sheena

We have a Ford Territory Ghia AWD & absolutely love it. The back seats lay down perfectly flat & even without that, there is plenty of room for the dogs in the cargo area, but they ride on the folded down seats & their seatbelts attach to the cargo barrier. It is a lovely safe car to drive & off road is no problem :)

I may be wrong...but I didn't think dogs could eat cat food. Have you given much of this to him in the past....if so it may be part of his problem

Poor little bloke..hope you get some answers. If he were mine, the first thing I would be ditching, is the DogPro. He most probably can't handle all that grain

Can you pin them to the curtains :)

My daughters dog did well on WoofBix too but died suddenly at the age of 4..not saying it had to do with what she was feeding it I have raised my two border collies on Black Hawk & they have done extremely well on it. They are 18 kilo & 22 kilo & get a max of 1 metric cup of BH at night & in the morning they get 1/2 a turkey neck & it is adjusted according to how many training treats they have had. Often they will get a raw egg as well. If you can't afford a decent food for your dog, then look at Bonnie. Our previous BC's were raised on that when it used to be Australian which it no longer is .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology I think you are wrong there & I stand to be corrected....but from what I have read, they work on creating a magnetic field around your dog & the ultrasonic ones like Skudos work on ultrasonic . I am not sure if I would like my dog to be constantly exposed to a magnetic field.

It's been raining here all day & both kids are bored, so tonight I thought I would give it a go playing clicker games with the two of them together. To my surprise when I gave them a command with their name, each one did the trick in turn, then I would say "everybody" (do something) & the two would do it together. What surprised me the most is that one has been taught "back" & "close" while the other has been taught left & right, & when I would say "everybody back" they both spun to the left & vise versa. Even though the young guy has never been taught it as back & close he was doing it in unison with Bindi :laugh:

Wow...that's neat. Do they slide off though or are they fixed on in some way

Just with thumb tacs ...I bought the coloured tacs so they are a bit harder to see. I have another wall opposite for Cricket's but it is a little bare at the moment with only three title ribbons :) If you look at that photo I put up..the one ribbon I am most proud of is the tiny little blue rosette. That was Bindi's & mine very first ribbon & we won it at the Club Christmas Party years ago when we had just started training for agility. :)

Just wondering why you switched him to a cheap food like DogPro. I couldn't find much on it when I googled it, only that it is very cheap & the only reference I found to it's ingredients are as follows " Dog Pro - cereal first ingredient, variable meat sources, Protein 23%, Fat 15%, no artificial preservatives (colours and flavours not stated)" This is a very old reference & maybe they have changed the ingredients, but I certainly would not be feeding my best friend a food, whose main ingredient is cereals followed by "variable" meat sources Is it possible to tell if the ingredients have changed ???

What a great idea I would be a bit worried that I might be seen as showing off though

I only display my dog's title ribbons, & the rest I have carefully put away to make something out of one day

I was approached enthusiastically by a lady once while I was walking my girl BC who has lovely pricked ears. "OMG ....a long haired kelpie!!!!...I have always adored long haired kelpies...are you planning to breed ?????"""

Go easy on dried liver treats, they used to give my girl terrible squirty poos when she was young, even if she only had a few at a training session. She's fine now, though I don't often feed them. I mainly use fresh beef liver that has been sliced thinly then baked in the oven & cut into pea size pieces, but I mix them with other home made treats of similar size.

I get stopped if I walk my two in public places & I don't mind it a bit. Good training for my dogs as I always ask for a sit before they are patted & I watch very closely for any sign of jumping up & nip it in the bud. What I DON'T like is people walking their dogs up to my dogs for a meet & greet without asking first & I really hate it when people compliment my dogs then ask would I be interested in mating with their back yard dog

I didn't realise you could use it on dogs, we keep some handy to use for the calves when they get the blood scours, but we keep it in the fridge.

Great that you are using the clicker What I would do is a lot of proofing first by setting up the scene, by getting someone you know to walk up to him, you tell the "stranger" that you want him to sit first, like you are doing...click & treat. Also explain to the stranger (who is someone you know & knows how to play the game) that when they start to pat him if he lifts his bum off the ground, they are to move away & wait till he sits again...immediately click & treat or you could use a pat from the stranger as a reward instead of the treat. But this is best done first in a constructed environment where both people involved know what's expected & to start with, as the instant his bum touches the ground, click & treat, or pat, whatever he finds more rewarding. After a couple of these, ask for a little more duration before you click. but don't set him up to fail, by having complete strangers patting him who do not know what is required should he start to jump up. It doesn't matter if his bum is off the ground when you deliver the treat, it is the click that marks the behaviour & that happened when his bum touched the ground. Good luck, you are certainly on the right track, & don't make your sessions too long. Three to five minutes at a time, then finish on a good note...like a party, party, when he sits. When you come back to it later, he will remember what he has learnt & will get straight back into it. :)

We don't use tennis balls at the beach because the sand they hold is abrasive to their teeth. We have a good supply of Fantastic Foam balls from Clean Run & they are virtually indestructible & also float well :)

Definitely not...you can clicker train him to do obedience. Dogs that are taught behaviours using clicker training learn the behaviour up to 50% faster than other positive reinforcement methods & they NEVER forget. Besides it is lots of fun for you & your pup :)

What do you do with him when he finally settles & is quite Do you still ignore him or do you reward him & make a fuss with lots of good boys etc. Do some clicker training with him & each time he stops barking, click & treat ignoring him when he is barking then the split second he is quite, click & treat. Make sure you know how to use the clicker first & that he has been conditioned to it properly, so he knows the game. You can set this up with your friend & don't set him up to fail by having more than one person there at first...build on it gradually as you are having success. If you aren't sure how to use the clicker properly (& it must be used properly) then go to this link Getting started in Clicker Training :)

He is probably just asking for your permission to start eating :) Do you make him wait for permission to eat his dinner???? What a good boy :)

I have been looking at getting "Click for Calm" for ages now, & I found it on Kindle the other night & am thoroughly enjoying it. Has anybody else read this book ?????

Why wouldn't you just get another bag of Black Hawk, if that is what she is on

Can you do some clicker training with you before you go out. Five minutes of clicker training is as good as a 30 min walk as far as tiring them out :)