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<description>Dogster diary for the dog Foxxy</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:55:42 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>The new dog</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:32:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Foxxy is is such a state of jealousy!  We got a smooth coat chihuahua from the pound, and now we hav ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Foxxy is is such a state of jealousy!  We got a smooth coat chihuahua from the pound, and now we have a complete family.  2 laps, 2 dogs.  Foxy is a little bit upset about the food issue, but we are going to have to work on that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sable!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1061031/diary/Dogs_rules/666153</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:45:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Foxxy is a sable dog.  This means she has the agouti genetics that give her a reddish coat with blac ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Foxxy is a sable dog.  This means she has the agouti genetics that give her a reddish coat with black.  She has stiff black hairs between her shoulder blades and on her tail.  There are also black hairs on her lips although you can't see those as well because her lips and nose are also black.  she also is color diluted (chinchilla) which is why she looks more tan than red.  Underneath those red tips is bone cream fur.   We shaved her in a lion cut for spring and where we shaved was completely cream for about two weeks with the exception of the black hairs between her shoulders and a darker muzzle stripe.  

Lots of people think her coat looks like a golden retriever  But she's not recessive red.  Now, we're nt probably going to shave her ever again, but she sure looked like a cute little lion with her mane up front and short hair in back with this wonderfully plumed tail]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diet!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1061031/diary/Dogs_rules/663811</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:19:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I weighed foxxy on the kitchen scale.  She's a full pound heavier than she was in  October!  Oh I fe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I weighed foxxy on the kitchen scale.  She's a full pound heavier than she was in  October!  Oh I felt so bad.  a pound is a lot of weight on a tiny dog like foxxy.  So.  She's on 2% of her body weight in meat now instead of the average 3%, and she gets 2 long walks and 3 trips to the dog park instead of 1 long walk one trip to the park, and 3 walkings out to the poop post.  At least it's not cold and snowy like it was in teh winter.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Life's lessons of love</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:41:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So I have been feeling down lately, what with being long-term unemployed and having student loan deb ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I have been feeling down lately, what with being long-term unemployed and having student loan debt over my head, and frombeing rejected from yet -another- application and so I curled up with a book.  Foxxy was curled up in her kennel, which is her "alone" place.  

But then I hit a point on the book that made me lol and instantly, foxxy was up and in my face, sniffing my mouth and wagging her tail, and I had to just stop and laugh some more, which, of course, makes her act really silly.  I felt a thousand times better.  She didn't care what I was laughing about, after all, she can't read, she just wanted to be right there in my face enjoying a moment of laughter.

I guess I have to learn to laugh more often, and for apparently no reason.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am Cute.  Pay Attention!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:11:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Foxxy craves attention.  It's like an obsession with her.  She wants to go out of her way to meet al ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Foxxy craves attention.  It's like an obsession with her.  She wants to go out of her way to meet all sorts of people.   It's sort of a big change from the shy girl she was when we first got her.  Now, she runs up to peole and demands a petting.  Of course, as tiny and cute as she is, everyone wants to stop and pet her or coo at her or pick her up.  She loves children too, which is odd, because she's not been around little kids.  I think she's just pleased to see humans that are on her level.

she enjoys being dressed too.  I think she knows she gets more attention if she has a shirt on.  Right now, her newest is a pink doggie-t that has "I heart Snow" on it.  It is true!  she thinks snow is the best stuff ever.  She plows in it, digs in it, eats it, jumps in it.  She actually goes out of her way to jump into drifts when we walk by them.  I just shake my head and wonder what happened.  I call her a little sled dog.  I tell her "you're a chihuahua, you know.  You're not supposed to like inclement weather" and she smiles and sticks her tongue out at me, then tears off down the hill after a rabbit.

I took her to hefflinger park yesterday, our City's dog park.   I was not pleased to see that the gate was broken off of the small dog area of the park, but we had a good time in the 5 acre "all dog"  area.  there was a good mix of big and little dogs running around, and she ran her legs off for a good hour and a half before I noticed that there were more big dogs than I was comfortable with and took her home.  5 acres is a lot of land for little leggies, and she just loves to be with other dogs.  At our apartment complex, we have a private  1/2 acre dogpark, and she actually howls and chirps when she can't visit with the other dogs.  it's really sad!  It's one thing to run with all the dogs at the big park, but I'm not sure I trust the owners here.  usually I only let her play with dogs under 20 lbs while at the park at home.  

