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so she should take her tiny puppy to a dog park?

Eucalyptus oil is dangerous for dogs. Dogs also have very sensitive smell, I'm dead set against putting smelly things on them as they can't escape the odour.

There is a great article by Susan Clothier on this very subject - she explains it so well. I'll try to dig it up. Edit: The link to "He just wants to say Hi!" http://www.suzanneclothier.com/the-articles/he-just-wants-say-hi

While you are training a dog you still need to be able to take the dog out and about. No point in letting them pull then. Plenty of the top trainers in the world recommend that you walk a young dog/pup/untrained dog with a harness at first, then train them to walk with a collar.

Pottering walk, not littering! Damn you autocorrect

If you like easy care, littering walk a few times a week etc, then a greyhound fits the bill.

PM the doler Plan B - they have got a renowned trainer in to do a seminar on owning a bull breed - it sounds excellent.

Sounds like her recall needs to be worked on. Get a good quality long line (leash) to start with. She must be on this for all recall training. If she is allowed offleash then she'll learn that she can ignore you and continue playing - much more interesting than going back to you. Reward her with food, praise and a game for coming back. Be more fun than other dogs. If she ignores you reel her in. The DVD "Really Reliable Recall" has great tips for training the recall. Also search the training forum for tips.

Socialisation is about a lot more than allowing your dog to play with other dogs. If fact, your dog sounds like she needs LESS of that and MORE control around other dogs. How to teach that? I agree with HW, with the exception that most dog clubs don't seem to train that well either. Learn to engage with your dog and teach her a recall. Train a "go play" as well as a "leave it/come one" so that she learns that she doesn't get to play with every dog. If it was my dog I wouldn't leave her in a day care ever again. Lots of uncontrolled dogs being supervised by young girls doesn't make for a safe environment. Chances are the only lesson she would learn there is to become a bully. I'd rather spend my money on a good trainer (lots aren't good...) and learn to engage her rather than spending it on day care.

yep. You've also got a new male puppy, no? If so, I'd suggest that he is marking, rather than weeing in the house.

That is very sad news Julie. You have done remarkable work in helping people.

We all have different perspectives, but the law says you need to have voice control over your dog. I trained mine on a long leash, in a non-stimulating environment first. If your dog learns that he can ignore you and continue to have fun playing with other dogs, then you are "untraining" your recall and making it much harder to teach him. Personally, regardless of what the law says, recall is as important in a fenced park as an unfenced one. Why? Because in the event of issues, a dog doesn't have as much space to get away, increasing the risk of a fight. Also, people are more inclined to take their "not so good with recall" dogs to a fenced park than an unfenced one, leading to more uncontrolled situations. It is the very reason that I avoid fenced parks. I take my dog to unfenced parks and he has a great recall so I minimise risk. OT a bit but it is a bit of a myth that fights are started by "crazy dogs" or aggressive dogs. Fights can get started by two social, lovely dogs because one dog plays a bit too full on with another and doesn't read the other dog's body language well. I saw this with two dogs that I know well who are great dogs - a lab and a mutt. They played together well and the lab got a bit excited. Mutt gave a warning growl (perfectly acceptable way of saying "back off", often misread as aggression). Lab didn't listen and carried on body-slamming mutt. Mutt tried to disengage. Lab didn't listen. Mutt attacked lab. The mutt is a great dog who isn't aggressive. However, he may well now have DA tendencies because he has learnt that warning another dog doesn't always work. Luckily he wasn't PTS. The whole thing could have been avoided if the owners understood what their dogs were telling them (lab: I wanna play no matter what, mutt: I need space now) and the dogs had good recall. I have seen dogs harassed and treated like prey items while owners sit around and chat. As long as there isn't an actual fight they think everything is okay - and it isn't. These things happen in off leash areas every day. They don't always result in fights but dogs do learn bad habits (react, think later) because of them. If people knew their dogs and their dogs had 100% recalls, there would be more happy, stable dogs around.

Which council is this? Fines for nit having recall - my dream of heaven

Well done snook. Lucy is such a territorial butch I'm sure shed have a kaniption (sp) with another dog (other than fergs) in the car.

Clearun are updating the wau their system calculates shipping costs - I think they plan to do this by the end of the month. You can always email them and they'll check the postage.

Not legal. You cN carry citronella spay but it won't stop a really serious dog.

But the TID program isn't taking new participants until winter?

The wild thangs toys are great too - I got them last year. Might stock up on some more.... A warning to anyone buying the tube feeder though, I've heard reports of dogs biting the tube and the ball popping out and choking them, so it might be for gentle eaters only!

The OP's dog does this though, but flings it at the owner when she returns. Kiesha - uta bindel trains a tight front by sitting in a chair, leaning bank and luring the dog to sit right at your knees. Do this separately from the retreive

Running after a ball isn't really retrieving though - it is prey drive. Formal retrieving is a very different beast. My dog too can run after a ball and being it straight back to me - not something I trained. That doesn't mean he can get a dumbbell that is static, bring it back to me, sit 100% straight in front of me, right up close, wait, drop it in my hand when I tell him to!

The owner details have now been found, so they are allowing more time to find his owner. That is a good thing :-)

Also work on engagement and build this up into a distracting environment - recall is good but if you have to recall your dog in class then they're not working with you. Playing games like the two food game, and having something like LAT up your sleeve to get your dogs attention.

Whenever someone mentions their dog and poo, I think of you....

Is she clicker trained? As she bites in, cluck, and she should drop it to get the treat

They go through new York which was hit by a hurricane...