For my surgeon, confined meant confined. I squidged a bit with Brogan because his downstay was impeccable, but it still meant that he was in bed...
That's interesting. My thinking would it be easier to train a chilled-out dog with no drive than a high-energy dog with lots of drive. But several...
I'll second what @MF said. Gorgeous photo by the way - she just can't seem to take a bad one. :)
Thanks, Helen. Brogan was my best buddy and partner but Duncan (in the photo) was my soul-mate from day one. They were very different in...
Agreed - I think this is what made my two boys such stars. They were constantly checking in. I think you can train this, but a dog who does it...
I have to admit I'm still confused by the term "drive" and what it really means. To me, drive has nearly a 100% bad connotation, because I...
Excellent point! With apologies to the memory of Brogan, I used to think he was dumb as a box of rocks (sorry buddy!). In fact when we found the...
Sorry to hear Rory isn't feeling his normal self. Hopefully he'll brighten up tomorrow. :hug:
I've been meeting a LOT of different dogs lately and today's shelter visit made me start to think about what makes a "trainable" dog. I'm pretty...
Yeah, this one got to me. Between Brogan being a traveling dog and Duncan having the exact same Doggles - even same color. Makes me want to have...
"The Labrador Lean"??? The things I learn about on this forum. :D
When I bought the EUR20 course (marked down from 200 with coupon code Kate shared), I also signed up for the email newsletter. Immediately all...
If it helps, Brogan's two TPLOs were in 2009 and cost USD$5000 each in SF Bay California. My surgeon said precisely the same thing about the...
Wow, this is great - thanks so much for posting about this. Signed up! I did Ian Dunbar's Sirius puppy training with all my dogs and even went...
Sorry, my go-to is boiled liver which is indeed very smelly. But not slimy, so maybe you could manage? Slightly less yummy (but also less...
My Brogan was about the same age when he tore his cruciate and had to have his first TPLO. We'd just about made it through the first six months...
Ooh, Harley better sleep with one eye open. The Lambie network does not forget. :thelambiesarecoming:
I've not looked at older puppies from a breeder, but this is par for the course for lots of rescues. I've been looking at rescues here in Spain...
Yeesh, you've almost convinced ME to beg for one! Get away with you and your sweet fluffy tiny golden-doodles! :tmi:
Yes, Ruffwear is trying to sell you stuff. But this posting on their blog just gave me all the feels. Life is Short, Live in Dog Years Story...
