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Ruffie

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  1. Hi everyone, Thank you for the advise and funny stories - It was much appreciated! Feeling a lot better today! I bought long leash today and have spent last 2 hours in a quiet park doing recall training with tasty chicken as a treat - yum! I am not going to let him off leash at the dog park until he learns how to behave properly (this could take weeks)....a big loss to him because the dogs had such good fun together!! Thanks again. Ruffie
  2. yeah I have head about the long line thing - will try that!. I can't take him there on leash because all the other dogs are off leash and want to play with him, he gets all excited and just wants to play too and my arms get ripped off (I have tried this) and I also get comments from other owners to let him go and get rid of that "excess energy" (yeah but they don't have to get him of trouble and do the walk of shame home!!) I think I was so upset I forgot about the recall thing, but I actually think he knew he is in seriously big trouble - poor pup! Thank you for the advise - def need to get more trust with him before we go off leash again...
  3. Hi, Yes I think he is the cutest pup ever and been through a lot see thread http://forums.dogzonline.com.au/index.php?showtopic=87560 but for the last 2 days I have had to take him home from the off leash dog park that we have been going to for the last 3 months and where we have made lots of nice friends because of his seriously bad behaviour. The naughty dog: I know that he has ridgy in him and they can be quite a handful but maybe this is just normal and I have to work through it.... Firstly he is playing too hard with another dog down there and they go for each others neck all the time which looks pretty bad, admittingly both boys are as bad as each other but mine is getting bigger than the other pup (both 9 months old) so we have keep separating them and watching that they don't hurt each other too much. Then he rolls in the mud (near a water tap) until he is completely covered, covers the other dogs in mud, jumps into the pond bringing his naughty friend with him and refuses to come out, once he does I am chasing him round the park to get him back on the lead. I am always covered in mud walking home and I am so embarrased that other nice dog really people dread it when we turn up, they are lovely but I feel so bad because I know he is a handful and if there is trouble happening I can rely on Rufus to be involved somehow....I really enjoy going there and meeting everyone and so does Ruffie but he had to calm down and stop being the trouble maker! Anyone been through this before - how do you get through it? Very sad owner!
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