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Bikle no wonder you're confused. You have been given terrible advice. Jogging is even worse than walking Flexileads are hopeless for training. They just teach dogs how to pull!! And a daily walk can be dangerous. That is terrible advice I'd throw that away and start again

I always do my best to do as I'm told and my breeder provided great advice. I have also got good advice here on DOL. I didn't explain our lead training properly in my previous post so will expand here: Bruno started lead training in slow spurts. - We started off lead training in the backyard and then gradually out and about at a maximum of three times a week. -His first walk was 10 days after his third needle. 12 weeks I think?? (I'm getting old.!) We went to the end of the driveway. Also at this time, I took him to visit different areas (cafe's, friends places) so he could get used to the world without having to walk. -Next one (two days later) was past two houses and back (about 15 to 20 minutes of sniffing). We continued our drive based visiting. -After a few weeks we made it to the end of the street (about 250m) By this stage all the neighbours are laughing at me cause I'm the only one who walks their dog such a short distance -Then we finally made it around the 500 m block. -At abour 5 months we added another few hundred metres. -Now at 6 months he does about 7-800 metres except for the occasional 4 km round trip (done that one three times in four weeks). Our walks are not exercise (bruno gets heaps of exercise in the back yard) they are a mobile training session to desensitise bruno to loud noises, distractions and people . He is doing very well with his training (eventhough he has hit the teens)

My dog gets lamb shanks not chicken wings. Only the pup gets chicken wings. A friend lost a young standard poodle which choked on a chicken wing . I'd be interested to hear what people thought about different bones as well. Cyclone Bruno just handed me a few metres of chewed up polypipe . Will have to investigate the source ..

I found clip collars which have locks locks on the clip to stop it being undone (like a little slide bar). They might work. Buckles would be easy to undo with the dog's tongue. Edited for blondeness

I freeze cyclone bruno's chicken wings for the same reason. He now licks them and then chews them properly. He's just finished one now.

Exactly like dogsonly said. I think the advice is very confusing partly due to terminology. The meaning of off-lead walk and an on lead walk varies between people so I think descriptions should be clearer. eg, walk your dog at a very slow pace on grass stopping to sniff all the bushes. Do not take pup for non-stop walk. Or something like that. There are so many people I meet who have no idea and who overexercise their dogs. They just don't understand so we have to be able to make it clearer.

I was told the opposite. No offlead exercise till they are 1 and minimal on lead exercise. The time factor is not so relevant for me as the distance and speed. I usually take bruno around our local block for about a 600m slow walk. This is more a training session than an actual walk. Up to 6 months we would go three times a week, now we go 5 to 6. I very occassionally (once every couple of weeks) walk both dogs to my sisters house which is a 4 km round trip. Takes us 2 and a half hours to explore and stop for coffee. I also used to drive Bruno to an outdoor cafe to meet people without having to walk. I used pretty much the same routine for Bella who is now nearly three. My breeder provided very specific instructions on exercising still provides more information if I have questions. ETA: Bruno plays with Bella who is very gentle with him and also with my sister's whippets at times (who are smaller than him). I don't let him play offlead with any other dogs. ET change off to on :_

Yes I agree with Peibe. Walk away, or turn around, same as when the dog is jumping. I say "Good no licking" and "Good no jumping" and then use the no licking and no jumping command when they have learned. They are getting the hang of it (Bella does it too and she's nearly three ) The other thing that works well is to have your dog sit. I ask Bruno to sit before I pat him. When I reach my hand down if he sits still he gets a good pat and praise. If he moves I start again by standing still and waiting for him to sit still I do exactly the same for putting his lead on before a walk. You need to do this every single time for dogs to learn that this is always the rule Puppies are fun

If I want my dogs to go in a particular spot I leave some poos there and clean up the rest. Not sure what to clean the cement with though. Have fun!

Cyclone Bruno stripped a metre of bark on a half my stem on my $300 weeping mulberry. :D :rolleyes: He is in the very bad books I bandaged the wound and then wrapped it with grafting tape from some helpful instructions. The electric fence has now moved to the other side .

Of course she still likes you :rolleyes: Puppies only have a short attention span for training. I train Bruno in very short bursts. Maybe you need stay in the back yard, do a little training session, let her explore by herself, the train again and then explore again. Do the outside time in lots of short bursts. I would also try leaving her outside while you go inside for a while. She's big enough for this. Games bruno really enjoys is chasing me around the yard. This peps the pup up and makes them excited. Also dragging a ball on a rope around the backyard and stuff. It's good to get pups to follow you and chasing games are great fun for you and the pup and will improve your bond with her. Do you take her for walks? Bruno is not complete without his walk. We walk 500 metres in 25 minutes and he has a ball. Dogs need a change of environment - new things to smell and such. Good luck

The other invaluable tool is the Triangle of Temptation which is pinned in the training forum. I use this on both my dogs who can now do a lengthy sit-stay. It was posted by K9 Force. Bruno the pup has been able to do a sit stay from 9 weeks old and that is how I can get him to sit while I exit the door. Bella, my older dog, has been to training with K9 Force and I use the same stuff on Bruno. Training in Drive, NILIF - Nothing in life is free and the Triangle of Temptation. I have learned so much about dog training from doing this and all these programs establish the trainer as the clear leader. Have search through the training forum and you will find heaps of info. Have fun :p

Don't stress. You need a thick skin to ask for advice on DOL - there is some good stuff in there :p I use the knee thing. It's not kneeing the dog in the chest but blocking their jumping with your knee. It doesn't hurt the dog.

