lost my mind and got 2 puppies
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these are great- for some reason, I lost my mind and got 2 golden retriever puppies, one is 20 months old and one is 6 months old so there is a lot of training going on in our house and we always have these treat bags hanging off our belts! they work so well and the drawstring makes sure the pups cant push their noses into them
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I have fed our pug these over the last couple of years off and on with no problem until NOW.  We noticed one day that our pug woke up and looked very confused and lethargic. He didn't bounce up like he normally does and didn't want to go for a walk. We watched over him the entire day. We thought about what he might of eaten, checked him for insect bites, looked at his water bowl, and checked his poop. The Cadet duck jerky treats were the only thing that was new in the last two weeks.  So I researched on the internet and stopped feeding him the treats. After a couple of days, we noticed he was back to normal.  A couple months later, my father puppy-sat him while we were on vacation and got him the Cadet duck jerky treats without our knowledge and starting giving it to him. By the beginning of the second week of our vacation, my dad started noticing the same behavior. I called to check up on both of them and he mentioned the dog's behavior. Since I didn't know my dad was giving him the treats, I figured the recent heat wave or the dog missing us were the possible answers. We got home picked him up and he seemed ok. He was happy to see us. So we shrugged off the behavior as my dad being over cautious. My dad gave my husband the Cadet duck treats to take with him. A week later my husband started giving him the treats again. He thought it was a fluke because my dad had been giving him the treats. Of course, I didn't put 2 and 2 together. A couple of weeks passed and one morning the dog was again displaying the same behavior. He just sat by the door. He didn't want to go out or eat. We tried taking him for his walk. He just stood there confused. I told my husband not to give him the Cadet Duck jerky treats anymore and we threw the bag away. The next day, he seemed a little bit better but still not himself. So we took him to the vet. His kidney and liver panel were on the borderline of concerning our vet. The vet told us that he has had several patients exhibiting the same symptoms after eating the Cadet Jerky treats. He advised us to avoid any treats or dog food that is manufactured in CHINA. The vet said that the reason the treats were shiny was because they were coated with something close to lacquer. Suffice to say I am disappointed at Costco for continuing to offer this product and I think Amazon should discontinue carrying this line. Your dog might not get sick now but after a while if you start noticing a change in your dog's behavior- take them off the treats and take your dog to the vet.  My pug is recovering and it is day three without the treats.
4916627
I really want to like this product. I bought my first Coolaroo in January, unfortunately my Sib pup tore through it in about a week. So I want ahead a got a cover replacement, because I really wanted to like this product. However the 2nd one last a single day. I guess the pup was able to get through it faster because she figured out the best way to tear it up with the first one. The open corner design I think attracts her and the first thing the pup goes for is the label, once that is gone mine as well order another one because the bed will be well on its way to being in half.
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I have eight (yes, I am a sucker for unwanted pets) dogs. I did not do the "training" as explained in the packaging. They suggested placing your pet on the mat, letting the alarm go off, and shooing them off with a firm "no." I believe that THE DOGS should get THEMSELVES into the situation, not be forced into it and then punished for it. So, I waited with water pistol in hand for them to jump up on their own. First to try was the "devil dog." My smartest and most devious dog. He thought the noise was cool and a great new toy. I sprayed him with water, said "no" and he left it alone. A day later he tried again, and I chased him off. He has not tried a third time. But, it is still early. I suspect this mat will not be an effective deterent for him.

On the other end of the spectrum, my Aussie jumped on it, the alarm went off, and she not only immediately jumped off without being told, she was so spooked she ran out the doggie door and into the back yard. Didn't want to come back in the room. Three others jumped on the mat and quickly got off on their own. The fourth hasn't even tried it yet. I think she witnessed the other dogs and the noise and is too scared to go near the couch. (The littlest dog can't jump up that far, so he is exempt.)

The verdict? So far, after four days, it works like a charm with all but one of my dogs. Will it work with yours? Chances are good, but if you have a "devil dog" like I do, it may not be effective.

