See I kept my promise about posting at least once every week or so. ANYWAY. I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Since the last
time I talked about my life, I've gotten to two different schools,
since I switched schools when joining a gifted program, and then
switched again to go to the school that program feeds into. I've met
lots of new people, and gotten to see people from years past once
again.
NOW, the reason I'm telling you
this with very little of my usual humor, is because this the basis of
what I will be talking about in future posts.
THIS post
however, is NOT talking about my school at all but rather
the troubles I've had in these past two months with our new dog.
We currently have two dogs now, Dexter and Cinnamon. Dexter is a 9 pound chihuahua, jack russel, and italian greyhound mix. Our other dog Cinnamon, is a 50 pound, border collie and possibly boxer mix. (A fairly odd bunch, I know)
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Dexter (left) and Cinnamon (right)
Our
new dog Dexter. He's cute, loyal, sweet, small for a change, playful,
and doesn't bark. What could be the problem? That's what we though when
we picked him up from the animal shelter on June 2.
After bringing Dexter into our car, he stood up on the arm rest to see
out the window. When we got home, he played with our other dog's rope
quite a bit, jumped on couches, cuddled with us, posed for pictures
etc. But something else happened. He went in the house.
"POOP!" I remember saying, since I it came to mind and didn't want to cuss.
After Dexter went several more times in the house, including IN MY BED, (so if you or someone else complains because their dog gets hair in their bed, tell them to SUCK IT UP. .....I've dealt with much worse -_-) I didn't know what to do. So, I turned to the internet.
And THAT is why I'm writing this article. To explain how greedy people are (and how stupid others are) about giving real solutions to potty training dogs.
The biggest reason dogs are given away is because of potty training issues, and still, people have offered no FREE solutions to potty training. (and yes there are solutions!)
Let me give you an example.
When you search on Google: "potty training your dog" the first result (or the first result for ME, although google customizes your results based on the searches you perform.) almost doesn't help whatsoever. As I said before, Dexter, as well as our other dog, is from a SHELTER that finds STRAY dogs, and puts them up for adoption. Here's the first tip on how to potty train your dog on that page: buy a puppy from a responsible breeder who has already started potty training." When I read that, my jaw dropped. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I mean that's so low for a tip I don't even know what punctuation I should use after that. Like should I use the .......... to show it's pathetic, or the ?????? because it is so stupid or should I just say, "I'm gonna #( &@&!: that TIP! Yeah that gets out my anger a little more, but feel free to leave me a comment on which one you like best. Wait a minute...what the hell? How did smiley faces get in that??? Stupid hotkeys....
I will admit, there are a FEW decent tips on the website such as: take your dog out after they eat, take away water two hours before bed. But most are like the breeding one or things like: go to bed and get up at the same time. That does nothing, and doesn't help dogs get used to them possibly having to hold it a shorter or longer time.
Then when you have the smart people, most of the are like "Buy my book for only three payments of 39.95 (or whatever the cost is, It's not that high usually that's true) to find out the secrets of potty training your dog. But remember, this is the only way, since I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT NO GOOD FACTS ABOUT POTTY TRAINING ARE ON THE INTERNET. I mean, they may as well say, "Hi, most dogs are given away because of potty training issues and then are usually youthenized later, but since im such a dick, I'm going to CHARGE you to get any REAL facts about potty training dogs. But oh ya i love dogs for sure."
Really and truely, these people need to get a grip, and realize that if you really care about people or dogs, you would make information free. That's what I'm going to do here.
I want you to know I'm NOT saying that all trainers should write a book or do everything for free, since obviously they need to make a living. And yes, writers need to make a living too, but if you really do know how to potty train dogs, your able to make a website (since most people use a website to ADVERTISE their book) and you are a good writer, don't write an expensive BOOK. Write a free ARTICLE on a BLOG, and write your BOOK about something that's not a necessity for dogs, like tricks, or advanced commands.
