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The joys of retrieving. With the hold try really hard to click ONLY when she has it in her mouth, don't worry if she spits it as soon as you click. I know it's hard not to worry but you really have to make sure she understands that the click only happened when the DB was in her mouth. Gradually you click for longer and longer holds, at first that might be a millisecond more. Sometimes you might even need to go back a bit if it's coming undone, only go as fast as your dog is learning. Going slowly is the fastest way. Re read the notes lots of times and make sure you haven't missed a step. Make sure the food you have is really, really worth her effort, even if that means Roast Pork. When she understands the game she will do it for anything but in the learing stage you need really good food to keep her motivated. Don't push for a sit and hold for a while yet, some dogs get it quickly and some don't.

My dogs had it a few months ago and each one showed symptoms approx two weeks after the last one, how bizarre is that as they go everywhere together so should of caught it at the same time. It wasn't a big deal apart from being a pain in the but and having all the dogs house bound. Also my neighbours dog never contracted it so I believe they need direct contact with the cough or the organic matter coughed up. Puppies and old dogs would be more at risk. I also found homeopathic rememdies worked better than anything else, providing your dogs keep eating and looking bright and happy.

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Severe trauma could be two dogs crashing into one another while running. With attitudes like this we will have nowhere to take our dogs, no obedience clubs, shows, dog trials or any other public outings as the insurance will be too high for anyone to afford. Accidents happen.

I don't think there would be any significant hormonal change so quickly, they are probably feeling very tender still, they have had an operationt that takes hunmans weeks to recover from. Just be a bit firmer with both of them until they settle back down. I'm sure they will return to great mates soon.

Can you sit her bed on the lounge and a throw rug on the rest of it while you're not there? It is much easier to train her when you are home and manage it when you are not home.

Welcome to DOL and congratulations on your new puppy. If you mean Armidale NSW, it has a great dog training club, they also hold three Agility and Obedience trials each year and teach weekly dog training. Your puppy is the right age to start training as long as he has had his second vaccination which he should of. I have attacked the link to ADTC website so you can have a look. Good Luck and happy training. :D http://www.armidaledogtraining.org/photos.htm

For Obedience Competitions there is a minimum lead length of 750mm.

Wouldn't the postage be huge? Make your own and mark a rope with the appropriate measurements, then you lay the rope on the ground and stick the poles in the right spots.

They need to be 600mm. I think, I better double check.

That's so funny. I feel your pain, Go Jazz! Good luck for the agility runs.

Not sure who 'they' is but you don't have to use a stay cue for trialling.

Yep getting to continue to walk forward is the reward.

Be careful that she is not training you, I can see Martha has a pattern here that gets her treats.

I have seen one of them and I thought it was good, very simple to follow.

DAGBOY, Can you please change your avatar photo, it scares me. I know you deserve better and so does MrsD and your friends.

Thanks for posting, holy cow there were enough distractions. Good job.

I'm a Dobe owner as well and one of mine (a red one too) was a terrible coat destroyer. What I ended up doing was only putting her coat on after she had been outside at night and become cold, I used her Dobie ears as my guide, when they were freezing she got her rug on. It sounds tough but it made her appreciate having a coat on and saved me lots of money. I would never rug my dogs while walking them or exercising them. Once I used this tatic she never killed another rug except her lovely weatherbeater rug. I think it didn't have enough stretch in the shoulders when she layed down, so make sure they are of a stretchy material that gives when they lay down.

Six foot is required for state obedience club training (makes us so old and imperial )), makes stay training easier with a longer lead.

I haven't read all the posts (sorry) but I feel like I know what each poster will say because of the amount of time I have spent on DOL. I do not like E-collars but I have taken the time to learn about all training tools and for some dogs I do support their use. At this time in my experience with training dogs I have met one (1) dog that would have a better quality of life with E-collar training so for that reason I will support E-collar training. My only experience with E-collar training is the very limited amount I learnt at a K9 Force's seminar, and that taught me that you train your E-collar dog on the lowest stimulus that gets a reaction, you never go up a level or more as that would be cruel and that is not what it is about, most dogs worked on level one or two, which to us humans felt like ants crawling on us, if that. E-collar training K9force method was not cruel. I just wish that everyone could experience all methods of training with an experienced trainer of that particular feild and an open mind before they flame other methods.

My Koolie is anti social so this is not a Breed problem. I can only suggest you work on increasing the things that you can give your dog as a reward, eg. playing tug or games of fetch if your dog loves balls and other retreiving games. You need to have something of greater value to your dog than the dogs' it wants to play with. My dog is an obedience/ agilty/ and herding dog, but I am the greatest value to my dog as I am the person that makes all these things happen.

Hi Sue, If it helps at all, don't let him decide who he likes, that is up to you as you are the leader. You say who is good and who is bad and your dog backs you up. You don't ask them to be best freinds but you expect good/social behaviour because your the boss and you make the decisions. You buy the dog food so this is non negotiable, you make the rules.

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Poodle ears are meant to be plucked, when her ear infection clears up get a groomer or poodle person to teach you how to do it. I hope the vets plucked them while she was under GA.