Happy birthday Stanley! I hope the candle was tasty :D
Sarah Stremming doesn't talk about it in quite the same terms, I don't think. It's not "a second fear period", she talks about "going in and out...
I'm no expert, just relaying what I've heard in these podcasts, but she says they can be long, yes - or it may be that the DS/CC work you were...
For the dogs or OH? :)
Litter Mate Syndrome. The advice is to have them apart more than they are together, certainly walk them separately and have them sleep apart....
Sarah Stremming says that when a dog is going through a fear period, the best thing to do is avoid the trigger at all cost, and that attempting to...
They could be experiencing litter mate syndrome. Despite the name, it's not restricted to litter mates, but can affect any dogs of similar age who...
By the way, jumping, pulling and barking can be normal Lab behaviour or it can mean your dog is scared. It’s up to you to work out which it is. In...
I’m super busy today and pretty sleep deprived after two three-hour nights (Red Bull might help with driving 16hours in a day but doesn’t help...
I think you might have got the wrong end of the stick, as that’s not necessarily true at all. As it turns out, it may be true if your puppy is on...
Definitely agree with this. What is the protocol normally when you let Red off at the start of a walk? From the outset, I practice for my dogs...
The boot is what our US friends would call the trunk.
My dogs do this to one another as part of normal play, but they obviously know each other very well and I find it completely appropriate. It would...
So, you don’t want to let him rehearse behaviour you don’t like. In the case of a prey-driven dog, that means not giving him the chance to chase...
I have been working on a little “go sniff” game. I put Luna in a sit and pretend to put something on the floor a couple of feet from her, then...
I have pillz every day, Holly. I don't mind, they go on top of my breakfast which is super tasty and I gobble them straight up. I don't even taste...
Yes, from her colouring she looks a lot like Mami (mastin cross with all the pups) from the shelter. I look forward to meeting her in the flesh :)
Willow's witching hour was around 6pm every evening, if I recall correctly - or maybe it was 5? In any event, I could set my watch by it. She was...
As for this, you might find this post I wrote useful: https://thelabradorforum.com/threads/teaching-drop-give-and-leave-it.21345/#post-326288
As @Boogie has said, puppies (and dogs) aren't defiant or disobedient. If she doesn't do what you are asking it's because you've not trained her...