Now for the tips. I found this out from trying out things in my own experience, two professional trainer's help, the few facts I could scrape from the internet, and a few suggestions from friends.
GOOD tip #1: Monitor your dog constantly, and if you can't tie a leash to him and tuch it through your belt loop. This is a technique called tethering.
Good tip #2: Use a dog belly band. Yes a belly band. It is like a diaper, and dogs hate to have their waste being rubbed against them for two hours. So, put a belly band on them when their inside, and take it off when they wish to go otuside. Once you have this, and your dog hasn't gone for about a week in a half, you can be a LITTLE bit leaner on watching him. A LITTLE TINY TEENSY TEENSY BIT. I mean like, you don't need to tether him ALL THE TIME, just most of the time.
Tip #3: If you can, crate your dog at night. (crates can be expensive
however, so if you can't buy one, make sure that you have an isolated
area for your dog) Yes I said it, the dreaded word, crate. But don't
fret. Let me explain. Dogs are denning animals. They like to be in
spaces like crates. And when your potty training a dog, you don't want
them running around the house, well..pottying. Dogs don't like to soil
their sleeping areas. But, another thing you might not like. You can't
get a lavish mansion crate for your dog. Your dog shouldn't be able to
walk all around the crate. He should be able to stand, lay, etc. If
your dog has too much room, they will potty in one area and sleep in
another. Depending on the age of your dog, take your dog out after so
many hours of sleeping to go potty. If your dog whimpers in the middle
of the night or early morning, it usually means he has to go potty.
Also, when first putting your dog in the crate, your dog may get a
little nervous, not knowing what it is, and may whimper. . You can't
give in. The dog's need to be confined to an area, and they need to
know they can't potty in the house. Crates help with that, and since
dogs are denning animals, after a couple days, they will like their
crate. The first day however out of confusion, they may potty in the
crate. But, once your dog hasn't gone in the crate in a couple of days,
you can put a cushion pillow or blanket in the crate. It's also a good
idea to from the start, put something, anything, with your scent, along
with a towel, to help cushion them from the beggining. (Yes the towel
may have your scent, and if that's the case that will work, but if your
dog hasn't gone potty in it, it doesn't hurt to slide a quiet toy in
there or something as wel.
Tip #4: Make sure to use a word every time you want your dog to go potty, and
it's better if you have grass rather than rocks, because dogs prefer to
do their business in grass, however rocks will work, as long as they
get used to going in them. If you're dog doesn't go potty after you've
used the word a couple times in the past, and you've said the word once
kindly, and then firmly, take him inside and put him in his crate for
5-15 minutes. Take him back outside as soon as you let him out. Repeat
this process up to three times. If the dog still doesn't go, just go
in. Once the dog goes potty, is praised, and doesn't have to go in the
crate, they will realize what you want them to do, and what that word
means.
BEST tip #4: Don't try this unless your dog hasn't pottied in the last 40 inutes to hour in a half, (depending on the age). Also, do this after you've had the belly band on for a couple days. In the meantime, take your dog outside every hour in a half or less if your dog is a very young puppy. Make sure to use a word every time you want your dog to go potty, and
it's better if you have grass rather than rocks, because dogs prefer to
do their business in grass, however rocks will work, as long as they
get used to going in them. If you're dog doesn't go potty after you've
used the word a couple times in the past, and you've said the word once
kindly, and then firmly, take him inside and put him in his crate for
5-15 minutes. Take him back outside as soon as you let him out. Repeat
this process up to three times. If the dog still doesn't go, just go
in. Once the dog goes potty, is praised, and doesn't have to go in the
crate, they will realize what you want them to do, and what that word
means. One of the hardest things about potty training and you may not know it, is your dog getting you to know he needs to go potty. Even if they know they aren't supposed to go in the house, if they can't find a way to get outside, they will go in the house anyway. The solution? If you don't get a dog door, the solution is as simple as a windchime.