UPDATE: I have had this for about a year now. After the first few days the puppies all learned to stay off the couch. Now, even if I take the mate off, they don't try to sneak back on it. Works like a charm!
3844236
My dogs love pizzles, however after giving them both each one, they ended up with diarrhea.  I'm hesitant to let them have them again. What to do?
1036356
I've been feeding this food to my golden retrievers since they were two months old. Both thrived on it until three bags ago when they both developed explosive diarrhea and stopped wanting much to do with the food. Being slow on the uptake I continued to feed this to them and blamed something in the yard. After nearly a month of this problem and a trip to the vet, I decided to try another food as we were out of other ideas. Within 36 hours both dogs had solid movements and were feeling better. Within a week they were back to normal. I'm very disappointed in this outcome as I loved everything Canidae was about where dog food and nutrition was concerned but I'm not willing to make my dogs sick by feeding it another day. If they can ever guarantee that they've fixed the issue, I'd be back but until then.
242107
After trying some freebie samples from my vet following my little doggies $200 dental cleaning - she gobbled them right up. So...I bought them from Amazon trying to save money as they were cheaper here than from my vet. My mistake was to buy 3 pkgs. I have no idea what went wrong but after about 5 days she has rejected them. I was giving one per day and she thought I was a rock star with these treats but now she turns her nose up at them. She is not a picky eater either. Disappointed.
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I have a 7 week old chinese crested puppy breeder said he was on Costco brand but didn't send any so I gave him this 100 percent and it is was very reluctant to do it because he is only 3.5 lbs but he ate his food and has been taking regular potty breaks but they don't smell so I have to check his puppy pads holder lol
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I ordered this just a tad too late and received it on the day after we initially brought our puppy home.  As such, it allows me to have a comparison of what it was like with and without the Snuggle Puppy.  The first night of having my puppy, neither of us got any real sleep!  I am crate training my pup and she cried terribly throughout the night trying to adjust to being without her littermates while also in a new place with new people.  That first night also resulted in potty breaks every 1.5 hours AFTER bed time.  The next day the Snuggle Puppy arrived.  I stuck to the same feeding/watering routine and the same in/out schedule for her crate.  Just before bed time I took her for potty, returned her to the crate for bed time at 10:00 PM and turned on the Snuggle Puppy.  She mildly whimpered (no crying or yelping) for less than 1.5 minutes and settled in with the Snuggle Puppy.  The next thing I know it was 6am!  She had not cried through the night and also did not alert for potty breaks.  On night 3 I repeated the pattern and again she remained quiet and comfortable with the Snuggle Puppy from 10PM to 5:45 AM.  Last night, was a small break from the norm in which she went into her crate at 10PM without a single whimper, however she cried at midnight in need of a potty break.  She was returned to the crate and Snuggle Puppy thereafter and once again not a peep from her until 6am this morning.  This item has worked wonders to ease my puppy into it's new environment and crate training pattern.  My puppy will be 9 weeks old on 3/7/17.  PLEASE NOTE: I did not implement the use of the warming pack; I only used the heartbeat gadget.
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Great idea but my dogs ran from them...maybe you can't teach old dogs new tricks, although my dogs aren't particularly old, i guess they have gotten used to what they eat out of and have been very resistant to change...I ordered 3 and kept the one we used, so hopefully my youngest will eventually use it :(
583884
Well my two dogs were intrigued for about five minutes and then walked away.  Suggestions: make the bottom rounded so it wobbles or maybe make a cylinder with two pull ropes that pull the treats out.
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Here is my 100% honest (wall of text) review: My dog was/is insane. I was fed up with my 14 lb rescue Yorkshire Terrier. I tried to tame his bad behavior, but nothing helped. He would bark non-stop, my neighbors complained and i would stress about him making too much noise. He barked at people walking by and even blocks away, he barked at trash in the wind and he barked at nothing at all. If I didn't grab him and bring him in the house (because he would not come to me when hes going through his barking spell) he would bark and run back and forth forever. We got him neutered in hopes that would help, but it didn't. I feel bad for writing (thinking) this but: He caused me so much stress that i wanted to give him away. So, in my last attempt to save him I bought these shock collars. [Unfortunately one of the collars I received does not work] I have had it for a week now and i am less stressed out. When he was having a crazy attack at the kids outside I tried to shush him, this didn't work, so i set the shock and that grabbed his attention and he stopped. Since then when he starts to get riled up i push the vibrate mode and he snaps out of it. Thank You!
3380408
Should have bought two, have 2 dogs and they are fighting over it.
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Just to start with a little background.  We have a female lab (10-years old) and a terrier/chihuahua mix (2 years old).

