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I would think if the dog gets a fright or shock when fixated on H, it may increase any anxious feeling around him. I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong but I wonder if H should start completely ignoring the dog including no eye contact and not trying to engage with her at all? At a minimum if he has to walk past her he could drop the dogs most favorite treat and keep walking. (Something which would only ever come from him). If he's in the vicinity of her he could throw it a distance toward her but still without eye contact. The dog may or may not eat them straight away but she'll definitely know where they came from. I would hope if she's lacking in trust with him, this would let him earn it back as he's not asking or expecting anything from her? If he has to get up and walk away he could leave a small handful of treats\kibble where he was so she's more occupied eating these than stalking him?

I don't know enough to offer a decent suggestion sorry. All I can think is I would be careful using 'leave it' if she's in a position to ignore you as it will make the command lose all meaning. I do know dogs don't generalise well though, they perform a behaviour which gets them something at the time and I think they tend to know what you let them do and what you don't. Are you working on heel? I would be inclined to put her in a heel in these locations so she can't stop, sniff and eat delicious dried worms as she pleases lol. Heeling takes a bit of concentration as its not something they may naturally want to do so. You can at least choose various parts of the walk to let her go loose lead if you wish but you can control where and when. Good luck!

Handsome devil!

That's just gorgeous!

Lovely photo's Perse! I love the rays of light beaming down through the clouds in the second shot. Gorgeous!

Dogs don't know the difference between right and wrong, only what they can do and what you won't let them lol. They don't generalise well and anything they do shouldn't be taken personally, its just behaviour. I would be suggesting three things. Make sure he has a comfortable bed he can stretch out on if that's what he likes about the couch, block access if you have to when you can't supervise him and treat\praise him heavily for using his own bed. The easiest way to change behaviour you don't like is to decide what you want to see instead and reward this. So if that's him being on his own bed when you have couch time that would be a perfect opportunity for a stuffed Kong or chew treat on his bed etc. (Hopefully his bed is right near you as being close is probably another attractant for him). Once he realises being on his bed gets him way more pleasant stuff than being on the couch you can gradually lessen the praise to times when you walk past him on his bed, give him a scritch or treat and tell him he's a good boy. Generally behaviour which is rewarded is repeated. Good luck!

This week is another trip to the beach on a glorious nearly winter's day on the Gold Coast. We've had such beautiful weather recently! (Over-saturated by my phone sorry). I also forgot to post a photo last week. This is a dry docked old warship at the Maritime Museum in Brisbane. Very interesting walking all through it.

...don't mind me just chewing on you while you stand there..lol

Fantastic photo's guys!!

I've been very lazy photography wise so only have this shot of a huge grasshopper\locust I spotted. He had ferocious looking legs!

They're there now and as wonderful as usual! Thanks for sharing.

Decent puzzle toys of varying difficulties..

Not sure if it's only on my end but most of your photos aren't displaying?

Will there be any info about the dogs put on the website at some point PM? Anything about where they've come from or potential social\behavioural issues someone considering fostering should be aware of? Have any of them had any training or been working etc?

Sometimes it helps to see teaching loose leash walking in action so this is a pretty good video showing one way to do it Help...my dog pulls!

Cute pics!

Sorry Mjosa but I have to say I disagree with some of this. A crate shouldn't be a place of punishment and timeout doesn't necessarily teach a dog anything. Feedback has to happen the moment a behaviour occurs or the pup will have no idea whats going on. By the time they're carried to a timeout area the lesson is gone. Rather than allowing a situation where you feel you want to punish behaviour you don't like, its best to manage the environment to make sure it doesn't happen in the first place (or again). Anything you don't want in a pups' mouth should be out of reach and if that's impossible an exercise pen (or crate if you have to) is handy when they aren't being supervised. I agree free range isn't great until you know they can be trusted. To keep a pup busy with things you want him to do, you need to make sure you have plenty of enrichment on offer. If he's left with nothing to do, or with things he doesn't chew or play with then he'll find his own entertainment and it might not be what you like. Mental enrichment can also include behavioural or trick training as well. Hopefully every day some type of training is occuring, Poodles are smart little dogs and most animals love to learn new things. This is a series of great videos on things to train a puppy to help create a well behaved adult. It wouldn't matter your puppy is a bit older, the lessons will still be valuable for you both Kikopup:  things to train and not to train

Could you look for a house sitter who could stay at your house and look after both him and the house maybe?

