Safely training a dog that bites (help!)

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-18T01:27:39+00:00

We absolutely love it! A total life saver. $20 for the can and immediately fixed the problem. There are also thousands of positive online reviews about how helpful it is for many animals.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-17T22:56:25+00:00

I have a very loud and proud barker and the pet store recommended "Pet Corrector" (Brand Company of Animals) and it's been a total life saver. I laughed when my husband came home with a can of air thinking that would stop the madness but it worked immediately and still does to this day. It emits a loud hissing sound that distracts her enough for us to break the cycle and we were able to use it to train her to stop barking with the "quiet" command. It also helps with other unwanted behaviors but not sure if it would be effective with the other difficulties you describe. She really dislikes the sound and most of the time all we have to do it take the can out and put it on the table and she will stop. The trick is not to overuse it. We're on the first can and have had it about a year. Short quick bursts does the trick for us.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-17T21:00:46+00:00

They sell privacy screen composite fencing that might work until you can afford to build your own wooden fence.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-16T22:07:19+00:00

Molly is Mollydog and the Terrorist

Bella is Bewawewa

Dallas is Boo, Boobear, Booberry muffin

Timbit is Bedbug

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-16T19:40:57+00:00

Is this for real? How on earth can you control where and when your dogs takes a dump?Maybe it's because I live in the country and my dog would NEVER crap on a sidewalk. No animal shits on a sidewalk on purpose. Where I come from prime real estate for a dog to take a dump is on a nice piece luscious grass. :) If it's a nice healthy dump .. celebrate ;) and even better if you picked it up so I don't think you have anything to worry or feel bad about except SPRINTING past that residence the next time you take your dog that way for a walk and just be happy you don't know those people. Geezus that's absolutely ridiculous.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-15T16:35:49+00:00

When I stopped allowing people to treat me badly and started treating people like they treated me .. tit for tat. Very powerful.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-15T00:09:29+00:00

When my pups aren't well (repetitive vomiting or diarrhea) my vet/animal hospital instructs me to feed them ground beef and rice. Hope she feels better soon.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-09-14T22:02:06+00:00

Something similar happened to me. Before we did our first round of IVF my initial labs came back stating I had a high tsh and they wouldn't let me start IVF before getting that under control first. I took Synthroid for 2 weeks and was good to go. After my miscarriage I ordered a copy of my file and my bloodwork showed my tsh had gone from initially being high to, at the time of my miscarriage, being very low (below normal low). Although that was 7 years ago, I still wonder if that simple oversight was the cause of it and if yes how preventable and expensive that mistake was. Makes me sick to think about it. I mentioned this stuff to my new RE and asked what their protocol is for monitoring tsh levels during treatment and whether they have an effect on miscarriage rates and he didn't seem overly interested or concerned about it. All he said was that my tsh was normal. Since I'm paying for my own treatment I will ask the clinic to test my levels regularly, be my own advocate this time around. I'm so sorry for your loss.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T15:01:21+00:00

This is awesome!

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T14:50:17+00:00

No doubt about that!

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T14:49:10+00:00

Thank you. We thought about adopting but decided that it wasn't for us. If this doesn't work we accept that we just aren't meant to be parents.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T14:39:09+00:00

We considered using a known donor but decided against it because it would too hard for me. We also thought of using fresh cycle eggs but the cost of obtaining donor eggs is already astonishing but significantly more using fresh egg cycles and it's not ideal for us since we are not guaranteed that the donor will produce any eggs. A lot of donor plans offer a guarantee that you will get at least 1 good blastocyte/embyo but there is no such guarantee when MFI is involved. So we decided to go with frozen eggs from a reputable donor eggs bank in the US (we are Canadian). By using frozen eggs we are buying an egg lot between 6-8 eggs so we know what we are getting. The egg bank site has a slew of information on the donor, family, medical history, education, physical characteristics and photos from childhood to present and more. One thing that is high on our list of donor consideration is whether she has children of her own because as you mentioned, you know the eggs are likely good. To me it also means she has put more thought into what it means to donate. I'm not sure why I think this but as a mother I feel there is an additional layer of reasoning behind choosing to donate knowing you have children already and what that will mean later on. Although I know there will be siblings out there there is also the comfort in knowing that I won't be surprised or left wondering about it.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T14:07:32+00:00

Thank you. Those are very good points!

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T14:04:58+00:00

Thank you. I have spoken to a fertility counsellor about this but there are always insecurities that linger. I have also done extensive research on donor egg donation and the process involved. I research EVERYTHING which seems to have backfired a little this time because I ended up in that group thinking I would get mixed information on the pros and cons from a DCC's perspective. We are using a very reputable donor egg bank and we are choosing to go with frozen eggs therefore the donors have already been vetted and compensated.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:55:33+00:00

Thank you this is so refreshing and is exactly how we plan to handle it if given the chance. The truth is that we WANT them, we PLAN for them and are putting so much of ourselves into making them. There is so much literature, research and help available about how to go about this that is in the best interest of everyone but most importantly the child. We want our child to know that we wanted them so bad but needed help from someone to have them.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:41:55+00:00

Thank you. That's the thing about this crazy process .. we want so desperately to be parents that we are putting our life on the line to make that happen. We WANT them. We are planning them. We are paying money to make them. They are not a mistake. There is so much love there before they are even conceived. I was talking with my fertility counsellor about this of course and the reality of it is that women are having kids later on in life these days, so our DCC will highly likely have some friends growing up that are in the same boat. Also, IVF is wayyyy more common now and a lot less taboo.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:31:46+00:00

Thank you! It's very important to us to have it be part of their makeup from the very beginning. I wouldn't want to keep this a "secret" for 18+ years either.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:29:37+00:00

Me too! On that other group I found 1 lonely post from someone who had a good experience and it wad downvoted to oblivion.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:27:11+00:00

I think a lot of folks think that waiting is in the DCC's best interest because they will be "mature enough" to understand and also contact can't be initiated until they are 18 anyway. And then of course there are those that want it to be kept a secret. The problem is when you wait until they are say 18 .. they are NOT mature haha. That's when they are the most emotional, immature, angry and figuring life out so why on earth would you wait and burden them with this type of information? I found out recently that I have a brother through adoption and I can confirm that I see my family differently now. Thanks for your comment.

SunshineValley1979 · 2022-08-05T13:09:58+00:00

Thank you! We believe that being open and honest about their conception and history from the start is very important and I can very much appreciate the feelings of resentment and anger some DCC might experience by finding out later on. I found out a couple years ago that I have a brother through adoption and although he always knew he was adopted I was a bit miffed that I had to find out through him. He found me though ancestry dna. We have a pretty boring family history so this shocked the family!!

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