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!Kristen!

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  1. With mine, they wont touch the expensive stuff like smakos (sp? definitely wrong) and things like that. But bring out a cube of cheese and watch those ears prick
  2. Ohh they are really cute photos Chezzyr. Glad she found her inner puppy
  3. Chanel never really did have much interest in toys. Maybe its the same case with your collie aswell?? Cuddles and Kisses are just as fun though :D Maybe handstands are the way to go if its really important to you that she gets some playing time. Are acrobats to much trouble to purchase? Have you got any other animals? Maybe if you can get them playing she might become interested to. I know something that really gets chanel in a playfull mood is when i tumble toby around and make funny noises. As soon as I do this she is ready and keen to play, i guess jelousy works both ways. Even if you dont have another pet why not organize a play date, Chanel loves meeting up with her four legged friends. Sorry i cant be of much help.
  4. We put our dogs onto supercoat a while ago and have noticed a HUGE difference in their condition. I personally find Supercoat to be fantastic.
  5. Very interesting reading all of your methods Its clear the positive reinforcement is pretty much a universal thing. Works well with most, and possibly all dogs IMO
  6. Each dog has their own personality, and no 2 dogs are alike. So theres no wonder that there are so many different kinds of techniques and styles of training. What im interested to know is what works best with you and your dogs? Our 3 dogs have 3 completely different personalitys. Therefore each dog works best with different methods. Yes this can be ABSOLOUTLY confusing for me as their trainer. But it seems to be no problem for them, infact i think it may even be easier for them as they each respond to different techniques and don’t get confused when they are all together. I know all of you training buffs are thinking, what the?? Is this girl crazy. Hehehehehe. But that’s what works best for me With Chanel I use a form of clicker training. Its been modified specificly for a less confident dog. Its fantastic because she loves it, and it works so well. Chanel is the type of dog that will only respond to a calm and quite voice. The slightest negative tone will put her completely off. Each week I sit down and organize a training setion. I write down exactly what behaviours we are going to work on and make sure that in my head I know EXACTLY what im going to do. That way I don’t confuse her and things can run smoothly. Every month I test her, we go through the behaviours that were set during the course of the month. I record the results and I then start to figure out what needs to be done. Whether shes ready for a new behaviour, or if there are still things to be worked on. Toby is using a simple training method. But absoloutly NO food rewards. A mistake I made with chanelw as beginning training her with food rewards and not a combination. I was just lucky that chanel was the type of dog that aims to please, and it was easy enough to wean her off food rewards. However Toby has a completely different character. He doesn’t exactly aim to please, he just aims to do what he likes lol. That’s why I have to use a specific ‘training’ voice with him. The others only need to be told once, but with toby you need to be firm and completely clear with what you want from him, otherwise he will just go crazy and get out of control. And that’s defiantly not what I want
  7. Suprisingly toby needs baths more often then Chanel does. And chanel is long haired. We bath all of the dogs together every 4 months with spongebaths in between. However we bath toby every month, and sponge baths in between.
  8. We only put a coat on our older dog monique (miniature poodle) because she has a short cut and can get a bit cold in the winter months. Also, mianly because shes getting sick, the poor old darl has every ilness under the sun. Its a nice fleece coat that keeps her nice and warm, she doesnt like it all that much, but its important that she stays warm. The other 2 tend to huddle together when its cold, toby will never need a jacket because chanel is his big fur coat
  9. Something interesting that our vet told us is that frontline only works properly if it is used to a minimum. If frontline is used more then necassary the fleas will eventually become immune to the product. Not quite sure about all of the technical things, but im sure that the vets here on DOL would be able to provide you with more info
  10. mine love supercoat. They scoff it down like crazy and now will not eat anything else. Have noticed a really big change in their coats since we changed over aswell....they look so much healthier
  11. Thinkign of you lynne ;) She was a very beautifull girl, and she continues to watch over you. social~butterfly
  12. Ana bsoloutly beautiful poem, thank you so much for sharing ;)
  13. yeah we use toys aswell :D i found that they work great for an energetic puppy like toby
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