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Max and Jenna growl and bark at each other when they play - and you can clearly tell they're happy because they're jumping around and wagging their tails and rolling over each other. They also bear their teeth at each other but it isnt aggressive. How DO you teach a ndog to growl or bark on command? My dogs are very vocal so I would like to teach them something!

Alright guys well let me know what dates are good for you guys! I will probably only be bring max as jenna is very aggressive towards strange dogs - but we are getting her assessed by steve on april n27 - so if the meet is after then then jen will probably come too! We can go to the Rouse Hill dog park if that is convenient for everyone? I am free on Saturdays and Sundays at any time. So how about the weekend after the easter break?

come to the sydney one!! I want to meet kivi and erik!!

Very cute!!!

You also didn't get any breed specific health testing.. As I said - before I came onto this forum I didn't know any of this stuff. The reason I joined this forum was so I could learn more about my dogs and to learn more about dogs in general and it has helped me a lot. I try very hard to take care of my dogs and would do anything for them if it was good for them. I am nbot denying I went into buying these dogs with my eyes practically closed because I did but I have turned around, changed my lifestyle for them, gotten them proper training, gotten them regularly checked by the vet etc. I think I have done good. And I will do whatever is necessary to make sure they have long, happy and healthy lives. I don't think SecretKei was having a go, just pointing out that there are reasons other than no papers that your dogs were cheaper than a registered purebred. oh of course! Sorry I didn't mean to make it out like I was having a go back!!! hahaha I was just stating the fact that I have tried my best to shape my lifestyle with my dogs needs and I have tried to give them the best care I can.

I think there are better things to research rather than whether or not women love men or dogs better. seriously. lol and I do agree about the playstation thing - I used to get palmed off so my OH could play the computer - therefore my babies got all my attention. lol

Even though it might not achieve anything you should at least talk to the neighbours because then if it does go higher you can say that you tried talking to them but they were unwilling to help or do anything about it. Also take a neighbour or someone with you when you go talk to the neighbours as a witness - you dont want the neighbours to turn around and say that you never went and talked to them when you actually did. Even though its daughters dogs - the council still should be able to do something because the dogs are currently at their house. it depends on how long the dogs are staying at the neighbours house for?

You also didn't get any breed specific health testing.. As I said - before I came onto this forum I didn't know any of this stuff. The reason I joined this forum was so I could learn more about my dogs and to learn more about dogs in general and it has helped me a lot. I try very hard to take care of my dogs and would do anything for them if it was good for them. I am nbot denying I went into buying these dogs with my eyes practically closed because I did but I have turned around, changed my lifestyle for them, gotten them proper training, gotten them regularly checked by the vet etc. I think I have done good. And I will do whatever is necessary to make sure they have long, happy and healthy lives.

TBH I didn't buy mine from registered breeders - I didn't know much about BYB and registered breeders before I joined this forum so I just went onto the trading post or other puppy websites to find my two babies. Max was the first, I found the breeders on the trading post and they were lovely and lived on a big property in Castlereagh (near Penrith) and my OH and I went there and they had three GSD with a lot of puppies - beautiful dogs that were clearly well looked after and loved. We bought ax for $290 - but he hadn't been vaccinated or wormed or flea'd - but that was okay with us. Jenna was next and we also found her on the trading post. I went to a guys property in Horsley Park and he has literally about 35 dogs - a mixture between GSD and JRT - however all of them looked quite healthy and happy. We bought Jenna for $400 because she was the runt (the others were going for $550) and I research it on the net before I got her and all evidence suggested that German shepherd runts normally end up the same size as its litter mates anyway. So we bought her and she was wormed and flea'd and had had her first vaccination. I was pretty impressed with those prices - especially since they were purebred - BUT i didnt get paperws - I didnt think I needed them bec ause I wasn't going to breed or show them... But they are gorgeous dogs. And I got to meet the mum and dad both times and mum and dad were all in good health.

