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because there are many that don't. Many people do the old "turn away and pretend I haven't seen what is happening" trick. That is when I smile, present them with a bag and say " you obviously didn't see him doing his business, here's a bag". I once copped the other end of it (so to speak :D ) - I ALWAYS pick up my dog's poo but once I was walking her in my local park, she stopped, I saw she did a wee, and kept walking... Some guy pushing his kid in a pram abused me for not picking up her poo!!! I walked over and explained I could tell she hadn't done one, then he pointed to an old one someone else hadnt picked up! To me it was very obvious it wasn't her poo (aside from seeing her weeing, it was old and dark brown- Honey's are never like that) but I shut up and picked it up anyway, what else could I do? I quite often pick up other poos that have been left behind (I'd hate a dog hater to punish all of us for one wrong deed), so I was MORTIFIED this guy thought I'd left it behind... ;) Actually, a little OT but on the subject of pooing- I just assume everyone knows the different postures of dogs pooing (back humped right over, bum tucked under) and weeing (front bum low to ground, tail up, back straight, chest up). Makes sense a non dog owner wouldnt, but do all of you?

He doesn't like it but doesn't growl at me. He will attempt to take his food away if I approach him while he's eating but if I call him he will come away from the food. I think it must be a game to him, especially considering he went to the effort to bring his bone next to the teddy bear despite the bone and the teddy being at other ends of his pen. I just wonder why he does it? Check with K9 for advice, you should be able to take any food off* him, with him showing NO*aggression signs whatsoever, you really need to get onto this ASAP. Sorry where did I say he showed any sign of aggression? He doesn't like me taking food away but he doesn't show any sort of aggressive tendancies when I do. Just this morning I pulled a half eaten bone out of his mouth without a single hassle. Again I never said it was cute, I said it was weird and was curious about why he does it. He hasn't shown any signs of food aggression towards me or my partner or my other dog so you guys need to stop jumping to conclusions. I have discussed this with a respected professional and have been informed that plenty of puppies do this during their ranking/shaping developement phase which is what he's entering into now. I didn't say he show aggression toward anyone - I took his teddy bear reaction as a show of aggression, if you prefer not calling it that way or accepting the facts fine.

Do you give them a BIG walk & mental stimulation before leaving? If not you really should

The other dog was trying to tell her he was the boss.. I don't know if I would want my puppy in an offleash area? I would have asked the owner to keep his dog under control, even though off leash its still need to be kept under control.

I find Staffies pulling more difficult than GSDs because they are built like bricks, very powerful with a low centre of gravity. Certainly as a vet nurse having to restrain a dog for a procedure, I would choose a taller leggier breed over a brick any day! Feels like they were made using a few horses lol

Their current dog still need to learn how to walk properly on leash I'm only suggesting this for now as, any robust dog big or small not taught to walk on leash in the right manner WILL still pull. ETA. eg, one day a Staffy showed up on our door step, we rang animal management they gave us the owners detail(just down our street), put him on leash, it was pulling like crazy!! Robust & not large but that breed is made really strong..

Have you taught your puppy to 'leave it' (wait for his food till you give him the ok)? If you haven't yet, you should do it from now on with everything, food, toys etc

More for fun & also to get his best potential out of him..I don't want him to end up being used by any outside party whatsoever - just out of personal 'satisfaction' more than anything (he is so cute when he is tracking! lol)

Can we go for 1 day only? Never been to anything like that before & definitly wouldn't be able to go a whole w-end. Thanks

He doesn't like it but doesn't growl at me. He will attempt to take his food away if I approach him while he's eating but if I call him he will come away from the food. I think it must be a game to him, especially considering he went to the effort to bring his bone next to the teddy bear despite the bone and the teddy being at other ends of his pen. I just wonder why he does it? Check with K9 for advice, you should be able to take any food off* him, with him showing NO*aggression signs whatsoever, you really need to get onto this ASAP.

Hi, for a couple days in a row now I have started to train Baxter into finding his treats, how do you go on training him to smell lets say an object that you want him to find, like eg. hiding my daughter, & getting him to find her? (I haven't tried that yet) but interested to hear from those that practise tracking with their GSD in particular? Having great fun with tracking so far

I totally agree with you & never said otherwise - I was just on/off the PC & quickly read the reply & couldn't be bothered adding anymore at that time, I highlighted one part to which I agree the rest is deceiving really

Its what I found on PTL, nothing to do with me, it's why I have put the link there. I wonder though how can something like this happen..?

Very true

I own several registered pekingese & have been informed that my infertile dog has a registered daughter which is not possible as I have informed C.C.C.Q. & I DID NOT SIGN a service certificate the dog was registered in my name at the time so how was a puppy of unknown parentage/breeding registered?? I have asked the C.C.C.Q./DOGS QLD but they don't want to know, I have even offered a D.N.A. profile. Has anyone got an idea what should be done?

Ditto I wasn't thinking straight - Sorry didn't mean to sound as if I only cared about the other dog.

Perhaps you should edit & say attack by a dog - please.

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I loved that movie - must buy it!

Ditto, and really, if I was going to take a young sporting breed and do things with him, I'm not sure I'd want to give him back after 12 months. Perhaps it would be easier on the dog to find a great home that already does sports with their other dogs than confuse him? Ditto - Unless the owner was to 'rehome' him/her within the same area to where they are moving & kept the pets live as normal as possible, taking them for their daily walks etc.

longline = long leash for small dog?

My dog isn't reactive or DA & I simply don't want him to become like that - I hate seeing dogs rushing to others they do not know - the same as I would hate someon that I don't know coming hopping every where Obviously you were close enough that the other guy though you were coming so your dog could say hello, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything whatsoever...(thats wht I'm getting from your OP )

Ditto - Also I'm thinking - This guy obviously knows that his dog his DA yet he is going on the offpeak time at the park, to still do the right thing for his dog - He probably sounded 'rude' just to make it crystal clear & avoid ANY trouble whatsoever - I personally don't like being approach just because I'm playing with my dog at the park. Its not an invitation for other dogs to join in - thats how I see it