I know a couple of bitches that are like this with Charlie - one is my own 3 month old puppy! :D I just stop her doing it. She wears a little...
You really need your vet's advice on that, or the advice of a properly qualified canine physiotherapist. Swimming in warm water, in very...
I do think a whistle is cool - I like my dog coming right away on his pips, it is quite discreet and, well, I just think it's a good look.
I don't think chews are necessary, no. Particularly if you clean teeth anyway. Dogs enjoy them, and they provide entertainment, for sure. I...
I used a 212 for Charlie - 5 pips for his recall. Betsy came with a 211.5 whistle and 3 x 3 pips. Charlie recalls on the first 3 pips of Betsy's...
It's consistent, you can't convey your emotions in a whistle (so you can't sound anxious, alarmed, annoyed or angry), and it's very distinctive -...
Hi there I don't have much experience of spaniels, perhaps @editor, or @bbrown or @heidrun might be more use to you.... But as I understand it,...
I hope you do, you really won't regret it. My older dog has been clicker trained and it is such a joy to train new things with the clicker. My new...
I don't use daycare at all. I visited lots, and lots of daycare centres and failed to find any that I would leave my dog in. I absolutely hated...
Clicker training is extremely powerful - used properly, it is absolutely the most effective way to train a dog (or any animal). It's easy not to...
It isn't harder to train a dog to walk on a collar than on a back fastening harness - it is harder to train a dog to walk on a collar than a...
Glad to hear things are going well, and she is on the mend.
Charlie isn't very motivated by food - many very well respected trainers would say (and have said) that's because I failed in the early stages...
I do think we hear this quite often - young Labradors unable to concentrate in class, while other breeds of dog are a lot less sociable. It's a...
Simple back fastening harnesses are much, much better for puppies learning to walk nicely than collars. My pup is 12 weeks old now, and has barely...
My new puppy has now been permanently renamed Bitey (it was Betsy). Bitey McBite Face. She draws blood at least twice a day, my arms look like...
This is very much the case, in my experience. My older dog is only moderately motivated by food outside, but highly motivated by his environment...
Some people might do that, just like some people in every walk of life might do unethical things. :( There are lots of people, myself included,...
I walk about 200m - 300m, no more, with my 12 week old puppy on lead - when I'm asking her to walk 'properly' alongside me. In addition to that,...
Charlie says anytime you want to send a self addressed envelope he'll stuff Bitey McBite Face in it and post it back. :D
