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Big Congratulations to you and Molly. I hope I can get to your level before much longer.

I have been told that the chemicals in the skin of tennis balls rots the tooth enamel in dogs. That's why the Orbee ball is better.

How much does it cost? Have you entered the site and is it a generic type of training to suit all dogs? Looks interesting but I didn't enter.

I like your methods. It shows in the video. Congratulations to both of you

Scoota looks like he is really facused on you. How long did it take you to train him fron start to that level?

Thanks for your post. I'm off, no, we're off to find some books on sniffing and stuff.

Such a sad time Pandii. Thinking of you and Keeto. Run free with the other Rotties

Why is the mouthing issue a problem for you ? Have you had puppies before? This sounds about normal for most dogs. What training are you giving them? If you go to the Training forum you will see some helpful training under teh ' NILIF and "'Triangle of Temptation' threads. Two puppies will be a handful, what do you want to happen for the future for these dogs and your life together?

Best wishes to Sophie and you. We're thinking of you both in Sydney.

I'm in thankyou

So sorry to read about Zed's passing. As others have said, he is pain free and well again at the Bridge. Our thoughts go out to you.

I hope all the sick ones have a pain free weekend. I admire your strength to nurse these dogs in their time of need.

Thanks for posting in this thread. I am learning so much although I seem to have a lot of grit in my eye when Im here. You are all in our thoughts. Bill & Bev

Can I ask how many submissions you received?

Yes it is billinghurst's recipe still. I started using Barf about 4 years ago in Pattie form. It got too expensive for me with two large dogs so I now feed Advance and Semi lean mince.

Sorry to hear about poor Wedge GB. he had a good home and lots of love with you and the other furkids

I've seen K9 Force demonstrate these collars and I was very impressed. I know everybody is after a good deal but I couldn't understand why someone would buy a training device like this through the mail. I would imagine that part of the training would require backup from an accredited expert, even a phone call if necessary. I don't think you can learn about these aids from just a book or instruction manual alone.

Horus, this was the only decision you could have made for Cleo. People understand that you can only try, as you did. Hope Ellie has a speedy recovery.

I am the owner of large dogs. I started training my bitch, who I got at 8 weeks, with an all breeds dog club who used only 'positive rewards'. Training progressed slowly for about 12 months, however, I still didn't have a failsafe stay or recall and she was prone to lurching unexpectedly. I tried various collars, check chains, Gentle Leader and Sporn collars and all were either dangerous in as much as they could cause damage to the dog (Gentle leader) downright useless ( Sporn) or needed massive amounts of pressure to get effect ( Check Chain). At 18 months I wasn't progressing with my obedience training and took my girl along to a private trainer, K9 Force, who introduced me to the Prong collar. The dog immediately settled into the tool and was walking comfortably beside me in a matter of minutes. The Prong allows the dog to choose what is going to happen as far as the amount of correction that will be required and provides guidance for the animal. Since we have been training with the Prong my bitch is enthusiastic to get the collar on, walks at heel and has a stable stay and recall. There is virtually no effort required to guide her and definately no use of high pressure as required with a check chain. I took a show dog on who was 18 months old and had been shunted around to different foster homes after his owners divorced. This dog had a bit of fear aggression at first but settled down after a couple of weeks with me. Being a show dog he had no Obedience training but as I require all my dogs to have obedience training I put him straight into a Prong collar. This dog was a very trim 50 kg with an attitude that he knew what he wanted. We started simply and, again, within minutes was walking at heel. He was also a very intelligent dog and within weeks we had a steady down stay, sit stay, come, return to heel and stand as well as stand for examination. I did have some problems with him lurching at other dogs when out in public when we first started but the Prong enabled me to quickly bring him back to heel even with 50Kgs of dog bouncing at the end of the lead. In the 3 years I have been using the Prong I have found them to be gentle, safe and effective. The dogs seem to like them and never shy away and are relaxed and receptive during training. Because these training tools are not allowed on Dogs NSW controlled grounds I revert to a Martingale collar on these occasions but I will always use the Prong collar when training. I have found that my dogs are far more stable than other big dogs especially when put under pressure of different environments or unexpected challenges and I put this down to the effectiveness and reliability of training with a Prong collar. I take my bitch to pet expos to meet the public and she is happy to shake hands, do tricks and be cuddled by children without any concern and I put this down to her training.

See my post in the other thread

I didn't think this thread would be still going. Craig's name was mentioned to me by a friend and I hadn't heard of him. I now know he is/ was Queensland based. JJ under no circumstances would I bring into disrepute the name of any trainer, especially one I have not met or trained under. I was interested in some training he did with the NSW RSPCA on assessments. Thanks for the original link.

I have settled on Joint Guard after looking at different formulas. It is working well for my bitch with OCD

I must add that I attended the course as well and learned a great deal. Especially from the Trainers point when they are approached by owners with a long list of particular problems and the trainer has to identify the type of behaviour being exhibited and structure a direction for future training of the dog. Steve also put a lot of time into the handling day and helped us to understand a lot about the art of dog handling. There was also a very informative session on Ecollars and understanding their use both in behaviour and agility training. Thanks to Erny and Jane who gave up their time to talk to us. I would urge anyone who wants to understand more about dog behaviour to get onto the mailing list as most courses are booked out within hours of being posted.

Why don'y you look at a prong collar. For someone your height and weight it would be perfect. You probably won't be able to train with your club but you can talk to independent trainers about their use.

The new version has a slider adjustment. I played around with it last night but I still prefer the original version. I am going to have to talk to Vasquez at the PetExpo and ckeck how it should be fitted.