Teething chapt. II

Yesterday my youngest son was playing with Remy and all of a sudden stopped with a pained look upon his face, I thought maybe he got nipped or something, no surprise since they like to wrestle, but imagine my surprise when he bent down and picked up what he said was a tooth. My wife who was at the computer at the time got really upset she thought the baby knocked the dogs tooth out.
She said in a very excited voice " oh my the dogs tooth came out do dogs loose teeth!!!", of course I found this amusing because my wife is not your typical dog person but she loves Remy. I told her since she was at the computer to look it up, meanwhile my son who was still in a state of amazement, said very quickly I will go downstairs and look it up (he is 8 years old). While he was in the basement my wife was examining Remy's mouth, and I pulled up a website and let her see that this does in fact happen it is just uncommon for the tooth to fall out on the ground. She was soooo relieved and a few moments later a relaxed 8 year old emerged from the basement with the exact same expression of relief on his face. You should have been there it was such a sweet scene.

Why is She Barking?

Remy has begun barking at people, initially since we had pretty much never heard her bark, we thought it was kinda cute, but after a few times it got kinda annoying and embarrassing. We have really enjoyed all the attention Remy gets and how well she was behaving. As I said I read a lot on the Boerboel board and I recalled reading that any signs of aggression this early needs to be checked immediately. These Dogs get big and are very powerful, and any inappropriate behavior no matter how minute needs to be corrected lest it become a major problem in the future.
I placed a post on the board seeking advice to go along with what I was observing, ultimately I figured that her behavior was a result of a lack of socialization, again the problem is actually a lack of human training on our part. Fortunately we did acknowledged the problem, our solution has been to get her out among people as much as possible, and engage in conversation with as many people as we can with her present. We live next door to a school so in the morning as the kids head to school we stand outside and again in the afternoon . We also found a dog park and have begun taking her for regular outings. I have noticed a positive change in her behavior as a result of our efforts, so hopefully this problem has been averted.
(as a note: this whole episode has taken place over only a few days, so the importance of correcting bad behavior immediately is paramount)

When Remy met Reno

Well we have had quite a few experiences the last couple of days, first of all Remy and my wife found a new friend in the neighborhood a male Boerboel named Reno who is also 4 months old. Before I met Reno and Hollie (Reno's human)I walked around so proud to be the only boerboel owner in the neighborhood.
When we were out on walks people driving by would slow down and stare, other dog owners would ask what is she? so imagine my surprise when my wife came home from a walk and said she met another boerboel owner.
She said as her and Remy were walking a car pulled next to her and slowed down as usual but this time she said she felt a little uncomfortable because they lingered a little longer than normal. She stopped and down came a window and the passenger asked about the dog, When she told them Remy was a South African Boerboel, Hollie shrieked "no way we just got one too", as it turns out they live only 4 houses away from us. So now Remy has her first doggie friend.
Remy and Reno get along famously and it is so good to see her romping around with another boerboel. And these are my wife words not mine "they look sooo cute together!!!"