A bite...

So Monday night Chris took Mylo for a walk. When he came back he was pretty upset and told me that some yippy little dog bit Mylo. Of course I was surprised and asked what happened? Chris said that there was an asian lady with her dog off the leash and her dog came up to Mylo when he started to bark and wanted to play. Chris of course had Mylo on his leash. The little dog ran up and bit Mylo on the belly. Chris lost it and started yelling at the lady who of course did not speak english.. or pretended that she did not speak english. 

The next day at two separate times when we took Mylo out for a walk he went strange and started nipping on our arms. He even destroyed Chris' sleeve and just bruised my arm. We think it has something to do with the biting incident. Today he has been fine. But we are watching him closely and working on his behaviour. 

I also enrolled him into Dog training. He starts May 12 and hopefully that will help. 

Run of the house

So Yesterday I went out the side door. Mylo would not do the side door because its on the stairs to the basement. Well that changed. Mylo slowly got the nerve to walk out the open side door which was fine since I was there to prevent him from running off. But then Chris decided to make him do the basement stairs. Now our dog goes every where. Its good that he's not scared to come down anymore but I did like the fact that there was a place you could go to escape our crazy dog. Now we have a gate up to prevent him from going downstairs. Its good especially when we are not home because he's still chewing. Ive lost 2 pairs of flip flops in the past 2 days because he ate them. Well, he ate one of each. Why couldnt he at least eat two of the same. 

Chris and I are really looking into dog training. Im tired of Mylo barking at everyone as they walk past our house and Mylo jumping up on everyone when they come to visit. Plus it would be nice just to have him learn some manners. 

Labrador Border Collie

So recently we had to take Mylo to the vet. He hasn't been eating and the vet assumed he has stomach inflammation. He's been doing better but we also learned what Mylo is crossed with. Mylo is obviously black Lab, he definitely looks like it but his white patches says he's not pure breed. Mylo is crossed with a border collie. Im not sure if there's a name for it but he's labrador collie. 

Once we found out I thought Id go online and find some interesting facts about both breeds. The collie is where he gets his mischeivious behaviour from.

* Collies are highly energetic and as a result have a tendency towards neurotic or destructive behaviour if not given enough to do.

* Labs are exceptionally affable, gentle, intelligent, energetic and good natured, making them both excellent companions

* With training, the Lab is one of the most dependable, obedient and multi-talented breeds in the world

Ouch!

Mylo so needed to have his nails clipped. They were so long! My sister in law came over to help cut his nails. It took all three of us to hold him. All was good until the last nail. CLIP! just a little to short. Poor pup, his nail was bleeding. It bled for a while, and I made a bandage out of cloth and duct tape. He was fine until the morning when he took it off and ended up banging his foot up against the kennel. 

Once again he was bleeding. So off to the vet where they put some liquid on his toe and bandaged it up with blue gauze.  These pics are from after going to the vet. He's got a little baggy on it to keep it dry as we were getting ready to just go out.

He's much better now. It only had to stay on for a day. But next time I think it'll be less stress to just take him to get it done.

Silly Pup

So Friday morning my alarm woke me up at 6 am. I was wide awake but did not want to get out of bed, So there I laid. Mylo has gotten used to me being up early to walk him before heading to work, so he was waiting for me to take him out. I heard him whining and I ignored it for a few minutes, until he came all the way upstairs and pushed his way into the bedroom. So that of course woke me up. Mylo accomplished coming up the stairs! 

So downstairs we went to go for a short walk so I could get home and ready for work. While I was getting ready Mylo was running up and down the stairs. Then of course it was time for me to leave for work and Mylo was upstairs. Do you think Mylo would come down stairs?

Of course not. He started whining and laying down when I tried to pull him down, he wouldn't follow me, I even tried treats. Finally it was 10 minutes before I had to be to work - I was already late so I figured he'd be fine since he had been going up and down the stairs earlier several times plus Chris would be home soon. I left his toys and treats on the bottom of the stairs hoping that would convince him to go down.

Quarter to 9 I called home to check on Mylo. Mylo was freaking out in the background. Chris said he hadnt come down the stairs and he cut the conversation real short to get back to Mylo. I was so worried.  I guess Chris tried to get him to come down and finally his Step Dad Dave came over and together they got him down. Mylo didnt go back up the stairs at all that day but of course... 

Saturday morning at 5:30 Mylo came running up the stairs to wake us but when we went to take him downstairs he pulled the same stunt. This time though we just pulled him down and he came with us. So that morning since I was up so early - Thanks Mylo. I headed to walmart before work and bought a gate for our stairs. Mylo has not been up since.  

We wont be blocking him from upstairs forever. Just while we are sleeping so he doesnt pull that stunt so early in the morning and lets us sleep in a little bit.

Mylo still has not bothered with the stairs to the basement ... yet.

Meeting Halfway

So yesterday I brought out a new toy for Mylo since he's pretty much eaten through his toys. He loved it. It was a tennis ball on a rope. He had the tennis ball destroyed in less than 10 minutes so all we have left is the rope. Chris threw it up stairs half way up and Mylo took the leap and walked up those stairs! He will still only go half way up, not all the way and he wont go on the basement stairs but he's getting there.. maybe too fast. 

Then last night I took Mylo out before bed and his Halti ripped and came off of him so I had a loose puppy! Luckily it was in the front yard and I found a huge stick so I kept him amused with it then went running towards the door to pound on it to get Chris but I decided to open it and whip the stick into the house. Luckily Mylo came running and I slammed the door closed. Chris later took Mylo out just on his leash. This is the second Halti we have gone through. The first one was a handme down from Carl so it had already been chewed but this new one we only had 5 days and it just fell apart .. it wasnt from being chewed on, just poor workmanship. So we are going to take it back and exchange it. 

Today Mylo was good for his walk with out his Halti. He did find a huge piece of ice which he obsessed over .. silly dog. 

Magic trick

So having a dog is not all fun and games. Although he does love to play tug which leads to trouble with our wood floors but I found this trick and thought Id share it with everyone who may have scratches due to dogs, or just normal wear and tare. Note that this does not work well for deep scratches.


Things You’ll Need:
Walnut, Brazil nut or pecan
Nutcracker
Butter knife
Soft cloth
Step 1:
Buy a bag of oily nutmeat like Brazil nuts, pecans or walnuts. You only need one or two nuts for this project, but they're good to have on hand for cooking and baking, anyway.
Step 2:
Place the nut between both sides of the nutcracker. Squeeze until the shell cracks.
Step 3:
Use your fingernail or a butter knife to carefully remove the pieces of nut from the shell. Try to get a larger piece to stay intact.
Step 4:
Holding the walnut in one hand, rub it into the scratches on the floor.
Step 5:
Watch as the nut's natural oils help hide the claw marks. The oils will fill in the scratch so it doesn't stand out so much.
Step 6:
Use a soft cloth to wipe away any excess oil.