Pete.the.dog

No not sure I just asked if they had it and they said they did

Hi all, I just bought a kilo of 'dog mince' from my butcher as I want to start feeding my 11 month old that mixed with dry dog food, as I feel this would be better for him, I've tried finding info but have been unsuccessful - on how much I should feed him? He's 21kilos Any advice or pointing me to right direction would be greatly appreciated

I would not be positioning myself beside him for a start Stop, encourage him to come back to you and assume the position you want, praise for coming back/being with you. Everytime he pulls, you stop until he's in position (so the walk stops when he pulls). Nope, you don't get very long walks to begin with. I would also allow him plenty of "free time" when he can walk infront or beside or behind you (not pulling), not constantly at your side - it is his walk afterall! Maybe start with 10 seconds of him walking at heel (I know you don't mean the competition style heel) then 30 seconds of "walk where you like as long as it's nice", then 10 seconds of heel. Depends what your ultimate aim is - for now it's stopping the pulling, but later do you want a competition heel? No ultimate aims of competition heel, I just want him to walk nicely without pulling.. If I had any ultimate aim it would be to be able to walk without a lead

Ok thank you for that I'll give it a try this afternoon - I might look a little nuts changing direction every five seconds but I think it's worth it haha - thank you for the advice on correcting with the collar, hopefully that will stop the sulks "you are always the pool of happiness, sunshine and food" - I like this line!

And then he hangs back, and is reticent to come inside... perhaps , with all the manhandling, and changing of positions.. he is a bit anxious? Dogs , IMO don't get 'sulky'..they get confused or anxious, often... What procedure does your obedience instructor use/recommend? No sorry that's not right at all. As I said in my first post he is pulling ahead of me constantly. When he is pulled ahead I stop. Hold him steady until I move forwards to catch up to him, and then proceed with him by my side. I am not dragging an anxious dog along manhandling, I am trying to get him to stop pulling!

When he is walking next to me without pulling he is getting a lot of praise, if he's in the right spot - sorry I must not have made myself clear earlier - I am telling him good boy and praising him, then when he goes ahead of me he gets 'ah ah' and I stop, I feel like its a pretty clear message I'm giving him?

so are you keeping pressure on him whilst getting him in position? Sounds like he gets a pattern but not an overall walk. why not just give him a little correction on his collar if he's trying to pull or get ahead and only keep your voice to praising him for focus. If he wont sit push his bum down! I wouldnt be stopping and pulling him into position he's not understanding. Also if you're on a walk he shouldnt be in a tight heel its quite high pressure. He should be next to you and not ahead of you but that comes as he comes to understand the leash and trust you. No I don't want a competition heel I just want my arm to stay in tact! He is always pulling ahead of me, I just want him to be by my side not pushing ahead hence pulling on the lead. Praising in the right position, and giving little corrections (it ends up being he pulls little correction he pulls harder) hasn't worked so my instructor suggested I try this. It's not a tight heel that I am after, it's not pulling ahead

what do you mean by this? He could be confused and think he's being corrected for doing something he's meant too When he pulls on the lead ahead of me I saw 'ah ah' and stop, then holding lead tight i get into a position where he is standing next to my left legs and let the lead fall loose next to me and start walking with him next to me loose and say good boy, and praise him when he is in the right spot

My not-so-little man Pete is about 11 months, cross breed from the pound. I've had him around 3 months. When I got him he was very timid and clingy and afraid of men, with absolutely not training. I've since been taking him to obedience class, he's not afraid of men and has got his confidence back - in spades. He is quite independent and dominant, so I have been implementing the NILIF system, which is doing better, he's learning his place a bit better I think. But anyway say for example we are walking and he'll pull on the lead, I stop and then hold him still then make sure he is walking on loose lead next to me - but when we do this he refuses to sit when we get to a road (which he is normally very good at) and then we get home and he's all sulky and doesn't even want to come inside - is this normal in adolescent dogs or in training with NILIF!?

Gets around 45min to an hour running around with other dogs in the park every day, going through obedience school with him, doing NILIF as well as I can as well, sometimes I forget and give him a cuddle but most of the time am pretty good with it What time do you take him to the park.. in the afternoon? Yeah between 4-5, more around 4 now its getting dark earlie One possibility is that he is getting so aroused by play at the dog park that his adrenalin levels are remaining elevated overnight.. It takes hours or even days for these to drop. How aroused does he get? You could try an experiment and take him for a long quiet walk and see if that makes a difference overnight. Thank you I think this might be a good idea. To be honest I'm having a bit of an internal battle on the dog park issue. He loves it and it socialises him plus it gives him lots of good exercise, but it winds him up and I think makes his behaviour a little worse, or at least puts him in a situation with a lot of distractions which decreases obedience... I might have to consider stopping the visits.

