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poodlefan

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  1. My first question was going to about whether you used a halti. I think that's the answer. Give it a month or two to grow back. If there's no inflamation or infection, I think that's what it will be.
  2. Blue Fox, I'd honestly recommend you don't buy any scissors unless you get to try them for yourself. "Feel" is really personal thing. I have 8.5 and 10 inch straight and curved scissors just for grooming my three dogs. Heritage (USA) is my preferred brand. Offset shanks are great IMO because they cut where your fingers are rather than further in. But it's a very very personal thing.
  3. You are still talking behaviour, not training. Training, behaviour, temperament, drives go hand in hand. You would be silly to separate the two. Are you saying that dogs of differing drive and temperament cannot be taught behaviours using the same basic method eg. lure and reward? Is toilet training drive dependent?
  4. Rachelle: You are still talking behaviour, not training. If person X who knows JRTs well, has some tips for gaining focus with them or person Y who knows beagles well has some tips for getting their noses off the ground, those tips are not behaviourally specific for only dominant or timid dogs are they? I agree that all behaviour is not breed specific but if I had a terrier and I could get advice from someone who'd trained three terriers to UD or three Golden Retrievers to UD, I reckon the first person might have a few more insights into how to help me train my dog in obedience.
  5. Fingers crossed for good news. Please let us know how you go.
  6. Yep me too peibe *only because* often professional advice is hard to seek with my breeds and often those seeking advice, are nearing a point where a person with first hand breed experience, is needed to assist on some level. (Disasterous case in point: where a Melbourne obedience instructor, decided to make an in-front-of-class example of a male Anatolian who would not sit - the dog 'trainer' did not win.) Lilli, this is one of the reasons why you'll only see me advocate positive motivational methods of training over the net, although I do believe in the appropriate use of corrections with some dogs. The problem with training by bullying is that every once in a while you're going to meet a dog that: a. won't tolerate it b. reacts negatively to it. Jerk or push the wrong dog around physically, and you can end up in strife. The worst your average dog owner will end up with using positive motivational methods is an untrained, fat dog and that's one of the reasons why many dog clubs have embraced it.. it isn't potentially harmful in the overwhelming majority of cases. The sad question you have to ask yourself is how many dogs that person DID bully before he/she was called for it. My personal view is that if you wouldnt use the method on a large assertive breed, why should a smaller breed have to put up with it. I'm glad you found an experienced home for your boy. They arent' for everyone are they. I have a friend who is an animal behaviouralist by training and who works in that field. She loves livestock guardians and has one herself.. the best kind of home because she genuinely understands how those breeds have been engineered to think. Don't get her started on crossing such things as Mareemas/Golden Retrievers as is happening around here though..
  7. Rachelle: .For behavioural issues I agree. It is the ONLY advice I give for such topics. For the questions like "how can I get my puppy/dog to sit, walk on loose lead, not jump on me, come when called, or be toilet trained" I think there's value in explaining methods of training and helping with training issues. Not everyone here has access to dog trainers and clubs and helping people have a dog they want to live with profits the dog IMO.
  8. Depends on how far along with the training the dog is.. if I've been training for, and established viturally instant sits, then I'd correct more quickly than if the dog has just learned the behaviour.
  9. 15# on Darcy's body .. by accident. By the time I noticed he had a big stripe down his back. I figured it was better to finish it than leave him that way. Lily is white and I'd never do shorter than 5# on her.. her coat is too thin and she'd get more sun damage than she already has.
  10. Given that these days, sardines are rarely packed in fish oil, I feed tinned mackeral (packed in fish oil) instead.
  11. 7 weeks old.. right at the age he should be learning bite inhibition from his littermates. Malinda, look up "mouthing" and "bite inhibition" in the puppy problems forum using the search engine. This is a very common problem. Puppies don't have hands - they use their teeth to explore. Your job is to teach him, firmly but fairly, that he is not to put his teeth on you - no matter how gently. The point of puppy preschool is to allow pups that aren't fully vaccinated to interact safely with other pups in a sterile environment. I'd be booking him for the next available class.
  12. Definitely 1, provided (as was specified) the dog knows the exercise.
  13. Trust me, there isn't a florist alive who doesn't believe that NILIF.
  14. He's still far too young to be pounding pavements to tire him out Lolly. The rule of thumb followed by quite a few people (including me) is no onlead exercise (training is fine) until 6 months old. Growing joints and ligaments can be damaged by too much exercise.
  15. Lolly, a 10 week old puppy is far too young for any kind of regular onlead walking. He's also not fully vaccinated yet is he? Congratulations and welcome to the world of owning a very smart, very energetic breed. The key to having a successful relationship with this dog is to demonstrate to him, by being absolutely consistent, that what you say goes. Right now, its you doing all the work to get his attention... you need to reverse that and make him work for you. Look up NILIF and TOT on here and make him WORK for your attention. I would find a good dog training club and trainer and view this training as a lifetime occupation for such a smart dog. He's a working breed and he needs a job. Either you find him one or he'll find one for himself. Agree with Sidoney's recommendations on toilet training.
  16. Hi Poodlefan! I am also wanting to take him to a chiropractor but wanted him to see the vet first. Im a little nervy when it comes to people touching my pup when they dont know whats happening underneath. I spoke to one person who said she cant ethically touch him until he has seen a vet . She said she does massage, Homeopathy and austiopathic work. Does anyone know what these actually are? thanks! Of course you could always take him to see a Veterinary Chiropactor - they are out there.
  17. The first thing I'd be doing is getting your vet to have a look. If the vet isn't concerned, the next thing I'd do is finding a decent dog chiropractor and having him done.. makes a big difference to growing pups.
  18. Quite often they won't. Two of my dogs had retained canines. The first dog's top teeth are crooked because I left the baby tooth there too long. ETA: The "one week overlap" advice was my vet's.
  19. If the two teeth have been there for more than a week, I'd be having the baby tooth extracted.
  20. Pughugger: Who told you that? "Pet price" does not equate to "limited register".. what you paid for the dog is no bar to showing it regardless of who owns it. Do you mean that because money has changed hands, the breeder cannot claim she owns the dog..that is quite different. Hell, I can show FHRP's dogs if I want to.. (provided she signs the entries) and I have no ownership of them whatsoever. Someone is misleading you methinks.
  21. I agree when it's relating to aggressive behaviour. However, suggestions about things to try to resolve training issues are usually pretty innocuous.
  22. How did you go sorting out the barking complaint Carp?
  23. No eyes rolls here. It could be frustration or it could be something else. Having not met you or your dog, I'm not going to hazard a behavioural diagnosis that might be wrong at best or dangerous at worst.
  24. Does that vet practice not sell Sentinel Spectrum?? Unless you actually find fleas on your pup, why use any flea treatment at all? Paralysis ticks are predominantly an Eastern Australia coastal problem. I don't think you get them in SA but it doesn't hurt to double check.
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