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RidgieAmy

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  1. I think you should reconsider a ridgeback! We have a 7 month old boy and hes got a gorgeous temperament and with meeting people at park/friends houses; he actually is probably a bit too dog friendly lol he wants to play when dogs dont; his dad is the same it does all depend on their lines though; their is a couple ive met at the park who arent like him or the RR's weve met at shows they werent aggresive just not interested in interacting, At home we have two house bunnys and he is very calm around them! He has his crazy moments but with mat training they've been minimized, he's also great at letting us know when someones coming but aslong as I let him out to greet people he relaxes straight away. He is a big lapdog, infact he is lying on me now, also very smart dogs!
  2. Congrats on new puppy! We have a Ridgeback pup whos now 6 months old, we took him out before his final vacc which was done at 10 weeks. Outside shopping centre, friends for bbq, familys houses, and puppy kindy which started when he was 9 weeks. Looking back now I wish i'd left the kindy till he was older as he's so dog focused and I think kindy made this worse, basically most of the first two lessons, he lunged to get to the other pups, he ignored the high reward treats we and the trainers tried, if another pup moved he'd esculate to the point of getting himself so worked up and frustrated he'd have to bite down on something! With alot of work he is much better and learned he can't speak to everydog but we go to show training so I think this has helped alot and now we take him to shows and he isn't phased. There was a frenchy in our kindy class! Gorgeous :-) you'll have lots of fun!!
  3. We have a 6 month old Ridgeback, and I did post on here about one of our friend's walking in when he was 4 months and he was alone in the house himself, He screamed blue murder lol my OH came running from the garden an seen his friend standing still at the front door like... 'I never touched him'. He's still a baby, though I have found he has two different reactions when strangers come over, If someone comes round and knocks on the door, we then open the door and they enter, he's never aggressive or noisy but he doesn't settle with them, won't go near them basically ignores them, typical ridgeback trait, but if someone come's round and we go outside as their coming up our driveway, he is excited and goes for a sniff and settles immediately with them,will go up for pat's and is very waggy?? even after they've then entered the house. Any ideas on the first door knocking encounters?, I thought it was probably because he's not invited them in to HIS house. edit - My typings awful, Im on my phone! sorry
  4. I have been looking for a leather collar & leash too, so hard to decide what i want, my boy has always been in black even his ribbon at birth was black lol, Tried red for a while but now I don't know ahh. here's a link I found, some great UK websites also http://petsandthecit...aved-dog-collar I love waifs and strays collars, they are old english style and you can buy a dog ID capsule that's so cute! Easier to buy them in the UK though i've found on Aus websites they are out of stock. http://www.pet365.co.uk/brands/Waifs-and-Strays.html
  5. Our Ridgeback was exactly like this he's 5 months now and he has his moment's though he's a million time's better than a month ago, I found re-focusing on something else like getting them to sit,down, helps alot, and we have started mat training! Also the no touching is what our trainer told us to do with him too, he used to go through the roof excited when we patted him and would automatically bite. We also used a large puppy pen when we first got him, our trainer told us this was the only place we could play with him and as soon as he jumped on us or bit during play or any time, we remove ourselves from the pen for 20 seconds then return, if he did it again we'd go out again etc.. this helped alot! He picked it up so fast that when he bit us, fun stopped. We tried all the puppy biting method's too like thumb under tongue none worked for our boy, only the removing ourselves from his 'playzone' now he has his moment's usually when my partner come's home from work and he get's so excited he bites him, He doesn't do this with me because i ignore him till he's calm and then treat him with my pat when he lie's down. It's harder to train my OH to ignore him till he's calmed down to be honest! Hope all goe's well with your pup
  6. No, OPINION is not ignorance, get over yourself. Zzzzz
  7. No i'm not kidding, Originally from UK and most people on the 'dole' have bull breed's and give them a bad name! Dole in the UK is about 80 pound a fortnight, not enough to cover bill's and be able to care for a pet properly and feed yourself adequately. This is from my experience and my opinion :-) just as you have your's about people who can't spell......
