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;) this could be the key or part of it to the change in his behaviour, over the nest few days try to wright down any changes in your routine that will also help the trainer to help you. Take care M

Hi, I found dogtree.com.au a good way to meet people in your area to walk and talk with

hello, I have a 21mth old desexed boy that has shown fear aggression since he arrived in our home at 14 weeks, I have exlpored many avenues to overcome his fear, clicker training with a Delta puppyschool,books, a Jan Fennell trainer, behaviouralist's another trainer and hours of pratice, we have made a great deal of progress but I have not been able to overcome his lunging and barking at other dogs, joggers pretty much anything that runs when we are walking, to the point I walk him when I know the streets and parks will be empty. Recently through talking with a trainer I had a light bulb moment that has lead me to beleive that he just does not feel safe with me and as I have seen him work with a trainer and he is a different dog and it's so upseting that I cannot achive the same level of trust that they can. He is a very smart boy and will allways test me and I feel I'm not experienced enough to pick up on these moments which then reinforces his defenceive behaviour. Through talking with someone who also had a fear aggressive dog and contacting the trainer they used and talking with them about our problems they suggested dog training and boarding so I've been checking out their site and so far it looks like they might have what I'm missing and I thought you might want to have a look as well, their videos are impressive and I'll aslo pay them a visit and maybe try and talk with some of their past clients, if your interested it's Alpha Boarding Kennels and you click on Boarding School for Dogs and that is where you will find the videos. If there is anyone who reads this and has used them or knows of them I'd love your feedback,they also have an interstate program, they are located in Victoria. I hope this helps us both, all the best, Lou

I loved watching them run, great video and Feathers retreat, sensible girl. Marianne

Just saw the puppies on the puppy page, give them a cuddle from me and I know you'll find the best homes for them

cute, hope the boy turns out to be show quality :D will break the girls up abit LOL how are the babies going? charlie has made friends with my sisters aussie, they had the best run on the beach though charlie was the only dog to go in swimming he just loves it

That's really good news,can't wait to see the photo's

I think it's time I introduced Charlie to this thread. Charlie is one year old and a Lagotto,he has had a rough start to domestic life but is now finding that humans aren't to bad and we are working on the last of his bad behaviour. After all that we have been through together I can't stress enough just how important it is to find and meet the breeder and their dogs and to see how they are housed and cared for as these dogs need to be handled and socialized from day one in my opinion or as with any dog you can have a lots of problems. Charlie is very clever and loves to learn but needs to be trained with a confident,no nonsense approach and lots of praise and he's yours, he needs lots of things to do as he's thinkng all the time and lets face it there's nothing better than digging the worlds biggest hole if you haven't had enough games,walks and swims .Charlie loves nothing better than to swim,at the beach he will swim out 200meters and swim for up to half an hour without coming in,they are such strong little dogs with buckets of engery so we are getting very fit ,he also loves to travel in the car and often comes along just for the ride. happy to chat about this very beautiful breed M

Well done you ,you have given me hope for Charlie and me, (he is fearfull)but we are starting a new training class soon Cheers Marianne