It’s from zoo plus and it’s excellent. You can wipe it down. One pup chewed a hole in the corner and I mended it with duct tape, it’s been fine since. They are not too expensive either. Link - http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dog_beds_baskets/square_dog_beds/faux_leather/13686
And it fits TWO dogs?? Snowie’s is that size just for him. I guess it can fit two curled up, but when he lies stretched out, there’s only space for him.
Actually, this got me thinking. I think it is important and useful that they don't eat unknown stuff from the ground. There have been episodes where mean people poisoned dogs via food. It has happened to 2 friends of mine (3 dogs), so not that far from home. Or that episode I mentioned of scattering bread with sharp nails in the park so dogs would swallow.. I will ask Gastons' trainer how we could train this. Thanks.
Yes, sadly leaving out poisoned food is fairly common where I am in Spain as well. In addition there are the dangers of fish hooks at the beach and processionary caterpillars. All in all, a very good idea to have a dog who won't eat anything off the ground. I don't know if I could teach it again - maybe I just got very lucky with Brogan - but it would be worth trying just for the peace of mind.
Absolutely Emily. I can guess it wont be easy training a lab to ignore food but I am going for it. Gaston and I went for a short walk outside today, just three houses down, he was pretty comfortable as we have done the whole village, him carried, but everything he found on the pavement he licked or picked up with his mouth and chewed. Dirty things (an empty pack of bubblegum I think, a greasy napkin and some other thing flying around..). Not good. And dogs being poisoned in Portugal is, sadly, very common, just as you say happens in Spain. There is something wrong with some of these people, it must be cultural, don't know.
Don't feel that way. There are plenty of us on here who are not positive-only trainers. It doesn't make you any the worse as a trainer or owner, it's just another viewpoint, and another way of doing things. I personally don't care if my "no!!" or "enough", or "stop that" is a punishment - there are certain things I don't want my dogs to do; I tell them so, and they stop doing it.
Mine aren't delicate pups. They know me well enough to know I'm noisy sometimes and it's nothing to do with them. They ignore me we been together a long time.
I’ve tried to get a video but as soon as the camera comes out they come to me and pose I have analysed my shouted ‘oi oi oi’ and watched the dogs carefully - it certainly isn’t aversive, they wag wag wag all the way to me for their treats. But I will ask the expert (my GD supervisor) what she thinks just to be sure. .
If Stanleys doing something (such as counter surfing) he shouldn't I say "excuse me" and turns to me straight away. Then I can tell him to get down or whatever it may be. It doesn't diminish the behaviour - so I don't think he finds it particularly punishing, it just gets his attention. I try to be as positive as possible, but the fact is we're human and sometimes things just slip out. Sometimes I end up shouting STANLEY BEHAVE MAN! When he's really driving me up the wall but it's more just me getting irritated out loud than him being directly shouted at. I'd never hit him or hurt him, and I never shout directly at him. He lives in Stanleyland most of the time anyway so I don't think he particularly notices. He's definitely not a sensitive dog so not much affects him to be fair
I was going to continue to say something very similar but got interrupted. We are human and are going to get irritated, annoyed and use a sharper tone of voice from time to time.
Does anyone elses dogs get the I'm going to get you pretend angry. Mine love it and get the game. Moo especially likes it she can't hear but I do the monster hands she goes crazy all excited and silly. I do a funny face thing too. It's not a nervous reaction it's a smiley ooo a game expression.
