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Until you get things under control, I would not leave them alone unsupervised. Possibly keep Baley on a lead, so you can stop and redirect any inappropriate behaviour right away. I wouldn't let it get to the stage that she is on the ground with Baley on her. Does she start the roughhousing with Baley? If so, I would get her to find more appropriate play instead. What commands does Baley know? At 9 your daughter is old enough to help out a little with training and feeding. Can she get Baley to sit for a treat? If Baley is sitting he can't be roughhousing. Also this reinforces hierarchy without beiong physical. You want to supervise so that Baley listens to her.

Martingales will be fine Even agility, where I got in trouble for putting my foot on the lead once when my dog was in a drop allows you to bring dogs on martingales. I have been to several training clubs and all have allowed martingales. Some may not allow even check chains though!

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You do have to be careful of where you use a prong collar - I don't think any club affiliated with DogsNSW will allow you to use one, and you will get the same treatment elsewhere for using one. I don't think you will be able to change their minds, and I think it is written in their COE or somewhere else that they will not allow the use of pinch collars. I've been busted at a club for using a pinch collar and got the same reaction - they threatened to call the RSPCA on me! I know of a few clubs that allow the use of pinch collars, I will tell you via PM if you like, but they are not DogsNSW affiliated. If you want to continue at that club, your best bet is to use different equipment while you are there, I guess either a martingale or a check chain.

Go the wire ctate for a puppy As the others said puppies can easily destroy a canvas crate, while they can't destroy a wire one. Once the pup is crate trained you can get a canvas one if you want something lighter for travel. I have two wire crates and two plastic airline type crates.

Gotta love hort haired dogs After a bath, towel dry and they sit in the sun until they are completely dry.

Personally, I would walk them separately until you have them both walking nicely. Also, if you do this, even if you use the method of turning around and going the other way when Chopper pulls, you will still get exercise because you are doing twice the walking

All of my dogs lift their legs to pee when out (even Zoe, who is a female ) - they can be lazy at home though. The boys started around 6 months. We have a tiny toy poodle pup at work who is about 4 months maybe, if that, who is lifting his leg already! And lots of males squat their whole lives. Depends on the dog.

I use heeling at times other than obedience training. I use it on walks when we pass other people and dogs - not everyone enjoys a nearly 30 kg dog saying hi! But certainly the precision you need for competition is not what your average pet owner is even interested in achieving. I'm not sure whether using the heel command occasionally on walks erodes his performance - he knows the difference in location etc as to what exactly he has to do - and I would rather be able to use it as a practical thing as well.

I called up a few doggy day cares, told them my dog's size and that he doesn't play well with others. One actually said "Oh, well we can just put him in there with a muzzle on and see how he goes!". :p That doesn't sound promising! At work, the dogs have to do a temperament assessment to see what they are like with other dogs and people, and large breeds that we worry may not handle a large group of dogs well or are really energetic have a trial first day on a quieter day of the week. We certainly DO NOT throw them in there with a muzzle! If the owner says their dog is not good with other dogs, we don't take them even for an assessment. Why would you want to take your dog somewhere there are 20+ other dogs getting in its face if it doesn't like other dogs? On topic, my old family dog who is now nearly 17 used to jump the fence whenI lived at home. Started because we thought we didn't need a really high fence for a small dog (17 inches, 11 kg, sorry my measurements are out of whack!) and she learned to jump over it. We also made little adjustments to stop her, and she learned to jump higher, until she could get over 6 feet! It only stopped when my parents totally redid the fence and got rid of the garden bed that she was using to gain more height. I used to come home from school to find her on the front lawn!

A dog daycare will not accept a dog that is unreliable with other dogs.

You may need to build a dog run with a roof? So he can't possibly get over the fence.

Diesel lifted his leg on a guy's leg at the park the other day He has never done this before, I was so embarrassed! He spent ages sniffing the guys pants first, maybe there were some really nice smells there :D

For a start you probably want to train them separately - one in the house, one training, or one in the yard, one on a walk. That way they can concentrate on you and what you are doing in regards to training instead of being distracted by their brother/sister. I have three dogs and train them separately on walks, and sometimes in the yard. Once they have the hang of what is required, you can practice together for more distraction (stays or one staying one heeling or recall etc) but at the start it is going to be too much distraction. You also might want to get them used to being separated so they don't become too dependent on each other. So that one doesn't howl the house down if you take the other for a walk, or to the vet. It is good for them to develop their own personalities, instead of being part of a pair. We have a few pairs of dogs at work, that really have no identity separate from their partner. They follow each other around and don't interact with the other dogs, or even us much, and separating them causes problems.

I am doing channel weaves. I am not using guides, just the channel, one less thing to wean them off later! I used the guides with Zoe for a while, and had trouble weaning them off, so decided not to use them at all, just widen the channel if there are problems. Seems to be working well with Kaos, though we are only going through a wide channel at the moment, working on entries and consistency. If you are clever enough you could probably teach channel weaves with stick in the ground poles.

Suggestions are good! This is the first dog I have tried this with, so I have a lot to learn still! I will try the circle work again, I tried before but had a hard time getting it to work.

What did the instructor at the puppy school do to take the pig's ear from your pup? I would teach your pup to give you things on command - you can swap for something really yummy. If you show them a treat they will often drop what they have for the treat, you can add a command to this. I would start with something of low value and you have something much better, then progress to higher value items.

He is certainly keen but this is at home where he is comfortable, not as good when out and about. Free is his release command - I am using it when he can get the toy after the sit. I know with Steve's method he just drops it but I am afraid of hitting him on the nose The sound is out of synch - I was trying to raise the toy and give sit command at the same time.

Link is working for me now. My computer was off for a while, but that shouldn't affect it should it?

That's weird - was working earlier? If it is still not working tomorrow, I will try uploading it again.

Here is a video of some drive work I was doing with Kaos yesterday. I am still new to drive work, so criticism and comments welcome! The sound is out of synch in the video

Can the breeder hold onto him until he is 8 weeks old? I agree with the others about the choice of bed - puppies chew everything and a cardboard box won't last long. You could put a cardboard box inside the crate for a bed if you want, but I wouldn't use it as the sole place to sleep. Crates are a great idea and you can easily monitor them and take them out before accidents happen. Puppies don't like to go to the toilet where they sleep, so he will likely let you know when he needs to go.

You can attach the dog to you using a lead . . .

You don't have to have obedience titiles to compete in agility - while some people do both, a lot of people do agility and not obedience. While I am doing obedience with Diesel with a view to trial, I am planning on trialling Kaos in agility but not obedience. What you need for agility is some obedience such as a good recall, and sit or drop and stay. Clubs and private instruction are certainly useful for the polish and for showing you what you can improve (unless you video you can't see yourself and what you do :D ).

Whereabouts are you? There are a couple of good neurologists around. Is the pup down on its pasterns?