[guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits

  • From: Doug Parisian <eggmann@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:47:59 -0600

Well, the real question is; since this was an overnight stay, I suppose that the only thing the lady would have had to wear was that which was extracted from the dog. So, did she, or didn't she.


Doug: damn, he's back again!

On 04/01/2014 10:34 AM, Fay Marshall wrote:
Also, I had a male friend that had his girlfriend for and overnighter, and the dog woke them up in the morning gagging, and when they reached the dog, they found out that he had eaten her panty hose and underwear, but could not swallow them, got choaked, so he reached down the throat and pulled the stuff out. Yuk.
*From:* Nadine Lattimore <mailto:nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 7:56 AM
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*Subject:* [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
Fay,
At least Pams dog vomits it back up - spending with rocks in it?

Nadine Lattimore

On 4 Jan 2014, at 10:51, Fay Marshall <fmkc@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:fmkc@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Well, my dog ate rocks, bricks, etc. I would think wood is better. (grin) Never broke her of it.
*From:* pam <mailto:pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx>
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*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 <mailto: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"
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    Sounds nice!

    Mel.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Nadine Lattimore
    Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:29 PM
    To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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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