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I broke my pinky toe on my right foot back in mid-Oct. Although Griffin didn't directly do it, it was his fault! But I digress... I went to the ER, and of course the "we can't really do much about it" speech happened. I taped my toe, wore a special shoe, iced, elevated it (probably not as much...

Remind me again when the teenage stage kicks in. Either Griffin has gone deaf or he likes watching me pull all my hair out. I'm pretty sure he came out of womb as a fresh, back-talking, boundary pushing pup, but lately I've started wishing I named him Dennis after Dennis the Menace. I'm sure...

Happy very first birthday to my gremlin. I'll tell ya, there were times I didn't think I would make it through the first year. Now I'd be lost without him. It was love at first sight. Keeping a look out fresh after a bath. While visiting my parents, his hiding spot after the...

Waiting patiently for the "ok". I can't part with the soft, fluffy ear fur yet! Doggy death grip with a little sass for effect. Please don't take away my package! Griffin has only child syndrome and didn't want to let go of the box so we could open it for him. Staredown with the teddy bear...

For those of you who allow your dogs to have free reign of the house during the night, when/how did you know it was time to let your dogs have this right? Griffin isn't quite trust-worthy to be out of his crate during the day unsupervised but I think he might be at night time. He usually...

Guys, I totally love my dog to bits and wouldn't trade him for the world, but I feel like all I do is complain on here about him and issues I have no idea what to do about, but you're all so full of helpful advice and support. I posted when Griffin was a wee pup about a time when he growled at...

Ever since Griffin came home his stool has always been on the softer side. The vet didn't seem to have any worries as long as it's tubular shaped, which it is. He was on a chicken based food and I thought this might be the cause so I switched him to a fish based food, and it has gotten slightly...

A few weekends ago it was time to rake the yard, and Griffin helped. It was so much fun watching him roll in the leaves!

Griffin came down with conjuctivitis about 2 weeks ago. The vet suggested putting ointment in his eyes for 10 days. It's been 12 days since I started giving him ointment and the eye weeping has stopped, but his eyes still appear to be red at times. His eyes aren't red constantly, sometimes they...

We're currently at a loss in my household. Griffin will get into these "attack" phases where he'll start jumping and biting at us. When we're inside it's easy to handle as we can just walk into another room and close the door. The problem occurs when we're outside or on walks. Turning our backs...

I haven't posted a photo of Griffin since my first post, so I think it's time for an update. He's 6 months and the highlight of our lives. Within the first week we had him. At 3 months 3 months 4 months - and to finally put my face to my name 5 months, my parent's lake house has...

Griffin used to paw the water out of his water bowl until it was empty. Thankfully he's stopping doing that indoors (constantly mopping the kitchen was getting tiring), and now will now only do it when he's outside drinking out of his "outdoor" bowl. Well, we went to our first puppy class on...

It's been on the humid side here the past week so I've been looking for ways to keep Griffin cool. I've tried fans but he doesn't like them blowing on him and always tries to move out of the "wind" range. He's been barking through out the night for the past few days and I think it's because he's...

This weekend I'll be dog sitting my friend's 11 month old Husky. While she's great with other dogs, she's very timid around people, minus her mommy and daddy. My friend thinks she may have been abused before they got her at 9 months old :(. I've only been around her twice before and I'm looking...

Griffin is just over 11 weeks old and starting to show signs of food aggression. We brought him home at 8 weeks and each time he ate I tried to pat him, brush him, etc. and he would act like I wasn't even there. We've been teaching him to sit and wait for his food too. It wasn't up until tonight...

Hi there! Like some others, I have been lurking for a little, but thought it was finally time to introduce myself and Griffin. He'll be 11 weeks tomorrow and such a stubborn smarty pants. I'm looking forward to going through the joys and frustrations of puppyhood with you all. - Kim