Hi Mel Thought I better change subject line for sake of others boredom. Q is a german shepard cross golden retriever. He is a very solid 40kg, not a scrap of fat on him but built like a tank. Thats it Leicester square, oh man. Last time I was over Quartz would walk on to stopped escalator, but previously he would go nowhere near. Clever boy, he knows it could come to life at any minute and swallow his tail. Nadine Lattimore On 5 Jan 2014, at 01:05, Melanie Akpotu <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hahahaha!! Leicester Square is a killer, and Warren Street too. My dog weighs around the 70 lbs mark. His maximum weight is about 75, but he is never anywhere near it and I think would be fat if he was! What breed is your dog? Mel. *From:* Nadine Lattimore <nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:15 PM *To:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits Wow, how heavy is puppy? Yeh ive done the escalator walk of shame a few times, hamstead or angel it is really steep and seems to go on forever. Then what is the one with the old entrance of huge winding staircase Liverpool maybe? Q even stopped for a break on that bad boy. Nadine Lattimore On 4 Jan 2014, at 18:04, Melanie Akpotu <melaniemacneill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Mine never jumps up or tries to get on the furniture thankfully, and if anyone encouraged him to do so, I’d knock them flat I think!! He did half try and jump up at me yesterday because we had to go somewhere in London and I hadn’t checked the access at one station beforehand, so we came across an escalator. One of them had been turned off but I didn’t fancy walking up it since my blood pressure can suddenly drop and I could become dizzy, so my husband carried him up and also down on the return journey. Nyle behaved very well, but got excited when his feet were on firm ground again and he saw me coming off the escalator behind them. That’s the first time he’s ever tried to jump up though. Mel. *From:* J Kimbell <whitetiger62@xxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:51 AM *To:* guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [guidedogchat] Re: Bad habits 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 <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx> *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 <pamyoung80@xxxxxxxxx> *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, 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 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 ------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2425.1.1/5035 - Release Date: 05/31/12 06:34:00