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I will throw in my two cents worth, I have three males intact, I have never had fights with my males, however I had plenty with females, I have a no of friends who will tell you the same. I don't think it is about eating first who goes through anywhere first, it is about the personalities of the dogs and you how they live etc. You don't need to be a control freak, you need to be placid and easy to get on with if there is peace an harmony in your house your dogs will reflect that. Males fight because they have to for one reason or another females fight because they are just plain cussed the same in the human world Beagie

it pays to keep anti hystermines in the cupboard at all times (polaramine is a good one) my Beagle got a b sting his jaw quickly became a football, there is a liquid version also if your dog is not used to taking tablets my Beagle and other pointer are used to it but not this boy. Another trick I learned from an old friend if they won't open their mouth and won't eat even is put the tablet against their teeth and push it to the back of the mouth inside the lips of course, just rub gently the tab will disentergrate with the saliva and against their teeth they start to chew and it goes down. He is still a very sick dog and I doubt he will ever be his old wacky self again. Beagie

it comes up like a pimple with a white head on, can then leak white gunk, of course he was licking it and it went into a sore, he still has a way to go, but at least was barking when I came home a good sign although his body has not gone back to normal as yet. It is very scary stuff. Beagie

I don't know if this is relevant, to this forum, however will give it a try. I would like to remind all that it is not just snakes that can bite but also spiders. My lovely old GSP has just come through the worst possible nightmare with a spider bite. He was wrongly diagnosed by two vets and wrongly medicated which caused more complications. I myself found the bite, after he had almost died and I medicated him with polaramine His back leg was swollen one side at the flank caved right in the flank came right down his kneck and brisket three times longer than they should be, in short he looks like he has a blood hounds skin instead of a GSP A lot of this caused by wrong meds being mixed. As to long lasting results who knows, I hope he will return to normal, where was the bite on the back of the sheath where the Willie is, I guess vets don't look there In short if the dog comes up with symptoms that no one can put a name to, take the time to go over it and see if there is a bite somewhere. I hope all your dogs are safe from this horror Beagie

way to go Scooter Beagie

I will be working on Rally when it comes in I have another twelve months with my baby before I intend to put him in the ring Rally will be first. I have just made all the signs etc. for practise, I train in a group where I live all the group will be working on it Beagie

Yes, more photos please people! Thanks for posting yours. I don't have any photos of my girl "in action", but would love to see some others Ruby Star most of the things you need like dummies etc. can be bought from the Secretary of the retrieving club here in WA> a very helpful lady will go to endless lengths to help. Beagie

Yes dogs usualy turn and face you and sit by default, they are not marked on whether they sit straight or not the only marking for obedience is when you are heeling up the race to the start peg. Retrieving is a straight out straight back exercise, (after they have made the pick up that is) you need to be able to direct your dog to go left or right or back so you can use different toots for each thing. Most people use silent whistles, I have always used a shepherds whistle, I think it is a matter of taste. Your dog is going to go on the scent of the bird wherever it has dropped directions are not usualy used until the dog is out of novice it is not like training in obedience the dog needs to be able to work naturaly as a gun dog should Beagie

Yes but not with this little ball of frustration and now I know why!!!!! We are having a few days off where hopefully latent learning will magically appear and when I try again on Saturday all problems will have magically disappeared. Bedazzled is going to read this when she comes home and laugh :D I have been practising saying toloame leaving out the P LOL LOL If you see either Julie or Carolyn at the trial on the 10th. if you have my I Squeeks can you give them to one of them for me as they will phone me when they get home I only leave a couple of streets away from them thanks Beagie

Oh I luv it a new title OC must put that in my memory banks Beagie

I scatter kibble or biscuits (whatever you prefer to call them) all around the patio under the outdoor setting everywhere Billy can get to without destroying anything by the time he has found them all and gone back on a hunt in case he has missed something, I am home, or he will go to sleep. He does have a ten k walk early in the morning before I go anywhere and some training. Billy is a Beagle so very food motivated also. Most toys he can destroy so I do not leave them with him on his own, however he has a paddling pool I throw the non destructable toys in that also, so he gets them all out of the pool and drags them around and plays with them. I read on another site this morning with scent hounds use Cedar, so I bought some Cedar oil to use on the garden lights, however I don't think Bulldogs are scent hounds. Your only other option realy, if you are away eight to ten hours however long you work (and that is a long time in the life of a dog) is to construct a full proof run. Beagie

the reason for using a clicker (which you doubtless know,) is it is an instant and static sound, your voice can change from time to time and dose not register so quickly on their brains, I have totaly clicker trained Billy, I only need to pick it up and I have instant focus, but of course horses for courses whatever suits each individual is what we use. Beagie

