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here is one of my action shots :p Can someone tell me please? I use photobucket to upload photos. But it takes a lot of the quality away from the shots. Does that still happen with Flickr?

thanks guys yeah i certainly got spoiled :D I think oh must have taken all the time I spend looking at people's photos in this section as a hint I have been reading the manual and I have been practing portraits, close-ups, and moving subjects! thanks kitticat09! I think the best bit is finally being able to get some decent photos of my black dog (Digby)

Oooh I would love photos - or maybe even a video of it!!! What will you do if he is actually addicted to it?

huh? nothing - her iris's are pale blue and around that is pink because she has not got dark pigment there. I think if you look at virtually any harlequin or mantle in Australia you will see the same thing in regards to the pinkness. Although most do have brown eyes, rather than blue. Persephone - I should really add that technically Danes are meant to have tight eyes - but having said that most don't seem to

I got an awesome present yesterday - a Canon EOS 550D So here are some of my first shots. I'm looking forward to working it all out and getting better.

good on you! I think they are wonderful! I'm really glad you said yes

great dane ofcourse!

awww so lovely! happy gotcha day Spot!

yes GSD = German Shepherd Dog I don't see Dane in her; I think the long legs come from sight-hound. The ears, head, leggy-ness, and slight curve in the back sll say sight-hound to me. Danes have big heads, big jowls, and big floppy ears, and I'm not seeing much of that - mainly I'm seeing lots of cuteness hehehe

yeah I really think she is a staghound/lurcher. We have so many of them where I live. People breed them and dump the extras in the pound - there is always more than one in the pound, usually more. Every one I have met has had a lovely disposition. I think she is a lovely looking pup too

love it! and that dog facing the camera is so handsome!

beautiful doggies!

great photos, I love the mid-air bird - and that spider is amazing!

don't now but... well done to you and Charlie It would be cool if CGC could get more public access or something wouldn't it?

happy birthday kuges, dear old man

I just got the impression you thought it was a Dane after reading the above

Nekhbet, Sas is not talking about a Dane. She is talking about a little mix breed foster pup; who i don't think is going to grow to be that big. I also know plenty of people who have beautifully behaved, well looked after dogs, but the dogs still pull a bit on lead. I definitely don't think these people don't qualify to have dogs simply because they haven't/can't train a really nice loose leash walk.

oh o.k. I pictured something different.

hmmm I really don't like the sound of dragging him by the scruff of the neck Why couldn't you have just clipped on a lead and led him out You don't need to be rough to show leadership. my dogs don't understand other people's commands even if they happen to be the same word. Well that's not entirely true, they usually catch on to 'sit'. But anything else they don't. While the same word is used usually the way it is said and all the accompanying gestures, and often the context is completely different. Maybe that dog understands 'outside' when that is said by its owners, in its own house. When it is said by you, in your house, there is a good chance the dog won't understand. Also if it is a soft dog then it will be very put off by a confrontational style. My lovely soft rescue dog is upset when he doesn't understand something and he will shut down pretty quickly.

My foster dog has absolutely no problem being able to pull on the front clip harness, she just does it on an angle. that was Digby! Hey I had a funny thought about the front clipping harness, and maybe why it doesn't suit some dogs. You know how when pressure is applied it compresses around their shoulders? Well it made me think that maybe some dogs actually find that reinforcing. Like Digby loves his thundershirt and finds it relaxing. maybe something similar happens with the front clipping harness - some dogs find the feeling of their shoulders being squeezed and therefore would deliberately pull to get that feeling?

O.k. reading this thread made me pull out the front attaching harness and give it a go with Delta. She actually did quite well with it. But that doesn't mean much as she's already pretty good to take for a walk yesterday I tried doing that T touch method with Digby (not that he needs it much either) but it was really interesting because he actually shut down when I did it! put his head down, hunched up and didn't move ;) I can't help but wonder if the front attaching harness is really only good for dogs who naturally don't pull that much?

we got one for Digby when we were in the process of teaching him to walk nicely. we thought it would be good because he had hardly any hair on his neck and its a bit scarred... but it just didn't work for us I couldn't work out why (I tried adjusting it). I think maybe I was just too used to using a collar and it felt weird to me. and he is also so so strong that it was completely useless when he saw a cat! I think it was KM brand.

yeah I totally agree - that is the most difficult part of desensitisation - you really do need to have so much control over the situation you're putting the dog into to make it successful OFF TOPIC: Kelpie-i, I'm doing a psych degree. So probably not what you're after I am actually doing it because I eventually I want to work on an early intervention program to help infants that are showing soft signs of autism. So really I just dubiously apply what i've learned to dogs because they are a big interest of mine My dogs actually do provide me with opportunities to practice what I'm learning. For example I have done heaps and heaps of systemtaic desensitisation on my rescue boy who has had a wide variety of fears stemming from abuse and poor socialisation (he is the sweetest dog ever )

yeah I thinkk the best outcomes for things like anxiety and depression combines medication and therapy ;) thanks Aidan I'll have a look at that. Although the phrase unusually deep interest makes me feel almost like a deviate :rolleyes: And yes sorry for being a bit off topic OP

In the desensitising process, unless the dog lights up in an aggressive reaction there is no reason for any type of correction to be applied, so contemplating a correction or aversive measure in the process, the dog must be lighting up or acting aggressively which provides us with the options below: 1. Drop the leash and let the dog go. 2. Drag the dog backwards and heighten defence drive through agitation 3. Correct the dog and take the drive away I don't agree that either dropping the leash allowing the dog to attack or ramping it up in collar agitation is beneficial in the rehab process. Obviously no one will apply option 1, drag the dog back giving commands the dog ignores which is what most people do is bad IMHO especially if the other dog retreats allowing the aggressive dog to win will bring a large proportion of the desensitsing program undone. If in the situation during desensitisation that the dog does light up in aggression, correction is the only beneficial option to keep the work done intact. that to me deoesn't really sound like desensitisation :rolleyes: To me desenstisation is acutally really habituation; which means learning that a certain 'something' is nothing to worry about. I would think that by using punishments you can't achieve habituation. I don't doubt that it is taching the dog something, but it is not teaching the dog that the presence of another dog is nothing to worry about.