Luka is 2.5 years old and a strong muscular 43Kg. I have kept him intact as I feel he will be what he will be regardless. He is not aggressive at...
Thank you for all your kind messages. Luka is back on form loving life sans cone! It's nice to have him back to himself as it was all hard from...
Yes it was worrying as lumps are not usually good things. We had returned from a walk and as usual he had bits of bushes etc around his head from...
LUKA my 2.5 yr old yellow lab developed a small lump on the left side of his face. It was red and raised looking like a possible infection. The...
Luka has stairphobia. Not handy when the house is 2 levels. He used to 'do' stairs bit slipped a few times as he is normally at full speed so the...
Re: Chew chew chew Hi, I also went through this phase. Luka will be 2 years old already next week and he is mellowing out ever so slightly! he...
Re: Zac Brown (half choc lab, half crocodile) Hello fro Laura and Luka in SW france formerly So Cal. Luka is a handsome 20 month old yellow lab...
Re: Help with socialising Thank you Jen. Your post is helpful and makes good sense. The pulling has honestly been our only real training 'issue'...
Re: Help with socialising Yes great idea and we are doing this. I want to build on this positive change. He is such a good boy and loves...
Re: Help with socialising Yes I have used a clicker since early days with Luka with great result. He loves clicker training. I have done start...
Re: Help with socialising Actually I did not use a choke chain on Luka until he was about a year old, he has not been in one his whole life. I...
Re: Help with socialising I have used head collars, easy walk front leading harness and still pulls. I am not into negative nasty things at all...
Re: Help with socialising Tres beau, looks very much like my Luka. We have had 3 sessions at the Canine club and it is helping. The instructor...
Re: Help with socialising You are right Karen there are a lot of people there and not being French it is a good opportunity to meet people with...
Re: Help with socialising Session no. 2 went a lot better! I arrived early to walk Luka round the area, woods and lots to sniff. A few other dogs...
Re: Help with socialising Language wasn't a problem either as I have a fairly good grasp of French but I decided to start using french commands...
Re: Help with socialising This afternoon was our first session at the canine club. we arrived early so hopefully could meet one of the...
Re: Sleeping on the bed... Luka stays downstairs where his bed is plus the sofa. His fear of open tread stairs keeps him from the bedroom. He...
Re: Sad Pongo Oh Pongo so sorry. Bummer having things get infected especially on your face man! The cone is also a bummer but hang in there...
Re: Help with socialising Yes I am so happy to finally find help. Luka is so lovely but we do have to improve and time is of the essence as he is...