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Me too

I have a foster Military pup at the moment and he MUST be walked daily. One of our favourite places to walk is in the middle of town - I have never taken my own dogs for walks in town but I intend to start when our foster goes back. The advantage to walking in town is there's not usually any other dogs around (if there is they're on lead), there's always something to look at (window shopping ;) ) and it doesn't matter if it's raining or sunny - you're usually under cover I agree with teela too - need to have a dog with me if I'm going for a walk

Hopefully you have my cheque (sent this week). I went to Mia's seminar earlier this year and loved it - can't wait for the next one

agree with this . Me too. My girl's almost three years and I wouldn't do more that 10 minutes training at a time with her Remember to keep training fun for him too ;)

I was never into "tricks" either until I started with a trainer who also does DWD. Every now and then she'll incorporate a trick into the class, but I'd like to think they'll come in handy in the obedience ring one day. We do little things like sending to a mat which will become box (if we ever get that far ), she has learnt "touch" with her nose and "paw" to touch an object with her paw. A lot of the tricks we learn just make her focus more on me and also learn how to learn iykwim ;)

Nope. No vids yet unfortunately, though I have seen plenty of her dad. 10 days to go..:D That's a start ;)

Not long now! There were 3mth old Mal pups at training on Sunday - toooooooo cute

It's more of an NRM but it just sounded funny with her accent

What Sandra777 said . I think you're doing everything you can, but if your neighbour does nothing the problem will continue. As already said, visual barriers might help - this only started after the original fence was replaced.

Mia is a clicker trainer. She didn't use a clicker at the seminar. Anyone who went to her seminar will tell you she uses "Goooooooood" and "Oi Oi Oi" a lot (she's a tiny person with a strong accent & a huge voice ) as reward and no reward markers and "yes" (which is the same as using the clicker ;) ) She's not against Prong collars either

I went to her last one - if you can scrape up the money she's worth going too

I LOVE that show .............. and thank you, I think he's pretty special too

I would love to have the ability to train my dog to work with such "obsession" ;) ETA Yes it's a Malinois

I would agree with this except how do you then explain people being afraid of a puppy (GSD) that's only the size of a small breed dog - that is all to do with the breed I would think

This thread makes me so sad - discovering so many people have a fear of my most favourite breed, the German Shepherd I take my long-haird shepherd to work with me every day and she greets the customers by putting her front feet on the counter and receiving heaps of pats - I've never had a bad reaction from a customer yet . Although, when I take my (military) shepherd pup for his walk I'm discovering there's not many people that want to go near him - he does have a *different* look to my female, but he's JUST a pup:-

I've had that happen too gsf - I love shepherds so much and when I hear something like that (or read this thread) it comes as a bit of a reality shock

I think that's why I love shepherds so much - I loved the RAAF dog demo's and now have one of there foster pups

Sorry, I didn't mean to analyse - just sad that these situations have now caused you to be concerned about Rotty's, a breed that I have only had great experiences with I'm glad your neighbour has done the responsible thing and padlocked their gate

My Military pup? Love him, but soooooo active and fast. He's totally different to anything I've ever had before but I love having him and I'm learning about working dogs at the same time ;) Good to hear he is doing well. Do you have to do any specific training with him in preparation for his return? Bet you won't be when I'm sleep deprived and chewed on at the sleep deprivation and chewing! We have to expose him to different environments i.e. parks, shopping ctr, train station & market, different surfaces i.e. long grass, stairs & tiles, and different situations i.e. crowds, night walks and playground equipment. Sense maximisation - find the assistant (who's hiding). Also play - as in the 2ball game and bite rag, and also find the toy. On top of this they need to be walked twice a day totalling a km for each month of their age i.e. 3mths = 3kms. It sounds a lot but the play sessions are to be kept minimal and not too often - and I enjoy walking him in different places (he's actually a very sociable pup ). When walking him he's not to walk beside me either - you are to encourage them to walk out in front, which is easy with this type of pup

My Military pup? Love him, but soooooo active and fast. He's totally different to anything I've ever had before but I love having him and I'm learning about working dogs at the same time ;) Keep posting here when you get your girl - I'm sooooooooo envious!!!!

They are damn cute and growing like weeds!:D I love the Mal pups!! I got to have a play with some at the RAAF Base a month ago - so much fun! Next question - boy or girl???

I agree, the Rotty has just had a frightening experience and without realising it Tim's Mum was taking it back to where it happened (the gate) - a frightened dog can be very dangerous, whatever the breed

Slightly OT but I wonder if this Rotty got a fright when the gate blew open and when you brought her back and she growled it may actually have something more to do with the gate and what happened originally than you - this being the case I'm sure most breeds (large or small) would have the same reaction

I have a German Shepherd and also foster a Military Working Dog GSD puppy and I have to say I've been so disappointed with the reaction of many people when they see me walking around shopping centres etc with my MWD pup - he's a puppy for goodness sake! Honestly, I have had people react as if he had a terrible contagious disease and must be avoided at all costs . As has already been said - although he is very high drive he is also great with both people and other dogs. New neighbours moved in last weekend with young primary-school aged kids who (thankfully) fell in love with my 3yr old GSD and my foster MWD puppy on sight and I have to say the feeling was obviously mutual, with the two shepherds lapping up all the attention these children were giving them. And yes, the children were being supervised, but it was quite obvious to everyone that both my own GSD and my foster puppy were never going to put them at any risk and it was a great introduction to German Shepherds for these children - so different to reaction I often receive on the streets when walking my MWD puppy

I use roast chicken pieces as treats for Indi's training for the same reason - I'm not keen on any purchased treats due to the high salt content. However cabanossi's great when you don't have time to throw the chicken in the oven (not a daily treat though) - it's also sliced into very thin pieces.