Ali

for the first 2 months when I got my dog I bought a massive crate (I new he would grow into it)and a small dog kennel (I knew he would grow out of it) I would crate him in the night and he would sleep inside the kennel, then if he needed to go pee pee in the night he would do it in the crate, outside and behind the kennel. Then in the morning I would let him out clean out the crate. Now he has the crate with no kennel sleeps throughout the night and goes pee pee when I let him out in the morning.

I was having a think about it, I think by default I'm wary of any "bull breeds" basically because in the area of Sydney where I live I know the type of owners they attract, which ussually means the poor dogs wont have been socialised or trained properly in turn making them a possible dangerous dogs. I'm also wary of any dog breed which is powerful enough to do damage to me. I'm a 100 kilos of pure muscle.....ok I lied about the muscle part. But really its not due to the temperment of any breed its more to do so with the lack of trust of people who won them...and it really is only a wearyness or cautiousness which I think is a responcible approach to any animal you are not familier with.

Prong collar, I diddnt even need to correct, when the dog pulled a couple of times the prong tightend up on itself and the discomfort was enough to deter any pulling.

Congrats, Can offer one peice of advice, Even though you can approach pat and remoce bones and food from your dog....I would be encouraging or allowing your child to do it...Its just not worth the risk.. My pup never showed food agression around his food but did have slight growl when on his bone. Fortunatly I nipped both in the butt early, but I see it as an insurence policy in case one day my child got close to the dog while he was eating or on a bone. But normally and always I keep my kids away from an eating animal. again great progress on your pup, I'm sure you will have many more :D

I was thinking about it yesterday, but I dont think any of the pools close fo the season here in Sydney....

Girl to boy ratio in that pool is way off, :p ....What all the guys were thinking it Back on topic, the bool things a great idea...

Hey what would you improve in a doberman? erect ears? :D

Great info and good reading, I fully support it. I wish I had the time, money and knowledge to introduce small natural upright standing ears into a masstiff breed. So something like crossing a bull terrier with a bullmastiff or the like...maybe one day.... looks like she thought of my idea already but had no interest.. "As to the other possibility of introducing the erect ear gene into the boxer from the Corgi as originally contemplated, I’m afraid this option is no longer available. I have attempted to mate the one bitch retained for the purpose on several occasions but she has always appeared past time when her owners have notified me. Only if the Boxer Breed Council were to be interested in developing erect-eared Boxers would I contemplate starting such a project again."

I agree

Simple just take the dog to another firends house and tell the friend that the dog got out and hasnt been found....then go pick the dog up in a couple of days..

She is after a recomendation.... Not where she can find Huskys for sale...

All true, I suppose what ever you can do to protect your dog, Its defiently used for guard dogs..and I think its instilled into young pups...

Not judging, but reading that is it irresponcible to breed a dog that has that number of sensitivitys? I loev the look of Frenchies but never knew they were fragile... Thats true and in honesty some breeders come off quite snoody and hollier the thou.

Yeah Kavik, Essentially it teaches the dog to only accept food from their bowl and from now where else...I want to teach it to my dog as well as I dont trust one of my neighbours, he doesnt like my dog and I suspect him capable of feeding my dog rat poison or lacing a piece of stack with some sort of poison and chucking it over the fence. It is used alot with security and and guard dogs. So +1 if anyone has any material. Thanks

That girl looks pretty hot.... And tiny. He would DESTROY her. Oh yeah, clearly it is the girl's dog. :D. bahahaha I was thinking it....I'm glad you said it drool Isla Fisher, I'd walk her little yap yap dog to if thats what it took.. ;)

That looks very similar to the collar stocked at k9 pro http://www.k9pro.com.au/

oooh secret squiral dog food recomendation.... Just FYI, no need to post that you sent them a a PM they get an email notification or if they have turned that off it notifys them when they login to the forum. I feed my Cane Corso (4 months also) Purina pro plan 2 a day just biscuits and for dinner he gets it with some mince and he is fine...

That girl looks pretty hot....

hilarious

Agree totally with your post, people should have control of their dogs, The only suggestion is, you may need to pay more attention to your suroundings as well to better protect your dog, just like anything there are always going to be tossers and loosers who do the wrong thing. The responciblity falls on us to protect our dogs, I'd suggest paying a little more attention to your suroundings, If you listening to headphones while your walking turn it down so you can hear dogs approaching, that way you are better prpared to defend your dog rather then reacting to a dog alreayd latched on.

But seeing as dog training is an unregulated field, what would you class as a formal education? What formal qualifications that dog trainers should have? How do we know that because someone has a piece of paper that means they get the best results? I like the article K9 Pro wrote about choosing a dog trainer as I think it gives a few good pointers on what to look for and avoid. http://www.k9pro.com.au/pages.php?pageid=88 Very true Huski, I have a few ideas certification or profesional memberships help. something like a (Anmial Bevabiourists Association (ABA ;)) can be created Then they publish their requirements and standards to which people associated to them must work. That is a begining....Nothing discounts people reviews but, that is still subjective..Have something in black and white and independent would help alot. Have a degree or a diploma at least assures they have a basis of knowledge of course just like everything else there will still be people who are shit regardless of how many papers they have on the wall.. The link is very informative.

Maybe true, and I's be willing to pay for results... problem is you dont get an idication of results until they have been employed in which case they will want to get paid regardless if your happy with the results or not... Qualification will at least provide you an idication of training the behaviourist has before employing them, hopefull mitigating the risk of getting someone who wont acheive the results you require... I mean I wouldnt take my dog to a ved for desexxing to someone who hasnt got a degree in in the field doesnt matter how well they are reviewed. same with a behaviourist my pre requisite would be formal education and good reviews from their clientele or forum such as DOL...

Good question.... I'm considering seeing one.. I dont think I have any serious issue and really just looking for some feedback on how I interact with my dog to ensure they remain blanced. but without understading the qualifications $150 seems steep considering its as much as a medical specialist charges for consulation..

I couldnt help but laugh.... is it urinating or marking? I'm not sure if its one and the same in this case... but very peculiar

This was sent to me on facebook, I thought it was some good press for a change... But it also highlights the stigma thr dog faces in the US.