LeeJane

wtf? Why should being a foster make a difference? I didnt expect that she would make a difference for me, she just assumed that i wanted free advice.I was actually interested in calling her out and pay her to teach me how to train this dog. I never expect anyone to make a difference for me because i am a carer, i just want to make a difference for this dog. Anyway, I watched a few Kikopup youtube clips and learned something and so far it is working very well with the dog. As soon as he starts barking, i turn around walk 5 steps and stop. Then as soon as he shut up and sits next tome, I give him a treat and continue walking and repeat if he barks again. He has improved. He only barked twice on his last walk. thank you all for your input

Body language when barking - he stand there, body slightly lunged forward and actually stare into a direction as ifhe is looking/listening to something. Tail up and wagging I did suspect that he has super sensitive hearing?? I tried playing a youtube clip that has dogs in it and a soon as he heard the slightest dog sound, he went around the house barking.

Hi All, I dont have great experience in training dogs, but have taught my staffy to sit, stay, down,walk on halti, leave it. I have recently started fostering dogs because i simply love dogs. I guess I was lucky in a way that my first rescued dog was a very smart kelpie and didnt take me much effort to train her and she knew I was the pack leader. The 2nd rescued dog was a bit of a challenged because I wasnt home long enough to train him. His toilet training wasn't perfect, but could sit and learning the 'down' trick, then he was adopted. I am now on my 3rd rescued dog, a 1 year old heeler x staffy x dalmation, and he is a very loving and placid dog. But once I take him out for walk, he wouldnt stop barking! There is nothing in sight and he would still bark. I feel stressed waking him because I swear the whole neighbourhood heard him. I have tried the 'ignore' trick, i stop and ignore him when he barks. I will only resume walking when he stops, I havent had much success so far, he seems to be enjoying the time he gets to bark standing at the same spot. I tried the distracting him with treats, as soon as he starts barking, i use the treat to distract him and as soon as he looks at me, i reward him with the treats. Seems to be working ok, because that reduces his barking duration but I am afraid he thinks he gets treats whenever he barks. He then normally gets super obedient in the last 5 minute of the walk, no pulling, no barking... I just couldnt figure out why he barks, when there is absolutely nothing. He could stand barking at a building because his bark echos from the building. I tried ringing a few dog trainers but they are reluctant to help as soon as I mentioned I am a foster carer. So I am hoping someone can tell me the right way to train this dog to stop barking... oh, and he goes absolutely MAD when he sees other dogs wen I walk him.. thank you

I learned to live with the hair, thats easier... LOL I do vacc every morning but cant be bothered at night. My dog likes to rub her face on the couc after eating a bone or rub on the carpet after her meal..

Hi All, I broke up with my partner late last year and my partner has claimed the dog that we had together, an american staffy. As much as it hurts, I had to accept the fact that one of us is going to take the dog. I have moved on and now ready to get a dog myself. I have experienced with uppy and training because I trained my staffy and had her since she was 8 weeks old. I understand I cannot leave puppy at home for too long while I am at work. With my first puppy, I went home during lunch time to give her lunch and take her out for oitlet and played withher a little bit because my office was close to home. But I have moved away and I am not sure I can go home during lunch now to care ofr my puppy if i get one now. I just want to know has anyone done this while having to work full time? I think the worst case scenario is to negotiate with my boss to have 1 hour lunch instead of half an hour and go home during lunch to care forthe puppy. or I will just have to adopt one. I just want to make sure I can commit to the pup 100% before I get one. P.S. I am looking for a Golden Retriever. thank you

no they are the raw ones.. so i guess i shall remove it from her then?

Hi All, I bought some roo tails from the pet store to give it to my AmStaff (14 months old). She is chomping the bone as well, I am afraid she will get choked? Is it safe to let her have the whole tail? or shall i strip the meat out? But if i do that, then what's the fun for her? thanks

Thank you everyone for your input. Thought i will post an update onhow my staffie is doing.. She is ok now, happy as ever, eating, chewing and pooing, still acting crazy.. The vet did 3 xrays and found nothing in her stomach, her stomach and intestine looked perfect so they didnt operate her and pinned it down to kennel cough. Dog stopped throwing up after we left her at the vets for xray... by evening, she was all normal, no cough, no spew.. total bill: $600 but thank GOD she is ok and we didnt have to cut her open.

yes, her poo is normal, very moist and er.... just like a sausage

Not yet, the last time i rang them, they are doing blood test. but the nurse said she is very happy in her cage, playing with the staff there.... Still coughing though

she is pooping and eating and vomitting. the vet didnt want to operate her without doing an xray and blood test. We really do not mind spending the money to operate her but we are reluctant to let her go through an operation .. if she is lying there lifelessly, i will force the vet to operate her now! but she is as happy as ever just with the cough and vomiting.... she will cough cough then 'blueek....'....

