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fairweathrsmile
[boston_buddies]
18 October 2005 @ 05:20 pm
The billionth Kylie post (I'll stop soon I swear)  
I cannot sing the praises of clicker training enough. Kylie has already learned sit, down, and we're working on crawl and shake. (Crawl is hilarous!) She LOVES clicker training and never wants me to stop! Also, she's been doing Cornholio-esque scooting around on the carpet and on the carpet cat condo, not to mention the grass. Anywho, I just have a question for everyone. How old were your babies when they lost their puppy teeth? Everywhere I've been reading says five months, so I'm guessing so. Also, has anyone tried to put baby or toddler sweatshirts on their puppies as a cheap alternative to doggie sweaters? I wonder what size (10 pound) Kylie would wear in toddler clothes. Anyone have any idea? Thanks :) And here's a pic of Kylie in her

Bat dog! Sorry for the crappy quality
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Spoiled Kylie has a bad cuz (thanks to Joey making her want one :P), a kong, and a puppy kong bone in addition to like 20 other toys
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Sheri: bigrebbiefacebooksaremyhabit on October 18th, 2005 02:40 pm (UTC)
I'm glad she's being such a good girl :~) bostons are soooooo smart and she's sooooooooo cute!!!!
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NH: Maizyxsaltyx on October 18th, 2005 03:50 pm (UTC)
Cornholio wears Walmart baby sweatshirts with the sleeves cut off instead of all expensive doggie shirts. He is 10 lbs and wears a size 12months. :)
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fairweathrsmile on October 18th, 2005 03:52 pm (UTC)
Sweet! I was actually at walmart today looking at all the stuff haha :)
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betti diamondstarylala on October 18th, 2005 04:21 pm (UTC)
I was actually wondering about this as well.. If the Texas heat eeeeevvveeeerrrrr ends, I need some warmer stuff for my Sophie.
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sherunsfree on October 18th, 2005 04:58 pm (UTC)
she's so sweet! i was thinking about checking out the children's clothes as well because i want elliott to have a shirt or something. he still has yet to get a halloween costume momma likes.
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Libbyalwaysnsync4 on October 18th, 2005 04:59 pm (UTC)
Darnit, I KNEW I should have gone with clicker training. Charlie needs some obedience lessons FAST. Hopefully Petsmart will help with that (school starts Oct. 27!).

Awww, cute, adorable little Kylie....Charlie has been working on a love letter for days now. :)
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fairweathrsmile on October 18th, 2005 05:40 pm (UTC)
Clicker is the best. You should do it! It's sooo easy to get them to do what you want! And Kylie LOVES clicker training.
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Genevieve: Lulualwaysgenevieve on October 18th, 2005 05:30 pm (UTC)
what is clicker training?
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fairweathrsmile on October 18th, 2005 05:38 pm (UTC)
Clicker training is an obedience or trick training. You can buy a clicker at Petsmart, like this one. Let's say you're trying to teach Lulu to sit. You put her in the sit position while saying "sit" and once she's in that position you click the clicker as soon as her butt hits the floor and then quickly give her a treat. She learns to associate the click with a positive reward (a treat) and quickly learns that in order to get the yummy treat she has to do what you ask. Kylie learned sit in about 10 minutes once she learned the click was a good thing :)
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Genevieve: gorgeousalwaysgenevieve on October 18th, 2005 05:40 pm (UTC)
very cool! i have never heard of it before
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fairweathrsmile on October 18th, 2005 05:50 pm (UTC)
It's sooooo easy and awesome. I was a little skeptical, but now I recommend it for sure. I heard it was how they trained all the puppies in the live version of 101 Dalmations, so I figured I'd give it a shot lol
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Katkittehkat on October 18th, 2005 11:45 pm (UTC)
Boo to Carson being deaf. :(
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opal_pinkopal_pink on October 22nd, 2005 11:56 am (UTC)
You can utilize a brief flash of light (from a laser pointer or flashlight) instead of the click for training sessions with a deaf dog. Also there are remote control collars that will vibrate briefly (in place of the click), but good luck finding one of those.
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tydyehippotydyehippo on October 19th, 2005 06:52 am (UTC)
She is such a cute girl! The other day, I was at K-mart and they had some really cute fleece shirts for under $7. I considered one for Dez and Boss-cake but I thought they might pee on the underside. Girl doggies might have better luck, but I know its been done.
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The Girl in the Self Imposed Boxelisabat on October 24th, 2005 01:32 am (UTC)
where did you get the bat costume? If you could'nt tell, I like bats.
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fairweathrsmile on October 24th, 2005 01:55 am (UTC)
Petsmart :)
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The Girl in the Self Imposed Boxelisabat on October 24th, 2005 02:00 am (UTC)
I don't think there's a local Petsmart around where I live. I wonder if Petco would have them. She's extremely adorable by the way.
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