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FiF said:
You know you have a dog when on his morning walk he rescues an errant balloon from a neighbouring (illegal lockdown) birthday party. Being a Golden Retriever with a soft mouth he carries the balloon plus all its sparkly glittery confetti contents on his walk without bursting it, and you can tell by his gait he is as proud as punch with his treasure. Get home, balloon put down on his special treasure spot at which point it's deliberately burst and ripped to shreds. End of part one.
Next morning he proves that a Golden Retriever really can coat a turd in glitter. Perhaps more correctly coat glitter in....
FIF- word of warning. On a lot of park sites, the balloons have been used the night before to hold a Nitrous party, where the balloons are inflated from canisters of NOS. (Nitrous Oxide= laughing gas). Next morning he proves that a Golden Retriever really can coat a turd in glitter. Perhaps more correctly coat glitter in....
MXRod said:
Have a 20kg dog...
Only a little one then.... our dog walker use a equine lung-line and on her recommendation were going to try it out with our newest arrival tomorrow. Cracking out hound who turned up from Romania midday Friday and has settled better than anyone can believe including us. Daniel
Reading this thread it makes me wonder what other people are doing! The occasional traumatised rescue aside, there is no reason why a dog shouldn't very quickly learn to stay with all four paws on the floor, come when called and walk to heal, and leave food other than when they have been given it, including leaving you alone while you are at the table.
All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
dhutch said:
Reading this thread it makes me wonder what other people are doing! The occasional traumatised rescue aside, there is no reason why a dog shouldn't very quickly learn to stay with all four paws on the floor, come when called and walk to heal, and leave food other than when they have been given it, including leaving you alone while you are at the table.
All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
We've had several successful well adjusted rescues. And one that despite professional help we couldn't get though to. Sadly he ended up being rehomed, again. All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
FiF said:
When on a regular walk route the dog finds some extremely tasty food, quite possibly discarded takeaway remnants. For quite some time afterwards walks involve diversions, at least in the case of ours, to check out the magical delivery point for portions of large battered sausage and chips. Other filthy takeaways as appropriate.
Ours regularly wants to go in the local pub, McDonalds for an ice cream, sandwich place next to McDonalds, also the Pets at Home which is on the same retail park as the McDonalds.She also has a favourite chippy in Whitby that she remembers.
dhutch said:
there is no reason why a dog shouldn't very quickly learn to stay with all four paws on the floor, come when called and walk to heal, and leave food other than when they have been given it, including leaving you alone while you are at the table.
You've never had LGDs have you............................Jasandjules said:
dhutch said:
Reading this thread it makes me wonder what other people are doing! The occasional traumatised rescue aside, there is no reason why a dog shouldn't very quickly learn to stay with all four paws on the floor, come when called and walk to heal, and leave food other than when they have been given it, including leaving you alone while you are at the table.
All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
You've never had LGDs have you............................All ours have been rescues and have always responded well to basic training, anything other else madness surely? Then again, when you see other peoples young children, it all makes sense!
Daniel
PositronicRay said:
We've had several successful well adjusted rescues. And one that despite professional help we couldn't get though to. Sadly he ended up being rehomed, again.
Always say when a dog has to be rehomed for a second time, but not everything is meant to be and few people in the situation where they can devote their entire life and household to the care of one dog. Discretion becomes the better part of valor.We had a rescue backup in place for both our last rescues as they came either direct from home via an 'non bricks and mortar' rescue center in one case, or direct from an overseas shelter in the other, so unlike a conventional centre or foster based rescues a direct return was not practical. Both our rescue backup and our uk rescue rep have multiple traumatised dogs which would not be practical within a normal household setting, but it is raire, and not what we are talking about here really.
The majority of poorly behaved dogs have been with their owns from a young age, and simply not been given the experiences and training needed to have a relaxed and manageable dog. Or next doors dog barks anxiously most of the time she is out in the garden, and does not have basic training or recall, which makes all lives involved unnecessarily miserable at times.
Daniel
Our rescue, a collie cross husky, even with copious training with a variety of different trainers, still struggles when out and about. He hates chocolate labradors....goes proper nuts. Usually great with recall off lead....except if he spies any deer or squirrels...once he is fixated on them, nothing will stop him!
AceKid said:
Our rescue, a collie cross husky, even with copious training with a variety of different trainers, still struggles when out and about. He hates chocolate labradors....goes proper nuts. Usually great with recall off lead....except if he spies any deer or squirrels...once he is fixated on them, nothing will stop him!
That's the issue with comments disparaging owners as if they're bad owners if they recognise their dog doesn't have perfect recall in various situations. If your dog has a strong prey drive then it takes massive amounts of training to get them to obey the "STOP!" command in all circumstances, and despite best and professional efforts some never make it. If they see deer and as in our forest the deer then beggar off across the road into next door the dog will just follow blindly across the traffic. Best to recognise the potential situation and handle accordingly.Absolutely you have evenomental history with all dogs, even puppies, and breed traits.