I second the YouTube links Mrs RB posted, they cover behaviours which help make a lovely pet to live with. Here's some articles for you too. Resource guarding. Lots of hints and tips to avoid it escalating. https://issuu.com/petprofessionalguild/docs/bftg_september_2015_online_version/24 Fearful dogs. This has information on learning how to counter condition and de-sensitise to help with different degrees of fear or anxiety. If he hasn't had much exposure to the outside world some tips here might come in handy. http://fearfuldogs.com/ Resource guarding. Dog to dog (just in case you see any of that). http://www.patriciamcconnell.com/theotherendoftheleash/resource-guarding-dog-to-dog-repost Its definitely not your dog being naughty or bad, that infers he knows the difference between right and wrong which isn't so. They simply do what works for them. I'm not sure I would be inclined to stand at your dogs bowl until he comes to eat though. It may be quite intimidating while he's still so new to you and his environment? Maybe simply pop him in his crate so he feels safe and can eat in peace then let him out and remove the bowl (not the other way around). In time once he knows his food won't be messed with you can approach while he's eating, add high value food to his bowl and walk away. That will start to build a more positive association with being approached while eating. Good luck, hopefully you both bring each other lots of happiness

Are you happy your current dog actually likes dog company? If he plays with other dogs what type of dog does he gravitate to or away from? Will they be living together or visiting each other daily? If they'll be living together the only thing I would suggest is the first year especially it's best to focus on the individual dogs needs separately. You don't want them becoming too reliant on each other or totally focused on each other. So individual walks and training sessions etc. Make sure they can handle being apart for extended periods of time as you never know when you may have to take one to the vet or boarding kennel etc. Will you be expected to train your parents pup too? Two young animals needing decent individual attention can be a lot of work. Its nice having two dogs who get along and give each other company though

Lovely photos everyone! Im late after a busy weekend but I found a nice park to walk the dog. I'll have to remember to go back when the lilies are flowering, they always add a lovely burst of colour.

I agree with what has been noted above too. All behaviour has a reason so if your dog is exhibiting a problem behaviour it's because it is fulfilling some need he has. As RP mentioned he could be in defensive mode or maybe he has learnt he gets your attention by barking? Something about barking is paying off for him to continue doing it. It could also be his secondary fear period kicking in making him extra sensitive to the goings on around him. To help him break the habit of barking can you control his time in the yard? It might be a bit simplified but you might have to go out with him and take some extra yummy treats cut up small and scatter handfuls on the ground. Make sure you take it in to account with his meals, or better yet feed all his meals this way. Once he is happily searching for food and eating it outside you could then split his meals and feed him each time you're out there and you hear a noise. You would do this until you get to the point that he hears a noise and looks to you for food. Once he hasn't been barking outside for a good length of time (it could be a few weeks) there should be no reason he wouldn't be okay out there without you. If its from boredom, it might be worth upping his mental enrichment so he doesn't try and make his own entertainment. You could feed his meal stuffed in a kong, kibble in an empty milk container, newspaper scrunched around kibble then stuffed in a taped up box, kibble dropped in a pit of balls,a wading pool of sand for digging, treats stuffed under the sand to be found when digging, obedience or trick training etc. Enrichment is great to keep active little minds busy and engaged. Good luck, barking can be very worrysome because you just wait for a neighbour to complain!

I'm getting in one day early (for me) this week. Im getting lazy and seem to only be using my phone! My Camellia bush is full of buds this year, I can't wait to see them all flower.

Phyl., if you can get photo's on your tablet, you can attach them to your dogzonline message by clicking the underlined 'choose files' option and selecting the photo on your tablet. They do have to be a smallish size though. If you don't want to have to resize them smaller, I always found photobucket handy for photo's. You can upload photos easily to it, create and share folders with others, and when you view the photo you can copy a link straight to your dogzonline reply. It automatically displays the photo no matter what the size after you save.

Here is a link to awesome video's on things to train (and not train) your puppy. One of them is teaching your puppy how to be alone. It's really well worth taking a look at all of them, they'll help your pup grow to be a well behaved pet, who is a pleasure to have around Kikopup - puppy training