Funkee Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) I judge people by how they treat their pets or any animal and just for starters... Rosie is just gorgeous! They all are and I'm sitting here with a cheesy grin. Damn you all!!!! Edited October 10, 2020 by Funkee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 18 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: 100% guaranteed it'll not just be me confused AF thinking that you've got a lab in a field as wallpaper. 16 hours ago, RH33 said: Me too! Not me. I thought the couch was outside. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Funkee said: I judge people by how they treat their pets or any animal and just for starters... Rosie is just gorgeous! They all are and I'm sitting here with a cheesy grin. Damn you all!!!! I had to get my dog put to sleep just recently (f**k cancer), and along with WeRateDogs on twitter, this thread is my favourite place on the internet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkee Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 11 hours ago, s_dog said: I had to get my dog put to sleep just recently (f**k cancer), and along with WeRateDogs on twitter, this thread is my favourite place on the internet. Sorry to hear that, I've lost a few pets over the years and it breaks your heart. They are family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Not me. I thought the couch was outside. [emoji1]Tbf I live in Forfar. Understandable [emoji23] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Took these two for a closer look at the Cobbler yesterday. Will admit to only walking up to take this photo. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Took these two for a closer look at the Cobbler yesterday. Will admit to only walking up to take this photo.How long did it take you to get them to pose like that?This is Zeus. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Jack Burton said: How long did it take you to get them to pose like that? A full packet of water thin ham being held above my head as I took the photo. Zeus has the same robbers mask that Morse has. Love GSDs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 That is not Zeus. That is Clarence the Lion from Daktari.Lovely looking dug. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 "Holes in the garden? What holes in the garden? Not me." 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 That time of year again where Rosie the dog attempts to defend her “hide and seek world title”. Needs more practice tbh. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 What's been the most effective way to stop your dog pulling whilst on a lead, she gets plenty of walks 4/5 times a day but she just always pulls and is very easily distracted, always wants to talk to every person and dog. She's currently being walked on a fixed length lead with a Julius K9 harness but I've also just ordered a front clip harness to see if that will help. Any suggestions would be appreciated.She also thinks mud is a great snack... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, Empty It said: What's been the most effective way to stop your dog pulling whilst on a lead, she gets plenty of walks 4/5 times a day but she just always pulls and is very easily distracted, always wants to talk to every person and dog. She's currently being walked on a fixed length lead with a Julius K9 harness but I've also just ordered a front clip harness to see if that will help. Any suggestions would be appreciated. She also thinks mud is a great snack... Very basically don't reward the dog by allowing her to pull (stop and shorten the lead if you have to). By permitting pulling you're only teaching that pulling is the best way to get to where she wants to be. I'd start off walking in really low distraction area (a quiet car park for example) and mark with a verbal "yes" or "good" when the lead is loose and she's paying attention to you. You can give a treat if she is food motivated after you've said your marker word. Move in different directions, change direction quickly and reward for moving with you and keeping the lead slack. Build up to areas with more distractions (e.g. move onto areas with grass, trees etc and then onto areas where there are likely to be more people and other dogs). Essentially you want to make paying attention to you and keeping the lead slack to be more rewarding for her. Any "bad" behaviour a dog picks up is reinforced by them being rewarded in some way. For example a dog will continue to investigate kitchen counters if it managed to find food there at any point. This can also be made to work to your advantage though, you just have to be careful about which behaviours you reward. We're going through the same thing with the dog we adopted in May. He had no training prior to us adopting him but he's coming on a lot better now. He walks on a lead fine but is still trying to engage with other dogs atm. My dog Skye was awful when we got her as well but is now pretty much bomb proof and walked off lead 99% of the time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Very basically don't reward the dog by allowing her to pull (stop and shorten the lead if you have to). By permitting pulling you're only teaching that pulling is the best way to get to where she wants to be. I'd start off walking in really low distraction area (a quiet car park for example) and mark with a verbal "yes" or "good" when the lead is loose and she's paying attention to you. You can give a treat if she is food motivated after you've said your marker word. Move in different directions, change direction quickly and reward for moving with you and keeping the lead slack. Build up to areas with more distractions (e.g. move onto areas with grass, trees etc and then onto areas where there are likely to be more people and other dogs). Essentially you want to make paying attention to you and keeping the lead slack to be more rewarding for her. Any "bad" behaviour a dog picks up is reinforced by them being rewarded in some way. For example a dog will continue to investigate kitchen counters if it managed to find food there at any point. This can also be made to work to your advantage though, you just have to be careful about which behaviours you reward. We're going through the same thing with the dog we adopted in May. He had no training prior to us adopting him but he's coming on a lot better now. He walks on a lead fine but is still trying to engage with other dogs atm. My dog Skye was awful when we got her as well but is now pretty much bomb proof and walked off lead 99% of the time.Yeah we've been doing most the things mentioned stopping and changing direction when she pulls but she's very stubborn, I'm sure with enough persistence and patience she'll come round but her breed are well known for being stubborn buggers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Empty It said: 24 minutes ago, Rizzo said: Very basically don't reward the dog by allowing her to pull (stop and shorten the lead if you have to). By permitting pulling you're only teaching that pulling is the best way to get to where she wants to be. I'd start off walking in really low distraction area (a quiet car park for example) and mark with a verbal "yes" or "good" when the lead is loose and she's paying attention to you. You can give a treat if she is food motivated after you've said your marker word. Move in different directions, change direction quickly and reward for moving with you and keeping the lead slack. Build up to areas with more distractions (e.g. move onto areas with grass, trees etc and then onto areas where there are likely to be more people and other dogs). Essentially you want to make paying attention to you and keeping the lead slack to be more rewarding for her. Any "bad" behaviour a dog picks up is reinforced by them being rewarded in some way. For example a dog will continue to investigate kitchen counters if it managed to find food there at any point. This can also be made to work to your advantage though, you just have to be careful about which behaviours you reward. We're going through the same thing with the dog we adopted in May. He had no training prior to us adopting him but he's coming on a lot better now. He walks on a lead fine but is still trying to engage with other dogs atm. My dog Skye was awful when we got her as well but is now pretty much bomb proof and walked off lead 99% of the time. Yeah we've been doing most the things mentioned stopping and changing direction when she pulls but she's very stubborn, I'm sure with enough persistence and patience she'll come round but her breed are well known for being stubborn buggers. Yep, Our dog Skye is 25% husky and it shows. In addition to what I mentioned above I'd be trying to mark and reward calm behaviour indoors too. We wasted a ton of money on crap training classes as well which didn't help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futureboy Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Halti head collar worked on my puller. Walked him on that for a while until he got the jist and he's good on a normal collar and lead now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Clyde Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 We found that our dog walks completely differently when using a harness, than just a lead.He is much better with the harness on.Otherwise, when he pulls a lot we stop and even backup if he continues to pull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 14:03, Day of the Lords said: Looking after my mother's lab whilst the old man is in hospital for a while. On 10/10/2020 at 14:06, Mr. Alli said: 100% guaranteed it'll not just be me confused AF thinking that you've got a lab in a field as wallpaper. I actually did this! (Sort of). There’s a picture somewhere way back in this thread of the big chap that I was fair impressed with. So impressed in fact that I got it blown up and it proudly adorns my office wall at work: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Aha! Adding some coup de grace to the casting couch videos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 04/05/2019 at 12:33, stevieKTID said: I love my life as a dog walker but the transient nature of life in Amsterdam means that people and their dogs come and go, i started walking jolie and keeley 5 and a half years ago and have built up a very strong bond with them and their owners, the owners informed me a while back that they were selling up, taking early retirement and were going to tour Europe for a few years, thought i'd come to terms with it until it came to drop them off for the last time yesterday, the owners were home they gave me a lovely hand written card, a bottle of whisky and a photo album filled with pictures of the dogs, i thanked them profusely and said my goodbyes, once i got outside i cried my eyes out (i've turned into a sentimental old fool in the last few years) i will miss the daily interaction with them but on the plus side it means i can plan a roadtrip and go see them somewhere on their travels....first world problems thread for this pish eh Dogs are awesome. Reunited with my girls! Their owners are back in The Netherlands for a pit stop before continuing on their European adventures, they've aged a bit, was great seeing them again i got an amazing welcome 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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