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In obedience you are just after a "stand" as such, so no need to teach how to stack unless you are going to show it. To show the dog you will need to speak to the breeder and whether the dog is of show potential, have the dog on main register and entire. That would be your first steps of getting into showing, then if all is OK you can go from there.

I dont exactly measure the amount but for example, I leave all of the fat on lamb flaps. Thats partly what I buy them for and the dogs get these 2-3 times a week. However, on these days they dont get their regular meal otherwise they would start to get very porky. They have stayed at a nice consistent weight, but as Malsam said, you will need to monitor it for a few weeks and see how your dog is doing. If you find it is putting on weight cut back on the fat, but if not, there is nothing wrong with a fatty RMB in moderation in my opinion :rolleyes:

These are some of the upcoming shows at KCC park. They are all breeds so you can come and see all the different breeds running around 16 March - morning start 22 March - morning start 23 March - morning start 24 March - morning start 29 March - starts 4pm 6 April - morning start 15 March - Pakenham Racecourse These are other comps at KCC park: 15 March - Labrador obedience trial 22 & 23 March - Obedience, tracking, endurance Would be good if you could make it to some to have a look

This is called "stacking". Some dogs will stack themselves and others will be hand stacked, so the handler will position the dogs legs where they are needed. I have taught Shiloh to "stand" and then taught her to stay with a piece of food held about half a meter in front of her face to keep her attention there. I can then manipulate her legs, face, head etc without her moving from the position I am placing her in. The more practise I do with her, the more she is stacking herself so it is just correct training and practise, practice, practise Hopefully one day she will stack herself without any manipulation from me but I will continue to hand stack her until then. Are you showing your rotti or just wanting it to learn to stack ?

I have also read along iwht everything else mentioned, that the heartworm treatment is a very painful process for your dog too ????? I would much rather prevent than have to go down that path

Please do a search on DOL for crate training, there is truck loads of info on here about that. The puppy will see everyone in the family as part of the pack, but for you to become the pack leader you will need to do as newnewf said. Make sure you are the one to feed, walk, play, toilet train, obedience train, take to puppy school, and also spend time with puppy alone without the other dogs. Puppy should bond to you more than other members of the family, yet still live happily with everyone in the household

1. I think the farting has to do with diet. The only way I stopped Vinnie from letting lethal gasses go was change his dry food. If you buy a premium dry food, and maybe cut out the milk, from my experience the farting will be at a minimum. 2. The only way to stop Zoya rushing to other dogs is to give her obedience training. Most dogs will display her behaviour and need to be trained out of it and shown how to introduce themselves nicely to dogs and be under your control. I would suggest booking into and obedience club, especially if she is going to be a big dog. You need to be able to keep her focus on you and not on the other dogs, and she can only say 'hello' when you say she can Good luck

My puppy has had them since 7 weeks old (still at the breeders) but just supervise. She now gets part of a lamb flap or 2 chicken necks 3 times a week

Yep, you have a good 6 months to kill As others suggested, it's fun doing heaps of research on the breed, and getting puppy books, breed books, reasearching obedience schools, vets etc. All of the above reduces my excitement until about a week before I pick puppy up, but it also helps that I have other animals I have to conentrate on Also, I dont buy leads, collars etc until I have the puppy cos I will just look at them all the time and the waiting then kills me

Yep, sounds normal to me Need to go back to basic training for a while, rewarding with treats etc just to remind him what he is supposed to be doing. You need to make yourself more interesting than anything else, so lots of play times, fun and food when you are commanding him to do something. If you are boring they will lose interest very quickly, especially at this age where they are really starting to get a bit big for their boots :wink:

Cut it into little pieces and shove them into pieces of hot dog, or chicken or something that she will actually eat. That way she wont even know the tablet is in there

Yep, run like the wind :rolleyes: I like Sentinal Spectrum - covers heartworm, worms and fleas in a monthly tablet or I also like Interceptor Spectrum that does the same but without the fleas This website gives more info on these products http://www.pets.novartis.com.au/dogs/index.html

He will be able to smell his wee on there even though you clean it, so keeps going in the same spot. I think vinegar gets rid of the smell but I could stand corrected. I would keep the bedroom doors closed and just keep working on the toilet training and not let him in the bedroom unsupervised until the toilet training is pretty rock solid :rolleyes: Personally, if I caught my dogs doing it I would give them a quick deep growl, then straight outside, to show them this is where you should go !!

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As Miranda said the dogs will work out the pack order themselves, unfortunately you have no say in it. With my 3 dogs, there is slight growling and telling each other off occasionally but this is normal dog behaviour and it's how they communicate to each other like, 'I dont like that' or 'stop being an annoying puppy' :rolleyes:. The only time I will step in is if I can see things are going to get out of control or a game is getting a little on the serious side, but apart from that, as long as they all understand very clearly I am alpha, the rest is sorted out themselves.

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I dont know whether it is actually that he wants to jump over every fence, but 1.2m is a very very low fence for a large dog ??? and I think any dog that could jump it would !!! I know mine would to see what was on the other side and they are not fence jumpers, but given the easy opportunity ????????? I just think that you would need to check that any potential homes have a high enough fence. Otherwise, if it is an issue where he is actually constantly trying to get out, I would think it is some form of seperation anxiety, or if not, you could try some sort of electric fencing or something to stop him from going near the fences at all ;) Good Luck

I definately think Jack x Maltese. Got length in the nose, but a little more rounder so definately no Shih Tzu. It would be more squished up than it is. Also, hair is very straight and whispy looking, so again, definately not a mix of 2 breeds with such a full coat. One part of the mix definately has a short coat for the hair to look the way it does. She is very very cute Plus side is also that even though she would get a bit of length in her coat (not like a malt or shih tzu though and not the thickness) it will be a quite an easy care coat with brushing only required a couple of times a week due to the short haired part of her ;)

Cooper was done at 6 months and Vinnie at 5 years

Another thing to work on is an excellent recall. Your dog needs to listen and watch you the whole time with distractions at all angles. The very first obedience club I joined would not accept dogs into agility training until they had passed level 4 of obedience. If you dont want to do obedience classes though, just try an agility club and see what the requirements are.

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Still just get a check up that he doesn't have urinary tract, and then just start your basic toilet training again. Take outside every half hour to and hour and do that for a couple of weeks. At 5.5 months old they are still learning and you cannot expect too much from them. Maybe he does not fully understand what you mean when you take him outside, so try going back to basics again and do not come back inside until he has gone, and lots of praise when he does go. Also puppies cannot hold on like older dogs. When they need to go they need to go now not in a couple of minutes etc. Good luck and keep plugging away. It will pay off

Try carrying her about half a block away from home and then walking her home. She obviously is very comfortable at home so actually walking her home instead of away from home, she will associate it with something good. Also, make sure you walk nice and upright looking straight ahead, not looking at her. If she stops just put your hand on her bum and push her along a bit and then stand up again and keep walking. You need to be confident yourself before Izzy will be

Majority of puppies will do this, I've even groomed 1 little dog around 3 years old who still does this when excited. It is usually something they will grow out of

Furminator and coat king will cut the top coat. Best way is as NC said, layer brush the entire coat, so hold the coat up and brushing down layer by layer with a slicker and a metal comb will remove the hair. It is time consuming but done once or twice a week you will have it under control Also, a good blow drying will blow most of the coat out and loosen any other coat so that it is easier to brush out.