Its not at Avery hill, but this one is very good and has classes in the evenings at St Johns Hall, Sidcup and daytime in Bexleyheath. Does all levels from Puppy to bronze, silver and gold Good Citizen..... http://www.progressdogtraining.co.uk/
Looking for a bit of advice, my puppy is nearly 5 months and is still weeing in the night, I take her out at about 10 each night before I put her down to sleep and then I take her out at 7:30 each morning the poos have stopped but she seems to wee loads is this still normal for a puppy or am I doing something wrong. Thankyou in advance for any advice given.
The same as children, cut out the late night drinks until they have total bladder control (but be careful due to the hot weather) . Asking a puppy to go almost 8 hours is a little to much to early. Unfortunately for you, I would suggest bedding her down to kip at about 1130/1200 and getting up around 0530/0600 until she is at least a year. She will tell you when she is capable of going through the night, by doing exactly that.
No worry's. I hope to be getting a puppy towards the end of the year, so those getting up at silly o/clock wee's are coming back over the horizon. Before anyone mentions rescues and all the dogs needing homes. My home does not meet the currant criteria laid down by German Shepherd rescues and in their opinion is not secure enough with only a 3ft wall at the front of the house. The fact that I prefer to train my dogs to stay in the garden rather than leap the walls is neither here nor there and they make the rules.
Lola is addicted to going out with a ball on a rope, she gives me 100% attention and is getting better on recall the training lead comes tomoz just in time for our holiday to Wales
she is coming on so much, I have never had a dog give so much back to us all, we still get the baby biting a bit nothing too much and her teeth are falling out and the big teeth coming through
but Lola is a great girl will put pics up from her holiday
Lola is addicted to going out with a ball on a rope, she gives me 100% attention and is getting better on recall the training lead comes tomoz just in time for our holiday to Wales
she is coming on so much, I have never had a dog give so much back to us all, we still get the baby biting a bit nothing too much and her teeth are falling out and the big teeth coming through
but Lola is a great girl will put pics up from her holiday
hope you all are well
Great stuff, once you find her point of focus she'll work well. Move her on to "Heelwork" get her on the left as she's so little put the ball in your pocket and let her see it there. Walk a few steps making sure she looks at the ball, as she gets bigger move it to under your arm. Three or four steps and throw the ball rewarding her for the focus, if she loses concentration dont throw it take her back and start again. Any "Mouthing" should result in a scream which will startle her followed by everyone leaving the room for a minute or two and shut the door. It has to be stopped now while she's a baby. Look forward to the pictures...........
Bailey?? I'm not sure is the honest answer, some video's of him walking/trotting have been taken on our behalf to a vet in Cornwall who appears to think he knows the problem (so did the others) and that an operation will cure it. If that is is the case he will have the operation, but what I wont do is put him 6 months of tests only for someone to say "They dont know whats wrong" he's suffered enough at the hands of vets and there will be no more. At the moment with the odd exception he's a house dog, I do a little bit in the garden with him just to keep him alert and up to a standard so he can continue to visit the Upbeats.
Bailey has been referred to University college of veterinary surgery for scans on his neck, the results will almost certainly show he requires an operation. This will probably be done as he is young enough and strong enough to withstand the general anesthetic, Its not something I'm comfortable with, but the options of him spending his life like he is are something I'm even less comfortable with.
I'm very biased against the vets in this area, but did find a very good one in Blackheath, Humber road to be exact.
Thats a pretty unfair comment, there is one opposite Wellings ground another opposite Aye Gees motorcyles nearer to Shootershill. I use neither, make of that what you will. What I can say is, not everything a vet tells is necessarily correct!!
Ok, well thank you for the indirect heads up then!
Need to get him registered soon as we've caught him eating snails during his late night wee trip in the back garden, and I'm a bit concerned about lungworm, after reading some nasty stories.
Rylo, take him straight to any vet. My issues are connected with things a lot less obvious than lungworm. I still use one of those vets for innoculations and routine visits. But Baileys vet is now in Northampton and logistically thats not possible and he recommended the one blackheath. There is also one (Heiney's I think) by the bingo hall at Woolwich ferry that friends speak highly about.
Pricey is having a vet shrug his shoulders and say "I dont know what to do now, what would you like to do" when you've parted with 16k on treatments on his recommendation. A good vet is priceless to me, its just finding one!
Ok cheers for that, I'll take him to Blackheath as that seems to be a decent one.
He's not actually showing any signs of lungworm, just thought it would be a good idea to get him checked out. He seems to be quite keen on the snails in our garden!
Ok cheers for that, I'll take him to Blackheath as that seems to be a decent one.
He's not actually showing any signs of lungworm, just thought it would be a good idea to get him checked out. He seems to be quite keen on the snails in our garden!
My dog Bob (cocker spaniel) caught about four years ago, first thing I knew was he had a nose bleed that wouldn't stop. He spent a couple of days in with the vet and is better now, treat him every month with Advocate. It not just snails, it's foxes' poo, that's a problem with my dog as he loves to round around in it.
Xena our rescue "Shep" is coming along fantastic although does like a tear up occasionally! I think she'll make a great Therapy dog as long there arn't other dogs about, hopefully with continued training we'll get that out of her.
Ok cheers for that, I'll take him to Blackheath as that seems to be a decent one.
