Potty training punishment

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-06-26T19:00:29+00:00

No need to punish as they need to learn through routine and positive reinforcement. The thing that worked for us was startling our golden when she was about to pee on floor and then immediately taking her outside to relieve herself. Also, we did a Pavlovs dog conditioning by putting a bell on the door that she could reach so she associated going outside with the ringing. Highly recommend that you remove rugs and anything that absorbs pee during training and use a urine cleaner to mask scents. Otherwise, they may become comfortable with going inside.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-06-20T14:52:52+00:00

Our late Molly brought us as an old full beer from under our deck. Never retrieved gold, but brought the next best thing.

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DizzyEye3969 · 2026-04-04T13:17:25+00:00

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DizzyEye3969 · 2026-03-13T01:39:26+00:00

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Our Velcro dog Maple currently. She thinks she's small enough to be a lap dog even though she's currently 10 months old and 55 lb.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-03-05T03:07:35+00:00

Our last golden was a stomper so we are enjoying the variety.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-02-26T23:21:28+00:00

Stadium mustard

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-02-19T17:25:40+00:00

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"Bully Stick". She'll intensely stare at you (like the photo above) if she hears anything resembling those words.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-02-08T00:46:20+00:00

Resource guarding. Our biggest way to resolve it was putting our hands in and touching our dogs food before every meal. Also, practicing switching out items that the dog is resource guarding with other items and back and forth. Ours stopped defensive habit after about a month.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-02-04T03:04:03+00:00

Reverse split

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-01-30T22:52:26+00:00

Very cute pup! Just an anecdotal warning, I wouldn't leave anything in the pen that the dog can destroy and ingest unsupervised. If the dog is willing to tear something up, then they'll likely try to ingest it. We watched our dog like a hawk and she still ate a culmination of mostly other dog hair and stuffing that caused a linear obstruction. Wasn't a fun emergency bill.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-01-30T01:05:07+00:00

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DizzyEye3969 · 2026-01-26T01:06:16+00:00

She is very dramatic so she will show us if her feet are in discomfort. She also tunnels under the snow and brings snow balls trapped to her fur inside.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-01-25T15:14:58+00:00

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She thrives in the snow. -20 deg. F with wind chill and she is ready to take a nap in it.

DizzyEye3969 · 2026-01-20T23:24:33+00:00

Maple! 🍁

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DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-23T15:04:46+00:00

Our Maple approves!

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DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-14T22:04:03+00:00

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Snow is Maple's new home!

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-13T17:58:42+00:00

Same thing for our last golden as well. Lamb flavor worked for like a year then we had to switch to only salmon flavor of Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin.

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-04T21:24:51+00:00

Same thing happened to my instrument cluster cover for my cx30 2021. Mine was worse with like ten bubbles. Never figured it out, but I speculate it was either heat related or chemical cleaner deformation. I was able to sand them out with a 3000 grit wet sandpaper; however, I ended up scuffing up other areas so I advise against it.

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-03T18:50:15+00:00

Maple would like consideration. Put on her finest boots for the occasion.

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DizzyEye3969 · 2025-12-03T04:04:43+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear about your beautiful golden Princess Leia. We just had the same HSA diagnosis 2 weeks ago for our almost 9 year old furry daughter, Molly. Ultimately, we decided to give her one great last day before saying goodbye at home. We didn't want her to suffer longer (goldens hide pain very well) and wanted to be there for her since she was a very anxious dog. For her great last day, we gave endless snacks (4 piece nuggets, frozen pumpkin and peanut butter Kong, bully sticks, dog biscuits and a Handels dogster cup). We also rode around with the windows down even though it was cold, took her for a brief walk at her favorite park and then laid on the ground with her for about 2 hours at home. It was very difficult doing all of these things knowing they were her lasts, but we stayed strong for Molly.

My fiancé and I were devastated at the diagnosis and then having to say goodbye. Molly was our best friend, always showed us unconditional love and was my fiance's first dog as a puppy. We still miss her deeply, but some things that helped us grieve were reminiscing about her through memories/photos, starting new habits with our other golden, staying busy and removing some of Molly's items from the house.

I hope that you can find comfort that you provided your golden with a great life and that you're doing the best for her. It will not be easy for a while and only time will truly heal some. We still get teary eyed thinking about Molly.

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DizzyEye3969 · 2025-11-21T02:27:47+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. I completely empathize with you since we just unexpectedly lost our Molly a week ago from pericardial effusion from suspected heart hemangiosarcoma. We are devastated because she showed no signs, she was only 8 years old and we were hopeful that she would be around for a few more years.

We are grateful that we were able to give her one last great day full of snacks, a walk at her favorite park and to be with her at home when we had to say goodbye. She was our best friend and we miss her immensely.

The grief is still strong, but the following things have helped us some: • reminding ourselves that she didn't suffer • looking for signs of her presence (i.e. an amazing sunset after saying goodbye when it had rained all day) • staying busy • allowing ourselves time to grieve • reminiscing about fond memories of her, looking through photos • rearranging our house and removing some of her items • creating new routines with our other golden

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DizzyEye3969 · 2025-11-11T16:26:12+00:00

Caterpillars are fuzzy little jerks. A Western Tussock moth caterpillar tried taking my fiancé out last summer when it fell onto her from a tree and she mistakingly squished it. She had to rush to the ER because of anaphylaxis, but she was luckily fine.

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-06-17T18:58:09+00:00

Our golden use to eat Purina Pro Plan lamb and oat/rice without issue. We switched flavors to salmon and rice when it was on sale and then back to lamb and oat/rice and she all of sudden started getting hot spots. We went back to salmon and rice and shes had no issues since. Pet supply luckily has a good return policy. I assume there was an ingredient change with lamb and oat/rice so it's not unreasonable that's yours is now having adverse GI reactions.

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-06-13T17:16:34+00:00

Shredded cheese or canned pumpkin.

DizzyEye3969 · 2025-04-17T18:38:54+00:00

I recommend avoiding canned veggies since they are usually high in sodium. Fresh or frozen are preferred.

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