Gets around 45min to an hour running around with other dogs in the park every day, going through obedience school with him, doing NILIF as well as I can as well, sometimes I forget and give him a cuddle but most of the time am pretty good with it What time do you take him to the park.. in the afternoon? Yeah between 4-5, more around 4 now its getting dark earlie

Gets around 45min to an hour running around with other dogs in the park every day, going through obedience school with him, doing NILIF as well as I can as well, sometimes I forget and give him a cuddle but most of the time am pretty good with it

I don't think anything has changed, still getting same amount of exercise, maybe he's hungry? I'll try feeding him a bit more - hopefully he doesn't fly right off the rails haha

Hi I've got an 11 month old boy, I've had him about 3 months and he was eating Pedigree dry dog food, I thought I should try and buy him something a little nicer (I am very short on money - uni student - so the really expensive stuff just isn't an option for me) so I bought a big bag of Supercoat. Over the last couple of days I have been gradually switching and maybe I'm crazy but his behaviour seems to have taken a turn for the worst. Last night he was up all night pacing around the room chewing up paper and stuff, he finally got to sleep around 4 I think but then when I got up at 7 he was up and jumpy and even nipping - which he doesn't normally do! Do you think this might be thanks to the supercoat? Has anyone else had any experiences with it? Thanks

What makes you say that? I'm not quite sure what you mean... are you teaching an emergency recall and come is the command you use? Think of it as giving him a proactive command rather than doing the work for him. Make going to bed something that he gets rewarded for. If you don't want to use come (i.e. you stand outside and call him out) then use a command like 'on your bed'. I use 'in your crate' for my beagle. If you have a read of the article NILIF that Persephone linked to it talks about making your dog pay for everything that is exciting and of value to him - I use it with my every day interactions with my dogs - do you have similar systems or rules in place with your dog? He's selective with the come command - anything more exciting and he ignores me, so I'm still trying to make come a 'happy thing' if that makes sense? So he's more likely to respond when it's important - that's what the obedience instructor said to do. As I said earlier, pete has to come and sit for pats and plays and before he comes inside and sit and drop for food, so if that is what you mean by a similar system in place for my dog then I think so, I have read about NILIF previously and have been trying my best to implement it for last month or so, if there is anything you think I'm missing or should improve on I'm grateful for any advice

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[i never use 'come'.. It's always" bed, now'.... with our guys. Good idea will see if that works

I just realised my reply sounded defensive, I didn't mean it to - I just meant I try really really hard not to spoil him!! I think I should not let boyfriend take out dog - maybe this was a case of spoiling myself - I didn't want to be the bad guy.. Am still a little reluctant to use 'come' command to put him outside?

Actually he has never been on my bed - ever. Nor has he ever been allowed on my furniture - he has occasionally got on the coach when left in a room alone and was told to get right back off it when I found him there. He sleeps on a little mat on my floor when he is in my room. He gets carried outside because I do not want to use the 'come' command to put him outside every night or he'd have even less chance of responding to it most of the time. When he comes in side he sits, stays while I walk through the door until I say 'in you come'. He's in an obedience class and also sits then drops for his meals and pats and plays. So thankyou for the advice but I'm not sure it would be relevant to this circumstance?

Actually he has never been on my bed - ever. Nor has he ever been allowed on my furniture - he has occasionally got on the coach when left in a room alone and was told to get right back off it when I found him there. He sleeps on a little mat on my floor when he is in my room. He gets carried outside because I do not want to use the 'come' command to put him outside every night or he'd have even less chance of responding to it most of the time. When he comes in side he sits, stays while I

I adopted a .. well who knows what he is... a gorgeous grey furry thing from the Moorook Animal Shelter (little plug) about 3 months ago, he's now around 11 months - Pete. Gorgeous thing, stubborn and independent but never had a problem with him, very gentle the only *rough* thing he does is jump up when excited and I think I've pretty much quelled that behaviour, sometimes when I am trying to de-mat his paws he opens his mouth and slowly moves it towards my hands, I don't think it's really that aggressive to me it seems more like he's just kind of telling me he hates me pulling his hair (fair enough if you ask me)... But last night my boyfriend (who Pete has always loved and was actually the only male Pete wasn't afraid of when I got him - happy to report he's got confidence around other men now too) went to pick up Pete who was lying on my bedroom to take him outside to his kennel and Pete growled at him - we've never heard him growl before! Now I know it sounds mean to pick him up but he was awake and this happens every evening so it wasn't unsurprising - I'm just a bit worried and I know my boyfriend was kind of hurt, that Pete may be aggressive?