Mr Bruno jumps around me in circles as well. That's why I go back inside when he jumps. He has got a lot worse now he's hit the terrible teens :p

With my pup I do jumping training. I stand at a glass door and ask him to sit. If he sits, I open the door a little, if he moves, I go back and start again. Once I can get out the door I get him to sit until I am next to him and have given him a treat. Any time he jumps I block (like neckbets procedure) turn around and go back inside. I have done this with both dogs every time I go outside and it works a treat. You have to put in good, consistent work to get a well behaved dogs . I also ask him to sit at any time when he looks likely to jump. Also it is important to use the sit word once and then wait for them to do it. Sometimes bruno takes 10 seconds to respond but he has to know that every time you say sit you mean it. My dogs are as big as yours so can knock people over easily. Have fun :D

KC takes 10 days from contact to first symptoms and is contagious before the first symptoms. This is why it spreads so fast cause people don't know their dogs have it during the most infectious period.

I am in contact with Steve about this. I was indeed trying to identify triggers in my dog and others and I just decided to keep a diary as things fall out of my head very quickly I don't have much experience with reading dogs, and dog to dog interaction although am learning heaps every day. Great tip.

I have developed eyes in the back of my head. Just harder walking with the pup as wekk. Have decided to walk them separately again until I get this sorted. I love the squirty bottle for treats and have no problems looking silly. I already have the entire neighbourhood out on the street smiling at me with bella walking nicely on her lead and bruno spinning around us in circles. Have got very good with spinning to switch the leads to opposite sides On cold windy nights I walk with a beanie, two scarves, my gardening goggles (cold air makes my eyes water) and my headlight torch I have never been shy or retiring.... All of Bellas problems were caused by an attack and my inexperience. Now most are fixed just need to fix the last one. I am now much more confident and am using a prong instead of a halti so I have much better control of Bella. Thanks again for all the advise

My Bella pushed Bruno away from me when I first got him. Your boy is saying "I hope they take this one back soon" . It takes them about a week to get used to each other. Meantime you're doing everything right. Bella and Bruno are now fast friends and love playing together but it took a little time.

I second this. It's very confronting for a fearful dog to approach head on. I'm beginning to introduce my dog to the idea of approaching head on now, but I'm ensuring he's not out in front eyeballing them when he does. I walk/jog backwards towards the other dog calling my boy (kinda like you do when you start teaching recalls) and click/treat all the way. This way he is still walking towards the dog, but he's focusing more on me and it's also fun for him. Thanks Jabeece I like the assumption of bella not liking any dogs. that's the same principle as safe motorcycle riding The lab was unfortunately my neighbours dog who had escaped her yard. The situation was worsened as I was walking Bruno the pup as well. He slipped his collar so I had no time to redirect as I would usually do. I try not to get mad at all the offlead dogs I meet. Bella will not be going off lead until I am sure of her - we are doing TID on a long lead which is progressing nicely. Thanks for all the reading, can't wait to have a go and try some new ideas

Thanks dogdude I am seeing a behaviouralist already but wanted some stories from other people. Bella has mild fear agression and this is new in the last 6 months. Before that she had no problems with dogs on leads. Bella is fine off lead and meets and greets dogs she like nicely. This is just a minor issue now. I will avoid head on meetings was just not sure how to get from walking around all other dogs to being able to walk past them all again!

I have been reading a lot of topics on dog agression as my Bella (2.5) has some fear aggression issues. I thought it would be useful to start a separate topic for this subject. Bella has been to see K9 Force and has improved in leaps and bounds with other distractions - birds and people. At 6 months, Bella was bitten by a malamute (puncture in her side) which broke its collar while walking past us. I am not sure how to tell which dog she will have problems with and what to do about it. For the last few months I have been walking a long way around other dogs while I work on desensitising to birds and people. Now I want to desensitise her to to dogs but need more information. Scenarios: We walk towards another dog on lead, Bella either: walks past within a metre with no reaction hides behind me and growls - making eye contact with the dog - if I see this happening, I move around the other dogs, the distance required varies from dog to dog. Is she responding to rude dogs? How do I tell which dogs are going to cause problems? Also last weekend we were bailed up by an off-lead lab who raced up to Bella and started a close staring, growling match (lots of noise but no action). I presume she reacted to the labs rude approach? I would appreciate any comments or similar stories to compare with . Thank you

The answer to all puppy related questions is crate training. They are the best thing for unsupervised puppies and the pups are very happy in them Cyclone Bruno has destroyed most of the dog gate that keeps him from the house. I now have reinforce railings holding the remains in place . After some discussion he will now leave the gate alone. He only destroys things inside when I forget to supervise him for a second. This week it was a packet of tic tacs which made a lovely crunchy sound . Bruno now leaves alone anything which I saw him trying to get and asked him to leave alone. That, and constant supervision, works very well for my indoor possessions Bruno's assistance with my gardening is another matter and is covered in a separate topic. I love puppies

Bruno is much better now he sleeps in the laundry (behind a kiddy gate) and has a doggy door to go outside. Occassionally, I have to put him in his crate and then I get woken at 6.45. He has been doing this since three months.

I wash and dry two dogs with a damp chamois in about 7 minutes