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Judy, absolutely I have no problem with that, I'd be honoured and you're making me blush :oops: If you want me to copy it over I am happy to do that, I'll sort it in a little while. Nettle, you make a very good point - I definitely would never advocate anyone saying their dog will bite and we really...

We've had an absolutely awful week and now that the dust has settled a little so to speak, I wrote a post about it to really try and show people that all reactive owners want is a bit of consideration. I've been sharing it on various social media to try and convey it to at least one person who doesn...

Could you try a cooling coat to keep him cooler and therefore keep moving? I don't know if they're available across the pond as they're a local made thing but Easidri are brilliant and I've just bought one for Laufey for at agility shows. I know there's also other brands available which are also mea...

Hi and welcome, there's some brilliant advice on the boards and they really got me through the first year with my boy. It seems a little quieter now but there are still wonderful people here with brilliant advice to share

Shalista, Bax sounds very like Laufey on that front - nightmare aren't they!!

Thanks Judy, my original issue was Laufey became an absolute menace eating anything remotely he like could swallow it (and people around here seem to have a bin aversion) but now I'm more concerned with that it might "rock the boat" with MiMi as 99/100 she's eating every meal now whereas t...

I would say it's quite mean to only get it one day a week and as Judy says, definitely reason for him to cry. That said, we have something of a quirk too - Laufey and MiMi are on three meals a day (not ideal really I know but it didn't go so well when I tried to phase out lunch, I do plan to try aga...

Reading this gives me deja vu. My (admittedly much smaller) dog was an absolute nightmare for running off to harass every dog he spotted for a long time. I'm not going to pretend I necessarily know the right way to deal with it but I'll share what worked for us.... We has strict use of a long line. ...

Just had a quick read and going to add my two pence worth.... For roads, initially I did consider the sitting thing but my irl perception of it from the people I saw who enforced it was very I'm the boss and you will listen grrr grrr types which put me off (obviously it's just a case who I saw in my...

Awww happy birthday Delta!

Judy, I have to agree with Sanna, I can't decide if that's horrifying or not!

I absolutely love the picture of him smelling the flowers!

You've done well to see some rare breeds! I've never seen either outside of conformation shows

Squirt bottle is definitely a bad idea but honestly, you're not alone. There's a huge community of people with reactive dogs and they pop up in every community it seems. Lead reactivity isn't that uncommon - the dogs are restricted and cannot escape which naturally puts a lot of them on the defensiv...

Honestly, I wouldn't use tails - it's a marketing ploy. I can't think what's in p@h (I feed raw) but if allaboutdogfood isn't working for you to put in the details you can just browse the directory so you can always look at a food on the web and then go there to see how it rates. If you can, I'd pro...

I'm no expert in the matter but I would treat it as a reactivity issue and take the same approach as I do with my reactive pekingese. You don't want to add anything negative to the experience (eg the rocks etc) as this is only going to make them worse - scary people = my safe person also being scary...

Thanks Judy :D I don't know where's my issues have come from which is the annoying part - I'm much more active than I have been for years and feel better in myself and yet I'm not doing as well as I think I should be. Jasper is as adorable as always I see! Him and MiMi would make for a very amusing ...