Wouldn't the people who say he is kicking dogs also believe they know what kicking a dog looks like and that is exactly what Cesar has been doing? How can you say you are right and they are wrong? Even if he 'tapped' you the exact same way you couldn't say "I felt no pain therefore the dog feels no pain and Cesar is not kicking dogs." because you can't say that what you feel is the same as what a dog would feel. If he tapped you on the shins I am betting it would feel more like a kick than if he tapped you on the calf, for example. You may think you know what kicking a dog LOOKS like, but more importantly, do you know what kicking a dog FEELS like? good point. no i dont know what kicking a dog feels like - I know when I have been kicked in the shins etc that it has hurt... a lot!

Hi Sabby - sorry to hear about lulu - may she rest in peace . Just saw that you are from Campbelltown - thought I would let you know that there is a dog at Campbelltown Pound named Ben - he is a chocolate lab - he is four and a half years old and he is extremely well trained. Im not sure whether you are interested but he is there if you wanna have a look at him. I say this just because of someones comment about getting an adult dog. Hopefully you wont think Ben is too old for your family! good luck.

lol english? Sorry i can be quite dense sometimes - what is episodic memory?

HOW CUTE!! cheeky thing!

Thats cute!!! Max does this thing where (normally its with a bone) he has something in his mouth and he comes to show me - and he trots (or prances) over and looks at me and wags his tail and then walks around me in a circle and then runs off - he does that a few times as if saying 'look what I've got'. very cute.

lol same. its just the tone of the voice - even if its not directed at them - they hear it and think 'yep im in trouble' lol

I think its about the tone of your voice not the action. Clearly gidget didnt eat it (very cute dog btw) but because the owner thought gidget ate it she had her angry voice on.. therefore the dog realises that thats the angry voice and that they get punishment with the angry voice so they look guilty... i dunno - i just think guilty looks r verrryyy cute!

I will admit that I bop my dogs on the nose if they do something wrong - I don't do it much anymore because I just use my stern voice and they know they're in trouble but I used to tap em on the nose if they were being REALLY naughty. I think everyone is human can I also just NOTE that I p0ut the heading of this topic as 'Cesar Milan Kicking Dogs' because thats what the video clip was called - not because I thought he was actually kicking them - I know what kicking a dog looks like and that isnt what cesar has been doing.

I live in the Castle Hill area and I used to live in Blacktown. Something I can suggest to you before playdates is there is a dog park on Doonside Rd in Doonside and its a massive area and all the people who go there are just lovely. It isnt too far away from St Marys as a lot of people from that area go to the dog park in Doonside. There is also a dog park in the Penrith area but nIm nopt 100% sure where that is and whether it is fenced or not. I would definitely recommend the dog park at doonside. If worst comes to worst your pup can have playdates with my dogs. The only reason I saw if worst comes to worst is because I am extremely busy with work lately and I only ever get time on the weekends - and even then its extremely difficult to get time to myself! lol Let me know what you think

Ive heard quite a few people mentioning doggy day care - what is it like? are there any nplaces people could recommend? I would be really worried about taking ym dogs there just because I would be so paranoid something would go wrong/.

I should also note Jenna has worked out how to open the back sliding door but jumping and scratching - because it slowly opens up - then she uses her head to squeeze in. lol

Just thought I'd let you guys know that last night I was outside with Max and Jenna and when I went to walk in the back door (it is a sliding glass door) and I turnhed around and asked them to stay and I walked off. Jenna (who I have NEVER asked to stay at the back door before) didnt move, she sat and waited for me to come back. I am SOOO impressed with her because I have never actually properly TAUGHT her stay - I have always just said stay when I've gone to go upstairs or something and if she ever moved I would walk back down and tell her to stay again. I should note Max also stayed at the backdoor - but he would stay there and not come in for hours if I didnt come back - OR hed think I wasnt coming back and he would let himself in. lol

I just went looking for the topic but there are 11 pages for me to go through and I couldnt be bothered right now. lol Im sure I will find it. thanksguys.

how come?

Hi guys...... Yesterday I was reading this topic and I PERSONALLY adore cesar milan... however.. I saw a clip of him on youtube actually what was ALLEGEDLY called 'kicking' dogs... and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this video and what they make of it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCGtatpCwI ??? I don't know what to think....

edited as comment was a bit OT