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Well done - it's great to hear when people have actually tried something new and had some success! It is important that you and your partner both do the same thing so if he can make his tone any lighter it would help. I read an interesting artical recently and the gist of it was that when we ask dog...

Hope you don't mind but i pinched this from another forum where i had posted about the brain training classes Tonks goes to. Well Tonks went to her first brain training session today and, as promised, i am going to try to explain some of the puzzles that we did. We used some by Nina Ottosson http://...

Also when used by this trainer - even noise sensitive dogs in the same class haven't usually been phased by the disks being used because he uses them in such a subtle way. I have tried and tried and tried but have never been able to perfect this very subtle chink of the disks! He has only ever used...

Also when used by this trainer - even noise sensitive dogs in the same class haven't usually been phased by the disks being used because he uses them in such a subtle way.

I have tried and tried and tried but have never been able to perfect this very subtle chink of the disks!

Iknow a very good behaviourist who does use them in certain situations where needed BUT he never ever throws them at the dog. He tunes the dog into them through the initial training and this envolves throwing the disks on the floor and removing the treat once - only once! After that he has perfected...

I think it completely depends on the dog really. I have used the technique described above with dogs that i know are aggressive. I used to dog sit for a GSD that had bitten the last two dog sitters and i was it's last chance before she was struck off the books. After completely ignoring her barking ...

It's good to see you are looking at puppy classes - please make sure that they only use positive methods and a quick work of warning PLEASE TAKE NO NOTICE OF ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO DOMINATE HER AND SHOW HER WHO IS BOSS! I put that in capitals because i am sure you will meet many people who...

I have just read your post again and wanted to add that it is completely normal for a puppy to be able to repsond to you in the house but not outside, and espeically as your pup has only been with you for a week. After all a five month old pup is only 20 weeks old....20 weeks of being in this wonder...

Firstly - Hello and welcome to you and your pup. There is loads and loads of advice that could be given, but tings to think about are that you have a young pup that has had a bad start in life, you have only had them for a very short while and you have a breed that is amazingly misunderstood and fea...

You've got lots of advice about the food there, i wanted to say that i don't think that the lifting a leg when pooing is anything to worry about. Lots of little dogs do this (particularly terriers it seems), just like they often lift one back leg when they are running/walking and carrying it for a l...

Tonks is a SBT and was exactly the same at that age - she isn't over fussed about playing fetch now but knows how to do it. I Haven't got much time as i have to dash, but i think one of the most important things is not to take the ball off the dog for quite a while after they have brought it back to...

This is my wonderful Tonks! One week old http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii64/catrinsparkles/LITTLEPUP.jpg eight weeks old http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii64/catrinsparkles/08-03-08022.jpg 14 weeks old http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii64/catrinsparkles/014.jpg http://i261.photobucket.com...

Although she is a pup she may also be entering adolesence so her behaviour will become more challenging.

How long is she being left for?

there are loads if types of harnesses and head collars that help stop pulling. I have recently bought a Halti Harness and really like it. It has tow places to clip the lead, one on the dogs chest ( so you can control it's shoulders) and one on their back). I use it with a staff, and am pleased with ...

yea but i seen and heard lots of people have electric fences Lots of people smack their children and drive their car wrecklessly - doesn't mean you have to! Electric collars are not kind they are cruel and unnessecary! In order to get him to go across the boundary now i would throw the electric col...