Poor fox.  My mother in law has an airedale, a Bernese mountain Dog, and a Border Collie.  the border is 16ya, and is a grizzled, toothless old man.  Usually everyone gets along fine, but we were visiting the other day and she got chomped by him because he wanted the pig ear she had.  Good thing he has no teeth left!  I never want to hear her scream like that again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fluffy!</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:13:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was looking at the pictures I have of her.  She has gotten so incredibly fluffy!  I don't know if  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was looking at the pictures I have of her.  She has gotten so incredibly fluffy!  I don't know if it's diet, or because she was sterilized, or because of the winter, but all at once she went from being scraggly and thin to poofy and fuzzy.  

These days, she's a lot more vocal.  She has learned to actuallysay "out!"  as well as "Hello!"  She says it quite clearly.  Hello is the really cute one.  she said that one first to us.  We always come home and tell her hello.  I suppose as intelligent as she is it was only a matter of time untill she started parroting.   She now grumbles and "chats" with my husband.  its a combination of growls and barks and grumbles and sneezes that she does that reminds us of a conversation.  She does this when he comes home from work and sits down.   It's super cute.

She also bounces on him to wake him up.  She knows when he needs to be out of bed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Barking Barking Barking</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:27:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I know she's a dog, but at he most embarassing or annoying times, she barks.  like at 4 AM when she  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I know she's a dog, but at he most embarassing or annoying times, she barks.  like at 4 AM when she hears the neighbors below us stirring to get ready for work, and my husband and I are both fast asleep.  Or when she sees a squirrel out the window in the middle of a phone conversation.  or when we go to the pet store.

The barking issue is quite serious.  I need her to be quiet and not interested when it comes to passing other dogs.  But she just goes ballistic.  it's not vicious. She is just so exited that she has to vocalize.  And the pitch of her bark is quite piercing.  It's annoying and embarrasing and frightens other dogs.  Nothing I do will get her to quit unless I totally remove her from the situation, and even then she grumbles the whole way.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>O my Snow!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1061031/diary/Dogs_rules/641051</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:24:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Poor Foxxy!  It's hard to live life with a 5 inch clearance when there is 12 inches of snow on the g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Poor Foxxy!  It's hard to live life with a 5 inch clearance when there is 12 inches of snow on the ground.  I put up a couple of pics my husband took.  It didn't quite catch her at her happiest.  mostly she wants off the leash, but we couldn't stay because the neighbors have a sort of pecking order about the park. big dogs seem to get all the time they want there, and whenever a small dog wants to use the park we always have to wait.  Even in the blowing and drifting snow.   Because obviously big dogs deserve the park more.   The karma is on them anyways.  The bigger dogs have owners that don't tend to pick up poop for some reason.  Oh yeah and their owners let them trash the fence.  they're the ones who will eventually be banned for defacing property.  We got chased out of the dog park by the neighbor next door that demanded that his precious GSD's get their chance immediately, when Foxxy hadn't even been off leash for more than a minute.  Seriously.  

but she really does like the snow very much.  She hops through it and digs in it, plows throug it, and omes back with that huge ear splitting grin that betrays her pomeranian side.  She still does not shiver much, even in the very cold.  I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow.  We are supposed to have 50 mph winds, and I can't take Fox out in that.  I would have a kite instead of a dog.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fluffiness and Love</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:16:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>it's been a while since I made an entry here.  Foxxy hasn't gained any weight since her spay.  But s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ it's been a while since I made an entry here.  Foxxy hasn't gained any weight since her spay.  But she has put on quite a bit of fuzz.  She is even cuter now than she was when she came to us.   It really is amazing what a lot of love will do.  She has tons of toys now.  She's quite the little chewer.   We didn't want her getting clogged up with beefhides, which are her favorite, but the nylabones are starting to be chewed on.  Initially she wouldn't chew them.  She seemed to know that tehy were plastic.  But as long as they smell like liver its alright I guess.  

