Berks County Kennel Owners Kill 80 Dogs!

The news story can be found here. I don't have a lot of time right now, but will post more later. Please circulate this as much as possible my furry friends, at least we know our fates.

Bebe is Home!

No pictures right now, thank you puppyrotzi. After a day at the hospital, Bebe was released on strict orders of what to eat for the next few days with medicine. They never said exactly what was wrong, but can only hope that everything is find. Thank you to Mt. Airy Animal Hospital for the wonderful care. Also thank you to our friend, Wire lover, Vet at Upenn for guiding us through these tough few days. Lastly thanks to all my furry friends out there.

I got to run in the yard with Casey tonight, so far so good. Now I will rest with my family.

The Bebster is Down but not Out!

Hi my fellow Wires! I hope you are all have a wonderful summer. I have been great playing with Casey, until now. I must have eaten something that just won't, well, pass I guess. Mommy was away all week, something about a doctorate, but daddy decided working sucks and stayed home with us dogs. Its was great. We played and played, daddy even brought Eli over some play time. Eli is a big beautiful pitbull that loves Casey and I.

So as the week comes to an end I started feeling yucky. Daddy noticed right away, but decided to see if it would fix itself. After a couple of days mommy came home and we went to the vet. I wasn't feeling very well at all. Mommy and Daddy came to visit me after a few hours of an IV, whatever that is. I feel much better, but I have to stay here overnight. Over and out from the Bebster!

Kong Time!

Well here is one answer to separation anxiety and its not drugs! Daddy went to get Miracles Nature on his way home at Petco and he saw this, on sale too, for $19.95. He has been talking about this for a long time, but never bought it since its pretty expensive. He even bought us a new toy to share. Unfortunately it will be Casey's in the kitchen until they leave us together.

Seperation Aniexty

Casey, our sweet boy might have seperation aniexty. We really don't know his history. We have tried crating and he pees and poops in there, we have tried leaving him in our room, he tried chewing through the the dog gate and we tried leaving him in the kitchen. Let me say that we keep Bebe and Casey separated, but we might experiment leaving them together. We really have no options but to leave him. We even brought in a local neighborhood college student to come in twice a day along with their dog walker. He can't seem to make it.

We leave him at 8am and our neighbor comes in at 10am to let them out. Our dog walker comes in at 1pm for a nice walk and lastly our neighbor comes back at 3pm. He manages to pee and poop in between visits. We are really at a loss, since we spent his first week on potty training. We can't ease him into being alone without one of us loosing a job. He gets stuffed Kongs, balls stuffed with food, stuff to chew on, but he seems to focus on being alone. He does play with these items. I have decided to buy a wireless webcam to see what he is actually doing.

Wire Fox Terrier, the breed that crosses all religions, races and ages?

Well it has happened again. Last week a car pulls over and an older woman gets out and starts talking about the Wires she grew up with as a child. She was so happy to see Bebe and Casey. And it seems she is not alone. many people stop us and say they had Wires when growing up. Wire Foxes (The Come Back Kid) could probably run for president. Why not?

So yesterday we are walking our terrors and a huge pick up comes up slowly; is it a hit? Nope, another person who says oh I grew up with a Wire. So my fellow Wires, I urge you to show your Wire pride. We are making a comeback.

Long Time No Bark!

Sorry we haven't post in a while my furry four legged friends and two legged ones (some of you are furry too). We have been really busy playing, well Casey and I. My daddy has been busy working on starting his dog training business and mommy just got into graduate school.

Dad has been going to the PSPCA every Saturday to train dogs there. He says they are very good dogs that just need a home, love and some obedience. He has been working with the same dog for like forever. Specs is a male pit bull terrier/dalmation mix. He can sit, stay, come, leave it, down all in a few weeks. Daddy would like to bring someone home but we don't have the room. So if you know someone looking for a dog that needs minimal training, the PSPCA or your local chapter will have the dog for you.

The picture above is from a seminar dad took at Y2K9s sports and obedience club in Wyndmoor PA. Pat Miller author of, "Positive Perspectives" gave a seminar on shaping. We won't bore you with too much, but dad said it was awesome. He has been shaping us ever since. Shaping means breaking a behavior down into tiny increments, and reinforcing each one until you have reached the desired behavior. One small example, going to crate. So you want your pooch to go into their crate but they are scared. You can lure them in with treats sure this works, but they are not really doing on their own. So to shape him into the crate you will have the crate, the dog, the clicker and the treats. Remember small increments! Your pooch looks in the direction of the crate, click treat!. Walks in the direction of the crate, click treat! Touches the crate, click treat! Remember SMALL steps, so this takes time. Finally the dog walks in, click treat! At this stage I might even jackpot with lots of treats. Shaping lets your dog think about what he is doing and what you want.

Got to go someone is barking.