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I believe ours is, she seems very switched on and it was controlled. No off leash, very supervised and not the whole hour.

It'll be much different next week, I'm assured. A lot of the pups hadn't met any dogs or people before and a few owners had never had a dog before so I can see why a little bit of introduction is needed, for dogs and owners. Haha.

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

As long as It's controlled play. Most puppy pre-schools aren't even done by dog trainers, so It's usually not very productive or positive.

fair enough comment, the school my koda goes to is run by a wonderful trainer with over 16 years experience and there is controlled play time in that session :)

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

Play can be used as a reward.

My preference isn't to do that though. My preference is for puppies to be socialised with appropriate adult dogs.

I guess the two dramas you need to watch out for is, one, the puppy learning that other dogs are way more fun than you and two, the puppy thinking that boisterous OTT rudeness is how to interact with other dogs.

So JackC if you keep in mind that what you want pup to learn is that you are the most fun thing in the world, and that he needs to have manners and be able to focus on you then you will be fine :)

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

As long as It's controlled play. Most puppy pre-schools aren't even done by dog trainers, so It's usually not very productive or positive.

fair enough comment, the school my koda goes to is run by a wonderful trainer with over 16 years experience and there is controlled play time in that session :)

You should be fine then :)

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Raineth that's exactly my thoughts, I was trying to put them into words but you did it better laugh.gif

Nova will be allowed to interact with a select few of my friends adult dogs that I know very well and who are nice and calm and probably somewhat boring to him, one of those being a lovely greyhound biggrin.gif

I'm also skipping all the crappy free for all preschools that are around here and going straight to beginners class with a trainer at 12 weeks. Their breaks include you playing with your own pup, but in proximity to others.

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

Play can be used as a reward.

My preference isn't to do that though. My preference is for puppies to be socialised with appropriate adult dogs.

I guess the two dramas you need to watch out for is, one, the puppy learning that other dogs are way more fun than you and two, the puppy thinking that boisterous OTT rudeness is how to interact with other dogs.

So JackC if you keep in mind that what you want pup to learn is that you are the most fun thing in the world, and that he needs to have manners and be able to focus on you then you will be fine :)

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He gets a good mix of both, my mum has two dogs who have been quick to put him in his place when he's being too much, and I am quite happy with that. He also is very careful with the little pups who didn't want to play and totally steered clear, so I think he's just matching his new friends. He doesn't jump all over other dogs, but this little guy was inviting it. Can't blame either too much.

And like I said, he still recalled with the promise of a decent treat, he's good on the lead on the street and we do lots of games and training at home, so we're very popular. I agree, but I love to think he can still get a lot of joy from other things. Lots of training ahead regardless, but so far we're all very happy.

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

Play can be used as a reward.

My preference isn't to do that though. My preference is for puppies to be socialised with appropriate adult dogs.

I guess the two dramas you need to watch out for is, one, the puppy learning that other dogs are way more fun than you and two, the puppy thinking that boisterous OTT rudeness is how to interact with other dogs.

So JackC if you keep in mind that what you want pup to learn is that you are the most fun thing in the world, and that he needs to have manners and be able to focus on you then you will be fine :)

Edit for autocorrect

but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

As long as It's controlled play. Most puppy pre-schools aren't even done by dog trainers, so It's usually not very productive or positive.

fair enough comment, the school my koda goes to is run by a wonderful trainer with over 16 years experience and there is controlled play time in that session :)

You should be fine then :)

Raineth that's exactly my thoughts, I was trying to put them into words but you did it better laugh.gif

Nova will be allowed to interact with a select few of my friends adult dogs that I know very well and who are nice and calm and probably somewhat boring to him, one of those being a lovely greyhound biggrin.gif

I'm also skipping all the crappy free for all preschools that are around here and going straight to beginners class with a trainer at 12 weeks. Their breaks include you playing with your own pup, but in proximity to others.

Thanks raineth,

that was somewhat my train of thought.

sorry for hijacking the thread Steph :o

NOW enough with the training talk, we are in the PHOTOS,PHOTOS,PHOTOS section of the forums.

I wanna see more of Gus pwease :D :D :D

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but shouldn't the school allow the pups to have a controlled play time in the session so they can vent some excitement as well, I'm sure the school did focus and attention training within the same time so the pup knew when it had to be calm and when it could "play", I'm new to this as well

Play can be used as a reward.

My preference isn't to do that though. My preference is for puppies to be socialised with appropriate adult dogs.

I guess the two dramas you need to watch out for is, one, the puppy learning that other dogs are way more fun than you and two, the puppy thinking that boisterous OTT rudeness is how to interact with other dogs.

So JackC if you keep in mind that what you want pup to learn is that you are the most fun thing in the world, and that he needs to have manners and be able to focus on you then you will be fine :)

Edit for autocorrect

He gets a good mix of both, my mum has two dogs who have been quick to put him in his place when he's being too much, and I am quite happy with that. He also is very careful with the little pups who didn't want to play and totally steered clear, so I think he's just matching his new friends. He doesn't jump all over other dogs, but this little guy was inviting it. Can't blame either too much.

And like I said, he still recalled with the promise of a decent treat, he's good on the lead on the street and we do lots of games and training at home, so we're very popular. I agree, but I love to think he can still get a lot of joy from other things. Lots of training ahead regardless, but so far we're all very happy.

sounds good then :)

Justas long as you are aware that a lot of puppy schools do more harm than good and you can assess whether yours falls into that category or not.

Sounds like things are going on the right track :)

now Like Jackz said..... back to more Gus photos :happydance:

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I'll get the monkey to sit still at some point! All the photos I have are of him sleeping/sleepy. Haha.

His new fav game is to run full pelt up to his cat friend, bowl him over and groom his face (bonus points if he's just had a big drink).

Hector just gives him a long suffering look and you can almost see him sigh. Haha.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I think I have found my favourite photo of Gus

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Yoghurt nose!

Here's some others, I was meant to be cleaning up but the clown of the house distracted me being so funny.

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The look of guilt suggests he knows that's a cat toy...

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Growing like a weed (and the background promises I was cleaning, though most of that has been reclaimed from Gus.

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Slightly possessed by his noms.

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Bump head.

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'Bully sticks are made of WHAT?!'

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I think he'd had enough of the damn paparazzi.

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