Get a bell or a windchime and put it on your door to the backyard, front yard, or wherever your dog goes to go potty. If your dog is to short to be able to EASILY reach it with their nose, (if they have to jump, they may get annoyed and give up on it) get yarn, string rope, or anything else that can help make it the right height for your dog. Crumplle up about three dog treats into a bunch of tiny peices, so they are ready to go for the steps to come. Put a dab of peanut butter or cream cheese on your finger. Let your dog lick it. Then put some peanut butter or cream cheese on the bell or wind chime. When your dog licks the bell/windchime, open the door, and throw the treat outside. When your dog goes outside to get it, tell him in your happy voice, "Good Job!" or something similar. Even if you use a happy tone, if every time you get mad you say omg, and your so amazed that they are going outside you want to say omg, don't, beacuse if you got mad at your dog enough (which hopefully you didn't but still), your dog may recognize the word, and might think they did something wrong. So use a word that is often used to mean something GOOD. Repeat this process of every time they lick the bell you throw a treat out about twenty times. If they don't want to come in, show them a treat while you're inside to entice them. After doing it 15-20 times, (it seems like a lot but it's not hard at all) the next time he licks the bell, open the door throw the treat outside, go outside with the dog, close the door and use whatever the word is you use when you want the dog to potty. It might be "potty". That's fine. The simpler the better. Again, if your dog doesn't go potty, put him in his crate for 5-15 minutes. And if he hasn't after three times, try again later. If your dog does go potty, praise hi like it's the best thing in the world. Practice this bell technique every time your dog needs to go potty. To keep your dog from continually licking the bell, once your done practicing, take the bell or chime away for at least ten minues, and wash it off. Then put it back on. If the dog rings it, be dilligent, and put him outside. Even if it's just for 30 seconds, they need to know what the bell is for.
Tip #5: Develop yourself as the pack leader. Although I'm not fond of some of Ceaser Millan's methods of scaring and forcing dogs to do things, he does have a point. If your dog humps you, make sure they know it's not okay. Take them off, tell them no, and kiss their nose, as that is a sign of dominance. When going on walks, make sure you don't let your dog pull you. Let them sniff however. Show them you have treats to give them, and if they stay by you, even if it's just because they're staring at the treats, give them a treat now and then. Teach your dog basic commands such as sit, lay, and come. Stay is a bit harder, but do try it.
I will explain how to do these tricks in the next blog post, or in a couple of posts, so stay tuned.
Tip #6: Don't make them thing pottying in the house is acceptable. If they go in the house, don't rub their nose in it, or hit them, but if you catch them in the act, say NO, and put them outside. If you've caught them in the act several times, and introduced the bells and they go, if you don't catch them in the act, take them to the mess spot, point their head to it, and say in your firm disappointed tone, NO. Don't do that. Then put them outside for a bit, and spray the area they went with perfume or bitter apple. DO NOT SPRAY THEM WITH PERFUME OR BITTER APPLE!!
If you have a belly band however, you shouldn't have to worry about mess spots in the house. If that's the case, show them the belly band, say No, and put them outside.
Other Tip #6: When training your dog to do anything, don't repeat a word over
and over. Don't even use a word when first training the dog but rather
only a hand signal. Then incorporate the word to accompany it. If you
constantly repeat the word over and over and then your dog does it, and
you reward your dog, you could be teaching your dog to do the command
only after you've said the word ten times, or however many times.
Tip #7: Be careful about smiling. Occasionally, vicious dogs will take smiling as bearing your teeth, so be careful. If you have a nice dog, you shouldn't need to worry, because they will soon understand that it's not a bad things, even if at first they don't understand why you're doing it.
Thank you for reading, and good luck training future dogs!
Be sure to leave me feedback about my tips!
