My latest guest star: Tibor the Border Collie (or "How I Became a Seeing-Eye Human")

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I like those, as I don't own a car (or a dl for that matter - for the safety of the world) I was thinking how it would be great tool, along with the bike, for visiting different places, but I am not sure if even a small female lab isn't to big for it

 

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Quinn has this, but we only use the bike mode, not the stroller mode

 

People will make fun of your lab in it, but who cares! Ours can carry dogs up to 100lbs (though that would be tight)!

 

Here people take their kids to school in them - "kids" plural, as in one toddler and one 4-5 year old. As @QuinnM15 says, even a pretty big dog should fit. Now, whether your dog will stay in one, that's another question!

Yeah, bring it on. I will invoke the power of the Lambies on them and then we'll see who's laughing.

Great photo of Quinn!

 

So now the Secret Dog Trolley Society emerges from the shadows...!

With Tibor I'd suspect that weeing on stuff and sniffing are both so inherently and hugely and primarily reinforcing that no food is going to beat it. Using the opportunity to sniff/pee as a reward is probably your best bet (i.e. put weeing and sniffing on a verbal cue and then cue him (or use a release cue) after he's walked nicely for a few steps.

How long have you got him for? The other option is just to live with it until you give him back.

 

I'm in Germany until September, so unless he gets adopted early, I have him until I leave. For my own sanity, I'd like to sort this out or at least improve the situation. "Walking slowly and weeing a lot" is far from a horrible behavioural problem, but I'm his third foster home in three months and the other two women (both experienced fosterers) said this drove them nuts too and it was a big reason they asked that he not stay with them. He also had a trial with a family who really liked him until they took him out for the afternoon and then decided not to adopt him.

So basically if I can get him to walk (somewhat) well on a leash, it will help both me and his chances of a permanent adoption.

 

It was another rough night in "Tibor in the crate" land. He went in without a fuss with his last Kong, but then periodically throughout the night woke up and whined and scratched. I waited until he settled down this morning and then let him out. He's now laying by my bed, completely angelic and quiet.

I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing insisting on the crate at night.

The logic behind it is so that he will come to think of it as his safe place and that if I need to leave him during the day for an hour or so, I can leave him in there knowing that he will be ok (and that my apartment will be ok). Right now I feel a little prisoner-like as I'm not comfortable leaving him alone. He's been alone with other dogs, but never with no other dogs and no humans. While I've been with him during the day, he has tried nibbling on power cords and taking pillows/blankets off the couch and such, so I don't think he's 100% trustworthy not to do damage to himself or the apartment if left on his own.

But right now I feel very tired from lack of sleep and a little mean-spirited to force him to get used to the crate when otherwise he's pretty good in the apartment. But I guess I've answered my own question above as to why getting him used to the crate is needed. Any thoughts?

 

He just went into his crate on his own for the first time, yay!

Of course it was just looking for crumbs from his morning Kong and then he came right back out again, but...baby steps!

 

I think the crate is sensible, given his interest in electrical cords.... You're right to persevere.

Can definitely see how walking well on lead would really make a big difference to his future...

 

Goodness, Tibor makes for a big lapdog!

 

Lovely picture, I think this is definitely his good side - he looks far more relaxed than in the first pic you posted.

 

Oh, wow, he's bigger than he looks in his first picture! I take it he's starting to feel a bit more comfortable now?

 

Fabulous photo!

 

I was going to say "How do you do it, falling for one dog after the other then letting them go?" Hmmmmmm ...

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Tibor makes a wonderful duvet!! He's absolutely lovely, such a kind face - love him xx

 

He's bigger than I thought too! And what a wonderful face

 

He's got stumpy legs but he's a pretty solid guy otherwise. Maybe 20 kgs?

 

Get that question a lot yourself, do you?

 

Yes, sometimes it annoys me as they make me sound heartless

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