hankdog

Oh is it unhinged? Huh go figure. Guess why waste eggs hey?

Sure, I was only kidding ....

Good grief that sounds intense. Close enough for a few kicks, see I'm not thinking that's friendly, that's very in your face pushy. I'd be chopped steak inside for a few days, Go egg their house, leave a note explaining the eggs are friendly!!!

I know there are certain fear periods in a pups development but not exactly sure when they are so she could be going through one of those. That being said a lot of people tend to lunge at dogs and I guess being tall she would be quite a tempting target since people don't have to lean down. You coukd get a harness that says nervous dog, I have one that says no dogs and people do back off when they see it.

Wow, Snook that sounds pretty close. I had to kick once and ended up tearing my ACL and sitting on my rear kind of flailing like a dying centipede at an attacking dog. He had slipped his collar and the 10 year old boy that was walking him had run over and flung his arms around it's neck....eek. I live in a little dog area so most frequently am fending off little guys thankfully. I have managed to work in a big, deep voice rather than the shrill scream I started with, skills I wish I didn't need.

Dear Stan, I am sending you a virtual meat pie. Your gotcha day was indeed happy because I love reading your exploits. I wish you many more.

So how do dogs judge what size they are? My dogs head set means his eyes are at about 40 cm high. His back and neck are straight in line and his head dips down. He weighs 26kg but from his eye view he is lower than many "smaller" dogs. My neighbours poodle mixes would stand about 10 cm taller than him but weigh bout a third. My last dog, a wolfie cross was bitten and had two stitches on his back leg, inflicted by a fox terrier as my "big" softie tried to run away. I think comparative size is in the eye of the humans. Dogs probably just see a dog that's threatening them. I don't think they stop to do a size comparison.

Rugs on the floor, what a good idea! Maybe I'll come to your vet.

I think it's important for our speshul dogs to get out and have positive experiences. I'm sure it helps build confidence. That's why after dog training Jake and I have coffee and cake in the nearby rose gardens. After I switched vets we have disappointingly few vet visits necessary, but I was also happy with how much more of a tailored to Jake approach I got and although it's a smaller reception area they don't take chances with him where I felt the first vets didn't really believe me and were an accident waiting to happen. Well done Stella on adding a people to your circle.

Trust your gut. Never trust the other owners opinion. Why take the chance, sounds like it was a big dog and likely stressed at being in a vet surgery so even if it's normally fine may have been on high alert anyway. I have a dog from the dark side and now I know how quickly things can go wrong I'm very wary of ever allowing even friendly dogs to casually wander over to each other.

Raineth I used to carry a dressage whip, I just made a little elastic loop and put it on my walking belt. Easy enough to pull off but light enough and dangling by the side so it diesnt get in your way. It was Akso quite whippet I bet it would have hurt and I figured you coukd do some eye poking with it. I must say I never used it on a dog but it was bright yellow and when I swished it around owners Woukd come running to get their dogs. I copped some rude abuse about whipping their dogs but figured that was better then the alternative.

Fingers crossed, and paws!

Haha apparently my trainer taught Jake to give her kisses on command, he's been doing this weird thing licking my ear which I thought was just him being his weird self but apparently she taught him that. We had a great walk yesterday, I know I over treat him which gives him a sloppy attitude. He's come back from his week all instant command-obeying. Its a bit scary, I will have to try being good so I don't ruin him. There's a big ridgeback puppy on our route and she is very friendly which really freaks him out. After his initial startle I could see the training kick in and he sat and started whipping his head back and forward as if he were watching a tennis match. She had her paws up on the gate and was doing a big wiggly woofing dance which he normally needs to flee from but he was able to sit there for about about a minute before I moved him on. I was really upset leaving him but I think it does him good to have extra people and situations he can cope with. Stretching his boundaries will hopefully lead to a more confident dog.

I'm so glad they let Rotties have their tails now, it looks "right". Such gorgeous boofers.

Yay, just got home and had a lovely day on the couch with my boy, he's had another week of board training so I cant wait to take him out for a test drive tomorrow. He had a step up last time so will hopefully have done the same again. Justice has such a great face, one photo he looks all noble and the next he's pure boofhead! Its not just that people should give our dogs space but I sometimes want to shake people and say one day your dogs going to go all psycho-friendly on the wrong dog, get attacked and then and end up reactive. As I was walking through a park once a kid dropped her fluffy dog out a tree right in front of Jake, luckily he was so stunned he came with me on a u turn quick fast but really, what was she thinking! I've also had a dog jump off a ute, a nd then the owner hit it for being naughty..... I seriously think you should have to do a mandatory dog ownership course but then I guess in your case Spencinator that dog is at agility so presumably has a fair bit of training!

