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Our lab started doing that at a young age, we were taught to quickly, but firm and not painfully, close your hand over her mouth , and the words we said were "no biting". It didn't take long to learn that if she started it, she'd get her mouth shut pretty quick :-)

Hi everyone, Just wondering if there are any good courses in Sydney to learn how to train dogs? I'm not looking at becoming a Dog trainer as such, but wouldn't mind learning some new skills!

my staffy x lab has a few of those too, vet said is from lying on hard surface plus he has quite dry skin. He has 2 beds and a kennel but chooses to lie on top of the kennel, or on the hard cement lol

Did anyone else watch this? I love her training methods. A lot of it is standard stuff, but she had a great way of explaining it and some really great ideas and problem solving. I'm going to hunt down a copy of her book!

My dogs are completely housetrained - its not that they don't know they need to go out, its that I go out a lot and on pouring wet freezing days it would be nice if they could stay in and not have to wait for me to let them out :-) Thanks for the suggestions so far, will look into it :-)

Hi all, Ok, so I want to know if anyone here has successfully used an indoor litter box/toilet for their dogs? If so, which one and how much was it? I'd love to be able to get my 2 doggies something to use inside, as its sometimes hard to get them outside when they need to go, ie tonight when there is bad rain/storm coming :-) Any suggestions/thoughts? Thanks!

I had some success with soaking the kibble in soy milk (warm or cold) before feeding...

what dry foods are the best ? am hunting for a recent photo..:-)

hehe well looking at her now.. she doesn't seem "big" or fat to me - doesnt look any chubbier since our previous vet visit when they said she was in perfect condition lol I have a biased opinion tho! here is a pic of the princess. I was laughing when Scott told me what the vet said, said " if i feed her any less I won't be feeding her at all!" hahah (pic is a few months old) She is a real fit little thing - will keep her exercise up and cut back even more on her food and see how she goes :-)

sorry did this twice!

Well just found out today apparently half a 1.2kg can of dog food at night and dry in the morning is too much for a 2yo lab! She weighs in at 29kg and the vet said that is too heavy (up from 25 kg a few months ago). What do all you other lab owners feed and how much? She gets heaps of exercise - doesn't look fat as such but is a small (runt) girl so I guess is too heavy for her size. Here i was thinking i had it down pat - people always comment on her " oh.. she is a skinny labrador" etc.. so im guessing there are a lot bigger fatter ones out there than her! Anyone have any tips to keep her royal highness a bit less chubba - vet suggested just dry food - but i know after a few days she isn't too impressed - tried that once before!