We were in a very similar place this time last year with my old boy - experiencing the horrible gradual decline from kidney failure. I found...
Hi, We’ve got a 7 month old as well and 2 young kids…. so food stealing is an issue in this house too :-) Like others above - I like him to sit...
Hey, Have you tried the distract and divert tactic rather than saying no? Maybe play with something really exciting - a fun game she’ll love or...
I'm working on this one at the moment too - I quite often give a couple of treats when he's in the middle which makes him pause there a while as...
To be completely honest...I think it sounds better than it was :-) I'm not sure he knew the treats were there until the last turn which was when...
So update to help keep me in check...this month has had some good and some bad. - Door manners; not huge progress. He’s good in the house now...
I'm working on this with my 5 month old at the moment and I absolutely agree with everyone else about a proactive approach. I do use the pulling...
I'll have to figure out what the 'high value' reward might be for each visitor and get it ready for them :-) Wine for sure for some of them!...
I can see how a trainer could be really handy here. I was lying in bed last night trying figure out a good approach and I thought how useful it...
Thanks for that - she makes it look so so easy! As he's not yet very predictable when he will jump (when it's just us at home) - I'll practise...
So the scenario that has made me wonder about all this is jumping while walking around. So maybe on a walk he occasionally turns into a bit of a...
Hi, Just wondered if anyone does ‘paws on floor’ with a cue? Our pup is just starting to jump up. At the moment we are saying ‘off’ and ignoring...
Such a lovely post to read. I lost my beloved lab in July last year and occasionally I worry about how sad I sometimes still feel. Some days the...
Thinking of you and Shadow. Hope this afternoon is as gentle and smooth as possible for you all.
Here are some ideas Snowbunny suggested when I asked a similar question and my little pup loves playing them on our walks now. I hope she won't...
Thanks Selina :-) To be honest it's my uselessness that's the main motivation here. I'm good at having the intentions but rubbish at actually...
So we’ve not learnt much new stuff this last month but he’s been a little delight over Christmas. Only one decoration got chewed up and the...
Thanks Karen for this - I'll scrap my plan A and go to plan B :-) The parallel walking on leads a distance apart sounds a good starting point....
We had this with our old lab when he was younger. For us it was always in the evening when we wanted to chill for a bit. But I honestly found...
Thanks everyone for your posts - it's helped give me the confidence that I'm right to insist we keep them apart for a month a least, however...
