Lando's Mum

I think they have a great sense about people. Lando is very stand offish with people to begin with but generally warms up to everyone given the chance. But she won't have a bar of my housemates girlfriend. We know exactly when she is here because Lando goes and hides or comes right underneath my legs. Won't go near the woman and makes sure she is always in a different room. The girlfriend is an absolute idiot and causing so many issues for my Boyfriend and me. Not sure if Lando picks up on our reactions or it's a sense, the other dog in the house loves the girlfriend and goes straight to her as soon as she walks in the door. So we always say Lando has a great sense for bad people.

Is there any meet ups happening soon? I have a dog in desperate need of socialising if possible.

Oh I had the same issue,but mine was gates. Oh dear was it an issue. The trainer at puppy school taught us to walk up to the gate or door in your case, on lead and make her sit, feed her a treat and pat her. We then would hold a tight lead and slowly walk her through the gate saying " good girl" and then on the other side we would treat again and give her lots of pats and "good girls" we did this at least three times a day for 3 weeks but she gt there. hope that helps. ) The other bonus from this is she always waits at doors now, it's great!

I'm the same as Donatella, my BC X loves toys. She will rip the stuffing out of some but the ones she likes stay in tact. She has a little cat at the moment that she thinks is the greatest. She also has ropes you can get from K-mart for $3. They last ages and are good for cleaning teeth too.

I have a very timid puppy and when she went to puppy school the trainer was great about it. She pulled me aside afterward and gave me some pointers on things I can do at home with her but would never make her play with the other puppies in the class. What a silly thing to do sounds like your pup was just being sensible more than anything which is the best thing to encourage. Hope he does better next week. I have been told that my dogs timidity and desire to only be around my partner and I is a bad thing too.

After reading everones I had the same problem as saxonpup, they're all so cute. Mine turn out to be very different lloking dogs too which is interesting but here goes mine are: 1. Border Collie 2. Dalmation 3. Husky 4. Westie 5 Old English Sheepdog

Thanks everyone, I have contacted both clubs and one has invited us to come down on their next training day and have a go which is lovely as I'm not even sure if she'll like it. But being a border collie I'm pretty confident it'll come naturally.

Hi, I am looking at starting flyball with my BC and was trying to figure out where to go. Both CDC and Tuggernong seem good so hoping for opinions or experiences people have had with either one. The trainer we had at puppy school said she didn't like tuggeranong but other people say it's much better. Is it really much of a muchness?