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Laffi Congratulations on your new puppy. Good to see you're getting prepared! You don't need to buy medicines yet as the breeder will tell you exactly what you need. If you're not getting them from a breeder then your vet will let you know. You should always get a new puppy health checked by a vet who will give you advice for looking after them and giving them medicines. They will need vaccinations and microchipping as well. I always got a huge list from the breeder on exactly what to give and when. Have fun

I even shed treats when I'm visiting people :D ;)

I was told a treat should be about the size of a dogs nail so they get bigger as the dogs grow. I use mostly tasty cheese for my two but that's cause it's cheaper Cheese can cause constipation so don't give too much. Sounds like the cheese should counteract the liver treats Glad he loves the cat, the cat will start grooming him next

Same here. A clam shell pool stopped my water buckets getting tipped over and carried around. Bruno goes over every half hour, digs a hole and lies in the water while waiting for butterflies to appear I have a towel on the floor inside for his dribbles

Congrats on your new GSP pup. I have one a month younger than yours. He has jumped on the screen door a few times. I stopped him very quickly by using one squirt of the water bottle once. Now he doesn't do it any more. I also ask him to sit everytime he is near the door and spend a lot of time going in and out of the door with treats. He has picked this up very quickly Sounds like you're doing the right thing with ignoring crying. A really unhappy GSP howls when they're upset. If he's not doing that then he's doing fine. My three year old still whines for a few minutes but is quiet as soon as I go. Have fun GSP's rule

Ooops bad doggy I would take away the trampoline bed and supply caspian with bits of shadecloth to sleep on. My dogs love their shadecloth and it is easy to replace. I have trampoline beds as well which Bruno nibbles on so I only put those out when i'm home to supervise. Another option for chewable beds is cardboard boxes (you'll need lots of them). Have fun

The same as human treatment :D I have trigger therapy/accupressure as well. Best thing I've ever come across out of the natural therapies

You need to find out what distance the dog gets excited and keep outside of this distance until this is resolved. Eg, walk across the road if there are dogs coming or turn around and go the other way. The whining is suppressed/repressed drive (along with jaw clicking). Bella used to do this as well until we started Training in Drive with K9 Force. Your dog sounds like he has a high drive and would benefit from this training. There are hundreds of topics on how to fix this if you search for "Training in Drive" (satisfying the dogs natural drives) and "Neutralisation" (getting your dog to ignore distractions). If you put in a bit of work you will have a dog that is a pleasure to walk like Bella is now. Have fun

Hey Gotta I gotta laugh. I have been off dol since this post cause the tendon in my mousing arm got inflamed so now I have Tendonitis too :D :D I am now DOLing with my left hand in short stints for a while Now at least I know what Kobi is going through Edited for too many words

Noisymina Start at the beginning again. Sit next to the hoop and feed her treats, then maybe use it for the Touch command, then start the jumping training again. I often have this problem with Bella but I can always get past it with patience and persistance. It took me months to get her to jump into her water filled shelled now she leaps in from a distance. :D It does slow down training but that's what you get with sooky dogs They are also very loving :D I also use pack drive now I have Bruno who is afraid of nothing, I will get him to do whatever is the problem and give him treats. Doesn't take long for Bella to follow. Have fun ETA: Erny snuck in the middle

I used to occasionally have trouble with Bella as she is very soft as well. When I was teaching her a trick and she didn't get it I said "Let's try that again" in my happy sing-song voice and that stopped her from feeling despondent about not getting it right. Also stopped me accidentally giving out negative vibes. I also overtrained Bella on not jumping up from a sit. I just use my excited voice to get her to move

Yes that's excellent news.

Apart from spraying smelly stuff there are two good ways to keep your dog off the gardens. Firstly, a dog pen/run to keep them off the plants Secondly, an electric fence. I have both of these, since I put up the electric fence, my garden has not been touched. I found out about electric fences from other DOLers discussions. They sound complicated and cruel but I put mine up in less than an hour. Both my dogs touched it once and have never touched it again. It has plastic posts which push in like garden stakes and can be moved around the yard to any area you want to protect. I highly recommend them. Before this I had given up on my garden but now I am planting again Do a search on electric fences and see how many dog owners have them :p ETA: Here is one link on a DOLer setting up the electric. Electric Fence

No, I'm not suggesting that the shoulder is dislocated. That is how upright dogs (aka humans) get a similar injury . Gotta No probs. I agree with Sivaro, tendon injuries respond to rest, physio, chiro and lots of other things. I would not do surgery except as a very last resort after a year or so. I injured the tendons in my foot and that took a year of rest to get better. Now its fine again.

All those years of nursing come in handy reading all that gobbledygook. The surgery sounds similar to that footballers have to fix their shoulder when they've dislocated them often enough. Have to ask Mel Gibson what it's like . I assume it would have more impact in dogs though as people don't generally walk on their arms. :p Hope they get a diagnosis soon

Poor Kobi :p Are you sure it's not Tendonitis?? Slightly different and occurs in dogs. I can't find any references for dogs having tenosynivitis Tendonitis is an inflammation in the tendons and is easier to treat ETA: Have found references to tenosynivitis in dogs, but not a lot of information to go with them.

Electric fencing It has saved my garden from two big dogs. I love mine. Easy to put up and not too expensive :p

A crate is a handy time out device if you have one and the pup needs a rest.

That's what I normally pay at the Pet Barn in Canberra. It's at least twice the price if you buy smaller bags so find the 17kg ones

Glad I could help I also find that overexcited puppies are often overtired rather than underexercised. :D

Same as my Cyclone Bruno . Now you all have to be really boring

I knew someone would know the proper answer

With your son coming home it sounds like letting coda climb over him is making code wee. If you get your son to say "Hello Coda" then walk around the backyard for a few minutes greeting this should help. Weeing can be a submission or dominance. It's hard to tell from the brekky bowl what is causing this. Will have to see if someone else can pick this. Do you think Coda is confident?

Weeing is a submissive action the same as dropping to the ground and rolling over. He is telling you you are the boss. He may be a little scared. How do you greet him? Things to make him more confident: - greet him quietly - get down to his level - keep your hands still - don't pick him up - don't look him straight in the eyes There are heaps more. If you describe the greeting we could work out more. Bella did this with one of my friends who looked intimidating from a puppy perspective

I am a big crate fan as well. I have one for both my dogs. They sleep either in the crates or in the laundry with a doggy (baby) gate and a lockable dog door to the outside. Sometimes one in the laundry and one in a crate outside the door. I have large dogs so a pen would be demolished in no time :p . Both dogs slept in crates for the first few months but after that it was easier for them to be in the laundry and be able to get to the toilet by themselves. Cyclone Bruno is now in the teenage terror stage and the crate is the only place I can leave him and know he'll still be there when I get back. He is very good at opening things by throwing himself against them so now they both sleep in crates. I am also about to demolishing my laundry in a few months and we will be camping in the lounge/dining/kitchen I love camping at home Happy puppy hunting and ask people here about the toy breeds. As bikle said, some of them can be a bit wild you need to make sure you get the right one to suit you. Also, rescue greyhounds make perfect apartment dogs. Do a search on them and you'll find heaps of info. --------------- Edit for missing words!