Mrs Rusty Bucket

It's not looking good http://www.holidayingwithdogs.com.au/listings/town/748/ Sometimes you get a different answer if you ring up and explain that you are one of the dog obsessed, your dog is highly trained and valuable and there is no way in hell you'd let it off lead and you have a lovely crate which means it will not be sleeping on the bed or their carpet.

I wonder if AWL does that in Adelaide (Wingfield) - cos my dog had a very tiny spey scar but she was very tiny when it was done... wasn't on the midline tho.

somebody put a wombat on tinder... looking for girl wombats. Except wombat's profile had a very cute bloke in it which confused things.

there but for the grace of god go I... So sorry kirty... it could happen to any of us. Ie just when I'm feeling high and mighty about my dog not chasing cars - she runs in front of one. All my fault for not putting her on lead. And fortunately the car was going very slowly. But I was lucky. So far so good with your dogs - here's hoping Pudding is ok too.

That's why it works better if he doesn't get a choice. By lead or by carry - he gets put on the grass, gets his feet wet...

interesting info about slowing down the kong wobbler. I too have resorted to a bob-a lot - tho my dog can empty the basic lid capacity in less than five minutes unless she shuts the slider herself - she can shut it but hasn't figured out how to open it and will go nuts with it as long as it rattles. Dug through the bottom of one of my soft sided crates. I used to have a squirrel dude but that's for bigger kibble too.

I used to carry my princess Aussie terror out into the middle of the lawn when it was raining so she'd go. There was no way she was going there voluntarily - the carpet was so much nicer. And no coming back inside until required performance has happened. Otherwise the dog is training you to let him go inside.

Redfeather You need blinkblink aka Adelaide Groomery on Payneham road. She's not working this week but hopefully will be back to it soon. Me and Snook and Evil hound and Justice all highly recommend her. And she will let you observe but prefers you out of sight of the dog - cos dogs try to train their owners to "save them" from the horrible person with the water and the dryer... But owners feeding treats (me) can get in the way and interrupt the flow. But I have gotten in the way and trust her now to do the right thing by my dog. And she'd have no hope with Justice if she couldn't keep a dog calm and happy. Skills that so many vets and vet nurses don't have let alone other groomers.

Maybe he's allergic to doonas. Definitely not the bored thing then. My dog is allergic to the grass in my lawn and if she spends too much time lying on that she gets very itchy and a horrible rash. So I put a tarp (pegged down) with a towel or jumper rag on it for her to lie on.

Ok that first one I call a check check check... (Susan Garrett's cue for it) The second one... I think is a check check with a Katcher? blind cross around the wing. I'd have to say "out" (move out from me) to get her over the other jump on the way back. Hmm not really changing arms tho if you've used the same arm to send the dog over, but all the shoulder plane stuff is different. I think Susan uses Lalala if she wants her dog to go around the back of the jump and jump back towards her... We don't have that one yet. what ever way I run - I don't want to be doing pirouettes on my dodgy knee which a lot of front cross stuff does to me. My dog loves to rear cross me (blind cross) and I'm still trying to figure out how I can use that to change arms. Should be easy. I just run where I want to go and put the arm up on the side I want her to be. And hope she doesn't trip me up.

ellejaytee I'm not a behaviour expert so these are guesses... The doona has become like a comfort blanket to him and de-fleaing it is comforting to him. I think if this is not causing any other problems - I'd leave him be with it, otherwise if you stop him from doing it he may transfer to some other behaviour that is not so desirable like tail chasing or ripping couches up. So I would let him have the doona but I'd still work on distracting his attention from it without physically separating him - ie it has to be his choice to let it go. You might be able to get him to transfer his attention to a baby toy like a teddy bear or something - try getting daddy to sleep with the toy then give it to the dog. Do you play any training games with him to engage his brain, build his confidence and wear his brain out a bit? I don't know if that will help but it seems like he doesn't have enough to do that he's looking for ways to entertain and comfort himself when he might be sleeping. As for not being able to call him off once he gets going... I'm guessing this is a high focus behaviour or high distraction eg a level 10 distraction and your treats are only level 8. It's possible to work on this - ie push the envelope back on how distracting the cleaning is, just around the edges of where he loses it and becomes over excited (obsessed) by the doona cleaning. I think catching him in the moment before he goes over the top and giving him something else to do is definitely worth a try. I work with my dog and cats - and she has to be a fair distance from the cat to still be able to pay attention to me and we work on reducing the distance (with the cats who stand their ground - tho they're pretty easy now and I don't want to reduce the distance to claw range). Some dogs do get OCD behaviours and sometimes medication + training is the only way around it.

