That's a lot of hair to have been rubbed off, that's bothering her somewhat. Glad you have a new vet. Charlie's eye problems seem to have been...
I use cooked "jumbo" king prawns because Waitrose often have them on a 2 for 1 offer....Charlie wouldn't care if they were raw though. Rachel,...
I picked up Charlie at 8 weeks. He was somewhat of a crocodile. I religiously did the whole 'ouch' thing etc. But my OH wouldn't bother. He said...
They look good, I might try them. Charlie crunches up those cheap, glued in half, tennis balls in one chomp (since he is a ball bandit, I carry...
Hello, and a very warm welcome to the forum from me and Charlie. We live in London, UK. Yes, dog pee generally burns grass, no, no solution. I'd...
I own balls that Charlie has never even touched. I collect special balls. Balls that I know would blow his furry mind....I search them out. If I...
I proofed my recall by moving recall games close to distractions. It seemed to work fine. Charlie's recall isn't perfect, but it's pretty good. I...
I just googled a map of that bit - I'm trying to improve my US geography since we have more US members. I found myself looking at a map that had...
Maybe you should use the pine cone to reward the retrieve then? It seems to me that a retrieve is a much harder behaviour than a recall to be...
The ping pong recall is a 'getting the behaviour' game so you associate your whistle with the whiplash turn at the end. If you have that whiplash...
The other recalls. I presume your dog does recall at other times?
Why not reward the recall with a retrieve in the same way as all the others? That said, Charlie gets something for cured and uncued recalls, but...
I reckon - hope so, anyway. It does sound good as a back up training thing....have just been reading about it and you can do various levels, and...
I also used the mesh harnesses when Charlie was small - they are not too expensive, nice and soft, and puppies grow out of them very quickly. I...
Just back from the vet, lovely man gave up his lunch hour to see me rather than OH tomorrow. Anyway, 4th Cartrophen injection....vet says...
Blurrrgh.....:D:D:D
Oop! Sorry! :)
Hello there, don't be in a hurry to phase out rewards - often people do this too soon. Myself, I don't phase out rewards for recall. My 3 year...
I don't have a 'drop it' cue. Just 'leave it' and 'give'. They are completely different things, and in my view need a separate cue. Although the...
My dog isn't keen on a dirty dummy - I can understand that, I wouldn't want a mouthful of mud either! :) He'll pick it up ok, and bring it back...
