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by Ushi
Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Moving Back home...with dogs
Replies: 1
Views: 868

Moving Back home...with dogs

help... I have split up from my partner and after allot of discussion and to and froing, we decided that it was best for the dogs to stay together. (I have a 3 year old female Shar Pei and a 1.5 year old Male Shar Pei - both desexed) Anyway, I am taking them with me, and I am moving back in with my ...
by Ushi
Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)
Replies: 8
Views: 2747

Re: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)

Very quick update ... On the weekend I had quite a bit of gardening / fencing general property maintenance work to do, so, I put my dogs in their harnesses and took them with me on long leads, this meant they could see everything around us (including the horses) they could sniff and follow me about,...
by Ushi
Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:28 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)
Replies: 8
Views: 2747

Re: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)

I am thinking that maybe the word "dominante" was the wrong word. - What I meant was that I needed to reaffirm the boundaries in the house with her a bit better (like making her sit before getting her dinner, asking her to move off the couch to her bed, and work on her 'watch me' a bit mor...
by Ushi
Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:09 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)
Replies: 8
Views: 2747

Re: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)

Oh, I have ceased the stable introductions - I tried that once, and realised it was not working ! The issue I have is that I am often alone, and I need to manage dogs and horses alone. Would me putting them in the tack room be considered time out ? If I cant put them in a room to be safe, I dont kno...
by Ushi
Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:51 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dogs & Horses (sorry long)
Replies: 8
Views: 2747

Dogs & Horses (sorry long)

Hello Again, Well I have been working on training both dogs seperately, and things are going quite well. We have settled into a bit of a routine, where after work I trained the dogs seperately, then took them over to our fenced area to let them run off leash together, then inside for dinner and rela...
by Ushi
Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is exercise?
Replies: 24
Views: 8360

Re: What is exercise?

This is a really interesting topic- we currently cannot let our dogs in the yard unsupervised as it is not secure enough, so they are living in the horse barn while we are at work (no horses in there when they are in there !) We used to be able to walk them after work at our old house - as there wer...
by Ushi
Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:01 am
Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
Topic: ears
Replies: 6
Views: 5095

Re: ears

I also have Shar peis... Arnt there ears Fun !!!(altho very very cute) I would avoid actually putting anything in the ears... if she has had chronic ear infections it is likely that her ear canal is now very narrow from scarring - and once the fluid goes into the canal- it has no way of coming back ...
by Ushi
Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:36 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Barking at house guests
Replies: 5
Views: 9268

Re: Barking at house guests

Thanks so much for the advice. Quick upate on how we went... Female (older) dog was fine as soon as I introduced her to guests alone - she didnt bark again for the rest of there stay and pretty much just went back to her usual routine (eat sleep play). The younger dog was still wary of the guests fo...
by Ushi
Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:24 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dogs destroying furniture
Replies: 9
Views: 2656

Re: Dogs destroying furniture

We have recently had this issue when we brang home a new puppy- he started off just doing a little bit of damage, but it got worse. Each time we would remove a source of something he was damaging, he would find someting else to destroy. It got to the point we had moved all out belongings to the room...
by Ushi
Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:10 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: "Blended" Multi Dog households
Replies: 19
Views: 7050

Re: "Blended" Multi Dog households

I have had the exact same feeling lately... One dog for 2 years was easy. She was pretty much 'insync" with me - I could take her anyway, do pretty much anything and she just "went along" - that was until we moved house and she became very unsettled- we ended up getting another dog fo...
by Ushi
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:51 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Grass allergy... Please help!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 3350

Re: Grass allergy... Please help!!!

Dont feel silly... I didnt beleive you could buy human meds for pets either- until I two Shar Pei - Plenty of people with Shar peis give them human anti-histamines - they are the same as what vets give, but you have to be careful with the dosage. - the hard thing about the Shar Peis are that we cann...
by Ushi
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:30 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Barking at house guests
Replies: 5
Views: 9268

Re: Barking at house guests

Thanks Emma - Hmmm... this is going to be hard for the next few days, as my family are staying with us! I have put the dogs in the barn while I am at work, so they are seperated at the moment (the barn is where they usually live when we are out or at work, so they are happy and feel save there) I ha...
by Ushi
Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:28 am
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Barking at house guests
Replies: 5
Views: 9268

Barking at house guests

Ok... I am not sure on what is an acceptable level of barking / growling at visitors to our house. Both my dogs (9 month old Shar Pei Male 3 year old Shar Pai Female - both neutured) bark and growl at visitors to the house. Now, I usually do not correct them to begin with, as I beleived that this is...
by Ushi
Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:12 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Help ! Two dogs = Too much !!
Replies: 8
Views: 2635

Re: Help ! Two dogs = Too much !!

Thanks Mattie. I do understand that people here are for the dogs... now I just feel a bit silly that I went out and spent allot of money on this fencing system which I am hesitant to use! I did do research befpre deciding on it and it really seemed like the right option at the time- however, I certa...
by Ushi
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Help ! Two dogs = Too much !!
Replies: 8
Views: 2635

Re: Help ! Two dogs = Too much !!

"Electric fences are not secure, the shock can also damage your dogs. Ushi will just run through the fence when she sees another dog then won't be able to get back. Other animals can get in and attack yours. Stock fencing is secure and stop your dogs getting out and other animals getting in, i...