Rebanne

okay a little whacky here but do you have wire on top of the pens, has it been raining a lot and could the stains be rust spots? ie drips from the pen roof

Oh Warley, so sorry to read this news. You must be devastated. My Sam will be there to welcome him and show Houndee how even slow greyhounds can catch the bunnies up there.

Just saw this thread Trish as i don't often venture in here. So sad. Run free sweet boy.

yep, I'd take her out at 9 and problem solvered!

I have a mature male dog here who is house trained but he always needs to go out around 7 pm. He just has to at that time and he

wee's like there is no tomorrow. I take him out again before bed but really if I didn't take him again he wouldn't care, he can easily hold on 12 hours or more overnight, but he needs his 7 pm wee break. He's nearly 8 now and has been like that since I got him at 18 months old.

Back's still a problem. MRI next week. The trips to the track are working well. I shut the front gates, open up the car, dogs jump in and I do the same when I come home. They are only on lead for about 10 feet!

I could walk them one at a time but I am a bit worried that even one, on an ordinary collar, may give a leap and tweak my back.

Of course I could just take them to the slipping track and let them run, then go walking on my own. Why didn't I think of that 1st

They are a martingale collar with a figure 8 face strap. If your sole issue is that they are pulling and you are injured have you considered the blackdog greyhound collars? They are a martingale with a wider collar. If you asked blackdog they might even make you an infin8 with a greyhound collar instead of a standard martingale. I have used the infin8 on various sized dogs (as you get with rescue) and have never had a problem.

Umm, I do not consider the greyhound collars from black dog to be very good. Sorry. I have plenty of martingale collars here to choose from, they are what they are normally walked on.

Just after a good, hopefully short term solution, to my problem, walking 2 large dogs who may get excited and tweak my back, making it worse.

what breeds do you have ... If they are sight hounds I wouldnt reccomend any sort of head collar if they have a tendency to pull.

They are greyhounds. I have used a haltie on the male very successfully over the years but can't seem to find it at the moment. They don't pull non stop, they barely pull at all. It's more for when we get rushed by other dogs, usually little yappy ones. Just gives me a bit more control to get them past. BTW both my greys think all dogs were put on this earth to play with, they are not wanting to chase them.

any one used them? I have hurt my back and it is taking some time to get right but in the mean time the dogs are missing out on walks. They are pretty good on an ordinary flat collar and lead but can get a little excited and pull on occasions. Normally it's not a problem but with a very tender back I can't take the risk.

if your not confident that you can keep the dew claws short yourself over the life time of the dog best thing is to book him in and get them permamently removed by the vet.

I had the same problem with my greyhound as a pup. She is now 16 months old and I "think" she is over it. This winter will tell.

But she will at least go out on the grass now after it's rained. My verandah is carpeted, I must admit I wouldn't have been so stressed about it all if it had been pavers or concrete.

I used to block off the entrance to the verandah and go out with her and just wait. I also put a coat on her and sometimes would take her out into the front yard where there was no carpet available for her to pee on. I didn't care if she peed under the carport.

I had a car sick dog many years ago. I used to never feed her within 12 hours of a planned trip, longer if possible. I was told to give her glucose in water an hour before we left. I gave her sugar instead (it was easier), a couple of desert spoons in a 3/4 water, 1/4 milk mixture. Worked a treat. Plus, make sure the holes for child restraints are blocked so exhaust fumes don't make their way in.

now after reading those MTucker articles I'm even more confused because MTucker is encouraging praise as well??

Kohler encouraged praise too.

Mr Tucker did indeed take pot shots etc at positive trainers and their methods in the beginning. As I recall, I have thrown my Vic dogs out, he mentioned all sorts of nasty things would befall a dog owner who went down the track of positive training. Bagged out positive trainers and their methods badly. Denis is a member of an email list I am on. I have seen Mr Tucker in action some 15 or so years ago and yes he does believe in correction collars and using them. Sold me a lovely fur saver one that I never used That was before I saw, IMO, a better way to train.

