[guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
- From: "Melanie Akpotu" <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:17:32 -0000
Lol, so true! Mind you, sometimes he will pick up discarded drinks cans,
including alcoholic drinks, and you can often hear something slurping around
inside, urgh! No accounting for taste with this lot is there?
Mel.
From: Vincent Thacker
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:39 PM
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
Good stuff, Mel. My mutt often runs about with a plastic bottle, too. What is
he doing? thinks he's a St. Bernard or something? Anyway, I don't mind ecause
at least they're safer than sticks or piles of yyyyyyuck!
Vince.
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Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 06:20 PM
From: "Melanie Akpotu"
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
Vince!
I don’t know if any research has been done on this by GDBA. I know the pups
leave the bitch at 6 weeks when ordinarily in an ideal world, it is at least 8
weeks for kittens and puppies. I understand the concept behind this though,
the importance of the early vaccination so that socialisation can begin and the
longer you leave that, the harder it can be. I think the breeds used as guides
here in the UK, the likes of Retrievers and Labs are just food orientated dogs.
Thankfully mine is not too bad, and never looks for food in the house. He
would probably eat something if he found it outside but usually he picks up a
plastic bottle when free running so that occupies his mouth!
Mel.
From: Vincent Thacker
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:42 PM
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
Pam, yes, that's a thought. Zym at times is quite a gross drinker as well as
a gross eater. Oral regression, isn't it. Haven't seen any discussion of this
but I wonder whether these dogs are weaned off their mothers too soon. That
would leave you with an unsatisfied dog, I expect.
Vince.
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Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 12:17 PM
From: "pam"
To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Cc: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
lol vince. i know of a guy's a dog who also ate a loaf of bread, wrapper
and all. he said the only affect it had on the dog was that it made her really
thirsty.
pam
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On 4 Jan 2014, at 12:06, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Somebody one day was most concerned that Zym had eaten a malt loaf
including the plastic wrapper!¬! mind you, I have a rough idea that a lot of
malt loaves are actually wrapped in a kind of wax paper, so it could have been
worse. Whatever he ate, he's been perfectly all right since, and this was a few
months ago.
I did offer compensation for the loaf, of course.
Vince.
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Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 11:29 AM
From: "J Kimbell"
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits
I've never had a serious eater thankfully. But I've mostly had Collies
and Collie crosses, who arent generally known for being eaters!! My current dog
is a Flatter and she isnt much of an eater either thankfully. Doesnt mean to
say she wouldnt of course, but at least is not a problem I need to worry about.
Julia
----- Original Message -----
From: Fay Marshall
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:51 AM
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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