aussielover

*big hint* The name is actually on the website info down the bottom of the photo (whihc you can barely see)

Nope. The first letter is in the last five letter of the alphabet

No it is a european breed of dog. The first letter of the name is in the second half of the alphabet.

It looks like a curly coated retriever... Yeah it looks like Curly Coated Retriever x Newf, much too heavy for a curly coat Its a purebred! No not a CCR (maybe it could pass for an obese one LOL)

otterhounds, very cute! I doubt these are in australia

otterhound

Thanks aidan

oh I've seen 8 weeks old puppies display resource guarding with both food and toys. It is somehting i would think is fairly natural inj a youngish puppy, it is more like a survival instinct rather that genetic aggression problem i would have thought though. By 7 months though, the dog should have been trained to accept people taking away possessions though. it sounds like this dog has a training problem and leadership problem more than a genetic aggression issue though. even so, a person with very little idea of how to train and raise dogs should certainly not be breeding!!!! This dog needs professional help now as the owner has demonstrated they have little knowledge of the subject. Also the dog has already learnt that biting= successful The advice from the vet is shameful and they should know better

I was under the impression that an intermittent reward schedule only resulted in the behaviour becomes more resistant to extinction and usally effects behaviour that the dog offers thmeselves rather than is commanded to do, not having effect on the actual reliability of obeying a command? Am confused now though I prefer to reward my dog 100% for recall, i don't want her thinking i *might* get rewarded if i go back, i want her thinking i will DEFINITELY get a yummy piece of chicken, cheese etc if i go back now, Especially if it is a choice between playing with a friend or chasing a bird and coming back to me. Because if she only *might* get a reward, then its a choice between maybe chicken but defintiely getting to play/chase birdie etc.... I don't know perhaps a trainer could recommend whats best? I dont reward for slow recalls though, but will reward for recalling off a big distraction always. I do only reward somtimes for other behaviours though. Pavlovs dog is a result of classical conditioning, nothing like intermittent rewards??

Oh sorry i just meant medium- long haired dog inn general (like my last dog). I wasn't specifically referring to your dog. Proban is supposed to be one of the most effective. If you were really worried i would use proban plus either FL or advantix.

My dog is not a serious chewer, she is more of a "nibbler" but I can tell when this happens she is bored/frustrated. When she begins to nibble on things, I take her outside and play with her for a bit in the garden, maybe do some training or go for a quick walk (10 mins or so). If when we have finished that, she continues to chew, she will go into her crate or the laundary. I usually put her in her crate with a kangaroo or rawhide type chew or one of her toys, as i understand she is a puppy and she is teething.

Is she crate trained? Maybe you could put her in there when you can't supervise her directly. I would also start putting her in time outs for misbehaviour if you haven't already tried that. If my puppy does something naughty i will just quietly and calmly put her in the laundary for 5 minutes or so (remove her form the "pack") and this seems enough punishment for her as she likes to be with us.

Mindy gets around 2 cups of pal puppy a day plus a lamb shank or lamb flap and a greenie or kangaroo chew and training treats.

If he swims the tick collar won't be effective! I am using frontline and advantix, alternating the two very two weeks. Have not had any ticks yet. Was using a tick collar as well but kept forgetting to take it off for swimming. If you do remeber to take it off for a swim it takes 24 hrs to be effective again so not worth it imo. I would use proban on a coated breed for sure.

I do believe that many dogs have a natural instinct to resource guard which is genetic. I don't actually believe this is abnormal behaviour in most cases. I've seen plenty of pups that begin to exhibit the warning signs of resource guarding, however, these can usually be corrected with early training and intervention and in 99% of cases never cause any problems later on in the life of the dog. If my own personal dogs exhibited resource guarding that could not be corrected with appropriate training and persisted when the dog got older (ie around breeding age), then I would probably chooose not to breed from it. If it only did it to other dogs then that is is different story, it hardly means its going to be a danger to people. My own previous dog was severely food aggressive to other dogs, it was dangerous to feed her around other dogs, yet we could take a juicy bone from her mouth with no fuss at all. So i don't think the 2 are necessarily connected.

I'm happy to walk him he is adorable but do you still need someone for friday jacqui? because i won't be able to do him on fri as i have work then going out. will def to saturday though!!!

I am just about to go out, so someone else can take my turn to post please

schillerstovare?

YES! aren't they pretty?

LOL so its ok for singles or childless couples to have to drug themselves to sleep.

No it is from morocco

Sorry but having to medicate one's entire family every night due to a neighbours dog is hardly a realistic option for sleep. so you would rather have whole families drug themselves to sleep, than let a one dog have a simple surgucal procedure done by a qualified veterinarian? nice ETA not directed at you PF

No not large munsterlander. They are not in australia to my knowledge. They are pretty rare and are herders/flock guardians (hope i haven;t made it too easy now)

Just make sure you check them everyday.

hey jacqui ive sent you a PM