She's quite the healthy little fuzzball, and does not shiver like a lot of toy breeds do.  She looooooves the snow, and her new sweater that I knited for her.   Speaking of which it's supposed to snow alot.  I will have to blaze a trail for her.  the way to the dog park crosses through about an acre of park and anything over 4" she will be swamped.

The new pics are up so you caould see.  she doesn't sit still much any more.  She's more active than the chis she meets at the park and at pet socialization hour at Petco.  I took her there.  She wound up romping with the 13 week old lab Titan because none of the other dogs wanted to play as vigoorously.  But they wore each other out and it was reallycute.  Once she got rid of her energy, she was content to hang out with the smaller dogs.  She has absolutely no fear and quite a lot of sass.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The theory of teh kyootness</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:09:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been puzzling over her breeding.  I know in the long run it is not important, and we don't ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been puzzling over her breeding.  I know in the long run it is not important, and we don't have enough money to run the blood tests to figure it out, but yesterday at the dog park, she got to hang out with purebred chis and a pom.  that pretty much confirmed it.  She's definately a chihuahuha pomanian mix.  She went nose to nose with the pom and wow does she look like it.  But she still has the long haired chihuahua coat type and short legs and the straighter tail.  I guess you can only do so much with pictures.  It was really good for her to hang out with dogs her own size as well.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Finally, a breakthrough!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:37:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been puzzling over how to get Foxxy to quit straining.  I wrote in a previous post  about the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been puzzling over how to get Foxxy to quit straining.  I wrote in a previous post  about the problems I have been having with it.  This morning though, I actually got her to walk beside me, and actually look up at me.  

She has had her feet stomped on, getting in the way of us while we are walking, so she knows the potential for feet to accidentally hurt.  So I finally had the idea to place my foot down in front of her when she is pulling or barking on lead.  What do you know it worked!  She instantly stops and looks up at me.  A few times of putting my foot in front of her and now she finally is walking beside me.   This is the most effective trick I have found so far.


Walking beside me is nice, I hope if this continues she will just figure out that it is much nicer to walk with me in the lead.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Training the boy</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:16:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We are a small pack.  It's just mom and dad and Foxxy.  Mom is unemployed right now, so Foxxy's enti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We are a small pack.  It's just mom and dad and Foxxy.  Mom is unemployed right now, so Foxxy's entire day is spent with mom for the most part.  Since she is small, we go pretty much everywhere.   When we are out, she sits in her kennel in the car, which has a seat belt fastener on it.  She gets out easily enough, we walk to the door of wherever we are going, I put her in a backpack when we go inside, unless it is a place that allows dogs to walk, like petsmart.  I am not sure she is very thrilled about being in a bag, but it beats leaving her in the car, or chained outside where she can be nabbed.

but the Dad, he works, and he works evenings.  During the day, he doesn't do much.  He is a low energy kind of guy.  But there is sort of the problem.  Da won't take out the dog on his own initiative.  he has to be told.  Mom doesn't quite know what to do about that because he gets cranky when asked, and he does not enjoy walking her in the lead yet because she does not respect him.  

Mom is worried that she will fear him instead.  He is former military personell, and his concept of assertive is to be more of a bully.  I keep reminding him that he needs to have patience, but I get the sense that he leaves the training to me and then just expects to be listened to by foxxy.  That is really silly, I know. 

Dad grew up with very big dogs.  Dobermans, Border Collies, Labs, Airedales.   The challenge for Dad is to be assertive and gentle with the Fox, and all around to be calm.  Right now this is proving a difficult challenge, as unwanted behavior from Foxxy provokes his anger and frustration, rather than calm and assertive leadership.  While this evidently was effective with the larger dogs he is used to, it can't really be used on a 7 pound dog.

dad would prefer cats, but mom is terribly allergic to them.  Mom loves cats, but she suffers when they are around.  But Mom does prefer dogs to cats.  that is also one of the things that Dad needs to work on.  He really would rather have a fairly autonomous pet. 

