Julie, when you say interrupter cue, do you mean something which makes her spin around and refocus towards me? She will do this for 'yes' and also...
Thanks both. I've concentrated on not letting her run up to people/dogs for a long time and we've made a lot of progress recently. We heel up and...
Hi, I'd love some advice regarding Tess, now 9 months. I taught her not to jump up at me by clicking and treating on the ground but, in all...
Thank you for all your lovely replies. It's been hard work having a Labrador puppy as well as 4 young children but I've really enjoyed spending...
Hi everyone, just popping by to say hi from Tess and I! We're doing really well ☺ Tess just had her first season and was surprisingly settled on...
Absolutely, we love having a dog as part of the family. Today my 8 year old, who used to be terrified of dogs, said to me on a walk 'I feel safer...
Great advice Julie, thank you. Thinking about it, she does actually stop in her tracks and recall back to me if she's running after our own...
Our Tess is now almost 7 months old and we have four children, aged 3, 5, 8 and 9. I was also a childminder when we got her as a puppy :) I...
Tess is almost 7 months now and her recall is still very good :) I would love some help to come up with a way to address the following though;...
Tess jumps in to our children's water table and digs in it just like that!
I always say our Tess lulled us in to a false sense of security, she was so easy for the first month or so! Loved her crate from day 1, never...
Ahh, Myles and Tess are very similar aren't they! It's difficult to find a time on a week day to take Tess out somewhere busy without the...
Hi everyone Tess is now 5 months and, I'm pleased to say, pretty much past the Croco-pup stage! It's really lovely that she's so much calmer...
I took the kids out this morning for around 4 hours and didn't shut Tess in her crate. She was absolutely fine - besides spilling her water which...
Thanks both. She is used to being left for 2 to 3 hours at a time, usually gets a couple of Kongs and is always sleeping when we return. I would...
Hi, Tess is almost 5 months old and doing wonderfully :) Up until now I've been working from home but in a month's time I'm going to be starting...
Tess does this when she meets new people, we know to expect it now and make sure they watch their feet!!
Tess is about 4.5 months and it feels as though we're coming out of the crocopup stage finally (although she's teething now ...). More and more...
Just thought I'd write a little update! We've been to 3 of the new classes now and have decided to give them a miss. I don't think letting Tess...
Re: Greeting people and dogs on walks I can only agree with both a) and b) in my short experience as a Labrador owner!