Also, I wanted to include a section for program reviews, and a section for articles on my website. If anyone has suggestions about how I should include these (such as through one blog, or two seperate blogs, or two seperate pages, or on the homepage, or as part of a page, etc) I would greatly appreciate it.
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I want to use this entry to tell you about what I have planned for wehaveitall.net
Sadly, due to monitor issues, I was editing my website, but then wasn't able to for almost two months because of it. I also haven't been as consistent as I should have in updating the weekly events since I resolved the issue two or so weeks ago.
I would like to apologize for not updating my (awesome) site, and I promise that from now on I will work very hard to do so. I do promise that even if I don't update the main site, I WILL update the blog at least once in a week or so, to alert you about what's going on, etc.
If you would like to help me update this site in any way, including giving suggestions, sending outlines of pages, etc. PLEASE email me at wehaveitall.netwebmaster@gmail.com
Again, sorry for any inconvienience,
-Ben
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Dear Santa
I'm Jewish, but since I've missed Christmas presents all these years, I was hoping you could grant me just four simple wishes. I'm sure these wishes will benefit the world in many ways
My wishes:
1. That every microsoft corporate center in America will randomly explode
2. That Bill Gates will be in at least one of those explosions
3. That apple is behind those explosions
And FINALLY,
4. That Microsoft will change their company name to Psychrosoft because all their products pretty much are a joke.
Thanks!
-Ben
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This is just a quick entry reminding everyone tomorrow is the big birthday bash, where new updates will be made on hopefully every page in celebration of my birthday! I sadly got carpal tunnel the day after I announced this, so not every single page will be updated. I'll try my best however to update as many pages as possible, and hopefully add another hillarious entry to this blog!
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Alright, well I recently got back from a cruise. Now two years ago, we went on a Holland America Cruise, and it was fantastic. Now this cruise, we knew, wasn't going to be as great since it was cheaper. =o (just comes to show the less you pay the crappier the service) Anyway, moving on, the cruise wasn't at all like we expected. Below is a small portion of the schedule on one of the days from 10am to 1pm.
10 AM: Library hour
Airbrush tattoo artist ($18 dollars per tattoo)
morning trivia (18 and older)
ship tour
casino opens
weight loss lecture
10:30 AM classical music
bingo (18 and older)
board games
10:45 Am: fight the female fat cell
11 AM: travel and shopping talk
11:30 am: Shore excursion desk opens
11:45 AM: Puffy seminar (what the heck is that)
12:00 pm: afternoon trivia (18 and older)
Slot tournament
Under two time and family play
12:15 pm: golf clinic
12:30: Hollywood 5 minute makeover (for girls)
1:00 ice carving demostration (which sucked)
water wars (Which sucked more)
classical music
Kids bear factory
golf simulator (which was 30 dollars an hour to hit a screen with a golf ball and hope you make it farther.)
art auction preview (all the stuff was super expensive)
1:30 pm: Hairy chest competition (the stupidest and grossest thing you'll ever witness)
1:45: Art auction (which was super expensive)
Those are your only available choices of things to do, and honestly that's kind of pathetic. I don't feel like going on and on with it, but those are the kinds of stuff. Bingo 18 and older, weight loss lecture, super expensive air brush tatoos etc. I mean who HONESTLY PAYS 18 DOLLARS FOR A CRAPPY LITTLE TATTO THAT LASTS A DAY AND THEN IT'S GONE! If you are willing to pay that, I'm sorry, but you're an idiot. And the hairy chest competition, WHO THE HECK CAME UP WITH THAT?! The golf simulator you just hit a screen all day and hoped the ball on the little screen would go far for 30 dollars an hour.... I mean going on that cruise you may as well just flush your college fund down the toilet, they try and make you buy so much, and you get so little. I'm not going to mention what cruise line this is but I'll give you a hint: It has the same first letter as crappy, and also has the "r" and the "a" somewhere in it.
Happy cruising
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Now, looking at my title, you probably think im a physco, but theres really a good explanation why I won't eat a cookie again..It all started 10 minutes ago........
