When most people bring home their cute new puppies, the furthest thing from their minds is the stressful time of teething. Just as with babies teething, puppies will want to chew on everything they can get their mouth on. This can lead to total destruction of your belongings, but there are tried and true ways to help prevent this from happening, and help you and your pup get through the teething period with ease.

Many people bring home their new pup and leave them out to romp around the house when they’re not home. Inevitably, this leads to chewing on shoes, books, socks, the couch, and any number of other things. The best way to prevent destructive chewing is to crate train your dog. To do this, you will need a crate that is just big enough for your dog to turn around in. Make the crate a safe and happy place for your dog. Provide him with stimulating toys while he is in the crate. Crate training your dog will not only prevent destructive chewing, but will also aid in potty training and create a positive and safe environment for your dog to be when you’re not around. Some people think that keeping a dog in a crate when they’re not around is cruel. This is not the case at all. Dogs by nature like small, darkened places and tend to feel very safe in crates. Almost all dog trainers today believe that crate training is a necessary and positive part of your puppy’s development. If your dog is crated while you are not home, they will not have the opportunity to chew on your belongings and other harmful things such as power cords.

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I know its been several months since I’ve posted. I’ve been preoccupied with setting up my own business, and dealing with other things. I am still feeding my two dogs natural dog food, its a bit more work, but its much safer for them, and I don’t feel like I’m endangering their lives, like I used to when I fed them commercial food.

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Our cat was so used to being the underdog of the clan that his confusion was obvious when he met Ru. While being held it seemed Russ thought the small dog an equal but on the floor our cat realized he was a bit bigger in weight than the visitor.

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The leaves are now gone and the snow is blowing in but Corona sure took advantage of the leaves when they were here.

Not being able to contain this girl we had her tied to the tree but she had plenty of room to go bonkers.

It won’t be long before we have pictures of Corona in this years snow but we’re holding off until it the snow is too much to bear.

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Twas the night after Christmas
when all through North Pole
Not a helper was stirring
Not an elf nor a troll.
The snowflakes were falling
Out the window with grace
In plans to have St Nicholas
Storm stayed for days.
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You can never go wrong with flowers on a date and that is why flowers remain one of best gift ideas for guys. No woman can ever resist a guy giving her a bunch of flowers on a date. Unless you are giving your date something that is plucked out of your local parks or garden, chances are you will leave a very favorable impression on her.

Flowers are also great for anniversary and in fact I feel that it is a must have especially on special days like Valentine’s Day, her birthday and of course if you are married your wedding anniversary. One thing is always get ready and order your flowers in advance because special days like Valentine’s Day requires advance booking to avoid disappointment.

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This post on dog food blog is about a complex technology (which I won’t dig into) and it amazes me that this technology is used ‘just’ to get dogs to say ‘mmmm… boss, that food you bought smells really nice‘ and at the same time I think this is so interesting and exiting. It makes me curious as to where dog food is going these days. Perhaps you recall my posts in July 2007 about K-9 Genetics and dog food in the age of the genome. I’ve heard ‘down to earth’ people say these developments are over the top, but I just love progression and fine tuning.

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The snow is almost gone, the sun is shining, and the ground is muddy - Spring is definitely here.

Being a few years since Corona had the chance to catch up with Jade (her cousin) it was great to hear that she was in town and ready to go to the park. Despite the puddles we decided it was as good an opportunity as any to have them play together again.

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It’s been awhile since I shared some of the recipes I use to prepare food for my dogs. Below are a few new ones I found, and my dogs love them!!
Rolled Oats and Yogurt Meal
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup vegetables(carrots, celery, spinach, broccoli, etc.), shredded, steamed or pureed
1 teaspoon honey
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Have a great New Years Eve and 2008!

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Quickly bookmark Happy New Year from Corona, Russ and Us! at:
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