[guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits

  • From: pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:52:13 +0000

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

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> On 4 Jan 2014, at 12:47, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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!
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> Vince.
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> Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 10:51 AM
> From: "Fay Marshall" 
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> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
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> Well, my dog ate rocks, bricks, etc.  I would think wood is better.  (grin)  
> Never broke her of it. 
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> From: pam
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 4:04 AM
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> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
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> 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 
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> On 4 Jan 2014, at 02:45, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Nadine,
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Vince.
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> Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 02:00 AM
> From: "Melanie Akpotu" 
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> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
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> Sounds nice!
> 
> Mel.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Nadine Lattimore
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:29 PM
> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [guidedogchat] Bad habits
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> 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 
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