[guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
- From: pam <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 16:01:54 +0000
ya exactly julia. callie jumped up on the couch a few weeks ago beside my
husband and when i said down to her she lay down on the couch lol. i got cross
with her then and so did my husband. she hasn't tried to get on the couch since
then.
pam
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> On 6 Mar 2002, at 02:51, "J Kimbell" <whitetiger62@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mine thinks its funny to let Wren get on his lap on the settee. He says
> "cuddles" and she jumps on to his lap, he showed it off to me the other day
> and I got really cross, as I dont want her ont he furniture. I've caught her
> ont he bed a couple of times with him when he's been laying on it but she got
> a wallop on the bum from me and ordered off. Not hard you understand, just a
> light slap, but I really just dont want that starting thanks. Its not fair
> either as the poor dog then gets told off by its handler for doing what the
> rest of the family think is funny.
> Julia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: pam
> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 2:29 PM
> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 4 Jan 2014, at 14:01, Nadine Lattimore <nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Vince
>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
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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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