Grace1979

Aidan2 grace eats because she is hungry nothing that i put infront of her at a session does she touch so im not gonna waste my time and money going to a training school like the vip one when she is getting nothing out of it. I rang craig and thats what he said they dont use food, just telling u what he told me.

I will wait till shes at least over ayear old. Hopefully training will help us.

At the end of the day you choose a trainer that is compatable with your dog. Im looking forward to trying something different with grace.

But I dont see the point in plugging away trying to force a reward onto an animal if it values something more highly, especially as the better of two options in a situation. Nekhbet i agree with you there. As i said before im very new to the whole dog training thing and Grace is def not food motivated and i hated the fact that at my last dog training place i really only thought that food was the only way to go. There was nothing that i gave her that she was interested in and i really felt like a failure because my dog didnt want to drop or do any basic obedience to food. Im hopeing to learn something new to help her be a calm and well mannered dog in our household.

Tilly its done at st bernadines school. Starts at 9.30, i like the fact they also concentrate on problems in the home like jumping up, fear problems and everything in between. The trainer i spoke to was very helpful and gave me some hope i will have a well mannered saint, i can only hope. If you want more info just pm me and ill give u the trainers mobile number.

Thanks. Clyde i rang her breeder and she has put me onto craig murray training which im starting on the 24th just thought desexing might make a difference.

Hi i was just wondering for those that have desexed their dogs did u notice a difference in nature? More settled or where they just the same? Thanks.

I use Royal Canin giant puppy. Grace loves it, it is expensive but worth it for her.

Sorry if ive confused anyone! The vip training i went to only used food to train for everything. When i rang and spoke to craig he said they dont use food at all. I dont know the difference in training between the two im very very new to the whole training thing. I just think in my situation training without having to have food on me all the time and the fact grace doesnt want it, not having food as a reward might be better.

Im happy to hear that because we are having afew issues with grace at the moment and her breeder put me on to him. Im glad its not food based because it was a waste of time for grace. I took her to the vip dog training and it was only focused on food. Grace hated everything and would just spit it out so itstead of concentrating on training i was worried more about what treat i had to give! The trainer i had made me feel awful because grace just wasent cooperating with her. Im really looking forward to starting its on the 24th and to see how she goes without having to give her food.

Grace will be starting a new training program, i was wondering if anyone has taken there dog to this training school before. Its a non food based training.

Grace started doing this about 2 mths ago but thank god ive noticed in the last two weeks she hasent gone near them. I only hang washing out if i know i will be home all day to watch her. Dyzney i use my dryer heaps as well, at least i dont have to worry about her getting at them.

Hi i want to get Grace one of those really thick dog beds, im looking at 79 dollars and upwards. How durable are they she is going through a chewing stage at the moment and i didnt want to get one if its gonna end up in a million pieces!

Thats ok, i was horrified when i saw it!

sorry guys and yes saxonpup i didnt write it my neices OH thought it would be funny to put it on. Disregard the post!