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Hmm...Xmas tree + Jane + Gus= DISASTER :D It would have to be surrounded by 6 inch safety glass and I still wouldn't trust em!

Wow Lizzie1...your dog sure has a long..er...nose!

:D FranCQ...hope you enjoy your trip! If you are anywhere near Camperdown let me know so I can at least shout you a coffee! Tlc and Mawson...how exciting with you guys being on the front page! Lovely photos of everyone and the story was great too! The young doggy loving docs at work were very impressed with the delta program too. Well done!

OK....the xmas stuff is freaking me out :D I hate xmas with a passion and here you all are reminding me of it in the middle of November Welcome to the warny thread Lizzie1. The people here are mostly nice but some of us don't live in Warrnambool. I live in (bogan) Camperdown. What sort of dog do you have? Tlc, I didn't get the Standard today but I will make it my mission to get it everyday from now on so I don't miss the article! Gus would love to see his girlfriend in the paper too!

Thanks for sharing the photos of your exciting day today! Everyone looks really swish in their bandanas and tee-shirts and I love your choice of leads for the day :D

Sad news Tenties and sorry to hear you had such a rough night! Sleep peacefully little ones

I reckon smart dogs are harder to live with then er....um...not so smart dogs!

Oh Niques, This happened with Jane (Black lab x ) and its quite soul destroying isn't it! I'm sure James will turn around. With Jane, because she was a very smart girl but really really bratty, I switched to shaping with clicker training and she loved it! Really got her mind working!

Tlc...You're right about Gus, he does enjoy a cuddle more than anything else in the world! Sweet little man that he is but at 27kg and still growing, he does need to have some training He's never going to match Jane in Obedience mostly because he dosen't have the drive she does (which is great as I would go insane with 2 Janes!). He is a very relaxed lugger-head of a pup but I'm sure he has some hidden talents in the brain department we will see as he matures. Unlike Jane who was very rebellious, Gus was more scatter-brained and distracted today. He did do an excellent recall though BTW...you guys did a great job today...thanks!

Sound advice guys, Thanks! I know when Jane finally came good it was so sudden! Weeks and weeks of me smacking myself around the head and then all of a sudden she was so 'turned on' I had to check her name tag to make sure someone had'nt swapped dogs with me! The best thing was that it was great to feel her connection with me all of a sudden. I went from being that annoying thing on the other end of her lead to her team-mate! I was so relieved to have her 'mentally' back that I was on a high for the rest of the week!

Oh...thanks for the reminder, Whiskedaway! We finish up training in early December so hopefully not too many embarressing training sessions until he turns normal! ARGH! Today he was all over the place and was leading with his neck most of the time while his head tried to turn left, right, up, down and backwards but never never straight ahead! He was one of the taller ones there today too so it was hard to melt into the background! He didn't even know his own name today and when I gave him a gentle nudge with my knee in a vain attempt to get his attention, he'd spin around in the OTHER wrong direction with confused look on his happy little face!

Great photos everyone but my laptop dosen't like it when I laugh too much...it goes all wobbly on my tummy

Both my dogs have been ok to train until they hit the 9 month old mark. With Jane, it was like the switch turned off and did'nt get turned on again until she was about 11 months old. In those 2 months she turned into a deaf dog who was highly distracted by anything except the trainor that was at the end of her leash. During this time, I seriously wondered why we were even going to training (except for the socialisation) and it was quite dishartening to watch all the other dogs move forwards while Jane stagnated and even went backwards. Then one day a few months later, WHAM! The lights came back on and she was tuned in completely and its been fun and progressive ever since! Now Gus has turned the magic age of 9 months and he seems to have switched off as well! I'm assuming that it might be a few months before we see the light at the end of the tunnel with him. Just wondering if others have noticed this in their dogs and if so, do you persist with the training during this brain-freeze time or do you give it a rest for a while? Are there other tactics you use that work better while your dogs brain matured? My plan is to persist with training with Gus but not to beat myself up about his lack of progress...at least not for a few months anyway! ETA spelling is not my friend!

Oh OH Oh....how exciting!!! Can't wait to read the story and see the piccies! Will they tell you what day they are going to put the article in??? Not to worry...I'll just buy the paper everyday :D I would love the 'Tomorrow' series, Tlc! I've read the first one ages ago but not the others so the series would be fantastic!

Sorry to hear about 'Little Liver Treat' Tenties...RIP little man ;) Poor you, Tenties...nothing like a dark and stormy night to increase the fun of puppy sitting! If you need a hand with anything, just let me know. I'm very very good at puppy cuddling! ;) Tlc...we'll be at training tomorrow but not to walk afterwards as I have to go to an auction of a house some friends are interested in. I'd rather take the naughty puppies for a walk but someone's gotta bring the champers should they be sucessful! BTW...it can stop raining now!!!! :D Tim and Tanya!

:D Baby photos???!!!????

I hope Hoover's eye are better soon!. Green goop makes me feel abit icky! BTW...Elbie and Hoover sound abit like my two. We got mad, bad smarty pants Jane first and then Gus a year later who is easy peasy, calm and just a little bit thick. They are miles apart in personality and yet they love each other to bits!

Tough one...the long leash needs to be waterproof as they can get really really heavy once wet and encrusted with sand. also, they can be a danger to other dogs.

If this is something you are thinking of setting up as a business, could you please move to Camperdown first! :D

How very very sad for you and your family! Take the time to grieve for your Sophie and remember that you gave her the best life for 8 years and also the best death...no lingering suffering or pain. Saying goodbye is just too hard sometimes but to help them on their way painfree is the last best thing we can do. :D

UHG...the public hospital system stinks! I was basically told by one public hospital that the patient should ring and annoy them every week in order to get the out patients appointment they need in order to get on the waiting list for the operation they needed 2 years ago!!!! WTF!!!! What do they need to do with your eye, Tenties??? How is young Fidget and the bubs going???

Here are a few of my fav's

When we adopted Gus, I was told that his mum was a pure bred Golden Retriever so he is officially registered as a Golden Retriever x. People generally ask me what he is, I tell them and they just look at me as if to say...'Tell her she's dreaming" :D

All I can say is... :p :D :) Well done to you all for making Ben the lovely gentleman he is today! Beautiful photos BTW!

Glad to see its all coming along so well Tlc! I'm sure Lacey and Tully will do fine in the lift. They are so connected to you so they will have all the confidence in the world. How long time-wise do you visit for each time???? Looking forward to the piccies in the paper!