Pete.the.dog

Thanks :D

Are you supposed to remove them? Why is that?

**Not being a smart arse, I am just clueless on the topic of rear dew claws**

glad to hear snapping is normal

It is possibly normal- but I tend to discourage dogs getting so excited ...

Well that's a shame. Personally, one of the joys of having Pete is his consistent excitement to see me.

That title isn't a very good explanation, but when Pete is excited he will snap his jaws a little bit - Not at me or anything like that!! He just does it. So if I come home and he's all excited dancing around the place, he will be snapping a bit while he does it. Do other dogs do this?

It's not troubling me, I'm just curious

K9: Just so you know, we stock a full range of tug toys, we just havent got them listed yet, wont be long though.

Are you bringing them down to Adelaide? Maybe it would be best for me to wait until after your seminar and then start again with a proper tug toy

K9 while you're around, can i ask a quick naive question about building drive - does it have to be with the same toy or tug each time?

Pete seems just as happy to play with anything I decide to use, e.g. head on a rope or a teddy bear..

Does it add confusion, or not make a difference?

Thanks

K9: The true answer is that it depends, working with live animals takes some of the prediction ability out but, I always start with one toy & only use that until I have drive built, many times first 4 weeks, sometimes more, sometimes less. Then I make it a point to vary the toys between a number of prey items that I consider to be safe for the dog.

I dont like to develop drive with various toys at the start because I have seen a few dogs stop after teh trigger phrase & try & guess which toy is coming, it is a step "I" prefer not to have to train out.

Does that make sense?

Yes thank you that does make sense!

You just confirmed what I thought - that I need to pull my socks up and get onto the people Erny suggested for the tugs and stop just using toys before you come to Adelaide!

K9 while you're around, can i ask a quick naive question about building drive - does it have to be with the same toy or tug each time?

Pete seems just as happy to play with anything I decide to use, e.g. head on a rope or a teddy bear..

Does it add confusion, or not make a difference?

Thanks

Cool - so hubby can't complain about being the only OH dragged to a crazy-dog-lady convention, lol

Oh you are so brave! I think when I told my OH I was going to a DOL meet it was all he could do not to

Can't imagine what it would take to get him to come with me!

I'm not sure if this is Australia wide or just in SA but it is 20% off storewide and they have some other good deals as well!

Thought people might like to know.. Just promise save me a Kong

http://www.emarketsolutions.com.au/send/li...;L=8471&F=H

Its so funny, dad's been using this stuff on his lips for at least 15 years, and over the last 5 or so years it has just EXPLODED in popularity, especially as a lip balm!

Good to see if is a magic cure-all for doggies too

I won't be able to make it this time I'm afraid. Sunday night I'm working midnight till 7.30am, so Sunday-day I'm going to be trying to get some rest!!

Will try to make it to the next one!

I didnt get my email

Nup neither did i!

Will email Steve tomorrow.

Me either

Just emailed him though

I have a bitch that got bitten twice within 12 months - cost me $1200 each time which has to be paid upfront BEFORE they will administer the anti-venom!!!

Omg that is horrible. My dog would die.

1. Because I don't have $1200 in my bank most of the time

2. Because my daily transaction limit is $800 so even if it was in there I wouldn't have immediate access.

Thats really frightening

Mine stays home alone a couple of nights a week when I stay at my boyfriends. I sometimes take him but that means they have to lock there cat in the laundry, and I just don't feel thats fair on the cat...

Anyway...

The only time I feel too bad to do it is when I have been at work all day. I can't justify leaving him at night to be with my boy lover if my dog lover has been alone all day, but I think if they get enough love and excercise during the day, then there is really no problem

Well my boys about 1 and a half, he is snipped but still goes crazy on the sniffing and marking when on walks (well he goes nuts on the sniffing everywhere) so maybe you've got a while yet, maybe they grow out of it at around 2 years when they start to fully mature? Sorry not a lot of help.

This makes me feel sick

Was lovely to meet everyone today Sorry I had to run off, will hopefully be around longer at the next one!

KHM earl is adorable! Hope the kids didn't hype up too much on the sugar - i love giving kids lollies!

Ps Kerri I now have witnesses Pete would outrun Justice

I would go along with an early evening meet I would like to intro Earl to some other dogs - the park is fairly shaded too..... any one else?

Might be hard for me but depending on the time / chance of me getting OH's car then I'd be keen - should be able to manage it

Oh such a shame about the darn weather!

Looking forward to Feb 7th if that's still an option?

I have decided to continue with my food/bedding donation drive, I will tell people that it is a shelter needing help, I dont know the answer to the de-sexing program there other than using positive, pro-active encouragement. I do know by not doing anything to help the animals the only ones to suffer at the end of the day are them.

Donating money to the shelter would probably not be the best, but a direct donation to the vet at Two Wells(I can pm people his name) towards de-sexing costs would maybe be the best if that is what people would like to do

I realise I am helping a shelter with big issues but putting aside all the facts and problems, it is the dogs and cats in there at the moment I want to help, they have no choice in being there and until we can do any thing else we need to be sure of their welfare.

Good call Robbi - I'm still more than willing to help.

Just a thought - maybe if we get a fund of donations we can 'sponser' dogs individually, so say we got donations to cover 5 discount desexes - we should sponser 5 dogs and get those 5 desexed - as well as food/bedding?

Robbi I've been trying to brainstorm ways to help. I was thinking maybe we could ask local papers to donate some advertising space to the Moorook website?

I'd offer to do runs upto Moorook but I don't have a car at the moment.

Am very eager to be involved in supporting this organisation, so please let me know what I can do to help

Not sure where your getting 39 for Sunday from the BOM website have Sunday's forecast at 33 and for information sake Saturdays forecast at 36.

Oh good! I was looking on weather.com.au - they are sometimes a little slow to update.

Sorry to have lead you all astray...

Thought the meet was Sunday not Saturday - they are usually Sundays ;) .

Sorry it is Sunday - I got mixed up.

Sunday is also forecast for 39

But it's still 4 days away, the weather forecast often changes

Forecast for Saturday is 39 Hopefully it gets revised down!