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There is a danger with some of these ideas that you create a 'two-tier' membership of those who just come to ask 'How can I stop my dog doing X?' and those who want to be part of a community. Sometimes, this can create an apparent clique as some members obviously know each other (even if they've nev...

I think it's normal that only a small fraction of members hang around. The number of people who register, post once, or never, or never even log on is very high on my forum too. So I think you have to get away from the idea that you're not getting something right. In a way, a forum will be what it w...

After being fed, each in turn will come up to me, lick its lips and smile a big open-mouthed grin (that wuz GOOD) or else burp (thank you dog). Jasper does that, too. Comes up to me and says 'Thank you for my tea, Mummy, it was very nice,' like a well trained child, whilst wiping bits of chicken ca...

emmabeth wrote:bring home unsuitable boyfriends/girlfriends, and try to borrow your car... a puppy won't.

There's some I wouldn't put it past....

A piece of advice I have heard is to train your dog to go into a particular room when the doorbell rings - each time the doorbell rings, throw a treat into the room, until the dog heads into this room automatically when he hears the doorbell, and you can then shut him in. Of course, you don't have t...

Taking a belt & braces approach, I'm wondering about getting a 'stool guard' for his muzzle: http://www.greyhoundsonly.com/greyhounds-only-store/accessories/236-stool-guard It should mean that he can't pick anything up, but I'm also wondering if he'll get less pleasure out of sniffing around, an...

Ah, the moment you start thinking of dogs as humans you're doomed....... So I have been told over and over again and I've decided now it's absolute - um - bunkum! They are, after all, higher mammals like us, and have evolved/been bred to have very close links to human society so it's not surprising ...

You have to be really, really consistent about this, past the point where you feel you would happily let her chew your hand off rather than get up and leave the room (or remove her from the room) one more time. And of course it's harder for the children to be so consistent. But it does work in the e...

He really is very errrr... special, isn't he! Oh yes, he's very special... :roll: :lol: Though of course, as I tend to be here to discuss his issues, that can make him sound worse than he is, and 99.9 % of the time he is sweet and loving, friendly, well mannered, obedient(ish), and just a joy to ha...

I'm going to have to get a coat with big pockets, aren't I?

Apart from being fluffy, his poos were so nicely formed it was then I realised that I really did need to move him on to a raw diet...

Remind me, is he muzzled for your benefit, wildlifes benefit or other dogs? Mainly our benefit... If he spots food in the gutter and lunges for it, he can throw a tantrum when pulled on - or even if he leaves it on command he may have a strop after he's been rewarded for moving on! Plus if he finds...

In that case HE carries the rabbit all the way home. Hee hee hee, that makes sense, but I'd just love to see the reaction we get as we walk back home through our small suburban town :lol: I'd have the Neighbourhood Watch after me, and be held responsible for numerous traumatised children! :oops: be...

Almost everyone who has had a dog (and many people who haven't ever had a dog come to that) thinks they are an expert... I think every method has worked for some dogs, some of the time (though chances are that even when a negative method has worked, a positive one would have worked better). Reading ...

Thanks Nettle. I'm going to ponder over that because I can see some potential difficulties with what you suggest, given Jasper's personality. But I don't want to just say 'Oh no, that won't work' or I'm doomed to fail from the start :lol: I teach a sound retrieve I've been trying to teach a retrieve...