He's not actually showing any signs of lungworm, just thought it would be a good idea to get him checked out. He seems to be quite keen on the snails in our garden!
My dog Bob (cocker spaniel) caught about four years ago, first thing I knew was he had a nose bleed that wouldn't stop. He spent a couple of days in with the vet and is better now, treat him every month with Advocate. It not just snails, it's foxes' poo, that's a problem with my dog as he loves to round around in it.
I've just registered with a vets so we'll see about starting him on Advocate straight away.
Milford is a Hungarian Viszla. Seems to be leaving fox poo alone at the moment, so hopefully we can get him to stop eating the snails too!
14 Weeks he's just a baby and the fascination with fox crap I've never experienced, Bailey doesn't do wet or dirty, let alone roll in fox sh*t. Xena used eat her own, a feckin disgusting thing to see but fortunately easily sorted and she no longer does it. Get yourself a long training lead from eBay and practice his recall. Every dog should be able have run off the lead daily and getting his attention at 14 weeks will be so much easier than at 14 months when he'll be trying to tell you he's the boss. He's beautiful looking boy.
Ok I'll do definitely get the lead, sounds like a good idea. I'll be taking Milford to his first puppy class in a couple of weeks so that should help his progress.
It's not easy but I'm loving it, really does make a huge change to your life in a very positive way.
Puppy classes are great for their socialisation, something our rescue obviously missed out on so much so she even barks at dogs on the TV. With the long lead ( I would have something about 20ft) just hook him up and throw the other end on the floor, if he tries to disappear just stand on the end. Try to pick it up and even a light weight puppy will burn your hands, especially childrens. Use a treat or toy and start about a yard away waving the treat/toy waving your arms about and screaming like a teenage girl not very macho but thats the way it goes (North London Addick loves that bit. Lol) the curiosity will bring you puppy over, if it goes the other way he's finding something more interesting than you. I'm on holiday for a week if you want to meet up and help where and if you think you need any.
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Wish us luck..!
I hope to be getting a puppy towards the end of the year, so those getting up at silly o/clock wee's are coming back over the horizon. Before anyone mentions rescues and all the dogs needing homes. My home does not meet the currant criteria laid down by German Shepherd rescues and in their opinion is not secure enough with only a 3ft wall at the front of the house. The fact that I prefer to train my dogs to stay in the garden rather than leap the walls is neither here nor there and they make the rules.
Lola is addicted to going out with a ball on a rope, she gives me 100% attention and is getting better on recall the training lead comes tomoz just in time for our holiday to Wales
she is coming on so much, I have never had a dog give so much back to us all, we still get the baby biting a bit nothing too much and her teeth are falling out and the big teeth coming through
but Lola is a great girl will put pics up from her holiday
hope you all are well
Move her on to "Heelwork" get her on the left as she's so little put the ball in your pocket and let her see it there. Walk a few steps making sure she looks at the ball, as she gets bigger move it to under your arm. Three or four steps and throw the ball rewarding her for the focus, if she loses concentration dont throw it take her back and start again. Any "Mouthing" should result in a scream which will startle her followed by everyone leaving the room for a minute or two and shut the door. It has to be stopped now while she's a baby.
Look forward to the pictures...........
Bailey??
I'm not sure is the honest answer, some video's of him walking/trotting have been taken on our behalf to a vet in Cornwall who appears to think he knows the problem (so did the others) and that an operation will cure it. If that is is the case he will have the operation, but what I wont do is put him 6 months of tests only for someone to say "They dont know whats wrong" he's suffered enough at the hands of vets and there will be no more. At the moment with the odd exception he's a house dog, I do a little bit in the garden with him just to keep him alert and up to a standard so he can continue to visit the Upbeats.
I really hope he gets a result soon mate must be doing you in watching him like that
We're currently looking at registering him with a good vets near (or nearish) Shooters Hill.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
What I can say is, not everything a vet tells is necessarily correct!!
Need to get him registered soon as we've caught him eating snails during his late night wee trip in the back garden, and I'm a bit concerned about lungworm, after reading some nasty stories.
My issues are connected with things a lot less obvious than lungworm.
I still use one of those vets for innoculations and routine visits. But Baileys vet is now in Northampton and logistically thats not possible and he recommended the one blackheath. There is also one (Heiney's I think) by the bingo hall at Woolwich ferry that friends speak highly about.
A good vet is priceless to me, its just finding one!
He's not actually showing any signs of lungworm, just thought it would be a good idea to get him checked out. He seems to be quite keen on the snails in our garden!
My dog Bob (cocker spaniel) caught about four years ago, first thing I knew was he had a nose bleed that wouldn't stop. He spent a couple of days in with the vet and is better now, treat him every month with Advocate. It not just snails, it's foxes' poo, that's a problem with my dog as he loves to round around in it.
Milford is a Hungarian Viszla. Seems to be leaving fox poo alone at the moment, so hopefully we can get him to stop eating the snails too!
I'm guessing he maybe a young adolescent?
He'll be 14 weeks tomorrow so I know there's still lots if time to train him, but obviously want to make sure we're consistent from day one.
Despite this very minor flaw, we absolutely love him to bits.
It's not easy but I'm loving it, really does make a huge change to your life in a very positive way.
I'm on holiday for a week if you want to meet up and help where and if you think you need any.