Mom grew up with schnauzers, so se is used to working with smaller dogs, though not quite as small as foxxy.  It has been a adjustment for mom, trying to find ways to show fox her limitations and boundaries in a safe way for a tiny dog.  Fortunately fox has a fantastic personality.  Mom is thriled to have a dog that is friendly and fearless.   Mom also doesn't mind Foxxy barking, although foxxy is being trained to not bark at the windows.

There is the serious problem right there.  She's part Chihuahua, and has that tenacious, fearless, territorial spirit.  Her bark is piercing, and when she is barking it drives Dad to fits.  It makes him very irritable and he yells at her and then me for not stopping it, even if it is only a single bark.  I tell him that she is a dog, what does he expect?  Dogs bark.  that's just the way it is.  her barking is not excessive or obsessive.

But this morning, I took her out, and she started barking at another person and her dogs.  It is a behavior I am trying very hard to work on, but while I am woking on it, she will be loud.  today, he opened up the window and yelled at me about it.  I mean really yelled!  At me and at the dog, as if he could influence anything from twenty yards out and fourty feet up.  I told him that he can't do anything from the third floor do shut the window and ignore it because it wasn't his business.  that was, I believe, the correct response, but he did not seem to think so.  So after I got her calmed down finall, and we had our walk, We had to come home to a surly Dad who wanted to berate me for "letting the dog bark"

But he won't involve himself except to yell at her when she barks indoors, or to play with her when he sits on the floor, or to grudgingly pull his gear on to take her outside when I have to ask him to do so!  To mom, it reminds her of a kid, a boy.  I am the wife to this man, not the mom, and I wish that he would actively take the responsibility of an alpha towards foxxy rather than me having to show fox that he is equal with me.  Most of the reason I think that she even greets him happily is because I try my best to elevate him over her in the pack.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>leash training!  Argh!</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:53:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I just am frustrated at the moment.  She gets 4-6 walks per day.  Every time we go out it is the sam ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just am frustrated at the moment.  She gets 4-6 walks per day.  Every time we go out it is the same thing.  Here is the ritual:

1.  I get my shoes and coat on.
2.  I put on her harness.
3.  I put on her leash.
4.  I open the door and tell her to stay.
5.  I walk out the door and tell her to come.
6.  Repeat procedure for other two doors between mine and outside.
7. . .

at 7 is where it breaks down.  What I want from her is a nice, calm walk.  I love walking!  Before she came to us I was going out walking two or three times a day just for my own well being.

Foxxy is really good at the preparation ritual.  She even offers her feet up so that I can slip her harness around her chest (this is a comfort wrap harness that buckles at the top)  She stays beautifully for me.  It has been a ritual that has been the same since day one.

In the home she is calm and submissive for the most part.  When she is not, she gets corrected.  She is well housebroken, but she does not always give a signal when she needs to actually go, so sometimes there are mistakes.  Mostly, I keep her on a schedule and just take her out every 5 hours whether she needs it or not.

But once outside, she flips into Alpha mode. She strains at the leash, barks at everything, wants to sniff at everything, wants to chase squirrels.  She's not vicious.  It's a playful bark with a feeling of frustration because I don't let her go get what she wants.

The straining is really bad.  I keep her at my heel all the time.  I want to use a collar besause as the temperature drops, she will be needing to add a coat to her preparation ritual, and dog clothes are never made with a harness in mind.  She strains so hard that she literally walks on her hind legs.  She wants to pull.

I do what I know to try to break her of that behavior, but she totally ignores me.  I pop the leash, and it does not phase her.  I could tell her "enough" untill I am frustrated and she ignores me.   Roll her on her back and she struggles.  Stop when she strains and wait for her to calm down, but she won't calm if there is anything living moving in her field of vision, and even when there is not, the moment I take a single step, she is back to straining.   I walk the opposite direction, and she changes, and then tries to strain in the opposite direction.

I know it's no good to let this continue, but we can't get anywhere.  She actually calms down more on paved surfaces, but in our apartment, there are not many other than the street and the sidewalks up to the front steps.  The grounds are very Park-like, so we spend an awful lot of time walking through the grass.  

