We picked up our black lab Rosie just over a week ago. Thanks T_C_E and everyone else who offered advice, it was really appreciated..
Are you feeding her severed penis for a treat?
I was wondering where that sex toy had got to.
Lol, it looks like a little Kong to me. Great for when puppy is teething. Fill with small treats, plug ends with peanut butter and freeze overnight. It’ll save puppy chewing your furniture or door frames to soothe his aching gums. 😉
I'll give it a go T_C_E. We're at the gnawing fingers, ears and toes stage at the moment but I'm sure furniture is going to be next (she's already found a hole in her old sofa and is ripping out the stuffing). BTW my wife mentioned wiping Olbas Oil on wooden furniture to stop her chewing it. Is that something you've tried?
Vic’s sinex gel, makes their eyes water if they get a whiff but as their sense of smell is fantastic they steer clear. Wait until you find a bit they like then do it. it’s normally out of view. But the frozen Kong works a treat particularly if you are leaving the dog while going out.
I ought to also put up a pic of my cockapoo Freddy too. No favouritism !! this is him trying out sitting up front in the cab.... more practice required 😕
We picked up our black lab Rosie just over a week ago. Thanks T_C_E and everyone else who offered advice, it was really appreciated..
Are you feeding her severed penis for a treat?
I was wondering where that sex toy had got to.
Lol, it looks like a little Kong to me. Great for when puppy is teething. Fill with small treats, plug ends with peanut butter and freeze overnight. It’ll save puppy chewing your furniture or door frames to soothe his aching gums. 😉
I'll give it a go T_C_E. We're at the gnawing fingers, ears and toes stage at the moment but I'm sure furniture is going to be next (she's already found a hole in her old sofa and is ripping out the stuffing). BTW my wife mentioned wiping Olbas Oil on wooden furniture to stop her chewing it. Is that something you've tried?
Sorry @SantaClaus I missed the biting bit....... if puppy is biting/nipping. Scream and I mean scream, if puppy continues after you've screamed you're not doing it loud enough! Watch puppies playing if one gets too boisterous the other will yelp causing the other to walk away.
We picked up our black lab Rosie just over a week ago. Thanks T_C_E and everyone else who offered advice, it was really appreciated..
Are you feeding her severed penis for a treat?
I was wondering where that sex toy had got to.
Lol, it looks like a little Kong to me. Great for when puppy is teething. Fill with small treats, plug ends with peanut butter and freeze overnight. It’ll save puppy chewing your furniture or door frames to soothe his aching gums. 😉
I'll give it a go T_C_E. We're at the gnawing fingers, ears and toes stage at the moment but I'm sure furniture is going to be next (she's already found a hole in her old sofa and is ripping out the stuffing). BTW my wife mentioned wiping Olbas Oil on wooden furniture to stop her chewing it. Is that something you've tried?
Sorry @SantaClaus I missed the biting bit....... if puppy is biting/nipping. Scream and I mean scream, if puppy continues after you've screamed you're not doing it loud enough! Watch puppies playing if one gets too boisterous the other will yelp causing the other to walk away.
I don't think it's anything excessive but my daughter and wife thinks she gets nippy when she's excited. We're going be more vocal from now on, just hope the neighbours don't call the police! Thanks again T_C_E
We picked up our black lab Rosie just over a week ago. Thanks T_C_E and everyone else who offered advice, it was really appreciated..
Are you feeding her severed penis for a treat?
I was wondering where that sex toy had got to.
Lol, it looks like a little Kong to me. Great for when puppy is teething. Fill with small treats, plug ends with peanut butter and freeze overnight. It’ll save puppy chewing your furniture or door frames to soothe his aching gums. 😉
I'll give it a go T_C_E. We're at the gnawing fingers, ears and toes stage at the moment but I'm sure furniture is going to be next (she's already found a hole in her old sofa and is ripping out the stuffing). BTW my wife mentioned wiping Olbas Oil on wooden furniture to stop her chewing it. Is that something you've tried?
Sorry @SantaClaus I missed the biting bit....... if puppy is biting/nipping. Scream and I mean scream, if puppy continues after you've screamed you're not doing it loud enough! Watch puppies playing if one gets too boisterous the other will yelp causing the other to walk away.
I don't think it's anything excessive but my daughter and wife thinks she gets nippy when she's excited. We're going be more vocal from now on, just hope the neighbours don't call the police! Thanks again T_C_E
I get what your saying about “excessive “ but it has to be stopped while they are young especially with children.
Couldn't add text for some reason to the picture above. However this is our working dog Zeek, who is just about to take on the'criminal' wearing all the protective gear as he goes through the final stages of his training for his upcoming IGP 3 qualification. The guy wearing the gear is a police dog handler by trade and my Mrs, about 20 yds away, is giving commands in German to 'Zeek'. This is what a trained dog can do, but if you met him he is a gentle giant, unless we say otherwise that is!!!!
Saw a Greyhound kill a Squirrel in the park this, I always find this distressing and went ballistic at the owner, who was unapologetic!