Was she vaccinated for KC? Yes, but the vet said the vacc is not guaranteed....

Your dog should be under observation at a surgery, not at home. I'd not be mucking around with this. Adding more food to her system will simply put more pressure on the obstruction. she is at the vet under close observation, they are going to do a blood test and xray on her and will keep me posted

There are going to do the exploratory if they cant see anything in the x ray. I am not f*cking around for sure, the vet said the dog doesnt seem to be in pain because she is jumping around and want to play. But the excitement does no good to her kennel cough

Cheska still wants food and wants to play but she seem reluctant to drink, which i am very worried because she just threw up liquid! She still come to me every morning asking for her breakfast and finished up within seconds and ate her dinner as usual. Still wants to play tug and kept eyeing her kong. We did tell the first vet that she was vomiting, but she said it is normal with the coughing???

My Staffie pup, Cheska is 8 months old and got pretty sick yesterday morning. Hacking cough and throwing up white liquid. Then she kept throwing up every hour, sometimes with food sometimes just while liquid. So we took her to the vet, the vet said she has kennel cough and gave her a jab and some anti viral. But she didnt improve at all, so we took her to another vet the next day... The day before she got sick, she chewed up a hose tap (those red plastic nut that you attached to the hose), we found bits and pieces on the lawn, then when she threw up, one tiny piece came out in her spew. SHe never bothered the hose before, not sure why she wanted to chew it up now... The second vet told us that she suspect something is stuck in her stomach, they need to do an xray but because it is plastic, it may not show up, so they will have to operate her stomach to see if anything stuck there. The operation will cost $2000. Now, yes it is expensive and big amount for us but we love the dog and there is no way i will let her suffer. But i am really reluctant to let them just cut her open because they suspect something is in there. So i told the vet to do whatever she can to see whats in there before they operate her. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Please do not give too much raw hide to your pup. They are bad. Once a month is ok, but not more than that. My pup loved them so i gave her quite a few and she got so sick eventually, after paying $600 in medical, finally found out it is the raw hide that causing it. Explosive diarrhea and throwing up... not a good scene

My pup does it too, i realised if she just go to sleep right after dinner, very likely she will throw up in the morning (4-5am), throw up all her dinner and the food came out as a whole..not digested at all. But she doesnt look sick, she is still happy and look for more food. So now I make sure to play with her after dinner so she doesn't throw up...

Please do not give too many pig ears to your pup. My pup can't tolerate that, she loves them, but she will throw up a few hours after she eats one. And raw hide chew is bad too, she used to get them till they started to give her explosive diarrheoa and vomiting. Now she doesn't get anything but occasional bones... and kong.

Some dogs do eat their poo, it is not abnormal. My pup did that last timebut she stopped after awhile. if you want your pup to stop, try putting some pineapple juice in his meal, apparently that will stop dog from eating his poo. :rolleyes: but it is not a big deal really, it happens to many dogs

My does it all the times, bark sometimes as well. Once I caught her mouth moving like she was chewing something when she was clearly asleep. Must be dreaming about food... lol

is there a particular food that he really likes? Stuff the food in a kong, tie the kong to the end of the crate, so he has to go in to chew the kong. Also whenever he goes in there by himself, lots of praises. I understand that your pup doesnt have high food drive but is there anything that he loves?? When i train my pup, i always get into this excited and happy gesture (totally like a monkey, swining my arms and hopping) when i want to get her into the crate, she gets excited too and wants to know what's in there with me being so happy. So she happily go into her crate, then i reward her a big treat. Now... whenever she see me tucking into her treat box or holding her kong, she will go in immediately, and sits there patiently.... It was a frustrating process but needs a lot of PATIENCE.. but the outcome is rewarding..

Hi all, Does anyone know any good trainers in Perth that offer one to one training service at my house? I have a 5 months old pup having problems with visitors. She is crate trained but will keep whining when there are visitors, and if i let her out, she will just keep jumping onto the visitors. So i am hoping there is a trainer that can come to my house to give me some tips as I hate to see my visitors being annoyed by my pup. They love her but sometimes, they love to have a peaceful and quiet conversation without my pup whining in her crate. thanks

Yes, crate is fantastic. My 16 wks old staffie sleeps in her crate every night, and she sleeps through the night till my alarm goes off at 6:30am. Tho sometimes she will still get a bit naughty an just want to play when it is bed time, i can jsut call her into the crate and lock it. She will whine for a few minutes, wanting to play but she will fall asleep within 5-10 minutes. but you just have to be careful when you train your pup to be locked in crate, because you dont want him to hate the crate, you want him to loveeeee it good luck!

What you said is true.. Ok, i jsut have to be tougher .. I had no problem teaching her to sleep in her crate at night, i think i justh ave to use the same technique again.. but still i will like her to know only to get up to the bed when I say 'OK'