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Unexpected Item In Bagging Area said:
Thank you. It's pretty good I'd say considering her age, she mastered the basics quickly and is excellent off the lead. Lead walking is hit and miss so we use a harness most of the time as I think she's a bit too young to learn not to get excited and pull. I'll keep working on it though.
She's a lovely dog in general but not surprisingly gets rather hyper at times, so we have our work cut out finding ways to calm her down in those instances. Any tips would be welcome! We love her to bits
Do you have any guests lined up this summer?
I had a harness for both mine and found it a good asset. Neither of mine were particularly hyper so wasn't a problem for me. Certainly lots of advice appeared on here for you.She's a lovely dog in general but not surprisingly gets rather hyper at times, so we have our work cut out finding ways to calm her down in those instances. Any tips would be welcome! We love her to bits
Do you have any guests lined up this summer?
As for guests it has been quiet since the end of May;( apart from the odd day or so. I do have Lola and Rebus for a couple of nights at the end of the month and have Bluey a cockerpoo the odd morning to help him get use to being away from his owners. But that is about it.😟
Lola went to Spain for 6 weeks and her owner said she was not happy at all as she did not have the freedom she has over here it being a first floor apartment.
Unfortunately 4 dogs I had last year have passed away.;(
I am pleased you are enjoying being a puppy owner after all those happy years with Jackson.
S100HP said:
Reading the above is all very interesting. I could do with some assistance with recall. Chewie is just over a year, a bedlington whippet. We are fine when out walking off the lead to a point. I can keep him to heal till I get within a meter or so of another dog and he just cant contain himself and has to say hello, but sometimes when he sees a dog further away before I've told him to heal he'll be off, at a million miles an hour. Sometimes I can get him back before he reaches the other dog, although I have have to shout quite loudly, but sometimes he just goes totally deaf till he's said hello as much as he feels acceptable.
How do I get him to return on my terms?
Just my experience firstly with a Weimar and a Doberman. Fairly hefty dogs so when approaching another dog put them back on a lead and chat to them as you walk past another dog so you have their complete attention with praise. Eventually your dog won't be interested in saying hello to other dogs because you are more interesting. As a rule of thumb I always think every other dog is naughty so if mine are calm and don't show any lost attention then it's just a friendly walk by. How do I get him to return on my terms?
With regards to distant recall, shouting doesn't work but telling your pooch to put their lead on and go for a walk works every time for me. Sounds a bit strange to the other owners but we are talking dog when out and about.
, very cuteredback911 said:
Lil' monster prefers Italian larger...
I love this dog. Logan got a jump out of a young lad on the weekend who was swimming in the canal and Logan investigated teenager said he was a ******** wolf I've heard a few people say that and had a few jump when saw him unawares.
I expect you are going to get a lot of that
Today was an interesting walk Jean caught a massive grass snake and dropped it in the canal so I had to rescue it from drowning couldn't get out itself because of metal sides. Didn't like being grabbed so I had to launch it in the long grass as gently as I could.
Bloody dogs
First time I've ever touched a snake
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 12th July 23:22
Pesty said:
I expect you are going to get a lot of that
Today was an interesting walk Jean caught a massive grass snake and dropped it in the canal so I had to rescue it from drowning couldn't get out itself because of metal sides. Didn't like being grabbed so I had to launch it in the long grass as gently as I could.
Bloody dogs
First time I've ever touched a snake
Hehe, well done.The things we do for our dogs. :-) Today was an interesting walk Jean caught a massive grass snake and dropped it in the canal so I had to rescue it from drowning couldn't get out itself because of metal sides. Didn't like being grabbed so I had to launch it in the long grass as gently as I could.
Bloody dogs
First time I've ever touched a snake
We've been walking the wolf around the "big city" (local towns Ambleside and Keswick) to socialise as much as possible, she definitely takes a few folks by surprise. Even have a few asking if she was a Coyote. I might start telling people she is "sea coyote", she loves splashing around in it.
Well thanks to those who gave me a little advice re recall training. We've done 3 days so far with the whistle, and he's pretty much nailed it. He will still run off if given the chance, but is returning to the whistle. I'm extremely impressed with how well its going, considering we're 3 days in.
Day one went reasonably well till we stumbled on a calf....
This was day two...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9azfoEzkEbcnF9Nk2
Day three was better again, twice he went off to say hello and twice he came back to the whistle
All in all, very positive. Thank you again.
Here is a pic for the thread
Day one went reasonably well till we stumbled on a calf....
This was day two...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9azfoEzkEbcnF9Nk2
Day three was better again, twice he went off to say hello and twice he came back to the whistle
All in all, very positive. Thank you again.
Here is a pic for the thread
Edited by S100HP on Friday 14th July 09:55
S100HP said:
Well thanks to those who gave me a little advice re recall training. We've done 3 days so far with the whistle, and he's pretty much nailed it. He will still run off if given the chance, but is returning to the whistle. I'm extremely impressed with how well its going, considering we're 3 days in.
Day one went reasonably well till we stumbled on a calf....
This was day two...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9azfoEzkEbcnF9Nk2
Day three was better again, twice he went off to say hello and twice he came back to the whistle
All in all, very positive. Thank you again.
Excellent news. There's something very satisfying (and safe) about having a dog that responds well to a whistle. It also avoids 'a Fenton'..Day one went reasonably well till we stumbled on a calf....
This was day two...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9azfoEzkEbcnF9Nk2
Day three was better again, twice he went off to say hello and twice he came back to the whistle
All in all, very positive. Thank you again.
Edited by S100HP on Friday 14th July 09:55
You obviously have a system in hand that's working which is great. For info I found this site very helpful: introduction-to-stop-whistle-training
Also a slight aside on the clicker method mentioned previously. This obviously works in exactly the same way as a whistle, they're both simply distinctive noises after all (albeit it over different distances as pointed out above). But don't confuse this with clicker training which is something very different. Here the clicker is used to indicate to the dog when it has done something you wanted it to do when you are teaching it something (sit/down/roll/spin/off/whatever). Recall on a clicker absolutely works (particularly if they have been clicker trained to do other things as my dog will attest!), but this can confuse the dog if you are still using a clicker to train it new things - is the click a command to recall or is it the indication that he has just turned the correct way (or whatever). Subtle but important difference.
bexVN said:
hondafanatic said:
Freya at 6am this morning...coming up to nine months old.
She looks good! Where did you get her from? Long story https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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