Well, he doesn't have to leave right away. :) He is frustrated if Betsy is close - as in on the same sofa - but ok if she is in her crate....
Charlie was right. :rolleyes: Yesterday, Charlie started to get very annoying with Betsy's bum dragging his nose towards it like a magnet. Today,...
I think lead walking in moderation - I'd say no more than 100 - 200m of learning how to walk on a lead is appropriate for a 12 week old puppy....
It was! :D Charlie is ok on beaches now, because he expects his football. I have played football on beaches with him for so long now he only has...
I do think it's very different - working a dog with sheep around, and walking a dog with sheep around. If Charlie is retrieving, he notices...
That's fine, of course. It was when you said: That made it sound like the spaniels just came up to Coco while you still had him on lead.
I disagree with this. Dogs have a self cleaning mechanism in their ears. The skin grows outwards and the skin cells transport dirt out of the ear....
Oh I love snow! No chance here, in Cornwall!
It's not really practical to work on recall or not chasing around sheep with a dog that shows any tendency to chase at all. If you wanted to do...
Not really - we are on the South coast. Yesterday we'd just dropped Luna off with @snowbunny and then were having lunch not far from Newquay. We...
It hasn't been very long since your boy's operation, so you maybe just have to give it a bit more time as you work through a rehabilitation. Have...
When I got Betsy, I spent a long time thinking about this point - that is, should a dog always be expected to heel, and never walk any other way...
It's very subjective though, isn't it? What if actually you couldn't have recalled Coco from the spaniels? What if he had a lousy recall away from...
It's totally normal - early mornings and late evenings are the pack going to sleep/waking up, and it's mutual grooming time. The dog would...
What is it that you want to do with Indie? How long do you want her to walk 'at heel' for? And through what kind of distractions? Asking a dog...
Agree with Kate - how tall is the dog? My 22in entire 3.5 year old male is 28kgs (61lbs). If you dog is taller, maybe he is too slim (or maybe...
Both my dogs as puppies were interested in reflections - their own in mirrors, and reflections of other moving things in windows. Betsy barked at...
The best thing to do is sleep on the human bed and get to like lie-ins. Ok, that's not as good as the humans getting up at 5am, but you've got to...
There isn't normally tension on my lead! Because my dogs don't move out of position and if they did, I'd change something to make it easier for...
You just made a mistake, letting Freddie run up. It happens to us all - I honestly think anyone who has a young, lively, normal young Labrador...