Memorial Day 2010, we adopted a 7-month old female lab from a shelter.  Three months later, she started barking excessively from 11pm-2am.  After 3-days of lack of sleep (sometimes I only get 3-4hours sleep due to her barking), I ordered the NoBark 10R when she would not stop barking (it was around 1:45am when I logged on to amazon.com).  We knew her reason to bark is not justified, because our two other dogs weren't even barking.  We knew it's a legitimate threat when the 10-yr old lab starts to bark.  However, the old lab wasn't barking whenever the little lab would bark.  I think our little lab was starting to mimic the excessive barking of our neighbor's german shepherd (covered in another story).

First night:
I waited for the little lab to bark again.  True enough, it was around 11pm when she started barking again.  (NOTE: our old lab and terrier mix was sound asleep while the little lab was barking.  Hence, no immediate REAL threat in the area).

I gave the little lab a few kibbles to eat while I put on the NoBark 10R.  Based on other reviews here on amazon.com, I set it to Pregressive Correction (#2).  I send her out and her first set of bark was kind of raspy at the end.  I guess she felt the level 0, but not sure what it was.  She attempted to bark again, and this time, she was startled and didn't know what it was.  She kind of jumped and jerked while trying to run away (she wasn't even sure why or whom she was running away from, lol).  It was heartbreaking for a few seconds, but she never attempted to bark again that night.

Our old lab and terrier mix came out of their houses to investigate what could have happened to the little lab.  No one had a slight idea, nice.

The little lab was wearing the NoBark 10R until 6am, never heard a bark all-night.  Second night, I decided not to put the NoBark 10R, I shall wait until she barks again (around 11pm).  11pm, 12midnight came, she wasn't even barking.  She learned quickly when barking is ok, smart lab!

SECOND NIGHT:
She wasn't wearing the NoBark 10R, but still not barking excessively at night.

THIRD NIGHT:
Not wearing NoBark 10R, but still not barking excessively at night.

I have only used the NoBark 10R for one night, and our little lab learned quickly.  She used to bark excessively even on day-time (tolerable since I'm not trying to go to sleep), but she has calmed down since.

This is worth the overnight shipping I had to pay!

Thanks!!!!
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I have been giving Wellness to my 7 month old pitbull since he was 8 weeks old. I chose it because it is supposed to be a good and natural food. It's very expensive and I thought I was giving my puppy the best. Wrong.
My pup has had bad gas all this time but I did not think it was due to the dog food. We just thought he was eating too fast. Then when he was 4 months, he got very sick.. throwing up and loose stools. We took him to the vet for x-rays just to be sure there was no obstruction. There was not. He got better but the gas continued.
About 2 weeks ago, my dog started vomiting his Wellness food a few hours after eating. It looked whole. He was not holding down any of his meals and this went on for a week! We took him back to the vet for x-rays and even an mri.. the vet found nothing. We took him off the Wellness and gave him chicken and rice.. he was fine... started mixing in Wellness again and he got sick. Took him off and we are giving him ground beef and brown rice.. he has not thrown up once.
Yesterday, we received a call from our friend who adopted Saki's brother. His brother has been on Wellness for the past week and guess what-- same exact symptoms as my dog!!
To me, this is sure proof of the Wellness being the culprit.
This morning, I researched this food more.. just type in a search engine- "Wellness Super5mix sick" and you will be sick when you read all of the cases of illness due to this product! Stay away from it.. don't risk it..

Here is just one link-
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Instructions very hard to follow and therefore I may have made a mistake.  My dog screamed, ran to me for help and was so scared she was not the same for 3 days.  I thought I changed her personality.  She was scared, clingy, didn't play.  I felt awful.  Used just once, never again, returned.