I am just so blown away at the level of love and caring on this board. A group of virtual friend who share a love of our dogs and the way we all pull together and lift each other up during times of...
I am just so blown away at the level of love and caring on this board. A group of virtual friend who share a love of our dogs and the way we all pull together and lift each other up during times of...
Agree, not as bad as last year, so far. Christmas/New Year 2014 we had well over 20 inches of snow on the ground and more coming down and the frigid temperatures. But, we are a good 20+ degrees...
I would say this year is a vast improvement on last winter .... we cannot possibly we freezing right the way through the end of March again.
eli is the king of the house.
been in bed all the time with nick, tho sleeps with the others in their respective crates.
he's a character, goes out in the rain because the labs do, but i don't...
I always instruct people to put their knee up in the air. Not knee the dog, but you put your knee up in the air BEFORE the jump, when you see the cogs turning, and if the dog jumps into your knee,...
I yank him again, just by grabbing his collar or neck and giving him a bit of a shake. Oban is 7 now. This works very well for us. I admit I watch in high jump potential situations and might be...
Before they make contact. Flat collar and leash Didn't make them do anything else. Just sort of let them think about what happened when they jumped. This truly is counter to most training we do...
I've posted what worked for me before. It's rough. It uses aversion. When the kind, non-aversive methods didn't work I went to this to protect my 91 year old mother at the expense of the dog. A...
The guideline was $15-20 per dog, so if it was a 2-dog family, $35-40 was appropriate. Some participants went above and beyond. I didn't ask anyone to send me receipts so I could verify :-)
Nope, in the beginning I held a treat above her head and she just stared up at it until I released her. But she would cut off her own leg if it meant she could get a treat.
A block about waist high - we use them during shows for a lot of different things, but they are most popularly used for the team dogs meeting people and children. Keeps them eye level with people who...
I've got both. For your purposes, I'd get Control Unleashed PUPPY. It's better than the first one (updated) and works good any age dog, not just pups.
I got it for the same reason, distraction. I am very pleased with the response I've gotten from Oban using the technique's suggested. I could find no place to order it other than the one give on...
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