Hi, I've had my turtle for a little over 3 years, he was the size of a quarter when I first got him, now he's pretty big. I won't pretend that I know anything about them because i don't...heehee!! Anyway, every so many months I notice his skin peeling off, well it kinda hangs off him, I also find small thin slithers of his shell in the tank now and then when I'm cleaning it. Does this happen when he's growing? From what i understand he's a yellow bellied slider?
Dog question: I've worked with dogs all my life, trainers and animal behaviorists have always told me that dogs don't remember that they've done something wrong if you punish them sometime after the act. Well, I have a female Rottweiler who came from a neglectful situation so every now and then she will steal food. Usually, we don't leave things within her reach so she can't do it, but sometimes my daughter will forget to close the kitchen door and my Rott will go into the trash and take scraps while we're out. The thing is, both my dogs always greet us at the front door excitedly upon our return home, if my Rott has done something wrong, she will be upstairs on our return home and not come down to greet us, if i don't call for her, she would stay up there all day to avoid us. I'd like to make it clear we never hit or smack any of our pets, but they do get the lecture and my tone is displeasing while doing it. What I'm trying to ask is: If dogs don't remember, why does she stay out of the way even tho she did the act hours previous?
Dog question: I've worked with dogs all my life, trainers and animal behaviorists have always told me that dogs don't remember that they've done something wrong if you punish them sometime after the act. Well, I have a female Rottweiler who came from a neglectful situation so every now and then she will steal food. Usually, we don't leave things within her reach so she can't do it, but sometimes my daughter will forget to close the kitchen door and my Rott will go into the trash and take scraps while we're out. The thing is, both my dogs always greet us at the front door excitedly upon our return home, if my Rott has done something wrong, she will be upstairs on our return home and not come down to greet us, if i don't call for her, she would stay up there all day to avoid us. I'd like to make it clear we never hit or smack any of our pets, but they do get the lecture and my tone is displeasing while doing it. What I'm trying to ask is: If dogs don't remember, why does she stay out of the way even tho she did the act hours previous?