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pizza? chinese ?chips& gravy ?sausage & egg ? bacon sarnie?

she is a baby . keep her on a flat collar & lead - TRAINING is what will get her to focus more on you .Very short sessions - 5 minutes or so , repeated often to start with will help her learn without frustration :) Dogs learn thru their sense of smell .She is learning about her world .It is unfair to stop this without offering a reward of sorts .A tiny food treat may be used when she has her head up A lot of collar/lead training can be done at home .. up & down the corridor- in teh yard .. up & down the driveway ..until it becomes a very normal and accepted thing.THEN move on out - when you both are understanding each other better :) you might enjoy watching these videos:) and treading this . CLICK

Lovely photos - glad to see him just so relaxed :)

Oh , gosh - it was a throwaway comment - possibly part of a remark made between an older vet & client who knew each other well enough - (and such things DO get said , believe me ...just not inappropriately) . Certainly the neighbour would have been wiser to have not passed it on to someone sensitive . Not sure why you want to 'investigate further' though - what on earth would that gain you ? You have enough battles of your own ..... What would I think of the vet ? That would depend a lot on what our relationship was like , how he was at treating my animals - and how he normally addressed problems .

He may not have had experience with puppies - and is very unsure of them?

thank you - she was very popular with visitors , and used to con spare sandwiches & cakes from the gullible ones ;)

DD- I guess it's like any old animal - as the body winds down , eating becomes sporadic ..and gradually lessens - :hugs:

Hi, and welcome :) Are you sending your dog for boarding/training because you are going away , or is it to have the dog trained ? is the dog a problem at home ?

apologies if I've already posted this . recently I helped Caillie over the bridge . Her Boss was away , , so I also gave her a proper burial with an old sheep yard gate , and wagon wheel on her grave. She was well into her teen years, and her system was just breaking down - tho she was only really "ill/in pain" for about 24 hrs , thankfully . Deaf, almost blind , and very wobbly - she still had a hearty appetite , and was happy to woof along with the pack - even if she didn't know why. I so hope she has has lots of humans to cadge sandwiches from , over that bridge :) this was taken in March - when she was shetlering in the porch during a thunderstorm ...

yeah, yeah, yeah.......

oh So sorry you have lost him , but I am also happy that he was very ill just for a short time .

Sharing is Good :)

Nooooo - little Bo is a terrific worker ..and a lovely gentle soul around people - like a pirhana when anyone comes near her boss or anything of his though! Her favourite thing is to be allowed inside and to sleep on one of the armchairs .... she never moves :) Smoke is tiny ..but yesterday , I called him, woke him up ( good-ears are working !) I then waggled my hand ..and he came to investigate :) So - all seems to be working as it should .

Thank goodness we just have the one - and the mum is Bo - a little red girl ! We haven't had a blue dog here for about 30 years - we had one just like this fella - very handsome ! and they were unrelated to these anyhow . Must be from Don's (unknown) father's family ...

yes, I'm glad I caught the teef :)

In his twilight ,if all he wants to eat is steak & eggs , cream buns , or fish & chips - I'd give it to him , were he mine :)

this is Boof - he lives next door :)

nekh - the belladonna is in a homeopathic dose ..... scientifically there would be no trace of the chemical found .

I would seriously doubt a 'calmative' like ltryptophan/B complex would make aggression vanish. Over time, I would hope to see some relaxing happening, allowing you to use the training better :) One dog being aggressive to another doesn't mean the aggressor is uptight , or stressed , AFAIK .The younger dog may ,indeed be calm & confident - in wanting the other dog GONE . Thanks for updating :)

All being well there will be photos - and again, all being well, he will want to earn his living, and stay here !

he is "Smoke" :)

fair enough

Mr Accidental will hopefully be a goat/sheep worker ..and will sleep outside like everyone else :) His mum is only young, but a fantastic little worker, as was/is her mum! - so hopefully he gets that from her!

Any reason you can't just use a collar?

"Smoke" :)