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Hey can I use some of the insight here in this entry if I reference you with a link back to your site?

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it is my first post on this blog and to start with I would like to thank for the great quality information, which I found in this and all previous topics , it really helped me a lot. I will definitely put this blog on my rss reader Also, I would like to ask - don’t you mind if I will quate some information from your blog because I am writing articles for the Bukisa, Ezine and other articles directories (this is my part time job)? It would really help me with some of mine articles. Of course, I will mention your website name or URL (not all articles directories allows URL’s , so I can’t 100% promise that you will get a direct backlink to your website).

 A:  I don’t mind at all.  This blog is to be helpful to anyone anywhere.  I’m flattered you like it well enough to use it elsewhere.

A couple months ago, I bought the cutest little dog. She is adorable. The breeder says she is a Chorkie (half yorkie, half Chihuahua). I love her. I can hardly wait to get home from work and hold her. She sleeps in my bed and shares my dinner with me. She’s the best roommate ever! She gives me wonderful companionship and never wants the remote. She has started biting though. If she gets angry with me for anything she actually nips at me. I’m not sure what that is about. I saw you had a yorkie. Do they nip like that?

A: I’m no vet or dog trainer but I do know that little dogs can get small dog syndrome. I’m not sure exactly what that is. It has something to do with being tiny and spoiled. Which may be your dog’s problem. I have several dogs so the other thing that comes to my mind is the alpha male attitude. Dogs historically ran in packs with one dog giving the orders. If you don’t establish yourself as the ‘alpha male’ - or the dog giving the orders - your dog will try to take that role. It sounds to me like your little one has decided that she is the boss in your home and is nipping at you when you step out of line. If I were you, I’d nip that behavior in the bud - no pun intended . I like to use the tube at the end of a paper towel roll instead of the traditional rolled up newspaper. I’m always afraid the newspaper will actually hurt the dogs but I know the paper towel tube won’t. I gently smack their little bottom when they try something like that just so they know I am in charge. I also use the spray bottle of water for discipline, usually when mine are barking. (When you have more than one dog, barking can be a problem if you don’t control it). So, basically, my dogs know I’m the boss or the ‘alpha male’ in the group. As soon as your little one accepts that you love her but you are the boss, I think your trouble with nipping will end.

I have been trying to acces this website for a while. I was using Chrome then when I tried Firefox, it worked just great? Just wanted to bring this to your attention. This is really a greatwebsite. I have a few myself. I really admire your layout. I know this is off topic but,did you make this theme yourself,or purchase from somewhere?

 A:  This is a theme I made up myself.  As the mother of 6 and grandmother of 12, I have all kinds of people asking questions and decided maybe I could help online as well.  Sometimes I get questions through the comments and sometimes through the ‘ask mom’ icon.  I’ve been enjoying this and hope I have been helpful.

with ?we leave it to you to decide?.

A: Yes. You send me a question and I give you my opinion. You can take it or leave it. It’s up to you.

One of the joys of having adult sons who are smarter than you is that you can ask them questions and get really good answers.  If I ever make it on the  ’Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ show, they will definately be on my ‘phone a friend’ list.  One of my sons informs me that my information on the RSS feed is all wrong.  Not only did I not know what it was but I actually have an RSS feed.  Apparently some of my readers know what this is and know how to use it.  For the reader who had asked me for my RSS feed, I now have it.  It is http://advicefrommom.net/?feed=rss2.  I hope this is helpful to you.  I am sorry I had my information wrong earlier.

Although I have just approved a comment from a reader asking for help for Haiti, I ask that all readers be sure to check out all agencies before contributing.

Apparently there is an email issue with the ‘contact Mom’ icon.  If you can’t get through that way, my email address is mom@advicefrommom.net.

Recently, I acquired a little Yorkie. He’s a cute little 4 pound bundle. But he’s a little weird. He spends his day running around my dining room table. I could use him to teach my four-year-old granddaughter to count except he doesn’t stop at 20, or 50 or even 100. Like the little energizer bunny, he just keeps on running. If I put an obstacle in his way he just detours around it and continues on his merry way. Every now and then he stops for a drink or a bite of food and then continues his laps around the table. Personally I thought he was either an idiot or he had mental health problems so I asked the breeder we got him from. She told me that, in the wild, this is the way a male dog protected his pack. That explanation just didn’t work for me. After all, he didn’t have a pack under my dining room table - and since I couldn’t imagine a Yorkie in the wild - I decided to look it up. Turns out I’m right. The darn fool dog might actually have mental health problems. Guess I’ll have to take him to a vet to find out for sure.  Regardless of what the vet has to say, I think I’ll keep him.  Even if he does have issues, in this house, a dog like that will fit right in. If you want to check some of the sites I read, here they are:

http://www.helium.com/items/992179-why-dogs-run-in-circles

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080213220924AAtkCp7

http://springthing.3.forumer.com/a/puppy-running-in-circles_post7964.html

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5731210_causes-dogs-running-circles_.html