Re: Heel or not to Heel? I went to obedience clicker training classes with my cocker where we had to do a few exercises that are not really...
Re: Not really bad behaviour but strange ! I think it is called displacement behaviour. All sorts of things can trigger it, stress, excitement,...
Re: unfocused teenage labrador Pippa, I am one of those 'serious hobby trainers' and I must say, your comment is the best I have read on any...
Re: One Man Garden Recall just not happening! Do you feed him his breakfast and dinner in a bowl? If yes, stop, and only feed him from your hand...
Re: A slight problem But what do you expect him to do for the rest of the time? Mooch around in the undergrowth, contemplating what to retrieve...
Re: A slight problem I guess I must have had spaniels for too long. :D They would translate 'sniffing around doing doggy stuff' as hunting 100...
Re: A slight problem What do you mean when you say quality retrieving time? Is he steady to a thrown dummy? Can you walk with him at heel off the...
Re: A slight problem I have four spaniels who love nothing more than to hunt and to retrieve. They don't do 'nomal walks' because if I didn't...
Re: Hello from Exmoor Hi Sam, Thanks for the welcome. It is really hard to believe that Alice will be 5 this year! Here she is competing in a...
Re: Hello from Exmoor Hi Pippa, Thanks for the welcome! No snow here on Exmoor, thank God. The cocker is a he, with the most spectacular...
Hi everyone, I don't actually own a Labrador but three spaniels! Two beautiful springer girls, Alice and Caddie, and Murffi a young working...
