ShellyBeggs

Bummer I cant come....................box hill show on the sat and obedience on the sun!

Sorry to hear of your loss........ Run Free Keeto!

I did a recent search and this was the cheapest place I could find http://www.townsvillepetcare.com.au/ was about $40 for 1kg

I use food to train but find it helps to give them a small meal a few hours beforehand if possible so they are not too hungry. Otherwise their brains go to another planet when the bait bag comes out. My dogs are fed twice a day. meat in the morning and chicken frames or bones at night......so I can keep an eye on them. They get these in their crate at their bedtime and don't go out until morning.

mmmmm let me see Ranger - shake hands (he came as a teenager and knew most obedience commands) Anzac - sit Mac - his name Stormie - come (not that he knows it now apparantly)

The 'click' does not release the dog to reward (and neither should a bridge word such as 'yes') It is a marker that tells the dog 'you offered the behaviour I wanted and a reward is coming.' Still need a release word. There is nothing wrong with using a word instead of a clicker (agree you don't need both) but I don't know what it is - I have trained my last 2 dogs with clicker and there is a big difference in the attitude they bring to working with me, so I wouldn't be chucking mine in the bin just yet. The look on their face when the clicker comes out is priceless. When teaching a behaviour you need to break it down into as many little steps as possible before getting to your final goal. (This is called shaping) The big mistake that a lot of people make is going for too much too soon. (eg: when teaching to shake hands, expecting the dog to lift its paw up a fair way off the ground) You need to aim very small, especially with such a young dog, so that you can reward every approximation toward the end behaviour. Is there anything that causes your dog to lift its paw just a tiny bit ? (eg: if I sit on the floor next to one of mine and put my hand on the floor, then he usually puts his paw on my hand, so if I wanted to teach shake hands I would begin there and click that - then I would gradually lift my hand higher and higher until I had the height I wanted, then I would shape position. ) This may take many sessions and I would not move on to the next step until I was satisfied with the one before. Here are some good websites about clicker training that may help you. www.clickandtreat.com Go to clicker articles for a basic introduction - including the explanation why a clicker is more precise than using your voice. www.clickerdogs.com Also do a search for 'Karen Pryor' and find her website - it's changed since I last used it so don't have a current address. There are also some videos on Youtube showing dogs being trained to shake hands. (need to do a search sorry) Hope this helps. I agree with kelpie chick!!! I also find the click offers more reward than 'yes'...... And i have no problem using the treat as bait to shape the behaviour I want..............rather than free shaping. Eg/ to teach spin I had the treat in 1 hand (clicker ready in the other hand).....as they followed the treat around just 1/4 turn it was click and treat. increasing to a half turn, a whole turn and now several turns. then repeat the other way. same for roll over and bow....and a few others. I find using the treat as bait to be much faster in getting the desired action than free shaping and when you have a dog or pup that gets bored quickly they seem to enjoy the speed of the learning much much more.

Maybe considering her size you should consider that being picked up would seem very HIGH for her.

If you look at the piccie of Ranger in my sig you will see he still has pink on his nose. He is nearly 2yo. I put sunscreen and zink on his nose in summer. It was about 25% pink until a few months ago and it has started to turn all black when I started adding Livamol and kelp to his diet. These are supplements from the produce store that assist with pigmentation. I have had Mackenzie and Storm, who have about 50% pink, on these since they arrived at 8 weeks old.....just a teaspoon of each in their meal once a day to begin with. On a side note I used to give these to my horses to improve their coats..........so nice shiny dark coats is a added bonus!

Thanks .....ummmmm

Are you training with a clicker? In general have you taught either......... hold/freeze or a release word from position If so, can you incorporate either of these? Maybe start incorporating into a trick the dog knows well............and then add to this one. I have the opposite problem with Ranger.........he keeps his paw touching my hand by just curling over his toes and digging his claws in. Ouch!

play growling is aggression my dog is 100% trustworthy around children herding dogs are only good for one thing-herding you cant keep working dogs in the house as they wont work you cant treat working dogs as pets as they wont repect you herding dogs chase children and you cant stop them you cant teach an old dog new tricks

spending the money already

What breed is your pup?

I use Epi-Otic Ear Cleaner on make up removal pads as well (highly recommended) Me Too! Also a clean with a damp cloth in the bath!

Since the outbreak of demodx is directly related to the low production in lympocytes it can be caused by many things - drop in maternal antibodies, any stress factor, illness/unwell, poor condition and lastly, immune compromise caused by hereditary illness. What you should be considering is that a pups immune system is behind te 8 ball naturally by the gradual reduction of maternal antibodies that is in no way relative to being heriditary, its just what happens. Some puppies lymphocyte production can pick up the slack quickly as the maternal anitbodies reduce, and others may take a bit extra time to produce their own antibodies. Its the same in human babies or any babies for that matter that gain maternal antibodies across the placenta or through breast milk. A study in the 1980s found the pups that were not weaned until much later they found almost no occurance of Demodectic mange throughout puppyhood. However the earlier that the puppies were weaned the more likely of an outbreak. This tells us that the puppies own immune system was able to take over before the maternal antibodies were absent in the late weaned puppies. This has no relevance to the case that it is hereditary. It has occured in too many breeds and too many lines to be hereditary. That is like saying human skin mite is hereditary. I was recently quoted to by an expert that 90% of cases occur in weaned puppies up to 12 months of age most of the remaining occurs in dogs with known immune conditions. I believe through reading vet medical journals that demodectic mange IS a symptom of a compromised/slow immune system but is not a direct link to the reason of this, whether it be hereditary or a intermittent event causing a stressed immunity. I cannot see how demodectic mange can be, in itself, be a hereditary condition.

Thank you its wonderful!!!!

I know.....I think Ranger's doofusness is contagious!

That is gorgeous...........can you please just do me 1 favour and put a K in mackenzie's name! I checked and even I misspelt it

Can someone please make me a new signature????? Here are some piccies I like, if you want more let me know Storm Macenzie & Storm Mackenzie Ranger Anzac Ranger Anzac Sorry if these are too big!

I will let ya know about that......what does an auditor do? Thou....Was planning to do BoxHill on the saturday.......or maybe go to Redcliffs for the weekend.

Sounds good mate!!!! When you have a seminar for "doofus" level.......then count me in!!!

My doofus dog thinks to finish the recall. At home I train this in the driveway and stand between the two cars so when he comes in he cannot finish as he can't get past. Likewise any two large immoveable objects would work. I now train the finish seperate to the recall and don't tie the two together.

Well they can certainly teach guide dogs to take people across a road safely..........so surely they can be taught road sense. I taght my old lab to sit at the road and to look...........then asked him if it was safe to go......if he got up to go and a car was coming I told him No....and we repeated. If he got up to go and it was safe.......we crossed and was of course a good boy. If it was safe but he didn't move.....we went on my lead and he was of course a good boy. We spent 2-3 months with him getting out every day by a method I never realised until a day at home sick..........because the guy in the local drive thru bottle shop was feeding him. When I went to tell the guy to STOP feeding him......the guy told me that he always say and looked before crossing the road and never crossed if a car was coming. SO it must sink in somewhere in their brain.

not so noticeable on Mac