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oh yes! and it was a terrible drive home. Not that Warrior noticed, he was sound asleep all the way

Warrior in his natural habitat :D

why not just keep fostering to you find the one that you can't give back?

This Sunday is Warrior's and my turn at trying for an ET title. The weather forecast is not looking good

well we are back and a star is born! After fumbling around and doing no more then a dozen sits in the last couple of days, I settled on the fold sit and Phoebe took to it like a duck to water. Still going back a little but I think with some of the idea's here we can iron that out but she also offered several sits to the instructor. Her eyes bored holes in me with her focus and her loose lead walking was fantastic. Ok she has been shown for 9 months so had a vague idea but Phoebe really wanted to work for me and with me tonight. I just have to remember to use my voice more ( a 30 year problem ) and to remember she is not a German Shepherd and push her too much. I am going to try and let her push me, let her think it is all her idea and i might, just might, have a greyhound I can trial. :D Next week it will probably be all doom and gloom but Phoebe showed me what the possibilities are tonight and I have to make sure we find the right paths for us both. :D

I've tried nothing yet :) perch box? will have to look it up. Umm I don't think my greyhound girl will be like a visla though. I like the chair idea. First night at the club shortly. Will be interesting as they say positive but .... I can see myself saying no not doing that a lot. Certainly will not be teaching her a drop from a sit or not any sort of drop yet. I'd like Phoebe to enjoy this and I'm not trying to drop a skinny minnie greyhound on cold wet grass at this beginning stage. Not sure what they are going to say when I rock up with her in a coat!

BUT if anyone needs you to demonstrate 'nap on the couch' or 'make yourself a really small ball in a cat size bed' you guys have it down I bet! oh yeah! we just did some joining up out in the back yard and I threw in a few fold sits and it seemed to be sinking in. This little (big) girl needs a job so it's up to me to find the best way to do it.

If you are aiming for position I think you might have explained a part of the problem, secret to good positions in heeling is to give command as you stop and bring the dog into position .........but you need to teach what sit is before, but maybe just not next to you to avoid the dog thinking it is right when you aren't happy.....but I think you are fighting anatomy here, greys I have known have sit issues!! you could be very right there! I've only had one greyhound who sits, none of the others have ever shown any inclination whatsoever. Teaching a sphinx drop is pretty easy though as they have all done that.

for sure some rear end awareness is needed. Greyhounds stand so beautifully, there is no need to do anything else! :laugh:

yes tried the corner of the room, she gets a little anxious there, but she still can walk her front legs back. Might have to try the target. I use KFC popcorn chicken :D When I taught Fern, the backward sit = ending up a couple of lengths behind my leg when we stopped. We would be heeling, we would stop, I'd ask her to sit and have to look behind myself to see her. Or even standing still and in a good position next to me, still end up behind. I might have to get a bit more hands on, re read some of my books. I recall a fold sit taught to large dogs.

no she is not yet sitting on command. Once I realised I wasn't happy with what we were doing I stopped.

I've decided to do some work with Phoebe my 12 month old greyhound. I've enrolled with my local dog club, trained dogs to UD standard in obedience and did Agility, all many years ago. Been positive for many years. But Phoebe is all legs. Never sits naturally so I can't capture it. Tried luring with food over head but she is very tall and very long, does require a light hand on her backside to get the idea of lowering it and in a couple of days did well but.......... I find she is backing up into the sit. I don't want that. I want her front legs to stay in place and her bum to scoot forward. I am not sure how to proceed. I found when I taught my other greyhound girl to sit that she ended up out of position by quite a way because of the walking the front legs backward. I am not confident the club will be able to help. I am mainly going there for motivation. Phoebe loves food so that helps.

Agree 100%.

One testicle is no biggie for a pet nor is the breeder wanting to hold onto the pup for an extra couple of days if they think they are unwell. Pups do get sick, it is very often nothing but flying 5000 kilometres wouldn't be ideal while unwell. Kudo's to the breeder for informing you. If you are uneasy then call the breeder and talk!

and a race fit greyhound ended up very sick and at the vets the day after the next fun day. Your dog needs to be very fit and healthy and even then they can suffer serious problems.

I pay $45 a year per cane. Not sure how many straws/unit's a cane holds but it does me. Surgical implant last year was approx $600. I an importing from England in the next 12 months and have budgeted for around $3500/$4,000 and that is for the collection, freezing, health testing etc. Does not include stud fee or incidentals like petrol for the stud dog owner to drive stud dog to collection centre. I will be getting a company to handle all the paper work etc and organising collection. There are fees for registering the semen here in Aus. Some companies offer a two tier system. Top level they do everything, 2nd level you do some organising yourself

They are very easy to make yourself with melamine panels from Bunnings. Just screw together with brackets.

My girls whelp in the lounge room and the other dogs have restricted access. I would not put mine in my laundry. I use a room heater and an infrared heat lamp attached to a thermostat.

I used Jetpets last year to send a pup to Norway. Easy peasey

The dog they think killed Wags was a staffy so totally possible. But they don't have any idea so lets blame the breed they think most likely

Trying to find the dog who actually killed Wags is not much use. It's a victim as much as Wags is. Getting laws changed so this type of free range madness is stopped woukd be more useful

OMG I could not agree more. I live a quiet life and my dogs are fine to take out and about. While they have all been shown from a young age making friends with strange dogs was not ever one of my goals

and I never said she was. But the dog will be under huge amounts of stress whether Kirty likes it or not

Agree and how stressed will Toby be feeling surrounded by prey all the time.

I had no trouble answering the survey.