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Oh Dear indeed ! She needs training, Persepone :) Gotta laugh .. I know her dogs are happy as... ..just total ratbags .

..... she has just asked If I would help her train her current dogs on lead ..and to tie up for short periods ......... Oh Dear :)

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We have had several over the years .... not trained to do specifics .... just well mannered/housetrained & socialised , and of known temperament . A very nice experience :)

yes .. she understands .. we have discussed it before ... but this time she actually said why she doesn't want to . I guess she likes her dogs to be brought up 'free' , or new age, or something

..a footy forum ? Hmmmmm.

Aahh yes.... :)

Link to VIDEO hope it works ... Dining out ... :D

A friend is thinking of adding a dog .... and of course I suggested she check a good rescue who does foster care & gives support ..so the puppy stage will be a non event , and she can see what she is getting :) "No.. those dogs are trained too much for me ...." Yes, her dogs have always been a bit lacking in direction.... But I had to giggle - who would not consider a dog with some training ? :)

Thank you. It was weird this morning ..no dog bed in my room ..no one rushing to clean up Mr.Wilson's left-overs ...or baying at the back door if I was a few steps slow ..... I actually felt

*imagines DD's pack in olympic lycra...* ..maybe not. Out here working dogs are fed at night .. after they have done their thing, and so they can rest and use the food while asleep ... I cannot imagine them working on full bellies , and would think perhaps it wouldn't be comfortable at all . Our dogs can run many hours in a day, and not sure how that would go on a ful belly . AFAIK wolves etc hunt, gorge & sleep , so energy is there , muscles are healed ,blood is made - ready for next time .... and I suppose stock work is the equivalent of a 'hunt' When working Guide Dogs , they were never fed before training ..always afterwards ....

Thank you DOLers for helping me through today . It's been a hard one .... This is the last snap ..taken about this time last night ..as they lay by my chair ..tho Hammy has his eyes open ..and isn't totally relaxed Sleep tight, my boy.

Oh She is pain free now ..poor girl ....

*nods* ..but then again, you've been here forever :)

Thanks folks .. I have just been picking up toys .... he had a lot! Most which he'd had from when he was young.....and some special Secret Santa ones he loved !!

YES!!!

(even tho I don't like the idea of dogs crated for so long) you both did well ...I wonder which of you felt worse? ;) Def. ditch the beanbag! My old Mitch ..he went into a boarding kennel with his nice new beanbag ..and the kennel owners were still finding beans for days :p

Although I don't cart it around much now ..a walking stick kind of makes things tricky ... I LOVE my monopod :) It is old , aluminium , very light , and very handy for stabilising things . Mind you , these days when I'm out & about ..I use my 2nd best friend (apart from the walking stick) my FLIPSTICK.. takes some of the weight off ..and enables a bit of stabilisation :)

. here's one of my favourites for those who liked seeing photos :) A big smile in the middle of pricklebushes .......

:) He was pretty cute, wasn't he ??

Thank you all ... it's much appreciated Things are very quiet and the house feels empty without that big footed vocal presence ... he who didn't believe in walking if it could be avoided ..running was better :) And almost everything he did was accompanied by barking/baying I never did sort that one out ....but it will be much missed ..

My silly boy ..all blotches & noise What will I do now , with those fluffy toys? Who will now help me to find feral cats and lean on my knee for words and for pats? nine years is not long, for me anyway - seems a short time since watching pups play. Last night ,as usual , right there for me . pointing then flushing that cat up a tree, I thought you were ill, but you gave me your best .. Then this morning I knew that you deserved rest. 'Bye my hammy boy. I helped Hammy over the bridge this morning early . For the past day or so he just wasn't 'right' and I put it down to the normal garbage eating . Yesterday we had a good day, he played in at the river and chased bunnies ..all seemed ok .. Last night he seemed a bit uncomfortable ..but did SUCH a great job finding/pointing at and treeing a feral cat ! he was so happy :) Afterwards though couldn't settle for ages ..so I sat with him ..and eventually we went to sleep.He was very pale , and had 'that look' in his eyes ...that inward looking gaze... This morning ... he was obviously very ill ..and so so pale ..I suspect an internal bleed ..... I will miss him so much ... it will be very quiet now with no baying at every opportunity .......

RidgieAmy click on these links ..they are threads on reactive dogs ..and may help you :) LINK LINK