband wants it. She says "our daughter should choose to be christian or not when she's older, we can't...

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houndsgood No. That is not what I said. If they are CATHOLIC and are baptizing in the CATHOLIC church it is about the parent's promise to raise the child that way. If they are most Christian denominations that are not Catholic or Lutheran, it does not mean that at...

25 Mar 08

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Jakesnake1978 @Jakesnake1978 (1380) • United States 24 Mar 08

I would love to get myself a really nice and peaceful dog, a German Shepherd, for my future new home. I used to have a great dog before, named ROSCOE. My great dog ran off on me and never returned. Assuming he is in Heaven. I miss...

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houndsgood I agree 100% with you. Shepherds are very smart dogs and need activity. Perhaps adopting a senior dog, they may be more laid back and content to just hang around. but that is the exception the rule. The only thing I would caution about a greyhound. though, is...

24 Mar 08

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biwasaki @biwasaki (1745) • United States 27 Sep 07

We got a new puppy two weeks ago, and she has been completely resistant to my housebreaking efforts. I am at my wit's end with what to do. All of the guides that I've read, and past experience, has said to put the puppy on the pad...

housebreaking

housebreaking a puppy

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houndsgood It helps sometimes if she associates the crate with good ...like she is given her toys if she sits in her crate first, you put her food bowl in there, etc (but don't leave the food bowl in there unless you are home and its actually dinner/meal time. I think...

21 Mar 08

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travibabiesgirl @travibabiesgirl (1690) • United States 14 Mar 08

I have loved horses since before I could walk. I have rode all my life and had my share of being thrown off. About 4 years ago my dad and I started working with some un broke horses. I had broke one (the gentle way) when I was a...

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houndsgood You don't have to learn to jump if you ride English. Some people focus on the ground work all their lives. Because you are closer to the horse with not as much leather between you, you develop a different sensitivity too. Even if you find someone who is really...

16 Mar 08

Lovely Gifts with JewelScent @lovespecialangel (3632) • United States 14 Mar 08

I have a problem. I want another baby. I know most of you are think, why is that a problem? Well, here's the deal. My husband and I have five kids altogether; three are mine and two are his. We are both "fixed" so neither one of...

baby

husband

kids

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houndsgood Oh, if your husband doesn't want another - then that's a big factor. it has to be mutual. And I agree with him - take some "you" time and see where it goes.

14 Mar 08

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