Last week, Erich and I decided that it was finally time to get Leo neutered. We always knew we wanted to get him neutered, but we were iffy on the timing of it. Of all the articles I read, half of them said we should wait until he’s 18-24 months old and the other half said we should do it before he turned 1 year old. All of them said […]
Unfortunately, time passes much too quickly. It seems as though our pets go from boisterous little puppies and kittens bouncing off the walls to sweet, elderly full grown dogs and cats calmly resting at your side in the blink of an eye. At just 7 years old cats and small dogs are generally considered seniors. Large and giant breed dogs tend to have shorter lifespans and are generally considered seniors […]
Up until this week, trimming Leo’s nails has been somewhat of a nightmare. It was a two-person job that required Leo being held by one of us and plenty of treats. Leo’s nails are clear which makes it easier to see the quick (the blood vessels in the nail), and I bought one of those nail trimmers that has a quick finder sensor in it so I’m sure I wasn’t […]
At what point can I say Leo is housebroken? The week I posted the Leo vs Potty Training Pt. 2 article, Leo was on his 3rd consecutive week with a potty accident. The weeks before that, he didn’t have an accident for about a month, and since the article was posted he had one potty accident, which happened about 6 weeks ago. In the past few weeks, we have given Leo more […]
*cue the graduation song* I am proud to announce that, through hard work and intense late night study sessions, Leo has successfully passed and graduated from puppy class! I’m so happy we did a puppy training class. It was definitely worth the money. Not only was it fun, but we learned a lot. In addition to “sit”, “down”, and “come”, we were able to teach Leo “leave it” and loose-leash walking. […]
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