  8. Awful, People who stay in council properties and receive benefits from the Govt should not be allowed any dogs/animal's! They can't even look after themselves let alone have pet's! so sad
  9. I don't think there is lure coursing here in Perth wanted to get into it with my ridgey when he's older! your pics are brill :)
  10. He doesn't get offlead with every dog he gets offlead at the top of the big oval in the park if theres no dogs then i play with him, then he goes onlead if i see a dog coming. and i have started doing the move in other direction get his focus back, which i started last week. I do think hes improving he holds his focus longer and if he is offlead with dog i can get a sit wheras before that would not have happened whilst the dogs there its just the initial sight of dog that causes the pulling so i thought that harness may help but obviously not. The advice on here has helped alot and i have lots of things to work on! I understand that he'll be a big dog thats why im asking for advice now so i can correct it sooner rather than later. :-)
  11. Okay so now anyone know any good trainers for this?? I live in perth! Okay so the harness is a no go! i took him to the park earlier and walked the other way when he started pulling to other dog, did a few sits and drops and he was good turned to walk again and was distracting him with his roadkill toy and back to pulling so i did it again and he focused again by this time dog was already beside us and they had a sniff but he never got chance to pull cause the dog was already right next to us. So should i completely avoid dogs? which is a bit hard as hes going to a shoe this friday coming. The breeder says check chain is the way to go but i do not want him on a check chain i think he can learn without one as he's still young!
  12. No we never paid extra for home classes and we will still be going to free playgroup with him so he wont have cut socialising jusy he'll be with dogs of different ages not just puppys. As he plays rough a couple of puppy owners have said they dont want him offlead with their pup even though the trainer said they are going back for more! and he isnt hurting them. The first home visit is this thurs so will discuss with her then. kylie i messaged you back :-). very keen on this. its also the initial meeting that he loses all focus and pulls after a few minutes hes a bit better but still not what i think he should be.
  13. Thanks guys away to have a nosey!! but looks like these will help alot :-)
  14. Yeh we went to puppy kindy, but i spoke to the trainer and said he's too reactive and not learning anything because all he wanted to do was get to the other pups an play so she has agreed to exchange the remaining classes for home visits. I have done the distraction thing and it works with his fave roadkill toy until we get within distance and then yes he finds me boring even though i am trying to be exciting, making weird loud noises and squeaking his toy lol, so does this mean he can't meet other dogs? At hos first shpw training class he was awful not focusing at all but last week he was much better! No pulling and totally focused on me. He doesn't get bowl fed apart from his morning biccys an yoghurt the rest is hand fed so he works for his food! he doesn't pull towards people on street he walks beside me, just with dogs and nothing is more interesting than dogs. We have two rabbits also and i let them out fpr first time last week and he just lay there, i got him to focus on me while they were hopping about around him and he glanced a few times i've taught him when i say look to look at me in eyes and he does unless theirs a dog. Then everything goes out the window
  15. Found something like it :-). oh and if anyone has anything else they use.i'd be happy to hear it. I understand this won't fix the problem but need something that controls his pulling a little better even if i could use this and his regular.collar at same time?? http://www.happydogplace.com/dogs/images/products/halter-small.jpg
  16. Hey! so i have a 15 week old ridgie puppy and he is good on lead, when theres no dogs to pull towards!! i've worked on his lead skills from 8 weeks and he walks right next to me on a loose lead most of the walk, until he sees another dog, our breeder wants us to use the check chain.. Im not keen, don't mind him with one for the show ring! but not everyday. i have tried walking in another direction when he pulls to other dog waiting till hes not focusing on the dog then going back towards dog.i want him to be able to socialize with the other dogs too and he never calms foen once hes focused on the dog thats it basically anyway at the pet cafe in guildford (brilliant place) they have a harness that goes under his 'armpits' that helped with his pulling we tested it out down the street. has anyone used anything like this? it was attached to a collar also then had the straps for under armpits, no chest support: i was trying to find a similar picture to post but can't find one, i'm on my phone so my spelling etc will be shocking. apologies. hope someone know's what i'm talking about haha!
  17. :-) Thanks your advice is very helpful, yeh i know, ridgebacks are not labs and don't welcome strangers into their home with wagging tails, they watch and approach when they want if they want. Sure he'll be fine, just wanted clarification on how to approach it, glad i got answers
  18. Thanks for the advice and link!! I'm sure he'll be fine he is very friendly so maybe waking up and being alone with a stranger standing there when he woke was a bit scary, i would be scared if it happened to me, lol. Just the park incident was my concern, he was fine passing people on the way there, but will see how he goes tomorrow on his walks. :-)
  19. He has been out since 8 weeks old, To friends for bbq, stayed over at our other friends one weekend, To our familys houses, he has been out everywhere we can possibly take him like city farmers, he's met children from babies to teenagers, he's been outside my work at a shopping centre getting patted by everyone he has not been sheltered, his sisters who we met again at show training were very timid compared to him and have not been socialized as much as him. he LOVES people and dogs, and we had show training the other night and he was right up getting pats from men and women, No he doesn't have issues at all with our trainer, this happened today, At show training he wanted to meet everyone, he's very friendly. I'm not saying this is going to be an issue, I just want to go the right way about it if it has spooked him a bit?? which going by his reaction to the man going to pet him and he has bolted it has.
