Re: Play biting We'll start learning take it and drop it, I think Tess will enjoy that part too!
Re: Play biting Thank you, I'll watch the video! I don't think she's under stimulated, I do lots of 5 minute training sessions throughout the day...
I've read the articles but I'm still not 100% sure .. When Tess mouths our hands we yelp if it's too hard and usually she backs off and/or mouths...
Re: First Walk! Do you know what, I think I sometimes say hello to dogs as they pass - I always go on to wonder when on earth I started saying...
Re: First Walk! Thanks Bonnie! We really have been very lucky with Tess, she's a lovely girl, pretty calm really! Back to the initial advice, we...
Re: First Walk! Ah, thank you, I really needed to hear that! I feel such a responsibility to 'get it right', but (as with my children!) I'm...
Re: First Walk! Thanks Julie. We were really pleased that the Easter holidays would coincide with us being able to get her out and about and now...
Re: First Walk! Thank you, that's good to know :) I'm sat here feeling a bit cross with myself because we are taking Tess to visit two family...
Re: First Walk! Thank you, I guess I will live and learn! I just drove her down the road, did a bit of off lead work with her and drove home...
Re: First Walk! Thanks Julie, that makes sense. Actually, head up and not sniffing probably isn't even something I particularly need from her....
Re: First Walk! Julie, can I just check I've understood correctly. I'll drive her to town (or wherever) so she experiences busy places and so we...
Re: First Walk! Brilliant, I shall rein it in a little!
Re: First Walk! Pondering this over a glass of red wine :) I'm thinking that instead of taking her for one walk each day to the field, then off...
Re: First Walk! She definitely falls in to the last category! I'm not sure she needs socialisation, more the opposite ;-) I could walk a...
Re: First Walk! Also, I'm meant to be getting her out to all the places we carried her now she's on the floor for socialisation before she's 14...
Re: First Walk! I'm literally walking up my road a bit, I couldn't really do any less, it's still interesting because she hasn't been there...
Re: First Walk! Yep, done all that in the garden at home. She walks around the entire garden both on and off lead to heel as described here and...
My son insisted I wake him up this morning to take Tess on her first 'proper' walk! It went so well. She walked on a loose lead most of the time,...
Re: How much does your puppy weigh? Tess was just under 6kg when she went to the vet at 8 weeks and we just had her second lot of injections...
Re: Taking divider out of crate We took it out and she's fine :)
