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[hunter]

getting TWO puppies from a rescue shelter (first pets besides fish).  Will need all kinds of help with them and my two little ones (3-1/2 and 5 year olds).   

Any one has any puppy training DVDs or books?   

[Hugh Janis]

getting TWO puppies from a rescue shelter (first pets besides fish).  Will need all kinds of help with them and my two little ones (3-1/2 and 5 year olds).   

Any one has any puppy training DVDs or books?   

Rent the movie "Where the Red Fern Grows".  It'll give you hope.  Other than that, you're on your own.  Sorry buddy.

PS.  if you were thinking of replacing any furniture, door screens, or carpeting.  Wait a year or so.

[TN]

getting TWO puppies from a rescue shelter (first pets besides fish).  Will need all kinds of help with them and my two little ones (3-1/2 and 5 year olds).   

Any one has any puppy training DVDs or books?   

good luck.

TN

[hunter]

Rent the movie "Where the Red Fern Grows".  It'll give you hope.  Other than that, you're on your own.  Sorry buddy.

PS.  if you were thinking of replacing any furniture, door screens, or carpeting.  Wait a year or so.

I have been waiting.  Last time I patched some holes, my son managed to reopen them before the spakle was dry, and my daughter likes the feeling of magic marker on the carpet.   

[Sean M Cary]

getting TWO puppies from a rescue shelter (first pets besides fish).  Will need all kinds of help with them and my two little ones (3-1/2 and 5 year olds).   

Any one has any puppy training DVDs or books?   

ensure you get a kennel - the thing you travel with dogs in...have learned over the past three labs that they are invaluable for house breaking and keeping them from chewing

[MIKEYTEE]

Don't worry the puppy's will have you trained in just a few weeks!
Mike
 
PS.
A lot of  help.

[hunter]

Don't worry the puppy's will have you trained in just a few weeks!
Mike
 
PS.
A lot of  help.

I'm more wooried about them being trained by my kids, they don't have sharp teeth but they know how to use a hammer and bat.

[miker]

Kennel or crate breaking them is best...for your house when you leave.  They get used to it, our smaller dogs go into them at night or when they are scared.  Our Sheppard ain't scared of anything, he doesnt count. 

You will have to teach each one individually the basics...sit, stay, come, heel, no, down...can't do 2 at once.

Paul Owens and Tyson Kilmer come to mind as instuctional vids...usually it is the humans not the dogs that have trouble.  If you think the dogs are hard wait until your crumb grabbers turn into kidults like mine...

Best of luck...the uupside.....at least dog poo don't stink as bad in the freezing weather...

[BAKRDS]

Crates are the answer.When the dogs aren't in them they're good to keep the kids out of trouble.

[Hoist!]

Try this book!

Hoist!

[Hugh Janis]

I'm more wooried about them being trained by my kids, they don't have sharp teeth but they know how to use a hammer and bat.

Most important thing is to have EVERYONE in the house on the same page and using the same commands and being consistant.  A dog obedience school is as much for the family as the dogs.

[1abastarsmda]

Back to the original question...I was doing something with my last bike...end of October or beginning of November in my garage.  I sat on the bike and the alarm started going off.  I looked around and thought the FOB was in a magnetic tank bag sitting a few feet away on the floor.  I decided to give a quick reach in that direction without getting off the bike.  Guess what...I forgot that I also put the kickstand up when I got on the bike.  When I leaned to the left, and thought I would hit kickstand on the way, I got thrown head first into the cement block wall, as the bike was going down.  My head bounced off that wall like a bowling ball does when you drop it.  I thought for sure that my head was going to be cracked open and that these few quick thoughts I was having would be the last thoughts I ever had.  I must have a hard head.  Not even a drop of blood.  If there was any swelling, it was minimal.  I was afraid to go to sleep though.  Since it was late night, I sent an e-mail to a friend to come over as early as possible in the morning to help me get the bike back up.  It was sitting so close to the wall, I couldn't even get myself bent down between the bike and the wall to attempt it myself.  Plus, I was afraid any pressure might shoot my braiin through my skull.  I didn't sleep that night and left the bike on it's side.  When we got the bike back up, there wasn't even a mark to be found on the bike.  Luckily, there was a 2" X 6" there, that I put under the jiffy stand to keep the bike in a more upright position when cleaning.  The mount for my highway peg hit the piece of wood and made a small dent in the wood.  Nothing else touched ground at all. 

To make matters worse though, after being stupid enough to try to lean over on a bike to pick something off the floor without the jiffy stand down, it turned out the FOB wasn't there anyway.  It was on the shelf in the back of the garage.  Where do I pick up my dunce cap?

[1abastarsmda]

Okay, here's another time I qualify for a stupidity award.  Two bikes ago, my first day out on my new bike, my cigarettes flew out of my front pocket as I was going down a hill.  I turned around and went back up the hill and then made another turn around, to aim me back down the hill, and be able to park on the side of the road that had a few feet of room.  My cigarette pack was on the double yellow lines.  I jumped off the bike, ran over to grab my cigarettes, turned around, and saw my brand new bike rolling down the hill.  It only made it a few feet before it fell over.  I apparently didn't put the kickstand the entire way down, or they may not have a lock on the kickstand on those bikes (Yamaha VStar) and the slope may have been just enough that it didn't matter.  The good part about it was that the only accessory I purchased at the time of sale was an engine guard and I had stayed up the night before installing it.  I only ended up with a few minor scratches on the bottom of the engine guard that were not visible at all, and a small scratch on the left mirror, and those I planned on replacing anyway.

I also tipped my last bike over one time backing out of the garage as I started making a turn with it.  Again, I got off very easy since it tipped right into my front yard, and not a mark on the bike.

I'm learning that I need to be more careful when my bike is parked or moving very slowly with the engine off.  I'm really hoping that these times dropping my bike qualify for legitimate times, so that I have those out of the way and never go down on a moving bike.  I haven't done that since back in the days of riding dirt bikes, but my body could handle it back then.

[Fired00d]

No disrespect intended (and definitely not to make light of your unfortunate incidents).... but you asked for it... here it is....

 

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Keats]

I have been waiting.  Last time I patched some holes, my son managed to reopen them before the spakle was dry, and my daughter likes the feeling of magic marker on the carpet.   

The wait may be 15 years