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I loved that show! They never finished it. What breed is Eddie? I'm pretty sure he is a husky x border collie but he reminds me a lot of an australian shepherd, which is what breed my dogs all are. According to website he is a Australian Shepherd/Siberian Husky mix :D So no wonder he reminds you of your beautiful dogs

I loved that show! They never finished it. What breed is Eddie?

If you had someone qualified in Amish Bounding from the University of Dubiosity your dogs might be doing your ironing and mowing the lawns by now, just saying... All you need now is one of those super obnoxious ads on TV. *Bright colours flashing* Super dog training sale on now!!(OMG WOW REALLY!?!!?) Have you dog doing your laundry, brushing your hair and even making you a delicious home cooked meal all by using this one simple training tecnique!!!!!!!! CALL NOW and receive a Free doggie shampoo, that not only cleans your dog, it makes them Smarter!!!! I would buy it....

:D I Love Demon :p and Max! He was so cute in both those movies! Loving all the replys btw I haven't seen turner and hooch yet.. I'll have to rent it!

Omg otis! I used to love Milo and Otis!!!! Wait, I still love them !!!

Watching a movie called "Kate and Leopold", there is a beautiful Anatolian Shepherd named Bart in this movie who should be in every scene in my opinion . Got me wondering what everyones favourite canine characters are? One of my all time favourite's would have to be Shadow(The Golden Retriever) and Chance(the American Bulldog) from Homeward Bound :D! Love the movie. Love the dogs. What about you??

What a terrible thing to have to go through I hope the boy will be alright. RIP Dog

Reminds me of the conversation I had, where a lady informed me that my Labrador was quite obviously a cross because the fur on his back was wavy. My purebred Labrador, whom was purchased from a fantastic breeder who also breeds for the guide dogs. This lady was the owner of a purebred "groodle" I might add. o_o Sometimes you should just smile and walk away.

OOoooooooooh Yay! *grabs the clicker, rover and some treats* ;D!

I wouldn't take a puppy anywhere where he might be involved in any 'rough and tumble' with a much larger dog or even a small one for that matter, small puppies are easily hurt and allowing any sort of rough play at this age is simply asking for trouble. There is absolutely no guarantee that the other dog will back off if the puppy protests, in fact a squealing puppy may even awaken prey drive in some dogs. A bad experience at this age could affect your puppy for life. Thank goodness for your reply Miranda....I almost choked on my pasta dinner when I read KK's recommendation. AGREED!

What are some fun ways I can improve on rovers heeling. Hes very unenthusiastic about it, lags behind and far to the side. So I want to start all over and make it really fun and wonderful. What are some ways to do this?

http://www.polybrite.com/Pets/collars.html These are awesome. I ordered mine from America though, not sure if you could get them here?

Rover is from a lady who breeds for the guide dogs. Don't know if they're from show or working lines. I think hes bootiful Someone making a weird noise so he went all stiff and too attention! Then after seeing it was fiiine... Huzzah for fit and lean labradors!

OT For a second I though you child gated your door so your Mum couldn't get out

My friends new dog, a 2 year old cocker spaniel cross, has been howling when they leave. Her neighbor complained, saying the dog was howling all day while they're out. The problem is that the dog was with a pack of 7 other dogs before this family got her, so shes not used to being alone. They don't want to crate her while they're out. What can I suggest to stop the howling? Is there training to desensitize her to being alone? Shes not interested in toys or food when they leave. Just howling. She also shadows them around the house, and sleeps in a basket in their room at night. I believe she even howled when they just left her in another room at night.

I can't understand how you would not protect your dog? Really. I can't understand it. Just stand back and let a aggressive dog approach my dog? Never! I'm sure that Rover would be able to diffuse the situation as you said Corvus, but haven't you ever met a dog that is Unstable? It doesn't matter how many clear signals of submission or avoidance your dog is showing. The other dog will still try and attack, no matter what. My dog isn't supposed to fend for himself, he isn't made to hunt for himself, and he certainly isn't made to defend himself! Thats my job, as his owner, provider and protector. If I was watching a pack of wolves, or any animals in the wild. Then you have to let things happen. The natural order of things. Wolves will hunt, kill and eat animals. Defend their territory against other wolf packs. Mate and produce more wolves. Establish rank and order within the pack. My dog isn't a wolf, he isn't a wild animal, hes a dog.

