lol vince. i don't remember eating anything strange when i was a child but my own 2 kids have tried shampoo, grass o ya and dry cat food. at least kids grow out of it, you'd hope anyway. pam Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Jan 2014, at 12:47, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Children soemtimes do this sort of thing, don't they? or was I a very strange > child? I can remember eating soil, coal, soap, etc. Not habitually, and not > more than once very often, but if you're born with a curious mind, all sorts > of horrible things are possible! > > Vince. > > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 10:51 AM > From: "Fay Marshall" > To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: > Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits > > Well, my dog ate rocks, bricks, etc. I would think wood is better. (grin) > Never broke her of it. > > From: pam > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 4:04 AM > To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits > > well my dog has a bad habit of eating sticks which make her sick a few hours > later and can't be good for her. she only does this on a free run never when > working. i've tried giving her toys to play with to distract her but it > doesn't really work she just goes back to eating the sticks. my instructor > said the only real solution is to find another free run area but where i live > is all woods so that's not really possible. so if anyone has any tips for me > on how to resolve this i'd b very grateful. other than that she's a very good > dog. happy new year :) > pam > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 4 Jan 2014, at 02:45, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Nadine, > > I can't exactly call them resolutions, but I want to work on a couple of > things with my dog that spoil an otherwise happy partnership. One is > scavenging, and the other is improving his recall, which has improved then > got worse again. > > With the scavenging, I suppose I'll have to go through the food refusal stuff > we did in initial training. As I haven't got spare food to throw around very > often because I eat it too fast for it to go off! I'll have to use bits of > his kibble. If I can get him to walk past some outside, he can have a treat. > Hmm, food-related problem, rewarding him with food, wonder if there's a > better idea? > > And his recall was getting really good at one stage, then one day he ran off > and although there were people about, nobody could tell me where he'd gone. > He did wonder back towards home eventually, but this was really worrying, and > I'd called the police and the dog wardens. I'm glad to say he was brought > home within a few minutes, but it worried me so much he hasn't had a free run > properly since. I take him around the field on a flexi-lead, and he's got the > idea now that he can run about quite a bit even with the restrictions of the > lead, but it's not as good as a real free run. I don't have a pair of eyes > available to me at the moment, and no longer employ a Personal Assistant as I > did before, so I'll have to do loads of obedience stuff while he's on the > flexi-lead in the hope that I'll be able to let him go eventually. The other > answer is to find a safer place to let him go, but the only one I know of is > miles away. No doubt we'll have a lot of fun with whistles and treats and all > that. > > Apart from that, he's such a good worker, I just want to keep the good bits. > We went to town yesterday and went all around Sainsbury's with Zym waiting > patiently whenever I stopped to faff about. He was really excellent, even > among the mad crowds rushing about to the sales or whatever they were doing. > It was a long walk in and out, well, long enough at about 3 miles each way, > and he's got a very good idea even knowing which paths to take through the > park to go in the right direction. When he's good he's very, very good. > > Vince. > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 02:00 AM > From: "Melanie Akpotu" > To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: > Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits > > Sounds nice! > > Mel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nadine Lattimore > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:29 PM > To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [guidedogchat] Bad habits > > Hi to all a happy new year if you recognise the calendar change at this > time. > > Well it being the first few days of the new year now, I wonder has > anyone made any resolutions to include furry friend- such as more > walks, more grooms, fewer treats etc? > > Had a wonderful Christmas and New Year in Lanzarote with Quartz, he > met all his friends, remembered his routes and had a lovely lazy time > with plenty of love and treats. > > Nadine Lattimore > > > >