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@quicksilver1322 Please don't get a heeler. Especially if you want your kid to walk the dog. These are intense, high energy dogs who are prone to neurotic behavior and nipping, especially if not given enough mental stimulation or exercise or both. Frankly, stay away from any herding type breed...

@asifasif44 I have Fi and have been very happy with it. I briefly had Whistle when I adopted my dog because the rescue lent it to me until I got my own gps collar. I found them honestly very similar, other than the physical aesthetic - the Fi is slim, where the Whistle is a big ugly box that...

@peaceloving Chiming in as another person who learned the "fingernail rule" from their vet. We don't give bones in this house.

@ebonue Why is this? Vets aren't alarmed, so why are you? Again, you don't have the educational background needed to rely on your instincts, on this particular subject. You aren't "alarmed" by corn because you're an expert in this field, with relevant data to back it up. You're "alarmed" by corn...

@ebonue Stick with Purina pro plan. Vets recommend it and they don't tend to recommend 4Health. You are not a vet nutritionist and don't have the capacity to know if the ingredients list looks good or bad. This is an area where you should be trusting and deferring to vet professionals over your...

@cody640 Farmina and Victor are both foods worth avoiding. I would strongly encourage you to discuss food safety and nutrition questions with your vet. Have you gotten their recommendations?

@louy51 It's somewhat of a shame that off leash recall is a priority for you, because in every other respect, you sound great for a retired racing greyhound. You want a rescue, low energy, super friendly and gentle, low barking, happy to sleep on the couch for hours. You have no other pets or...

@2time Did you go to a vet and ask them for food advice at any point or did you come up with these food choices yourself? I ask, because these are some pretty questionable foods to have chosen. They don't meet WSAVA guidelines and some of them are associated with a potential risk of...

@kingoffrogs Mostly the slow down was trained via capturing. Independently of leash tension, I'd look for moments that he'd slow his pace and was ready to immediately mark and reinforce those moments. Then, I added a cue word and used it when I predicted he was about to slow down. Cue was...

@kingoffrogs Sorry, might have misread - I thought it sounded like you were having trouble finding a harness that was fitting correctly, and then I saw mention of not being able to use a no-pull harness. You definitely don't want to go that route as an option, just for your general information...

@kingoffrogs Harness that will fit your dog better without moving around, will prevent escapes and will be much more comfortable than a "no pull" harness - Ruffwear Flagline or Ruffwear Webmaster. No pull harnesses are the bane of my existence. I deeply dislike how blatantly uncomfortable they...

@acsc No, that isn't how anything works. You're just choosing dogs that are well suited for you. When organisms die, they are dead. They can't "choose" things or do anything else after dying. That's what being dead means. I'm glad that you've been happy with the dogs you've gotten and that...

@kurtschultz If you're ok with answering this, I'm curious what food you'd been feeding, when you had the dog with the heart issue.