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I was quoted $800 for a Great Dane as the Vet said she needed it.....I didn't do it.....I changed Vets, my girls teeth are fine for an older girl and there was no need to put her under and have an unncessary procedure, putting a GD under isn't the safest thing to do as it is. My last vets were money hungry bastards, unlike my new vet who gives me discounts on the fosters....something I didn't ask for.

You'll find fleas come from all sorts of places.....neighbourhood cats, under the house etc etc. We use Advantage, we've foudn it to be the best so far.

Yep, I had a young foster who had sevre HD & ED and it was pretty much impossible to stop him from being the teenage dog he was. Our decision because he so advanced in the displaysia was to let him have quality of life without the pain (on medication) and then when the time came we would do what was neccessary). You have a young puppy with plenty of opportunities even surgery later on.

Sorry looks like I mis-communicated. I never thought you screamed at your dog :rolleyes: If she's responding well to her other training I would definately say she's getting something out of biting/nipping at you, and at first guess I would say it's the reaction you're giving her. Good luck, I'm sure you'll get there

Bugger, be rest assured there are plenty of things you can do for your boy :rolleyes:

From that comment, I presume you haven't been educated or trained by a qualified professional in the use of these training tools?

OK, bye bye & good luck ;)

Staff - yeah cool, that I understand, but you are turning on each other LOL

What's with the bitchyness? I swear you all get bonded and get your period at the same time!

Yelling does one of 2 things.....scares the dog so you won't have a dog that respects you and 2 it excites the dog. If she barks back at you I would get her back into her place pronto! I'd suggest the Jan Fennel book to you as well and implement the NILIF program asap. If you don't find she's responding to the yelps, I would say they're not realistic enough, if you can't manage her, give her a 2 minute time out. It's funny when you say you've never had a dog like her before.....out of the last 10 foster dogs I've had, none of them have been remotely the same.....in the same respect of humans they all have their individual personalities. Personaly I like the naughty ones, I think they're easier to train

So does puppy have hip/elbow displaysia? Did you end up speaking to the people who bred him?

Puppies learn a lot of this between 6-8 weeks of age, taking puppy away from its' mother was a very unfortunate thing to do.

If I were in your situation I definately would not yell. I would however YELP, yelp like you're in real pain - Kids can do this great as they have pitched voices. Puppy doesn't want to hurt you so by showing you've been hurt can help with bite inhabition. Now if puppy is just too stimulated, I would be doing a 2 minute time out. The key to 'ignoring' is pretending the dog does not exist, it can be a really hard thing to do. With fosters that come to us a bit out of control, we usually do a 2 day ignore and then follow the Jan Fennell program and we find it works really well....it's quite hard for some people to do though especially to a puppy.

Is this the puppy that was brought from the paper? I recall seeing someone showing photos a while ago?

Ness, I couldn't help but to watch your other videos on youtube......if you think you're a shit handler, I don't know what I am then LOL

LOL @ the GSD!

How did ya go????

woooohoooo great work! Are you working towards a title?

I personaly wouldn't be acknowledging the dog at all when it jumps, I simply turn my back and keep turning if the dog moves to the front of me. Absolutely no eye contact, no vocal repremands....simply ignoring like the dog does not exist, once they realise nothing is gained they cease....this has been what we have done with foster dogs. Has the dog jumped on your child before? Dogs jump to get at eye level with you so if the dog can make eye contact with a child without jumping they don't tend to jump up. I would be suggesting you head out to the book store and grab a book by Jan Fennell called Dog Listener.

That sucks! There are Danes in the States hearding that I've recently discovered

Yep, I've heard of it being done. I think it's so cute how they follow each other over!

I'd be leaning towards dominance as well. I'd be more apt to have him on the leash and remove him from the room each time his behaviour level changed to what you weren't happy with. NILIF and reading up on Leadership will assist as well.

Bring the dog inside in my opinion....dogs are pack animals that means sleeping in the same Den as one another. I wouldn't use Citronella, instead I would use the new JetAir collar.

From what I can see you haven't been consistent with one method so you are not going to see results. Puppies have short attention spans, you need to stick to one method and be 100% consistent with it so she understands. How we toilet train our fosters is as follows: 1) Watch them like a hawk, you want to be able to catch them in the act, the more accidents they have that you don't see will mean it's going to take longer to toilet train. 2) For puppies, outside every 30 minutes, outside must be a fun place to go, give a toileting command, they won't understand this at first however overtime they will. 3) When they start to toilet, in a calm but happy voice give praise using your toileting command ie. "Good Toilet". 4) When they have finished lay on the praise big time and then have a bit of a play to cement that outside is fun. 5) If a poo is found in the house, it gets taken out to the yard. 6) Any accident is cleaned up with the dog in another room, so the possiblity of it becoming a game doesn't occur. Always clean up with an 'accident spray'. 7) If you catch the dog in the act, give a firm NO, you do not want to scare the dog though, don't run at the dog or anything like that. Then take the dog outside to finish its' toileting. Good Luck :D Side note: Don't use house hold cleaners to clean up 'accidents' on carpets as it it burns the fibres in the carpet and it doesn't get rid of the smell the dog can smell that indicates toileting. Always use a specific accident spray from your pets supply store. You could use white vinegar, I personaly find it a bit smelly though. And lasty, remember with puppies and adult dogs, a repremand is nothing without it being followed with praise for doing the right thing.

Did you see this puppy? He was a previous foster, I think he started there too.