I wondered whether your 'horrors of horrors' comment is a response to my comment above? Just in case it is, there is nothing wrong with a dog...
It's really strange - Betsy has a little puppia harness and I introduced it ever so carefully. She was fine in it for the first 4 weeks, but now...
Ok, @snowbunny - so change the username to TAFKAsdegg - that's what she wants. :)
Well - pah! You'll just have to tell her that her job is to be a much loved pet/agility dog/catnip sniffer dog instead. :)
Ok, I'll still have to google it....:D
I didn't say that the gundog class you go to use intimidation and punishment - although did say old fashioned methods are probably where the myth...
Anyone else not get this at all! :D
Working line dogs tend to be more sensitive dogs (hence the increased tendency to reactivity etc) than show line dogs. They are easier to train...
Hello there, I have showline dogs but take my dogs gundog training - so know a lot of showline dogs and a lot of working line dogs. Most people...
Hi there I don't understand the advice to feed half puppy food and half adult food. This seems to me to be old fashioned advice. Good quality...
No, I am not suggesting a 'leave it' cue is punishment although it can be trained with punishment, of course. Leave it only works when you are...
A dog picking stuff up in the home environment, or when not under orders on a walk, is pretty much irrelevant as to whether the cue 'fetch' is...
It is, indeed. But since many Labradors don't need training to pick up everything anyway - and anyone serious about retrieving won't train a dog...
Both Advocate and Milbemax have licences for lungworm. You can search online for the datasheets which will give you all the information you need...
Yes, Charlie can get mouthfuls of water when he swims. For dogs who do this, I think that it is better that they swim carrying dummies and not...
What products are you using?
It comes with our dogs being retrievers - the name 'Labrador Retriever' is as it is for a good reason. These dogs have been bred to pick things up...
Bwahaha. Today, OH was coming back from a walk with Charlie, and I was leaving with Betsy. OH came up the (quite long) flight of steps outside...
My dog is a terrible tea leaf, and I had to implement a clean surfaces policy. It's not quite as bad as you seem to be imagining really. I didn't...
I do wonder if it's not just littermates. I met a spaniel on a course on the weekend and the (extremely dedicated and caring) owner was helping a...
