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Zhou Xuanyao

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  1. I dont know. Wish I could help more, but I do have one thing to say. I tried the above for the same reasons you are im sure. What I found was that it actually seemed to have a negative effect on him, and I switched back to what came natural (for me) and that is ofcourse opening the door the second I get home so he can run around inside like mad and we can have a big happy greeting. It might sound like a small thing but to the dog its a big deal because his waited for you all day and his reward is that your home. I know the theory behind not doing this but for me I can say with certainty it didnt work. I suggest you try going back to plan A for a couple of weeks (atleast) and see what changes you observe and if his happiness improves, it worked with my dog.
  2. I was taught a trick by one of my old tutors that applies to alot of software. Buy an old version of the software for really cheap from bargain bins, then just buy the upgrade/add on.
  3. Ok. I would suggest the very first thing to do is put the dog on a lead and take him for a walk. Take it easy with him while you get to know what his like. Quiet streets, dont let him go near people or other dogs. Its important to train him to heal. You want to be the leader here. This will help the dog feel as though his protected, and his only responsibility is to do as his told, not anything else. The dog will fight you to begin with, but ofcourse dogs dont always know whats good for them :p Slowly progress from there until, and if, you see the behaviour thier talking about. You may not. Kennel environment can bring out uncharactaristic behaviour. With his new home, under new, firm leadership, slowly exposing him to everything again, he may be fine. When you know either way, you can take another step from there.
  4. Have the dog sit and stay. Then kneel down to the dog level. Make you hand flat, and motion toward the ground, from the dogs eye level, down to the ground. Like you were pushing something straight down. Say "Lay" as you do it. The idea is to get the dog to focus on your hand and follow it. The dog should soon lay. Then repeat the command and praise the dog. I dont give treats but you can if you like. IF the dog isnt getting it, try gently pushing its muzzle down with you palm on the way down. Another one, with most dogs, you should be able to take its front paws from under it and put it in a lay position, then repeat the command, praise. So theres 3 methods right there, id start from the first. This is how iv trained all my dogs to lay. Takes about 5 minutes. They get most of the idea in that first 5 minutes, then repeating the same thing a few times over about a week and even my pitty did it, and she isnt that bright :rolleyes:
  5. Can you elaborate on his problem ? When you say he has a problem with the larger dogs, is he aggressive, frightened, both ?
  6. From his perspective, he measures the resolution of an image by its DPI, or dots per inch. The way DPI works, is easy. Listen to this. Basically, you dont have to worry about DPI on your end. All you have to worry about is shooting your photo at a high setting on your digital camera. The bigger the picture the editor wants to print in his newspaper or magazine, the higher the resoultion you have to shoot at. Different print mediums, and different preferences by different editors, require a certain minimum DPI resolution. For instance that may range from 150DPI to 600DPI and upwards. Now when he recieves your image he will mathamatically work out what the print DPI will be given the size of your digital image and the size he wants to print at. He did this, and worked out its no good. If you really want to be sure you get it right and your camera is capable, ask him. What pixel resolution do you require. Yes, you can increase the images size. However, this does not increase the real resolution of the image, and is unproffesional. If he thought that was an acceptable option, he'd have probably done it himself instead of refusing your image. Hotmail does not make any changes to your image.
  7. I think this image is probably well out of your capability at this time, and still will be long after Wednesdays lesson. Replacing a background is an advanced skill to master with just about any image. The one you have chosen is harder still to get an acceptable result (perfection, if you need it to be passable) due to the low image resolution and the dogs coat, particularly around the head, chest, and underside. Some of the tools to look into for this image are the magic want, polygonal lasso, and pen. You'l also be using "feather", and adjusting hue saturation, levels, and others to give you the contrast between background and foreground you need to make accurate selections. Then you still have to reconstruct the background.
  8. My advice is that what you have described dosnt sound good. I would train him as much as possible until his 6 months old ... MAX. If the training hasnt focused him and gotten him under control by that stage, he is becoming to dangerous not only because of his size, but by then thier prey instinct really start to heat up at that age in an aggressive dog. Believe me an inherently aggressive dog can really take you by surprise because of the changes they go through during adoloscense. Mate to be honest, i'd really give careful thought to what this dogs future is because you have small kids, if it wasnt for that it wouldnt be such a big deal.
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