I kept asking my brother to take me to Starbucks but he of course refused. I craved something to satisfy my sweet tooth, so I snatched a chips ahoy cookie from the pantry. I put a piece of it in my mouth and then my brother suddenly began changing his mind...I stopped chewing the cookie in case he was actually going to drive me so I could get a double choclate chip frapuchino and not a cookie too. I waited, and listened, and my brother continued onn talking, "I'll take you to starbucks if you pay me $30 bucks ill take you." I began to moan a little, annoyed a tad with my brother and then he said, "Fine, I'll take you for only $60 dollars." I began to laugh, and my head tilted back. I laughed and laughed, and then, the half chewed cookie slid down to my throat, but didn't go down my throat. I began to choke, and choke. I said as best as i could to my brother im choking. He slammed my back, and the cookie slid down my throat.
The lesson of this article is that cookies are out to get us, don't eat cookies-they are evil.
cookie = evil
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Ok, well school is out, ya say your woohoo's and all, but I'm super bored. Matt's been busy and will be until Sunday because he's been at his dad's FOREVER and as for my brother Jonathan he's always at work. As for me, I've got a lot of mind. The iphone comes out soon and I havent been able to get any money. I thought and thought and finally decided I will buy cheap stuff on ebay and then sell it for twice as much as I bought it for. So far I'm not having much success finding cheap stuff but...I think I'll find something. HEY! Don't give me that look. That's your will this entry EVER END look! Ok ok, ill skip to the good stuff sheesh. Continuing on, the main thing I wanted to blog about was all the attention Paris Hilton is getting. Ok, so she's rich and famous, but just because she's going to jail and she MIGHT not do every minute of her time, the world is going nuts. If they are considering letting her out early, I'm sure there have been times in the past where they have let other people out early, and I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE ACTING LIKE MANIACS OVER THEM! OMG PEOPLE, GET A GRIP, IT'S A PERSON, SHE MAY GET OUT A LITTLE EARLY, WHO CARES! Sometimes, the news really annoys me. Anyway, I just think people think she's spoiled so they want her to stay in jail forever and they are gonna blab all about it until she does. So here's what I have to say to that, "Go ahead, waste your time blabbing away about how a celebrity HAS TO STAY iN JAIL FOREVER OR THE WORLD WILL COLLAPSE, but just remember, the whole time your doing that, your just draining your life away. You only get so many years to live, and if you waste your time blabbing about Paris Hilton, well....how can i put this nicely....Bye Bye."
I hope you all learned something from my blog today.
That concludes the most aggravating entry I've ever written .
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Ok, well just recently I got a comment from an anonymous person lecturing me on how I (the webmaster) don't write blog entries, because in my entry, Oi...(most) teachers are a piece of work I said the maker of this website is not the writer of this blog. That's not true actually.....I only said that little detail because originally, I was so mad at that teacher, I said a really nasty thing about it, and I didn't want anyone finding it and seeing I wrote it. But, soon I decided to just take that out, but I forget to take out the part saying I didn't write it. Yes, the webmaster AKA creator of www.wehaveitall101.com is the writer of this blog!!!