As far as I am aware no one at least in WA has to belong to a Club in order to trial, you just have to belong to, in our case, Dogs West, there is nothing in the ANKC that says you have to belong to a Club to trial. Please correct me if I am wrong Beagie

Just as a point of interest, I bought some chicken sausages for my little man, put a piece in my mouth for him to take, it was so so salty, have you tasted yours Billy luves fish, that is his high value treat Beagie

poodle crossed with a GR should be pretty smart. With an older dog that has been taught nothing, first thing you do is cut the food back don't feed for a day so that she gets the idea okay if I can figure out what this human wants bessed I do it real fast if I intend to get fed. That sounds harsh but in reality is not the dog is probably over fed anyway. You can't expect and older dog to switch on like a new pup, especialy if she has been taught nothing. Theory is you need a hungry dog if you intend to food train a dog, that has never even had the concept Beagie

great pics we have a Beagle here in WA doing both Agility and Obedience I won't say what class as I am not sure however she is past Novice, it's fun watching all the UTubes amazing how many there are on Beagles. I was impressed at the amount of different breeds at the Agility Nationals this year now the heights have changed it evens things up a bit Beagie

I have my hands behind my back, the right hand full of food transfer one piece at a time to the left hand, feed from the back of the head to stretch the head up, if your dog is wrapping then you are bringing your hands to far across your body hence the dog is following. Theory is if the dog is wrapping it is not good for the spine, if the head is straight up it is in a straight line with the spine therefore not causing so many problems with the spine. However there are a lot more experts than me with doubtless other ideas Beagie.

I think join the club of pup owners. Interestingly enough I saw on the Beagle site in order to stop their Beagle from chewing up the retic they put in dummy retic, the Beagle chewed on that for awhile then stopped, not that I am sugesting you plant more trees. My Beagle has been pretty good, but then I am with him a lot so can stop him, incidentaly spraying things just makes him lick, it then makes him sick, usualy in the middle of the night not fun Beagie

sorry I have no idea how to do that, I do have an excuse, old age, LOL LOL it is a K9 Cmere it's a helpful recall tool when the dogs are running a long way out and my voice goes on me Beagie

Ptolomy I hope you will see this, if you havent sent away your order as yet I would like to add another item don't know your private email Beagie

don't know think I saw him on a hunting site, not sure, however sure has found a way to make a lot of money, I don't think it is a good idea to send your dog away to be trained although a lot of Americans do it, not for me Beagie

Maybe one day you can enter Lexi in open nfc or UD nfc and you can see how it feels :-) I wasn't aware you could do a nfc in obedience, that's interesting Beagie

must be something about GSD's they have them in WA also, I used to hate having to go and get the Agility equipment out of the shed's for that reason never saw one myself but plenty of people have. Snakes don't generaly trot around in front of you if your unlucky enough to strike one then you have a nervous break down like I do, although I run my dogs in a bush area all summer. Beagie

No, Abby is my friend's Kelpie. She's 5! But I only started training her at the beginning of the year and only once per week. So she has done quite well for how little training we get to do together! Sorry to hear about Bronte - I didn't know that she had skin issues, too! geez we could start up a support group - Obedience Trainers with Itchy Dogs Well go Abby I say, great work. I have no idea what your dog has. I assume he has been blood tested so you have a name to put to it. The only reason I am asking is because my GWP had major issues, in fact when I bought him another breeder said the dogs from that kennel loose their coates. No one would tell me why. In short I had him blood tested and he came up with a thing called Malacesia, he was put onto a human drug which is quite expensive, however on a month long dose (in short boming it) he now looks better than he ever has and he is ten yrs. old his coat is lovely. With this he also gets a black gunge in his ears, has burst two ear drums (which re grow) and has had a haematoma in his ear. The drug he has when he breaks out keeps this thing under control. If you have a mind to ask me more you may email me privately, he was on all sorts of other drugs before we went onto this one, we only got it because I made the vets life a misery about it Beagie Yep, skin issues started when she was about five months old. I really need to take shares out in my vet and the veterinary dermotologist centre. We now 'mostly' have the itch under control on a relatively safe drug. But her infections are a whole other issue. She is rarely off antibiotics for longer than a week or two, its really quite heartbreaking and I really fear for the long term impacts. But we have to keep them comfortable and as fit and active as we can don't we.

If you come up with an answer for keeping the nose off the ground let me in on the secret please. So far I have found only continious work at it, hoping in the end the nose forgets to go down. A little tip Beagles knecks are slightly longer than the average canine which is why it is easy for the nose and those big floppy ears sweep up the scent tough for the poor little guys Beagie