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Hehe, how old is she? Do you use them for work or are they pets, or both of course. Do they get along well? You don't hear that much about father/daughter living together combos.

Black Russian Terriers? They are very nice looking :) What are their personalities like?

You are not over reacting! I'm still furious on your behalf and I don't know anything about Amy but it really doesn't sound like she is doing the right thing here at all. I think it was well worth testing Justice's reaction at class tonight but if I were you I'd seriously reconsider going to the last class you've paid for and would suggest going back a fair few steps in your training to rebuild your and Justice's confidence.

How long have you had him? Could well be temperature, he is cold, have you noticed it's on colder nights? Alternatively, are you sure he does toilet when he goes out on the nights he cries? Do you wake up to a wee/poo in the laundry the morning after? Any differences in your or his activities on the days he cries?

OMG Snook, my jaw literally dropped when I read what happened to Justice. There is NO WAY IMO that two puncture wounds could result from any sort of "normal play" between dogs, especially the one on his back - biting on the back is not a normal part of playful interaction between dogs. Also, no doubt Justice had some sort of reaction to the first puncture wound and any dog of reasonable temperament that was actually playing should have backed off after that, not continued to the point of another puncture wound. Even if you gave them benefit of the doubt and they do have a dog there whose version of "play" involves those types of behaviours, that dog has an issue and should not be allowed free interactions with other people's dogs at a daycare. I would be furious of I found out a professional I left a dog of mine in the care of let a dog that would do that interact with mine, whatever the dog's motivation was. You just cannot take that type of risk with other people's dogs Also, as Steph said, if someone was watching they would have seen what happened and been able to tell you, not need to speculate about "puppies" with no bite inhibition. Ugh, I'm so mad on your behalf! On the plus side, you and Justice have come so far, I'm sure you'll be able to keep going with his improvement :)

Age will help but only with training as well :) My Australian Shepherd looooves kids but like yours, she gets too excited and rough with them. She doesn't get uncontrolled access to them, I have her on lead and have her focus on me (I use food treats to reward her for watching me instead of the children and keeping her feet on the ground). We've gradually worked up to being closer and closer to children, if we move closer and she starts focusing on them or getting jumpy or pully on the lead we move away again. It's taken a lot of practice but she's getting better and better and can now sit with a child and get pats relatively calmly. We only get to practice it now and then though as I don't spend time around kids that often so it's been slow going, with you having regular opportunities to practice you should see improvement fairly quickly IF you are consistent and she never gets the chance to reach the kids when she's behaving inappropriately.

You may find though that once an expert can figure out what's motivating her problem behaviours and can explain them, it quickly becomes much easier for you guys to see how to help her. We don't know what we don't know, and I've experienced it myself, someone says why don't you try this instead and it works and you think "why didn't I think of that?". Afraid I don't have a recommendation myself but hopefully someone will come in with one :)

Miss Daisy, as you said, there are more issues than just the food resource guarding going on here, so while it is very important to manage that carefully (fights over valuable resources can become VERY serious, very fast) I really, really recommend you book an assessment with a good behaviourist who can actually see the whole picture in person. You could try to find a reputable veterinary behaviourist who could prescribe medication if they felt it would help, or work with a behaviourist in conjunction with your own vet. If you let us know the area you are located in someone could probably make a recommendation :)

I don't think you'd need to offer a prize, DOLers love giving name suggestions :) plus it would also be an excuse for us to look at gorgeous Pug puppy photos

It is a good website, thanks HW :) So from what I gather, genetically they are most likely sable, or possibly agouti. Most of the examples are in long haired breeds though, does the terminology still apply to short coated breeds/mixes, most likely with some bull breed in them (based on appearances)?

Hmm, those are random Internet pics so maybe not the best examples, but no generally there are tan hairs and separate black hairs, and usually some white hair patches as well.

Hi all, just after some advice on describing colouring. This is for dogs of mixed or unknown breed where we're relying somewhat on physical descriptions to identify them. We get a fair number of dogs with this kind of colouring: Ref: http://www.ultimatepitbullforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1122 What would be the most appropriate term for this colouring? It's not really just tan or red or fawn because of the black overlay and widow's peak, and although it looks like what is called shaded sable on my Sheltie, it isn't actually as sable refers to the change in colour through individual hair strands (I think, correct me if I'm wrong). And obviously Black and Tan means something else (Rottie type colouring). Google indicates that it could be called tan/red "smut". Would this be appropriate to use on an unknown origin short coated dog? I'd like to be as accurate as possible and don't want to offend anyone by using the wrong terminology on info about these dogs (especially when the word "smut" may not be taken positively ). Another pic below from the same website. Thanks for any thoughts :)

Once I knew I wanted an Aussie Shepherd I knew if I ended up with a blue merle female she would be Quinn, turns out that is what I ended up with so Quinn she is. Someone pointed out to me then that I accidentally has Q,R and S names (although in reverse order - Saxon, Riley and Quinn) so I felt for a while the next one should start with P or possibly T but I don't know now. Plan is that it will be a Rotti and I suspect a male will fit in better but I don't have a name yet. If I ever end up with a female fawn Pug she would be Sami.

We have three steel jumps at weird heights and a short steel tunnel plus what I assume are supposed to be weaves but is actually a random row of fence posts about 1.5m apart... I wouldn't list it as a "good" one :p Again, dangerous because everything is solid and also because people who aren't aware jump too small/young/both dogs over too high jumps. I'll try to remember to get a photo.

Excellent butt shot posing Fritz

The last posts I saw were saying it was suspected that the stories had been a hoax. So good news that it didn't actually happen but what a horrible story to make up

Hahaha, this dogs dining one is hilarious because the dogs aren't quiiiite patient enough so the humans keep holding onto their faces with their hands so the dogs look like crazy people. It's really cute though :)

:laugh: I love the dogs looking at each other like they're saying "just humour them..." about the humans.

Aww, Kirby sounds lovely :) I'm jealous :p

You make him walk on the grass?! :p

I agree BCC :) I do also love watching them grow up into their adult selves though.. Then it's fun to bring in a new puppy for the adults to teach!

Aww, how sweet that he called himself Spot's dad. RIP Eric.

After I laughed and rolled my eyes for a while at the ridiculousness of your comments (and thought about commenting that you haven't done your research because the chihuahuas in the Beverly Hills Chihuahua movies actually get along just fine with a range of other dogs including big ones :p ) I thought some more about what you said. I note that you've edited your wording but if your dog is looking at other dogs "with disgust" and has been bitten by 90% of the small dogs he meets maybe he is in fact inciting something with his body language and the other dogs and their owners have good reason to feel threatened? I think it's always worth considering the whole picture if your dog has regular negative interactions with other dogs, not just automatically blaming everyone else. That's the kind of thing experienced trainers/behaviourists can help give you perspective on if you work with them :)

Eeee, how cute! What kind of cat are they?