Hello, Our Rat Terrier puppy is a little over 3 months old. We've had him since he was 7 1/2 weeks old. He's a bright puppy and learns most things well but the second he drinks water he starts peeing. We let him out and he goes a little bit. Then we let him in and in ten minutes he pees again. Ten minutes later, there he goes again! We reward him with praise and treats when he goes outside and scold him (very conscience of his age) when we catch him in the act. We brought him in to see the vet and they did a test to see if he had a bladder infection but they said he did not....to the tune of 140 bucks. Money's not the issue if there is really something wrong with him but we can't be plunking down money like that for nothing. Does anyone have any ideas or hints to help us? We love him and he's fast becoming part of our family but cleaning up pee every ten minutes is getting old. I really don't want to see the 'negative' start out weighing the 'positive'. I should mention that we also have a two year old Rat Terrier and he is perfect in every pee and poop way. They get along tremendously! Any feedback is greatly aprreciated! Tripper

Hello Everyone! My family just adopted a 4.5 year old male American Eskimo Spitz/Labador mix from our local pound. As kids both my wife and I grew up with dogs but as parents we have had cats until this Christmas. Duke is well behaved and we are working on training him and that is going well. But I do have a couple of grooming questions. He has a long coat and when wet has a serious dog smell. How can we reduce this? How often should we bath him and how often should his nails be clipped? Also at the pound prior to adopting him they Frontlined him for fleas and ticks. How often do we need to do this? We live in NJ and this winter has been extremely mild. Thanks for all the advice, Doug :cheshire: