My Jessie also had this problem. It took her a while to get the hang of it, so maybe keep trying, or try again in a couple of weeks? Anything...
That is really helpful. Thank you everyone. We are up to around an hour now, which she is fine with, so I will start stretching this a bit and not...
Jessie is now 18 weeks old. I am home most of the time so I haven't had to leave her for long periods yet, however she has been left regularly for...
Hey, we have a Jessie! She is 17 weeks old and always a super confident little madam too! She's been happy to be off since we got her at 9 weeks!...
Boogie, thanks for sharing this, that is really interesting. Because Jessie is so dog mad, I have been avoiding play with other dogs as our...
Poor you and poor Nugget. I was just thinking about your socialisation issues. I think try not to worry. Could you get some of your children's...
We have the "nightmare young lab", so thanks for sharing this! It is good to have hope!
clicker training is brilliant. Someone sent me a link to clicker training a high five, which I am so trying this week as my kids would love her to...
It just feels like such a responsibility to train them so they behave well around children, doesn't it? I totally freaked out on week one because...
Hello. I am a first time puppy owner to Jessie and have two small children of 4 & 6 and I am currently working through some of the same issues and...
We are now 2 weeks into puppy training classes and so far, so good. We are both really enjoying them. As far as I can tell, they are well...
I don't have an answer, just that Jessie was the same from day 1, much to my surprise and panic! I think all the smells were really exciting! We...
What have I done, lol! She is a noisy Herbert anyway, so can't be much worse!
Kong Wobbler ordered!! I am sure she will love it!
Ha, plastic bottle noise was fairly annoying, but better than her barking after her food bowl, which she turns upside down and then can't get a...
Rosie, we tried the bottle! What a stroke of genius! She loved this. I may start giving her, her dinner in one to distract her from trying to...
I am going to try a walk! I was all togged up ready to go earlier and she sat on the drive trying to get back in the house, but it was torrential...
Any thoughts for some indoor play??? It is pouring here and Jessie doesn't like the wet (is this normal for a Labrador????????) She didn't want to...
I also attended our first class this weekend and really enjoyed it. There were only 4 other dogs and they were only allowed to meet for 5 minutes...
Thanks for that link. We had our first puppy class today, and it was brilliant. We both loved it. I can totally see why you would carry on beyond...