Denis' is not the only letter to be published, there were one or tow also published after th 1st couple of articles appeared along similar lines.

Thanks Sidoney, I was thinking along those lines but haven't tried it yet.

Lablover, Fern seems to always back up. The only times I have really wanted her to sit up to now have been cause of great excitement, coming inside, going out for a walk, getting into the car etc. It's almost as if she is so excited she can't quite get her bum into gear. But I have been watching her sit for her meals and while it is a rock back sit she doesn't step back. I think it is because the quicker she sits the quicker she eats. So maybe I need to work on very quick sits and just ignore the back up ones. Hmm, thinking, thinking........

she does she a chiropractor occassionally and is usually out in the front end, right in the area she uses to body slam my other dog! He is out in the area's he get slammed in.

Thanks for the reply Rom. I was trying to avoid putting Fern on lead but I will give this a go. When I say she backs up she does more than move her front legs backwards, she literally backs into a sit, stepping back several times as her bum gets lower. The more excited she is, as in will the back door open and let me in, the more she goes backwards.

Some background first :D

Fern is a 16 month old greyhound bitch who I have been showing in the conformation ring. Now she has her title I am going to try and get her in the obedience ring. I have previously trained 2 GSD's to get their CDX's and one got 2 passes in UD before bad hips got in the way. I have also titled one of the GSD's and a beagle cross in agility, before there were multiple classes. So it a while since I trained a dog for competition obedience.

I haven't been paying a lot of attention to how Fern sits, as long as she sat when I wanted her to i.e. before coming in the door, I was happy. I did note that her sits were nice and square :p what I didn't notice is she backs up into them :D So when she sits in front she ends up about 4 foot away from me, same as sitting at my side, ends up quite a way behind me. Not a good look for the ring. Fern is clicker savvy and very food motivated but only for a short period of time. I have to keep reminding myself I'm not training a shepherd now

Suggestions on ways to re teach the sit so it's her back legs moving forward, not her front legs stepping back, would be greatly appreciated. BTW having Fern in a corner does stress her slightly.

Hi, my greyhound bitch is 16 months old and yes it's a constant battle to keep weight on her. She too is going through a very lean stage, looking like a toast rack! What puts on weight on my girl is lamb flaps. Haven't had any for a couple of weeks and it shows. I try and give Fern at least 3 a week but it was hard over the Chrissy/New Year break to get them.

back to this topic, does anyone use this soley for thier older dogs once yearly?

I have used it on the older dogs but never yearly. I don't vaccinate yearly.

while I have never had two bitches of the same age together I never had a moments trouble with keeping 2 German Shepherds bitches or a shepherd and a smaller cross breed bitch. But I have had trouble with greyhound bitches and the crossbreed. Depends on the dogs and how strong you are in leadership.

Can I give a parvac shot at 10 weeks, then the C3 at 14 weeks? There is parvo around here

so I am extra concerned.

This is what I did with Fern, though she had been weaned from about 4 weeks. Mum had had enough.

Piper very occasionally will throw up chicken neck bones, not often enough for me not to give them to him. He is fine with the minced stuff and full carcasses. A friend's grey does not tolerate chicken at all, so he never gets it.

I used the parvac one on Fern when she was a puppy. I used it between the C3 6 week shots and 12 week ones. Gave it to her at 10 weeks and actually put back the 12 to 14 weeks. Also gave one to the other dogs at the same time. Once Fern has had her booster in Feb she'll only be getting parvac. I don't believe in multiple vaccination shots every year.

On a side note, he knocked over a bucket of water in the lounge room the other day, it was sitting there from me cleaning the carpets earlier in the day. As he knocked it over he barked once at it (both me and my partner were in another room), it was like he alerted us to what he had done. Had no reason to discipline him as we didn't see him do it but he realised what he had done and took a keen interest in me soaking up the water with paper towel.

Only discipline needed here was on yourself for leaving a bucket of water out for the pup to get into. He most likely barked at it because he was startled, not to alert you to "his mistake". Would you leave a bucket of water out for a baby to fall into?