This thread is interesting. I'm in a bit of a different boat. My dog Rover is a family dog, he mainly belongs to my mum and partly to me. Which means that I didn't get to choose how he was brought up. Mum went via the dog park route, shes a real social person so being able to talk to a lot of other social dog people is really fun for her. This isn't a great way to bring up a dog, but I didn't have a choice, so I made due with the circumstances I was given. I spent every second we where at the dog park controlling rover and any dog he interacted with. This has resulted in a very happy, loving, social dog. He has no behavior problems, but he is far to interested in playing with other dogs. My next dog, who will be solely my dog, I would much prefer to go the neutralization route. I really dislike that my dog is quite often more interested in other people and other dogs than in me. My mum loves that rover just loves everyone and everything in the world, I want to be my dogs world, all the fun and excitement should come from me. I want other people and dogs to be boring non value objects. I have a very very basic idea of how to achieve this, but once I know when I'll be getting the puppy I'll be planning it out a lot more extensively. Just shows what different people prefer.

Everyone else seems to have answered your other questions,and vjb also mentioned what I have said, but I thought I would expand on that. So heres my little bit of information, hope it helps.

Yeah I'll try that today and see how it goes. The retrieving is for a Assessment. I'm doing the NDTF certificate and I need him to do 2 tricks at least 3 times in a row. I'm placing it so I can make sure its actually 20 meters away, thats a requirement of the assessment. I think I may have just made it too boring, so hes excited once and then the after that, not so much.

How can I make it more worth his while? His food drive is the highest. Maybe using a better treat, like raw meat?

I have taught Rover my Labrador to retrieve. Recently however he has done this, 1st time around, I will put him in a sit, he wait while I go and place the object 20 meters away. I come back to his side, give him the command "Go fetch" He'll sprint to the object, grab it, comes tearing back to me, sits and drops it at my feet. Lots of praise. 2nd time around, I do the same thing again, give him the command, he races to the object, comes about halfway back. Then gets distracted by something and wanders off! Like he'll drop it and go get a drink, or he'll drop it and go have a sniff in the bushes. What should I do to correct this? I need him to do it consistently at least 3 times in a row. Im thinking I'll have to go about 10 steps back and work back up to the 20 meters.

I have to agree with this. I'm surprised nobody has addressed the issue of a 5 week old "purebred" puppy. No papers. The deed may be done, and of course what we want is to get the weight on this puppy. However I also think the OP should be educated on what she has done and why its wrong. The same as any person who has bought a designer dog. Anybody care to comment? Or will I also be getting told off for going OT. Flame me now... *pulls on suit*

.In Brenda's "Aggression in Dogs" book, it explains how to recognise the micro-behaviours seconds before the explosion of a fight. You never want to get the dog to the final point, which is why recognising the various micro-behaviours before the 'final siren' is extremely important. You can only effectively interrupt if they are still in the early stages of interaction. Having said that, the interruption should be a noise/sound that has been thoroughly conditioned to the dog to mean something good. With DA dogs we do loads of Name Recognition exercises because the aim is to condition the dog to turn it's head towards the owner as soon as it hears its name (Pavlovian). Using other things that are not familair to the dog ie. whistle or even a word like "ball" or "frisbee" may work but I believe they too should be conditioned to achieve the desired result. Yeah that book is on my list! So stepping in and distracting before the tension mounts to that final point. What if its already there, is there then nothing you can do? If the dogs are at the final point, would stepping in between them mean I'm likely to get bitten. The problem is these dogs are often strangers or friends dog, so either I don't know them, or I only see them a few times a week. I don't have the ability to spend time conditioning a strangers dog that a certain sound is good. So thats really interesting if I was able to train these dogs, but thats not the case.

I've heard some horror stories about them from the staff at a few pet stores. Customers who've come in, complaining about them and their methods. Nothing first hand so I don't know if any is true. I believe the staff have all changed in the past few years? Call Pet Resorts and ask Steve or Vicki Austin.

Do you think that, by yelling, calling their names, or clapping your hands, the loud noise could cause them to fight? The sudden loud noise scaring a fearful dog and creating further aggression.