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    Help with Dog behaviors

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    I completely sympathize with you.  I had a very easy rough collie and when I got my terrier, I was overwhelmed by how difficult he was in comparison.

     

    Heeling is useful in the obedience ring.  Outside that, it is useful when you are with the dog and waiting at a light, crossing the street, passing other people, and stuff like that.  When you are walking your dog, it is best to use loose leash walking and teach the dog not to pull on the leash.

     

    Here is a great series of dog training videos on Youtube by Kikopup:  https://www.youtube.com/user/kikopup

     

    All you have to remember it can take a long time and a lot of calm patience to train a dog -- it is not as quick and easy as it looks in the videos.  It is a great way to bond with your dog, too!

     

    Some other links about children and dogs:

     

    http://www.livingwithkidsanddogs.com/

     

    https://images.akc.org/pdf/PBSAF2.pdf   (AKC safety program for children)

     

    http://www.vet.utk.edu/dogbiteprevention/parents/links.html

    how old was the youngest babysitter you ever hired??

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    When the kids were very young, we hired women who were 65.  By the time they were 8 and 9, we hired a 20 year old college student a couple of times.  I preferred the older women because they were very experienced with children and they cleaned up any messes made while they were there (and some extras, too).  The 20 year old basically just watched tv with the kids, even though I made it plain that I wanted her to actually play with them, keep the tv off, and do no housework.

     

    I babysat from ages 12-17, and my mom was close by in case any problems arose.  I spent the entire time playing with and reading to the kids, cleaned up after myself and the kids, and taught the 5 and 6 year olds how to read. Back then, teenage babysitters charged 50 cents an hour, but I raised my rates to $1/hour since I gave so much bang for the buck!

    Our standard poodle was attacked by a pit bull yesterday

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    I would report it too.   I would report any dog that attacked my dog or another member of my family, regardless of the breed. 

     

    I would also file an insurance claim against the farm owner's property/homeowner's insurance policy. It may cover that, and I think since you  "didn't realize how much our friends disliked and distrusted the dog, we had been around it 1 or 2 other times", they had a duty to warn you of that before you took your family (including the dog) over there.  Regardless, the liability section of their policy will likely cover this. 

     

    I am so sorry that this happened to your dog.

    Propane kitchen range?

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    I have a propane range.  The tank holds 100 gallons.  I had it filled on 12/30/2013, so at the beginning of the year the tank had 100 gallons.  It has 60 gallons in it now, so I've used 40 gallons since the beginning of this year. 

     

    I cook and bake a lot for a family of 6 adults.  I don't use propane for anything else.

     

    I like that I can light the burners with a match if the power goes out.  The burners have electric start, but that is a convenience feature.  I haven't tried lighting the oven with a match, and I won't.

     

    Honestly, the only problem I've had was once spring when I lifted the lid to read the gauge so I could see whether I needed to order propane.  A bird flew out, and her nest of eggs was built around the gauge.  So I left the bird in peace, and winged it on whether I needed to order propane.

     

    going from baths to showers

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    My kids were 6 when they started taking showers if they wanted to.  My neighbor gave me a tip - she marked the shower knob thing with red nail polish so the water would be warm enough, and her kids wouldn't turn the handle too far towards hot and get scalded.

    Do people still have/use ice picks?

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    scissors,  knitting needle, hatchet (yes, we have one), chainsaw (ditto), hammer, heavy vase, metal kabob skewer, revolver, rope, candlestick, wrench, letter opener that looks like a dagger, I even have a lead pipe (no, not lead. . . copper but I think it's still heavy enough to kill Mr. Body),

     

    You forgot kitchen knives.  My butcher knife would do a great job.

     

    And what about cast iron skillets, and baseball bats?  Antifreeze?  There was a woman in Georgia who killed either two husbands or a husband and a boyfriend via the antifreeze method.

     

    Heck, you could even apply poison to an umbrella tip and stab someone walking by.  They will die if you use the right poison.  It's been done IRL.  Russian spy, maybe?

     

    I think about these things in case I ever have to kill someone.  :coolgleamA:

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