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My puppy is 15 weeks old and is outside during the day, he is on the balcony in a pen with a little house to go into and blankets, he also wears a jacket. We have shade cloth down the sides of the balcony to lessen the wind and sun. Pop onto e-bay, there are many people there who make jumpers, just shoot them her measurements. My pup is toilet trained, during the day he uses toilet training pads in his pen and when he's out of the pen he's using the grass. Dante is also crate trained and could go through the night at 11 weeks, however he is a giant breed. You mentioned your dog doesn't go toilet on walks, some simply don't and some take ages to get to that point. If I were you, I would be confining her to a portion of the house so she is forced to toilet in one spot. Then when you're home, you dispose of the toilet pads and never let her leave your sight and you take her outside at regular intervals. I don't personaly believe any size dog or any breed of dog should be harder to toilet train unless they have ome from a pet shop or another place where they have been forced to eat sleep and toilet in the same small area.

So do we get to seete video LOL

I forgot to add this one. This was our first visit to meet Dante, it's still one of my favs of him in Lance's hands...

I couldn't help it

During a fear period it is advised to keep them at home. At 6.5 months she's already gone through her main socialisation period so I don't see how having her kept at home until the fear resides will be bad thing? Also make sure you're not praising her for the fear I'm not sure what others think but there is a Claming Paste you can get for Horses and Dogs, I'm not sure what people think about using it during a fear period though?

So to confirm....you're saying that you're 8 year old has only just recently developed this? Have you moved house recently or had another dog in your yard? Na, pepper won't work.

LOL who loves their dogs eh! Can I borrow your hubby?

Adoption rates slow down in winter so I imagine the purchasing of other dogs does too? As a breeder she should keep the dogs until they find suitable homes. Maybe you can help her out with some online advertising: These are places we advertise rescue dogs....(most being free to advertise) http://www.adpost.com.au http://www.petlink.com.au/Dogs/Finding_a_N...oard/index.html (Gets a lot of hits) http://www.ozdoggy.com.au/dogs_for_sale.html http://www.ozpets.com.au/classifieds/index.php http://www.mypets.net.au/classifieds-list/...es-for-sale/9/1 http://www.petsonline.com.au (I do most of my advertising here) http://www.gumtree.com.au/sydney/syndey-pets_3077_1.html http://www.simpletrade.com.au/ http://www.classifieds.com.au http://www.cracker.com.au http://www.tradingpost.com.au (advertising for people who don't have internet access)

I think you've forgotten one very important part of crate training....the training part. You'll need to feed them in their crate, throw toys in their crates, put them in their crates when they fall asleep. The dog needs to create a positive association with the crate. When Dante goes in his crate at night he has a treat which he finishes then goes to sleep on his heat pack which is inserted into a comfort toy. Once you've done this, ignore the whinging and barking, it should settle within a week.

Hope this helps...

I don't actually use extraction. In the photos I posted the only thing I use is Hue, Contrast, Burn & Dodge.

Eh? My 9 week old puppy was at puppy pre-school for 4 weeks. Puppy preschool is normally for 8-12 week olds We were meant to start puppy school at the obedience club last weekend but the weather was shocking. Puppy School is usually for 12-16 week olds. (usually 10 days after their last vaccination). Then they go into normal obedience classes between 16-18 weeks of age granted they know how to sit, drop and accept the lead. Here is a list of QLD training schools, you may like to contact one that will accept your puppy: http://www.dogs4sale.com.au/Clubs_Organisations_Qld.htm As for obedience signs, scroll down this page: http://www.deafdogs.org/training/signs.php#signs SIT: DROP: STAND: STAY: COME:

I like burning out the backgrounds, although it tests the patience sometimes This is a previous foster 'Rufus' This is my old boy 'Turbo' This is a previous foster 'Spaticus'

Because I know my older girls personality well, when we brought puppy home, we went out into the yard and popped him down and they sniffed each other and went from there. Anytime Leila acknowleged the puppy she got a treat and so forth. I sometimes find that placing a gate in between the two can create tention, anyone else experienced that on first meetings?

I have an older rescue who is very sharp and has a good amount of drive (older than 4). Why don't you get someone to head out and assess her?

And don't have high expectations of a puppy an toilet training. You could be sorted within the first couple of weeks or you may have to wait until 5-6 months of age until the puppy is reliable, they're all different.

I read something today suggesting that if stress is caused to a pregnant bitch that can be passed on......I'm not sure where they come to this conclusion though. I'm definately a believer in certain types of behaviours to stem from genes, it's hard to otherwise explain a line of dogs who all exhibt certain behavioural issues such as fear aggression....what are your thoughts? Certain breeds (just talking about a line here of a certain breed) being bred for the bred characteristic of being aloof to strangers but when actually assessed it's fear aggression....another thought to ponder on? Also how would you explain a litter of aggressive 4-5 week old puppies that haven't had bad experiences?

I also never had a prong collar until I had spent some time on DOL. I had taken on an 18 month old 70kg Great Dane. I noticed a wee bit of dog-agro, but didn't see it as a major issue......yeah well, it wasn't a wee bit of dog argo, it was fear aggression and full on. I met with Steve who assessed my dog and worked him on different collars. Steve was able to handle him on a Martingale, however at the time I was only about 50kg's and I wasn't able to handle him on a martingale so we stepped it up to a prong. I felt incontrol of him, I wasn't being nervious and passing that onto him. Steve also taught him heel within 15 minutes. He didn't hurt him, the prong didn't hurt him. Without the prong the dog wouldn't have been allowed out of the backyard as I simply could not control him, the prong allowed us to 'safely' start working with him and his fear. What I like about the prong is that the dog makes its' own decision - will it pull / lunge? If it does it will recieve a correction without the handler actually issuing that correction and there is no harm done to the dog. Cons with the prong collar: It's a link collar so you should attach it to a loose martingale. I have had a prong come undone on me before (but that's because it wasn't done up correctly). Another con is that it is frowned upon so being in public with it wasn't a great thing and I would cover it so I didn't have to deal with uneducated comments. Since then I have used a prong on a number of different dogs who didn't respond to a flat collar or martingale, still all very happy dogs, no harm caused what-so-ever. Pros: Gentle, I gave corrections with one finger when needed.

I trained Leila in drive, it was the only method of training that she responds to. We're not at the level where I don't have the motivator visable yet. But here's Leila, she goes nuts for it. Now, do excuse my handling, I confuse her a number of times and do things I shouldn't do which of course I noticed when I watched the video back.

What? I think you have your wires crossed. You do not repremand a dog during drive training and a dog gets put on a flat collar. I think you have been mislead and are uneducated on this topic which I feel is very sad. Oh and I have put a prong collar on myself

And it's a real issue for you that she's on the sofa? Eh I'm lazy, I'd just leave her there LOL

Is your dog allowed on the furniture inside the house at all? I can understand why it would want to be on there. Can you perhaps place a puppy pen around it/put items on it so the dog can't get on?

Ditto to Kavik. In the past we have teathered them so they can't move off their beds, however that was with the really strong willed ones. Also removing them from the sofa and then body blocking them so they can't get back up and go and put them on their bed.

He's stressed? He doesn't understand what you want? Maybe go back to basics with the stand in baby steps and make a very positive experience?

I know another person who has 2 dogs that live together and one day out of nowhere it seemed one ripped into the other one......really badly ad there was quite a bit of damage done. One was seperated in a crate whilst it healed, they had supervised time after that, they are now back to normal with no issues. Owner had no idea what happened to cause it or why they can get on now. Perhaps one of those things we can only hope to understand?