Our greyhound collie lurcher has to remain on a lead when in the lakes because we cant trust him with sheep, and while if he sees it and you are quick you can get him back, if it runs will basically chase a cat/fox /rabbit until he loses the scent. But that is not the same as having zero recall, continuous anxiety and barking, and having to go into another room to eat a packet of crisps! We didn't get him till he was 6 and had clearly not been socialised as a pup, but we got the basics in within a few months, and 4 years on he is still improving and we are still training.
Our new arrival, a 1yo Romanian dog has only been here 12 days, but in that time he has gone from a street dog without a name to having good recall, all basic commands, wearing a collar/harness for the first time, onlead and then off lead walks. We're working on wee'ing on the compost heap and he basically keeps himself off the sofas and downstairs if he can see you! We have been very 'lucky' in that he obviously hasnt been hit or mistreated in his first year and in very eager to please, however we also selected him through a lot of dialogue with the centre overseas before he traveled for those reasons.
Daniel
Our greyhound collie lurcher has to remain on a lead when in the lakes because we cant trust him with sheep, and while if he sees it and you are quick you can get him back, if it runs will basically chase a cat/fox /rabbit until he loses the scent. But that is not the same as having zero recall, continuous anxiety and barking, and having to go into another room to eat a packet of crisps! We didn't get him till he was 6 and had clearly not been socialised as a pup, but we got the basics in within a few months, and 4 years on he is still improving and we are still training.
Our new arrival, a 1yo Romanian dog has only been here 12 days, but in that time he has gone from a street dog without a name to having good recall, all basic commands, wearing a collar/harness for the first time, onlead and then off lead walks. We're working on wee'ing on the compost heap and he basically keeps himself off the sofas and downstairs if he can see you! We have been very 'lucky' in that he obviously hasnt been hit or mistreated in his first year and in very eager to please, however we also selected him through a lot of dialogue with the centre overseas before he traveled for those reasons.
Daniel
Starfighter said:
Is this you?
https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
I have considered changing his name! https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
I try and stick to big open spaces when out in the forest to try and avoid any dog/deer shenanigans, but it doesnt always work!
dhutch said:
Absolutely you have evenomental history with all dogs, even puppies, and breed traits.
Our greyhound collie lurcher has to remain on a lead when in the lakes because we cant trust him with sheep, and while if he sees it and you are quick you can get him back, if it runs will basically chase a cat/fox /rabbit until he loses the scent. But that is not the same as having zero recall, continuous anxiety and barking, and having to go into another room to eat a packet of crisps! We didn't get him till he was 6 and had clearly not been socialised as a pup, but we got the basics in within a few months, and 4 years on he is still improving and we are still training.
Our new arrival, a 1yo Romanian dog has only been here 12 days, but in that time he has gone from a street dog without a name to having good recall, all basic commands, wearing a collar/harness for the first time, onlead and then off lead walks. We're working on wee'ing on the compost heap and he basically keeps himself off the sofas and downstairs if he can see you! We have been very 'lucky' in that he obviously hasnt been hit or mistreated in his first year and in very eager to please, however we also selected him through a lot of dialogue with the centre overseas before he traveled for those reasons.
Daniel
We were lucky with sheep. Our older GSD chases anything - well she used to, these days she ambles purposefully after things. First time she saw sheep. she ran straight into an electric fence and took a hell of a jolt on her nose. She's now terrified of sheep - if we see sheep, she slinks around by our feet because sheep are protected by forcefields. Our greyhound collie lurcher has to remain on a lead when in the lakes because we cant trust him with sheep, and while if he sees it and you are quick you can get him back, if it runs will basically chase a cat/fox /rabbit until he loses the scent. But that is not the same as having zero recall, continuous anxiety and barking, and having to go into another room to eat a packet of crisps! We didn't get him till he was 6 and had clearly not been socialised as a pup, but we got the basics in within a few months, and 4 years on he is still improving and we are still training.
Our new arrival, a 1yo Romanian dog has only been here 12 days, but in that time he has gone from a street dog without a name to having good recall, all basic commands, wearing a collar/harness for the first time, onlead and then off lead walks. We're working on wee'ing on the compost heap and he basically keeps himself off the sofas and downstairs if he can see you! We have been very 'lucky' in that he obviously hasnt been hit or mistreated in his first year and in very eager to please, however we also selected him through a lot of dialogue with the centre overseas before he traveled for those reasons.
Daniel
rxe said:
We were lucky with sheep. Our older GSD chases anything - well she used to, these days she ambles purposefully after things. First time she saw sheep. she ran straight into an electric fence and took a hell of a jolt on her nose. She's now terrified of sheep - if we see sheep, she slinks around by our feet because sheep are protected by forcefields.
Sometimes you get lucky with this little mishaps!My parents last dog found shortly after getting to full size that she could just about jump the back fence, around 80m of post and rail fencing to a height of about 5ft, letting out into open fields sometimes with cattle. Bugger!
We were in the process of scheming up an 18" extension, when about 2 days later she jumped it and got her back leg between the top wire and the top rail. We found her hanging from her back leg having quickly followed the squeals!
Wouldn't wish it on a dog.... but she never tried to jump it again for all her years.
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