  20. Hes 12 1/2 weeks! Thanks! He has his puppy pen where he sleeps, eats, he goes in their himself, but my boyfriend lets him do whatever when i'm not home which annoys me more, as if he had been in there, he wouldn't have felt so terrified. Normally he's in the pen when people come round and he wags to get out and when hes calm he gets out and right over for a pat and a sniff of our friends. I don't want to not take him out to the park, i mean a situation like if i approach a guy and tell him to stand still and let Kobie sniff but not touch him, and then drop a treat so Kobie starts thinking guys have treats, you know what i mean?? I understand where your coming from, and i DO NOT want a dog like that espeically as we're showing him it would not be possible so I need him desensitized to men as soon as he'll allow really, i just need tips on how to go about it without making him more scared.
  21. ]Hey.. So i need some advice on this situation that happened today. I was at work and my boyfriend's friend, and his girlfriend were coming over, my boyfriend was outside hanging out the washing (well trained ;-) ) and Kobie was sleeping in the living room, my boyfriend's friend then knocked on the door and WALKED RIGHT IN!! Kobie started howling so my boyfriend ran inside to see what had happened, and his friend and friends girlf standing in doorway, Kobie ran straight to my boyfriend still howling, obviously scared sh*tless. My boyfriend said after 5 minutes he was sooking in to the girlfriend, but still wary of the guy, When they went to leave the guy went to pet Kobie and he huddled right down, scared again!!! I know that this guy would not hurt Kobie, Kobie obviously just got a big fright. and so did they at his howling! I got home and my boyfriend told me i was so pissed off he'd just walked right in, and annoyed at my boyfriend as i'd explained this morning that Kobie was going through his fear period and this is a very influential time, anyway have just come back from our evening walk where he was fine, until he ran over to a couple and the girl patted him, wagging tail the lot, the guy has went to pat him and hes screamed and ran back to us!!! Obviously today has freaked him out, and I need advice on how to go about getting him to deassociate all guys with this incident that happened today, I won't know till tomorrow if it's going to be a recurring thing with guys or if he was still tense about what happened this afternoon. Our puppy trainer is a male so hoping this will help the situatuon aswell but he's met him a few times so it might not count the same! Any advice appreciated :-)
  22. yeh i could understand if it was in a colder climate. but when i leave our dog in car i make sure he has water on floor and he only gets left maybe fifteen mins while i pop into shop. and considering his work is the dog it's not as of it wouldnt have come up in the office?
  23. yeah so horrible!! poor dog. still don't understand how you could forget the dog though!
  24. Guide dog dies in hot car Phoebe Wearne The West Australian A two-year-old labrador retriever in the midst of a $30,000 training program to become a guide dog has died after an Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA senior staff member left it in a car for two hours on a day the temperature topped 36C. The association confirmed the dog, named Colette, was "accidently left in the vehicle" on Friday afternoon after the male employee forgot she was there. It is understood he had returned to the association's offices in Victoria Park and was working inside when the dog died. As a guide dog in training, Colette would have lived with a puppy raiser, who would have got her used to various sights and sounds, and started basic training. Association chief executive Clare Allen said Colette was found dead when the man returned to the car after about two hours. She said the distraught staff member was taken to a doctor for medical treatment and would continue to receive counselling. "This is a sad and isolated incident that does not reflect the longevity and quality of the guide dog program," Dr Allen said. She said the association operated under the highest standards, but its procedures regarding the transport of guide dogs in training would be reviewed to ensure such a tragic accident was not repeated. Dr Allen said the tragedy served as a reminder to pet owners to be vigilant when it came to the care of their pets in vehicles on hot days. RSPCA WA chief executive David van Ooran said the organisation was seeking further details about the incident. "The RSPCA has made contact with the Association for the Blind WA and passes on their deepest sympathy during this tragic time," Mr van Ooran said. Puppies are assessed for their suitability as guide dogs through a 12 to 18-month puppy raising program. If a dog is seen to have potential, they receive five months of intensive training with an instructor and one month of training with their new owner. The association's website says it can cost about $30,000 to train a guide dog. REALLY?!? forgot about it... so irresponsible! he may be devastated but how can someone forget about a dog in their car for two hours? don't know of anyone else posted about this i'm on my phone! Someone redirect me if i'm in the wrong area ;-)
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