mackenzie11

sounds really cute, good on the kiddies, people are so kind!

wonderful to hear he is home safe, great to hear that our efforts are apprecited, thanks for posting this as it will show how much the troops love the care packages and the efforts of people back here in australia

8 boxes WOW ;) - amazing job, well done, excellent, good on ya!!!!

mollie will play with anything she can get in her mouth, door stops - loves to run around the house with them draught stoppers - as above cats tunnel - drags it out to other rooms floor rugs- same as tunnel any doggy toy - will chew and play for hours (she has a basket of her toys and she just goes and helps herself as to which toy she would like to play with) cats toys - as with dog toys daughters shoes - loves to chew on them Doctor's bill - ate it all up (some truth in the excuse "dog ate my homework" if you have a puppy like mine it may be true) elder dog - hangs off his ears, tail, ANY dangley bits actually (he does not care) she loves to play with anything

yes it is fine to enclose a note, add a self addressed envelope and you will probly get a response from the solider chosen to have your care package,

I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to every one who has gotten on board with this idea to send care packages to our troops this christmas. so many of people jumped on this and loads of packages are going to be sent over because of you guys, our troops are going to have a wonderful christmas because of the kindness of strangers. you guys should all feel so very proud of yourselfs for this, it is an amazing response. when you sit down this christmas to eat your christmas dinner you can feel happy that our troops are enjoying your treats and that they are greatful that someone, somewhere cares. x millions and millions Thanks again guys Hope you all have a wonderful christmas and a wonderful and safe new year ;)

well done, that is a wonderful idea with pharmacy online, it is great they wanted to help i know what you mean about wanting to put so much in the packages, there is too many ideas of what to send. hope you have a

congrats on your puppy, i would probly build a area that would suit the puppy when it is fully grown, as you don't want to have to re-build when it grows, maybe have a look on the internet at enclosures for your dog and see if you can get ideas for sizes that way, good luck

sounds very cute

once or twice she has been scared (tail between legs), that was really early on when she first started walking, and had never been out the front of the house, when she does not want to walk she just sits solid and wont move, i dont think it is timidity i think it is stubbourness She may be 'stubborn' refusing to walk but I'd want to know why. Does she have an older dog buddy she visits or play with? Perhaps being walked with an older more confident dog may help. she does and i often take them together, sometimes works sometimes not, she would rather jump on his head

I know you did not suggest that i roused on her, i never said you did, i am sorry if i made you feel this way, i was just pointing out what i don't do as i have seen loads of people walking their dogs over the yrs doing this to their dogs and it is not right. i did not mean to imply you thought that about me. have not notice anything that makes her switch off, sometimes she gets scared (tail between her legs) but i don't see or hear anything to know what has scared her - has happened once or twice and she has been walked a fair bit since she was 14 weeks old, other times she just sits solid and does not move, she loves her biscuits as treats - she loves her food, once she starts walking i give her a treat, then sometimes she stops and wont move and i hold the treat out for her in front to get her to walk and she will stretch herself out to get it but wont actually walk to it, ta, will try that tried - pigs ears, tempters, trainers, chick necks, all give her the runs Try chopped up chicken breast or cheese or something unprocessed, just try little bits of something until you find something that agrees with her, I think you will find you have a completely different dog when you find something she really wants, another thing to try is a tug, if she tugs take it along and encourage her with tugging rather than food Im wondering if she might have had a fright in a fear period, unfortunately that sort of thing can affect them in ways you could only imagine, I think you just need to start with some very highly reward based training, even just give her a training session out the front of your house on lead, she needs to learn that walking outside is a fun thing to do, its not a chore

once or twice she has been scared (tail between legs), that was really early on when she first started walking, and had never been out the front of the house, when she does not want to walk she just sits solid and wont move, i dont think it is timidity i think it is stubbourness