I can still get voodoo-doll stick-pin thoughts about a teacher than let down my daughter some years ago. It's somehow worse when it's a loved one dependent upon another's care that is not treated correctly. Especially in Justice case where he can't talk and tell you what happened. I guess the thought of going through the whole process again must be akin to the thought of taking on a reactive dog for a second time. You have the knowledge and skills but that knowledge means you know how hard it is. It did sound like Amy's dogs were quite unique and I had serious Koda envy. I hope you can find another dog to guide Justice to trust again.

I'll play devils advocate here. I've often been told PTS and I've sort of mentally given my self permission that if I can't cope then I can't and that's that. It was actually quite stress relieving in a way. So whilst I'm not actually suggesting that you should only you know your own circumstances. Owning a dog should be pleasurable, if it's not then there are options. My personal thoughts are that if I thought I would be better able to cope with how freaked out I'd be after PTS than how freaked out I an living with him then that's what I'd do. I'm overseas at the moment and Jake is in kennels. I put him in rather than leave him with OH because I have so much confidence in the care his trainers give him. The burden that is Jake has been halved by having the backup of a great trainer and kennels that he is happy and known in. If that was now taken away from me I would find it very hard to be on my "own" again and shoulder that burden completely. I truly sympathise with you Snook.

Hank was extremely well behaved , except once. I had baked a cake, iced it beautifully and summoned the family to tea. Each had a slice and happenstance each family member was called from the room for a minute. Upon return each thought the other had safely stowed the three quarters of a chocolate cake somewhere safe. After much searching and questioning it became apparent that Hank was adopting a slightly guilty slink. Mr Bestdogintheworld had counter surfed the cake. We were so shocked he never even got reprimanded.

You've been the light at the end of Jakes tunnel, hang in there Snook. Having a reactive dog is work or hard work. I know those looks, I probably gave out a few myself before I got Jake. It's really just ignorance, until you've owned a dog like ours you don't understand. You went into the shop which is great. There was a dummy spit but you handled it. Hang in there.

Smart girl, I don't work if there's nothing in it for me! Well done on making good progress.

I talk to the ducks. Chooks, passing Galahs. Worst thing I ever said to Jake was when we were out and he was having a meltdown in front of shocked onlookers and I yelled..." This is not fun for mommy anymore, say sorry". When he has a meltdown he often says "hubba, hubba." I think there were some pretty startled onlookers.

Check through Nekhbets posts, she wrote something a while ago about how her dogs primary bond is with her and then with each other, I think it was in regards to introducing a new dog into the pack. Triangle of temptation is pinned in the training and obedience section courtesy of Steve Courtney, K9Pro. I find it quite effortful to be "dominant" but pretty easy to be the dispenser of all the good stuff. Jake gets the royal canin french bulldog food mostly because its quite big and moist and apparently tasty enough to be worth working for. You can go through a quick 5 minute training session instead of bowl feeding your dog, you should probably separate them anyway but making them work for food that only comes from you gives them a whole different attitude. Just stuff you can start on while you wait for a trainer.

That sounds great, give her time she will get there. One thing I added was after I stopped I Woukd wait for eye contact before starting. No commands because I wanted it more as a shaped action so he used his brain. If he wouldn't I might cough or shuffle my feet, or you know wait fifteen minutes because he's a bulldog and a bit speshul.

Yea I'm sort of immune to freaking out. We always cross the road or emergency u turn. At the moment our best effort is to sit and see the dog, he doesn't have great vision and it's better for him that I point out the dog at as far a distance as possible. We then bunny hop past, walk a few steps and sit if he starts to tense up. He gets a few look and licks to calm down and pretty much as soon as he's exactly past he will head down and make off and then get a nice long treat once we are at a safe distance. Worst effort will be him not being able to walk past and having to stay in a sit whilst the other dog passes and shoving the jar over his jaw. It really depends on the other dog, calm dogs that look at him then ignore him are quite easy but any attempts to interact, friendly or not are not welcome. Not I suppose everyone's idea of a walk but I'm pretty much just used to it. Very excited when we have a win but bad days are not the end of the world.

My dogs job is to amuse and entertain me and walk me everyday. He's pretty good at it.