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| Ok, well let me tell you, it is NOT easy doing a play with 3 other people. (two of which were boyfriend and girlfriend that just broke up, leaving one depressed. Oh and the girlfriend is crazy) Writing the script, making the props, the set, the lines, the direction....EVERYTHING! Yes, I know, you are probably thinking, lol, this guy is retarded, he's a professional actor and he can't even do a simple little play. Well, you know what, tell your brain to stop the yapping and let ME do the talking because I got more to say! Now, first of all, we only had 23 days to do this, including weekends, holidays, etc. Once we finally wrote the 13 page script, and tried practicing direction somewhat, we still needed two people for two more parts, all the props, lines memorized, and more direction, and the show was in a week. We took a vote to decide if we should or shouldn't do the show, and as usual, I persuaded most everyone to vote do it this year. We decided to all meet after school that day at around 3:30, although one person said she couldn't come until 4:00. I tried asking people to be in a play, but of course, like most people, they didn't really have the desire to be in a play they knew nothing about, and have to rehearse after school, AND be expected to have lines memorized and be ready to do the show in 7 days. (Well, accept for Chris who was just being a plain retard and said he wouldn't do it because he said, "I'm not doing it if I have to go to Ben's house to rehearse." Now that, was just insulting. GO JUMP IN A LAKE CHRIS! Moving on, when we tried rehearsing with the cast we already had, (Matt, Bailey and Ashlea) Bailey couldn't come. We decided that there was no way we could do it in 7 days. So, we moved onto the idea of having a suprise party for our teacher. It's gonna be kinda crappy though, I mean all we have is like donuts, soda, chips and dip, and some balloons. Lol... Anyway we are trying to make something out of these last few days so since we came across the rare species that's almost exstinct...a GOOD teacher, we decided we may as well reward that and make it fun too by having a suprise party instead of the play. I bet you she is throwing a party for us for the end of the year and it will be a double party, just because that's how she is. That will make it even better =). Anyway, there you go, my "amazing" story of the first play I was going to be in that didnt work out.
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Ok let's review what happened today:
I got up at 7:00, tired as heck, and had some eggo blueberry waffles for breakfast.
I went to school and had boring music class. (the music teacher is the one who called everyone stupid idiots)
The day went on, and when it came time for lunch, I had to come in and make up an assignment I missed during a special program I was in. I made up the work and stood like two feet away from the teacher waiting for her to finish what she was doing to see if i could go to the regular cafeteria, but she said she was in the middle of something and demanded I sit down. (I didn't say anything, all I did was stand there, now see what she did!I waited and waited, and then a few minutes later, after she finished whatever she was doing, she said this, "I was going to let you go to lunch Ben, but since you were rude, you'll be staying with me. Now get a book and read. So I spent my lunch period reading. Now the book I was reading was good, but I just wanted a break from words and school! Thats what the lunch BREAK is! But the thing in this that angered me the most is that she got mad at me when I didn't do ANYTHING! I STOOD THERE! THAT'S IT! I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO JUST SCREAM AT HER, LIKE I WANTED TO....... I'm again not going to finish the sentence so I don't say anything too mean. So that was crappy, and then when everyone came back and we went to our writing class, Leo started chanting things like, "Your gay Ben." Then he'd giggle. Or, "Your retarded Ben." And he'd giggle. Well Leo, I hope your reading this because your the gay retard! Then my writing teacher started saying Ben don't turn to the dark side! For no reason. I mean it doesn't even make sense. The only thing i was doing was waving my hand a little bit instead of raising my hand calmly, and she thinks thats this big bad thing. I know she didn't do anything that mean, but I was already pissed about Leo and my other teacher doing all their crap. Then at the end of writing class, the teacher stuck a peice of tape to my lips.
Then In math class, we were doing this group project, and Leo did nothing. Plus, all the members were retarded and they were saying I was taking over (which I wasn't) and so I said, "go ahead then. You do something if you think I'm taking over. Do whatever you want. It's fine with me." But they were all like, "No you do it." Because they were lazypoops.
When school FINALLY ended, I went to Mcdonalds with my friend and then to my friend's house. Then pretty soon I went home.
When i got home, I was really bored and didn't know what to do. (and so I pretty much did nothing!) Then before I knew it, it was time for religous school! GAHHHHHHH!
Religous school went alright, some of the kids cracked some jokes that were pretty funny, and the teacher gave me candy because I hugged her. (I learned that trick a while ago!)
I finally came home and relaxed and watched some TV.
Then I began writing this blog entry.
Well that was my crappy day, hope you enjoyed lmy complaints about it.
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