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Thank you both Seeing as i really only use it for recall training i dont think there is any danger of neck damage. It is being used pretty much as a normal lead, naturally just longer. She doesnt run off at a hundred miles per hour or anything, she stays fairly close. So there is no running to the end and resulting jerking.

Took some quick pics of my beautiful gsd girl, Nika, while training out on the long lead

Both my dogs get sardines in oil daily I buy the 125g tin of sardines from Aldi. What it says on the tin. Sardines (72%), Vegetable Oil (20%), Water, Salt. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SOY

Nika 3 months 14 months

A lot of very stunning pictures in this thread for sure!

I have a Fuji FinePix, and it takes excellent photos. Its a cheap, user friendly camera.

A beef pizzle is a bulls penis As to if its the same as raw hide, i dont know sorry

1) What Dry Food do you use? Enduro Complete 2) How long does that last you? 2 weeks 3) Do you buy more than 1 bag at a time? Nope 4) What is the size of each bag and its cost? 20kg $38/bag

Clothesline: hang balloon on a string off it, fill some with a little water & some with just air. When they grab them they pop, making a large bang which tends to discourage them from continuing, if the pick one with water, not only do they get a bang, they get a face full of water. Fixed my big guy, he was a shocker for pulling clothes of the line!

Hmm ok....i found them excellent helping with my dogs aggression problems...but everyone experiences things differently i spose

I also live in Toowoomba area freerunning. Can i say, go and see the Toowoomba Dog Obedience Club (if you haven't already that is). They operate at the park on the corner of Hursley Rd & Tor streets. They can help you, i know they did with me and my dogs similar problem.

Sorry but that is not really true With my guy, he has been trained with a check chain his entire life and he does generally wear it to walk, but....i have and can walk him in just his normal collar and he still walks without pulling. The check chain is purely there now to check, a quick correction no different to the correction he gets when he is in a normal collar. Though generally the word 'heel' is enough now to bring him to where he should be. The chain/collor is now really there to keep within council laws. A dog should NOT pull continuously when wearing a check chain....if they are then you are not using the check chain correctly

I use check chains, always have. On pups i use a training one, it is made of material rather than chain, as they age i change to the chain type

Yep they do...i buy it for my guy

Neotopic Lotion....Do you get that from a vet?

Yay for this thread....my guy suffers badly from hotspots I've been using betadine...seems to work well...but i'll definately give these others a go

It certainly wont hurt to take it

That to me is definately not acceptable behaviour in any dog

Not too long ago i had to make this choice We got a 'rescue'...we'd had her for about 6months she was about 13-15 months old, she'd always been mouthy and prone to nipping, very very dominant dog. Anyway i worked with her on obedience and she was starting to come good 'Til the day we (myself and my two kids) were out the back playing fetch with her and my male dog, we'd been playing for ages, all happily. All of a sudden she came running at me full tilt, i thought she was coming for a pat, but she wasnt, she leapt at me, she grabbed my breast, when i yelled at her 'no', she dropped to the ground, then she came back at me again and again, i had to hold her off with my foot, while i reached for a piece of poly pipe to give her a whack with. finnaly she went and stood a distance away, and i rounded up my kids and took them inside. When i came back outside she was still quite elevated but no more launching attacks thankfully. I agonized over what to do for hours, deciding that if she had've taken on one of the kids like that, they would have been seriously hurt or worse. As it was i was sporting a gash about 8cm long and my breast was seriously bruised. I made the decision to surrender her to be pts. All i could think of was her at full grown weight doing what she did to me...very very scary thought

Got me fingers crossed for ya too...she looks adorable

She may need the extra fat and carbs....as you are saying the fat and carbs she is on isnt doing anything Anyway i'm sure your vet will steer you in the right direction....mine certainly did Please let me know how it goes with the bloodwork

My big guy went like that...the vet advised me to put him on Eukanuba Large Breed Senior and add chicken mince to his diet (apparently it has a high fat content)...to also break up the bordom of the same dry food all the time i add a snallish can of tinned dog food to change the flavour Has worked brilliantly Before After