South Australia is planning to bring in a State Government registry combining all the council registries... so yet another. And all dog owners will be required to update it every year. Dunno how the president of my former dog club is going to cope. She refuses to own a computer let alone use the internet.

Ooh that's a tricky one. I wish my "independent weaves" were a lot more independent but even if they were, I don't know how I'd tell her to go to the far end of the weaves without being at the end of the scramble (do I have an independent scramble - sort of, she will go up and down it without me - contact - sometimes). Cos where I'd really like to be going as an H is towards 14 for that loop. Not sure what you mean by reverse spins and flips We know spin and twist (spin the other way), don't know what a flip is. We can do "roll over" but I don't want to see that on an agility course. I know what a flick (away) is.

I think it goes like super nanny putting yoyo butt kids to bed at night... They get up, you tell them bed time and put them back.... the second time - you say nothing, you just put them back. And the third time - you can do with the dog what you cannot do with the kids... put the dog to bed and shut the door so he has to stay there. Ignore all yelling. Telling the dog "enough" and pulling away - might be fun for the dog... so after the second time - I'd be putting the dog where they can't go back for more.

A while back, I tried to get my dog's microchip recorded on the database our local vets use but the system was down, and it was a serious PITA. I can't get the main page (linked here) to cough up any info other than it's registered. But not what state or what kind of dog or anything - I can't verify the information is correct. Ok - I was wrong - the "print registration certificate" lets me do this http://www.aar.org.au all the details look correct but you don't need much info to get in. Eg an ex could easily update details. Or anyone with the details for dogs advertised on gumtree. I probably should ask the vet to do it as they have more access (hence me trying to get the damn thing registered with the local version that they use). I should also get the vet to check they can find the chip. But it would be really bad to have different details across the registries. At least my council has the correct info. But you can't necessarily tell from the chip database - which council to ask.

My dog occasionally gooses humans. ARGH... Sometimes I can see it coming - running behind someone with her nose in the air... cos it smells extra good (double argh), and call her away. And she absolutely mugs people with treats but usually by doing the paddle (feet pumping) dance all around them - no actual contact. One reason I hate cocker spaniels is because my best friend when I was little lived with a crotch sniffer and it was impossible to get that dog to disengage. There's no way I'd stand back and laugh while my dog crotch sniffed a human, she'd be dragged away and back on lead pronto.

He is a dog. Desexing might not make any difference depending on whether he's been through doggy puberty or not and given the habit is a habit now. It did stop another dog I know from humping every dog it met. But with all things dogs do - if you don't like it, interrupt him or remove him from the sniff fest, maybe give him an alert that you're ending the game, eg "enough already" - grab his collar (you train collar grab game if you want him to be totally comfortable about this) and move him away. repeat as often as required. If you have to repeat more than twice, put him on lead and keep him out of reach... Deal with it the same way you would if he was chasing joggers without permission.

I do like the look of the no stink collar... I couldn't find the bit where it says what size is medium? I don't know if evil hound is medium or large. My fave canine conditioning teacher shared these the other day. No idea if they're any good. https://www.etsy.com/shop/dizzydogcollars share for a chance to win (as if). https://www.facebook.com/dizzydogcollars

I was thinking about the names that get every puppy at the park (besides pup pup pup) Cooper, Max, Jack, Harley, Dyson(there's a set of labs named after vacuum cleaners here), Micky, Charlie, Winston, Marley will all get you multiple boy dogs... After Cooper, I'm thinking German Beer Bier names? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Germany I like Dunkles - I really like drinking it too. And Bock - tho that could be misheard, like Bucket can be misheard. Prost - is sort of like "cheers" or "bottoms up" I kind of like but it's very similar to my dog's name so I couldn't use it.

