{"id":4771,"date":"2010-09-17T08:41:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T15:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2010-09-17T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T15:41:45","slug":"fred-a-terrierchi-mix-who-is-bold-brave-and-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/fred-a-terrierchi-mix-who-is-bold-brave-and-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred – A Terrier\/Chi Mix Who is Bold, Brave, and Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fred’s Story by Kim L.<\/h2>\n

I adopted Fred in January when my long-time friend, his master, died of cancer. <\/p>\n

I was Fred\u2019s \u201cmom\u201d each weekend, out in the suburbs, but then I came back to my own place in the city for the work week. Fred no doubt misses his dear \u201cdad.\u201d However, we were very bonded<\/a> for years before Master\u2019s death, and took many long walks. <\/p>\n

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Fred was, even in quieter streets, very aggressive toward all others, and he was used to barking a lot<\/a> to defend his turf. <\/p>\n

Old habits die hard \u2013 if at all. I just don\u2019t see that at Fred\u2019s age and with his state of health, he is going to change much. Fred was much better off as a suburban dog with his own back yard! <\/p>\n

I read an article that some city dog owners have resorted to \u2013 brace yourself \u2013 having their dogs\u2019 vocal cords cut<\/a> to eliminate their barking. Goodness gracious. <\/p>\n

Can\u2019t do that. I think I would send Fred to Doggie Heaven before I did that.<\/p>\n

[ Full comment by Kim L. ]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fred Meets His Match in a Can of Pennies!<\/h2>\n
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A good little angel.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

But here is GREAT NEWS for all owners of barky, lungy, naughty dogs: the penny shake can WORKS! <\/p>\n

This is apparently an old-fashioned remedy, but my goodness, it is the first thing I\u2019ve tried that truly and instantly works. Get a small dry empty ginger ale can (7.5 oz). Fill with about 25 pennies. Seal shut with strong tape. <\/p>\n

Now, when your dog starts to bark or lunge, shake the can loudly and watch your little beast instantly become a little angel! I have been doing this for the past 3 days with Fred, and wow! Hallelujah! <\/p>\n

He does NOT like the loud sound, and he falls right into line. This is the very first time with any technique that I\u2019ve seen submissive body language from him, and he seems to retain the message. After a couple times of loud can shaking on an outing, any further mis-behaviors stop with just a little rattle of warning. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to try this!<\/strong><\/p>\n

[ Full Comment by Kim L. ]<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Tough Little Cookie<\/h2>\n

In other news: Fred seems to have recovered very well from his stroke\/attack, even though various heart disease symptoms continue and he has slowed down his pace. <\/p>\n

The vet confirmed last Friday that he has a distinct heart murmur (= probable valve disease). He\u2019s a tough, sweet little cookie!<\/p>\n

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That is totally adorable!<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

Many thanks to Kim for sharing her stories and pictures of Fred with us. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story is about Fred, a bold and brave Terrier-Chi mix who lost his life-companion to cancer. However, Fred soldiers on and has found a new and happy life with Kim, a long-time family friend who now takes Fred on many long and fun walks. Even though Fred is getting old and has some health and aggression issues, but he is enjoying his golden years with his awesome new family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[876,877,550,878,879,880,881],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}