If anyone is interested, I have a book on the history and study of Potcakes. Very interesting, I'll include a synopsis below. I purchased the book for...
Just brought home Layla aka Meeka. We live in the northeast and she shivers when I take her outside. don't know if its from the cold or just nervous. She is...
When we got Jimmy he was partially house trained. I just asked him "what did you do?" when we had pee in the ouse, I thn put him right outside, it took a...
Hi Ann Thanks for your message....how old was Jimmy? Layla is a bit of a chewer since she is so young...I have tried to take her out every few hours to pee...
Hi Barbara, I think Layla may be shivering because she has centuries of breeding that has selected for thin, tropical weather fur! Perhaps a doggy sweater is...
Congratulations on your new potcake! When we got Turk, who is now about 9 months old, he burst out of the Sherpa bag we brought him home in. We hadn't...
www.inthecompanyofdogs.com a good site as well ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Kristi...
Hi Sue, Thank you so much for responding. Layla did not do well in a crate her first night so we brought her to our bed. I tried to put her in the crate...
Hi Todd that is a great web site!! thank you so much... Barbara ... From: Todd Weller To: potcakeplace@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:35...
If she is lonely at night, put a ticking alarm clock with her.... Ann **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. ...
With my first dog I did the ticking clock, too, and it worked like a charm. Also, my neighbor turns on a radio in the room with his puppy's crate, which seems...
I put a doggy pillow on the floor at the foot of my bed, when my potcake (Charlie) was about 7 months old (when I knew he wouldn't have accidents) and he has...
Congratulations on Layla! I've just read your messages and all of the replies. It is funny how every person has a different method of training their pups. I...
I am the one who gives my dogs free run of the house. Sure, I lost some shoes to chewing, but they can be replaced and I have learned to put my shoes ...
Hi we are Fran's dads, Fran is over all a 15 month old great pup. She to likes to take shoes and any thing left on the coffee table. So we just do not leave...
Mocha is the third dog I have trained and we have been doing alright. The puppy stage was good at night, I just let her sleep in our room, next to the bed, on...
We were pretty lucky with Kyah too. She was crated at night, in our room, for about the first six weeks. We made half of the crate into a bed and put a pee...
Luckily, (I'm going to momentarily pause to knock on wood now, LOL) we never had a big problem with Kyah and chewing. Every once and a while, she'll steal a...
Lol! Tyrone chewed through 3 doggie beds too - just at the seam, like you said - stuffing all over! I replaced his beds with a cotton blanket that he...
I used to think crate training was mean. But I've very sucessfully trained my last two dogs that way. Mocha is a 16 month old Bichon-poodle who now has the run...
Believe it or not, I used to leave the TV on at night for Potcake, who slept in the kitchen. I think it helped her in thinking that t here were people around. ...
Hi LOL, We have this same problem with Fran, She has chewed a hole in 3 bed comforter's with surgical persuasion, and about 5 pairs of shoes in the last 16...
FUNNY! My Potcake also likes to "disembowel" her stuffed toys. One toy which seems to last is one of those "ropes" which is knptted at both ends. ... Cathie...
Mocha the Bichapoo and Potcake (Rudolph) wish everyone a Happy Holiday season!!! ... Cathie Marano, Graphic Designer JCC of Saten Island 1466 Manor Road ...
Claire and Sienna  the two potcake sisters in California, send their love to all potcakes and their wonderful families this holiday season! ... Re:...
i agree with what stephanie said... we have 2 potcakes who both use crates at night...with our first puppy (lizard who is now almost 2) i had intended to use...
that is too funny...both of the toys from jane that came home with our pups are still in perfect condition and they have pulled the stuffing out of everything...
She is successfully sleeping in her crate at night now and comes out once or twice when our bed one night!!! Has anyone had any success with first training on...