Going and getting her or waiting is not always an option. She comes to the recall but waits till she sees the colour of my money before she takes...
OK - variation on a common theme, but she is driving us to distraction and to the point where my wife and I are seriously discussing whether we...
Sometimes! Susie is now 6 months old, will take food nicely leaving fingers on you hand, waits by her meal until told she can eat it, sits/lies...
Plagiarised. And sort of seasonal! Late one night a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, "Jesús is...
I spoke to soon re the reliable recall using the whistle. She has now started to ignore that. She was becoming a manageable dog but she has been...
Thanks Michael. Re going in the garden, she seems to know the difference between being there for a purpose and when to generally potter around. If...
I doubt she knows the difference between play and training modes. If she is being taught something she is well behaved; if she is free to potter...
Susie, aged 5 months) had to spend two days/nights at a local kennel while we were away. Joan, who runs it, is very good as are her kennels....
Susie, 5 month old puppy is doing generally well with her basic training. A very useful one is a whistle - two blasts and wherever she is in the...
We will need to put our 5 month old Labrador into kennels for a weekend in about 5 weeks time. What is the best approach - just do it, or take her...
Thank you Edzbird.
Thank you for your comments Jo, but to answer your last point about my lack of understanding, I refer you to my last post, - My intention was to...
Thank you all. A good discussion, which was my intention. So don't lay into me for expressing views you don't agree with! I may not agree with...
Thank you for your view. I do not believe using punishment as a training aid, but I must say that your last two suggestions are not really...
OK - I admit it. I once hit my previous Labrador, Tessa, with a rolled up newspaper. But please don't shoot me down until you read on. Tessa...
Although not quite 4 months old I have found voice, clicker and whistle all more or less equally useful in training her (and her predecessor)....
Disclaimer first - I have no knowledge of mushrooms and this is a comment based purely on some Googling and looking in a mushroom identification...
Although Susie has been in a car a few times - transport from breeder to home, home to vets for immunisation and back - these trips were with her...
I take the point about ensuring the voice stays the same. But in a family situation, it could confuse the dog if, to give an extreme example, the...
I think we should try a harness on Susie - currently 3 1/2 months and weighing 32 lbs. A search on Amazon finds a few but can't see anything...