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Mar 2017
4:31pm, 16 Mar 2017
9,478 posts
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D2
Well done both!
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Mar 2017
9:40am, 18 Mar 2017
22,738 posts
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halfpint
That's impressive stuff. Agility looks like a lot of fun.
Proud owner for a slightly less impressive reason. I had some friends round last night. We don't often have people round so Ernie was very excited but after the initial welcome he settled and was a wee star. He snuggled into my friend who was delighted.
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Mar 2017
10:19am, 18 Mar 2017
9,484 posts
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D2
Well done Ernie, I have a load of people including customers visitng this morning and I've already had to re clean the lounge carpet twice, goodness knows how their clothes will survive
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Mar 2017
11:22am, 20 Mar 2017
10,736 posts
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Chrisull
Ok checking back in here.... Dougal is up to 16 weeks, he's coming out of "the fear" will walk nicely without being dragged, socialises well with other dogs despite being nervous at first. He is walked twice a day, for 20-25 minutes each time (20 mins is the 5 mins per month rule, and I add an extra 5 as there's usually a few minutes lost doing doggy business or sniffing things on the way, or picking up sticks). I work from home the rest of time. He can occupy himself a bit, I have left the door open so he can roam the garden (doesn't help the UK is the most miserable sodden marsh on the globe, and he doesn't like rain), but he is developing a rather new unpleasant attention seeking behaviour, which is to come in with a running jump and bite my sleeve while I'm on my computer. Most advice with attention seeking behaviour is to ignore, this is hard to ignore. Any idea/advice please?
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Mar 2017
11:37am, 20 Mar 2017
6,351 posts
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BaronessBL
Oh dear that last bit doesn't sound much fun... I'm no expert or anything but are you aware when he is about to do it? If you know it's about to happen can you pre-empt it, perhaps standing up as he comes in so he can't reach your sleeve and saying NO at the same time?
Or do you know roughly how long he can entertain himself before he does this - for example if it is usually in the afternoons perhaps you could give him something at lunchtime, such as a snuffle mat or even a kong that he can entertain himself with (or tire himself out so he has a nap) until it is walk time again?
Otherwise it sounds like he is doing really well though
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Mar 2017
11:56am, 20 Mar 2017
1,092 posts
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FergusG
It possibly sounds a bit harsh, but if you stand up with one leg raised Dougal should find your knee to be a far less comfortable surface to launch himself against (and he'll slide off, rather than staying attached to you)!
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Mar 2017
12:51pm, 20 Mar 2017
9,494 posts
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D2
mine goes through phases of similar behaviour and I think with experience you will know when you can turn you back and ignore and when in fact he's a puppy and needs entertaining for a short while. Are you teaching LEAVE IT, we learn that at class and I do find it a helpful command, currently Indi has gone back to the puppy behaviour of biting my feet!
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Mar 2017
3:25pm, 20 Mar 2017
17,830 posts
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LazyDaisy
No help regarding the attention seeking sorry but Fergus and D2 have made good comments.
Not really dog related but - did you see that a horse collapsed at the finish line at Cheltenham last week, and was widely thought to be a goner (he was down for 40 minutes :-0). Instead he was kept alive and has made a remarkable recovery  Well, the vet involved at the finish line, a chap called David, was one of the vets from the practice we've used for years. David was the one who came to put our much loved Daisy to sleep in our garden five years ago. He was kindness itself, but not just that, he's clearly a wizard vet!
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Mar 2017
3:33pm, 20 Mar 2017
3,077 posts
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Alice the Camel
That's great news LD, David sounds like a vet worth knowing!
Reassuring to hear that Indi is still an occasional nipper. We've had Charlie for 13 months now and he still gets carried away sometimes and tries to nip clothing (remember the neighbour's scarf incident of just a couple of weeks ago? ) It seems to happen when he gets over excited when playing and the only way I can get him to stop is to do some instant training commands - Sit, Down, Round, etc - to distract him and calm him down a level or two. With treats, of course!
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Mar 2017
3:49pm, 20 Mar 2017
6,352 posts
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BaronessBL
Wow, what an amazing vet and so glad to hear the horse is OK too.
Good point from Alice about instant training commands as a distraction too
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