[guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
- From: pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:29:41 +0000
hi nadine
i know all about partners teaching the dogs bad habits. mine taught callie to
jump up on him when playing. but when she started doing it to me and my kids
too we had to nip it in the bud. she has pretty much stopped doing it
altogether now.
pam
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> On 4 Jan 2014, at 14:01, Nadine Lattimore <nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Vince
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> I am curious if you were old enough to remember eating these a la carte
> treats, just how old were you?
>
> Nadine Lattimore
>
>> 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!
>>
>> Vince.
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>> 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.
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>> 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,
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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.
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>> 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"
>> 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
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