I've put some photos in a flickr album if anyone would like to meet my little spaniel. https://www.flickr.com/photos/142844419@N04/ (I've...
Thanks - that is very helpful. It sounds like I've been overdoing it so I'll dial it back several notches and see how that helps. A couple of...
She's only 13.5 weeks.
Thanks both. Yes, I definitely do want to train her as a gundog. That's been my plan from the beginning, though my actual plan was to get a...
Ok, so I’m still having a bit of a nightmare walking Jess and would really appreciate suggestions for how to help her stay calm and become more...
I have baby-gated off the kitchen for mine - but my partner bought a great puppy pen for his house....
Others will have more expert comments, but my pup does the same thing. I assume it's not ok if they swallow a stone, so I always try to get the...
(But I should also note that I took Julie's advice of "no messing" to heart today and Jess was fantastic all afternoon. I spent an hour with her...
"Angelic as she was, however, at 6pm every evening, she turned into Devil Dog and there was nothing I could do to get her to settle down." Oh my...
You might be right about premack - as I said, my dad's not very good at explaining his method! I'm not sure how to interpret the dogs'...
Yes, I know that gundog training is still pretty old school in its methods. My dad has kept and worked gundogs all his life, so I'm a bit...
The responses to my first question were so helpful that I'm just going to keep the questions coming... I'm adjusting to life with a puppy, and...
That's interesting to know about Helen Phillips. My pup is from working parents and I do intend to train her as a gundog (though she's not KC...
A quick search for equestrian centres has thrown up a place less than 10 minutes away from my house with a menage for hire. Their hourly cost for...
Thanks again! After my optimism this afternoon, tonight she's been absolutely mad again. I tried burning off her energy in the garden but it...
Thanks, I'll look into the limited slip lead option - I didn't know that was an option. And I would love to be able to find a safe field to train...
Thank you so much for the helpful responses. I tried implementing the suggestions and had quite a successful afternoon. I got her light collar...
I wondered if anyone might be able to offer some advice on calming an overexcited working cocker spaniel, and particularly on encouraging her to...