I know you did not suggest that i roused on her, i never said you did, i am sorry if i made you feel this way, i was just pointing out what i don't do as i have seen loads of people walking their dogs over the yrs doing this to their dogs and it is not right. i did not mean to imply you thought that about me. have not notice anything that makes her switch off, sometimes she gets scared (tail between her legs) but i don't see or hear anything to know what has scared her - has happened once or twice and she has been walked a fair bit since she was 14 weeks old, other times she just sits solid and does not move, she loves her biscuits as treats - she loves her food, once she starts walking i give her a treat, then sometimes she stops and wont move and i hold the treat out for her in front to get her to walk and she will stretch herself out to get it but wont actually walk to it, tried - pigs ears, tempters, trainers, chick necks, all give her the runs

i know dogs don't know one day from the next, but it is just the way it sounds with her, it is like " i have done that once this week, don't push it" i use her dog biscuits, cause anthing else gives her the runs, i don't reward her for standing still, i wait till she gets going and has gone a few steps b4 giving her a treat when walking i talk to her, encourage her, when she stops i turn my back on her ignoring her and this gets her going, once she is going i give her a treat, and she will be fine, BUT try it agian the next day and NO WAY, wont budge, not with treats or anything, when she refuses to walk, she sits solid and will not budge - it is like she is stuck to the ground, i don't want to drag her on the leash as it is cruel and will hurt her neck, or she will try to jump up my leg for me to pick her up and carry her - which i only do when she decides to stop solid in the middle of the road when a car is coming, we don't go far, it is only about 1-2 houses up, i don't think i have an attitude when i walk her, i talk in a happy voice to encourage her and talk to her about all the sounding area - neighbours must think im nuts, - when she does well i praise her and treat her and when she fails to walk i try to encourage her in a happy voice, i have NEVER roused on her for not walking, NEVER harmed her for not walking, i just stand with her for a bit talking to her to get her moving, i will keep trying and see how we go,

Take some REALLY yummy treats with you, like chopped up cabanossi, that should get her interested in walking, also dont push it, when she is walking nicely really praise her and give her treats, but only take her for a short walk, you want to leave her hanging and wondering when she will get her treats, she will soon associate the lead and collar with getting her treats, then you can slowly phase them out when she realises how much fun it is to walk And dont forget she is still a baby! these things take time :D i have tried all that, she acts as though "i did this yesterday and i dont want to do it again" she won't walk any more than once a week, this is what i have tried - loads of treats walking her with our other dog driving to a quiet location more treats having my daughter walk in front and call her short walks none of it works, it is just like been there done that, but she is so excited when you say "walkies" jumping all around but when you get out the door, "no fear no walkies" not if she has done it in the past 7 days but i will keep trying

good luck with walking your puppy, i tried everything with mine and she does not enjoy walking at all, i have a 21 week old cavalier x poodle, and she goes for a walk to pick my daughter up from school once a week, she refuses to go any more than that, tried to get her to walk 2 days in a row and she would not be in it, left a few days between and still no, she gets all excited to go, but when she realises that she actually has to walk, then she does not want to go. getting the impression that she is not going to be a dog that loves to go for a walk, she does get outside and runs amock with an older dog, so maybe this will be enough for her,

just to let everyone know only a few weeks left to get these packaged up and sent off for our troops to enjoy a merry christmas keep up the good work

ok now the last one worked here is another one, i forgot how to do it and had to put one on to check it was going to work sorry here is mollie again - this week she is aged 20 weeks she is growing up too fast

here is mollie aged 20 weeks this weeks

he probly did not realise that it was too early for christmas presents,

well done , never thought to do the dogs will love munching on those

i have no idea how you would go about finding out that information sorry, unless you ask someone in your local parliment if they have the same "care package" scheme running.

that maybe it, she is ok and no lasting effects, had blood tests done on her kidney's & liver yesterday and all clear,

had a look at this site and it is great, has loads of ideas of what to send, thanks for putting this on here for others to get ideas from

that is wonderful, tell her thanks very much from me, when i first had the idea to post this on here i did not think i would get such a huge response, but people are so wonderful, i understand that money is tight what with interest rates, water bills and electricity bills and the such, but for people to take a few bucks and buy treats for strangers so that they may have a good xmas is so wonderful I hope you all have a very merry christmas and a great new year :D