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Yes .. I hope everyone got to enjoy some 'holiday' .

and that is nowhere near enough information to give owners of such a sad, stressed little dog . So the behaviourist never saw the dog crated, either by video or anything? What did teh behaviourist say about how the dog reacted with you at home ... and when you locked her outside with the behaviourist there ..what comment on dog's behaviour then?

Open picasa. Go to "help" up the top . Click Click on "search for updates" Then it will tell you what's needed ...and , possibly download a newer version . I have always updated this way ..and not lost anything (mind you , I only ever keep about a month's worth at a time in Picasa anyway ..the rest are on an external Hard Disk Drive ) Have fun :)

:laugh:Oh Well, maybe you & the dogs can share ? :p

That seems a very different scenario to a tiny , active, stressed , reactive, submissive , sensitive mite of a dog ...I would not add anything to her almost insurmountable load of stressors at all! poor little darling - any quality of life seems to only exist when she breathes the same air as her humans ..and that's so sad . I couldn't have a dog who was so adversely affected by aloneness.

he's gorgeous , and I bet he has been judged on pricked ears and coat colour tell people you have had him assessed and he's a kelpieX !

..and you are selling because you THINK that maybe he has some dingo in him, and your wife is worried?

Excellent Update ! ..and very cute photos :) Just look at that face .... awwww.

It does sound as if there is something setting a pain/cramp response ... hip, maybe ../sciatica? I know how my leg feels when I get up & sciatica strikes ...perhaps dogs get the same sort of pain ? I try & stretch mine , too.

before rushing off to buy supplements .. Has she been tested for hypoglycemia ?She may have a mild form ... and it's worth checking! :) She may also have an injury which is causing teh cramps ...has she been to a canine chiro?

What else does this little dog do when you're away? bark./chew/dig/ drool/ scratch /howl ? When you say she pees/poos ..how many times, say ? Diarrhoea or normal poo? It sounds very frustrating .... I'm hoping we can help you somehow .. What training/excercise does she get each day? Is she well toilet trained when you're home? I would NOT recommend diapers.... it is not healthy for her at all to be walking around with all that bacteria attached to her body It would also be another stressor .

, and miss out out on some of the good ! Over the last two days I have spoken to folks , both with amstaffs ..and both with lovely stories :) One friend recently adopted a stray /dumped cat ... and their dog of some years now just treats it as normal :) A lady just adopted a young male amstaff ..and he just adores her little kids ...will sit with his paw on the leg/lap of the baby when it cries ..and will lick him and calm him , has fun on the trampoline with the kids ... Made me smile big-time! :)

so, sheena ..no more pavs :p

BUY, BUY !! here's one I prepared yesterday ...

I have lots of apps for my playtime :D I mostly use 'camera awesome' I also use 'fast camera', and instagram , and hipstamatic Editing ..using what's provided with Camera Awesome .. and an app called Snapseed, which is great! I also occasionally use Jazz .

Today , I stopped off to see Dad who in his 80's regularly attends woodworkers' days ..and as he was an upholsterer of the old school , is often asked to repair/make things .here, it is replacement seats for a local theatre .

yes. No special treatment here ... we go out ... simple . Same as we have done since they were babies ..no fuss, no conversation ..just "C'mon, time for 'quick - quicks' ..and they know that there is no dinner/bed until they actually toilet.

just feed whole raw egg :) No need to cook the white ... any effect it has is balanced by the yolk . people looking to enjoy egg, but on strict eating plans will resort to egg white omelettes etc ..no fat , but good protein :)

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Could be anything ...unless you saw the parent/s ... kelpie X lab , kelpie X GSD ..or a mixture of several breeds, including dingo .....he certainly has a non-dingo tail ..and that wide chest made me think lab ;) if it is 100% certain he has dingo blood - then just read up on their particular behaviours .. get him desexed while he is still young , do lots of training with him ..and enjoy.

I think he has trained yo u when to dole out the treats ;) The finer points of body language , and habit, can be powerful,almost invisible teachers !

<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(238, 242, 247);">Mostly vocal praise ... and a skritch here& there ... ... The way I was taught many many years back .....MInd you, I don't 'train' for public obedience trials or anything ... :)

Love the doggy bits and mushrooms ...and snake :) :) this was done with the little Iphone macro lens this morning ...

I do not normally use food for training ...but this sounds to me like he has not learned to complete a task and then wait for his reward? perhaps you start the reward process a fraction soon ..and now he expects it earlier ?

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