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whorfdata

Hi called to leave you treats. read your question. The only way that I know to break a habit with any of our "children" is to ignore it. you"ve had him to the vet and as you know he changes legs, so he's ok, as for people, this is your boy not theirs. Whorf at 2 used to "go lame" in the back legs and drag himself up the stairs whimpering, mad rush to the vet of course.quite a few times, nothing wrong the whole back end would wag when we got there. we realised we had an attention getter , so used the same tecnique on him as our human children (we have 8) it worked he is now 10 and still doesn't have anything wrong with him. we also, now don;t laugh here, had a Galah. (Idont know where you live so thats a bird) that did the same thing she would alternate her lameness to be up on her daddy's shoulder. she'd also nip him when he talked to the other birds, so possesiveness was involved. Had to do the same thing and not pet her at all, its very hard to do as your heart melts for them. I also have a cockatoo at the moment that is a mutilator she wears a collar so as not to rip holes in her neck, and we have to be very careful about the attention she gets because that is what the problem is about. "People" have given me lots of glares and advise, especially to ''put her down'', she is monitored by a vet and is actually quite happy and talkative. why would I want to kill her? Seems all beings have the same qualities. Did you have deacon first? He may be jealous of Roxy or Ian. or on the other hand it could simply be competiveness for your attention. The mastiff ,bully, staffy, pittie type dogs are all competitive for love, their all mushpots with their owners. My Data and Whorf can count the cuddles the other one has had. Its the only thing they get pushy about. Is it my turn yet?If you can ignore him when he limps, and give him special time when you see him playing, or even sleeping. Wake him up for a special cuddle. That's what I had to do before Whorfie got over it. Hopefully it wont take long before he's forgotten all about "his condition" does sound like one great big gorgeous sooky boy though. Hope this helps in some way. Blessings. Julie, Whorf, Data, Zac, Pasquale and Zoe 0 '
on 26 Sep 08

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TH

Hi thanks for stopping by. Yes Diesel is a handful, but we are trying to curb his over excitedness and Molly puts him in his place if he steps out of line. He is such a character. He disgraced himself this morning and weed up against my daughters leg - she was not amused! Not a good look for a 16 year old. That is the first time he has done anything like that and as it was when my daughter was fussing Molly I put it down to 'marking his territory'. Well hope to speak again soon. Diesel Molly and Tanya
on 26 Sep 08

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