My wish is for her to walk at my heel without the leash pulled tight, and I am running out of knowledge as to what to do about it

On a brighter note, we have broken through her fear of the stairs, and she is walking up them now..]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Three weeks home</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:52:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It has been three weeks since I have come to this home.  

I am still scared of the stairs from fl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It has been three weeks since I have come to this home.  

I am still scared of the stairs from floor2-3.  They are open, just foot platforms really, and I can see all the way down.  They totally freak me out!  the back staircase terrifies me.  I am also afraid of street drains for the same reason.  When we walk past them, I have to walk on the other side of mom from the drain.

My first week home, I got taken to the vet.  I am almost two, but I don't remember ever having been to the vet before.  I was really happy and exited!  i got to meet all of these dogs who were scared for some reason, but I did not know why.  The exam room was kind of scary though, but mom made me walk in behind her.

They took me into the back to get wayed and vaccinated, and I didn't struggle or cry out.  The vet told mom that there was a dog back there that was shrieking and nervous, but I just looked at it like it was crazy.  Mom was so proud that i was not afraid even when they took blood and gave me my shots!  I way 6.8 pounds!

Then a week and a half later, I went in again, but this time mom left without me!  I was so worried.  They put a mask over my face, and when I woke up I was in pain and I had a wound on my belly.  Mom said I am "spayed" now.  I also have a "Chip" The vet techs could not resist my piteous looks and carried me around the whole day until mom came back.

It's been a week and I am feeling much better!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Routine Routine Routine</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:39:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We go out for a walk before breakfast, first thing in the morning.  We walk out to the leashless par ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We go out for a walk before breakfast, first thing in the morning.  We walk out to the leashless park and I get to run up and down it until I do my business.  I run like the wind!

I come home and eat breakfast and then play with my toys before curling up for a nap.  I get a short walk at noon, because mom knows that whenever she needs to do her business, I should go do mine right after.  Since I live in an apartment, I can't just go out there by myself.  We work on our tricks (I can sit, stay, come, bring it, leave it, drop it, RUN, SHH!, ENOUGH, down, up, and belly all in just three weeks!  I am working on shake paws now.  

Mom plays fetch with me and we play "Where''s foxxy" which is like hide and seek.  Dad also plays fetch, but he likes to play tug also.  I never win though!

After dad goes to work (3:30 pm until midnight) it's just mom and me.  She takes me out to the grocery store up the hill to get food for dinner and the next day.  That is 1/4 mile each way, and that's a long way with such tiny legs as mine!  But I get a short break in between.  I fit into her backpack when we go into the store.  If there are friendly dogs at the dogpark we stop there for socialization time.  Then it's back home where I positively flop on the floor or on the couch, contented and happy and thouroughly exhausted.  Then i get to go out with dad at midnight when he comes home from work!

I'd rather not be on the third floor of this place, but it's where I live, and it's the next best thing to being in and actual house.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dog's rules</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/1061031/diary/Dogs_rules/632859</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:21:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Foxxy ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am new to my home, and I have had such an interesting life so far, but things have been really har ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am new to my home, and I have had such an interesting life so far, but things have been really hard for me to get used to.  Mom is not sure what I was allowed to do before, but she has her own rules for me and even for others.  Here let me show you:
--dogs in the bedroom only at night, at the foot of the bed and never under it.  No barking in the bedroom, not one little bit.

--I get fed in the morning and in the evening, 1/4 cup of food each meal with carrots in between.

--desk chairs and dining room chairs are off limits, but the couch is okay as long as I move when someone sits down!

--I get a walk every 4-6 hours durning the day.  Since mom is unemployed, that works out fine.

--I have a pet carrier for the car, and I stay in the bathroom when I am alone.

--even though it is hard for me to do this, I must stay close to mom on the lead.  I stay on a 4' leash during my walk, and I must walk beside mom.

--no begging.

--no barking loudly while inside,  though it's okay to make muffled woofs at the dogs out the window.  I live on the third floor so there is no need to protect my place.  

--no biting, no jumping, no growling no putting paws on people.]]></content:encoded>
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