Should people who have these type of dogs that are fast and spend most of the time hunting, take more responsibility and muzzle their dogs?
I know most dogs will often chase but most get nowhere near them!
i personally feel owners should take responsibility and muzzle or do something that prevents this happening.
i know a lot of people consider grey squirrels vermin/pest-I personally don’t-it is a life after all and not ours to take.
Using dogs to hunt in my opinion is very wrong especially in packs, but we have to remember that some breeds have a very strong prey drive. From small terriers to much larger breeds, as you say more often than not they won't catch their target but the natural instinct is there as it is with all animals, some cat owners will be happy let their cat chase or kill a mouse in the house but get very upset if a dog chases their cat. Our JJ caught a rabbit in the school field which bolted from the long grass and in front of him, there was no chase and he dispatched it with one bite. As distressed as I was, id have been very wrong to b*llock my dog in fact as I do I blamed myself as I simply wasn't able to give him a "Leave" command quick enough, I simply bagged it up, froze it for a couple of weeks and it was fed to them as part of the food chain. If animals distract my dogs when they are off lead I use it to practice my recall and turn it into a training exercise. Even the bite work seen above with my Bailey is prey driven, often mistaken for teaching dogs to bite he only wants the sleeve if the helper was to take the sleeve off Bailey would play with it. Police and security dogs are trained to go that one step further.
I know these things happen @T_C_E but when owners show no responsibility, in fact I've even seen owners encouraging their dogs to chase squirrels, I feel that that's totally out of order and is really disgraceful behaviour!
I know these things happen @T_C_E but when owners show no responsibility, in fact I've even seen owners encouraging their dogs to chase squirrels, I feel that that's totally out of order and is really disgraceful behaviour!
Mate, welcome to the world of dog ownership.
20 minutes ago I was out with two of mine a smaller breed owner passed on the other side of the road, her dog barked at mine and JJ replied. With that she bent down and clumped her dog, I asked not to hit her dog as a bark as its merely noise off she went looking very embarrassed. Absolutely no reason to hit a dog because its doing something you don't approve of training is the best correction.
A picture of my border collie, who sadly is now 12 years of age. When he was younger and I refereed young kids where I live, I used to take him with me. Without leash, I would take him on to the field of play for the coin tossing, show him the red card and he would walk off the pitch and stay on the sidelines for the duration of the game (no leash). He could dribble the ball and our head-to-head keepie uppie record is nine. He is my third border collie of the last 34 years. They are so much fun and so loyal.
Bailey showing JJ who is pack leader by blocking his recall to me, deliberately walks across his line but clever enough to do it without any eye contact. Probably guilty of obstruction and a yellow card.
A picture of my border collie, who sadly is now 12 years of age. When he was younger and I refereed young kids where I live, I used to take him with me. Without leash, I would take him on to the field of play for the coin tossing, show him the red card and he would walk off the pitch and stay on the sidelines for the duration of the game (no leash). He could dribble the ball and our head-to-head keepie uppie record is nine. He is my third border collie of the last 34 years. They are so much fun and so loyal.
Ah, the same markings, what a handsome fellow.
I know we all have our favourite dogs but in my eyes they are the best.
I did consider getting a Husky before Gilbert but in the end couldn't resist when I saw his picture on the rescue website.
To be honest Peter and this is not a comment about you but I really don't believe dogs should be off leads, except in appropriate areas.
It seems to be very fashionable to walk dogs off lead on busy london streets but it's not necessarily what your dog may do, it's what third parties might do and if you don't have the option of pulling the dog out of the way then they could be left vulnerable, I think it's very irresponsible of the owners!
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Gorgeous puppy Santa! You've all got fantastic looking dogs. I love looking at them all.
this is him trying out sitting up front in the cab.... more practice required 😕
Should people who have these type of dogs that are fast and spend most of the time hunting, take more responsibility and muzzle their dogs?
I know most dogs will often chase but most get nowhere near them!
i personally feel owners should take responsibility and muzzle or do something that prevents this happening.
i know a lot of people consider grey squirrels vermin/pest-I personally don’t-it is a life after all and not ours to take.
20 minutes ago I was out with two of mine a smaller breed owner passed on the other side of the road, her dog barked at mine and JJ replied.
With that she bent down and clumped her dog, I asked not to hit her dog as a bark as its merely noise off she went looking very embarrassed. Absolutely no reason to hit a dog because its doing something you don't approve of training is the best correction.
Probably guilty of obstruction and a yellow card.
Ah, the same markings, what a handsome fellow.
I know we all have our favourite dogs but in my eyes they are the best.
I did consider getting a Husky before Gilbert but in the end couldn't resist when I saw his picture on the rescue website.
To be honest Peter and this is not a comment about you but I really don't believe dogs should be off leads, except in appropriate areas.
It seems to be very fashionable to walk dogs off lead on busy london streets but it's not necessarily what your dog may do, it's what third parties might do and if you don't have the option of pulling the dog out of the way then they could be left vulnerable, I think it's very irresponsible of the owners!