Lemon juice on hands would probably work too, most dogs don't like the taste of citrus either. I accidentally trained a Staffy not to lick my toes - because they were slathered in Rid insect repellent - which doubled nicely as dog repellent. But that stuff is a bit toxic - you wouldn't want to do that on purpose. For catching a urine sample - I found one of those chinese take away containers works well - I could just shove in and under from behind. Someone else used a soup ladle with success - but even with a dishwasher - I'm not sure I could bring myself to use that ladle again. The chinese plastic container - I can throw away, recycle via the council bin or use for spider catching (after wash and dry).

The key criteria I have for dog name - is that it is easily yelled across the park. I like the idea that a Doberman might have a bold German name but a lot of those are hard to yell across the park. Apollo and Zeus - weren't those the names of the Dobermans in Magnum PI? They were quite the characters. Tho most Greek God names fail the name yell. Of the others I also like Diesel and Blaze. And you don't want a name that can be confused with a human - or do you? Some of my friends have been naming their dogs after abstract ideas a bit like the space shuttles eg favour swagger brave dare I like to name after weather phenomena Stormy Thunder Lightning Regan (german for rain) Snowy I guess Doberman is more volcano like eg Coal Ash I once named an Aussie Terror after a Cyclone... I'm coming up a bit blank for Doberman names. Fritz Helmut Kaiser Franz Berlin BadWolf Wolfegg (fantastic car museum there) Benz Audi And these ones could get you into trouble panzer tiger fury luger ruger There's lots of german actors including Walter Bruce Willis (die hard) So I guess you could use any of his character names you like too.

Completely agree with what you say here. But what you said you've been doing to sort it - isn't working - is that right? You need to do something different. I suggest rigger gloves for the needle teeth - but still be really boring (and push) when she bites. Things that failed for me in teaching not to bite: yelping ignoring scolding nose taps Things that worked (not necessarily in this order) gentle and slow push of hand towards back of mouth until dog spits, hold a second and let dog spit me out. Act boring for at least 30 seconds after this. you might also need leather rigging gloves initially so you still have some hand left. collar grabs: you train the puppy to enjoy having collar grabbed by pairing with treats eg one session - count five treats, say puppy's name, grab collar, give treat. let go - wait for attention to drift then repeat. Until the treats are all gone). Might need a few sessions for the dog to look forward to collar being grabbed. then if puppy bites, grab collar, gently separate dog from bited thing (eg your other hand), hold dog, count to three being boring (not moving or talking and no direct eye contact), let go and see what choice the puppy makes. Repeat as needed. If puppy latches on after the third time, then put puppy outside to give yourself a rest. crate time. - also need to train dog to love being in crate. but essentially if there are repeated fails (ie repeated bites), put dog in crate. distract and substitute - this is only appropriate with a young puppy - as they progress towards teens - you can expect them to be a bit more aware of what they're doing. Same thing you do with a toddler that grabs something inappropriate. geddit and give tug/toy game. Teaching a puppy when it's ok to grab something with its mouth and when to spit it out.

Yeah - newspaper - makes a great chew toy... if you don't mind shredded paper everywhere. Does not make a great correction tool - but you'd be amazed how many people told me to do that. The funniest version was - if she digs in the garden (as opposed to the wasteland at the back of my yard), to go beat up that bit of garden that you don't want her digging in it and scold the garden thoroughly... Another fail there. I scold - she helps scold (barking and snapping). I garden - she helps garden (digging and stomping and chewing)... She likes to help with the washing too. Managed to persuade her that there was no fun in swinging off stuff but she does like to fetch dirty laundry in case I missed it (eg separate the colours, get fetched a black sock to put in the white load).

Kind of. But when you use the facebook page map and your phone to navigate and you're coming from the beach... It all goes to hell. I will need to swap phone numbers with DTDO or redfox so I know when they will be there, cos I'm not going home to Mitcham after going to Tennyson Beach and then going to Sportdog. Found a great hamburger shop nearby on Grand Junction Road too. In the block of shops on the corner of McGregor Tce. BBQ Choice chickens or something. Not the one on the corner (doesn't do beef burgers) but the next one in.

I think bega make a low fat version of the processed cheese slice if you're concerned about his waist line :) Glad you found something that works.