I got one better; my first dog, first day home, ate a heavily spiced meatloaf I had left on the kjitchen table to get cool. I sat down in my cumfy chair for five minutes and awoke 3 hours later. The meatloaf was missing.
The next day I went back to work and wow, talk about raising a big stink. Darn, everyone blamed me. My fault of course occurred the previous day
Doug: the answer is blowin'in the wind. . On 05/01/2014 3:14 PM, Louise Johnson wrote:
Hi everyone my first guide dog ate a full loaf of bread and got sick shortly afterwards. From Louise and hawk*From:*guidedogchat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guidedogchat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *pam*Sent:* January 4, 2014 4:17 AM *To:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Cc:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habitslol 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 Sent from my iPhoneOn 4 Jan 2014, at 12:06, Vincent Thacker <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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. ======================================== Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 11:29 AM From: "J Kimbell" To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <mailto:fmkc@xxxxxxxxx> *To:*guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <mailto:pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 4:04 AM *To:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Cc:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <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. ======================================== Message Received: Jan 04 2014, 02:00 AM From: "Melanie Akpotu" To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2425.1.1/5035 - Release Date: 05/31/12 06:34:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <http://www.avast.com/>This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active.
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