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Mazlin Jul 2017 10:55pm, 21 Jul 2017 3,351 posts	0 Mazlin Imagine if you mentioned to a doctor that your 15 month old child wouldn't hold still while you squirted something cold in its ears. I don't think it would result in a referral to a child psychiatrist... I've started giving Rory porridge for supper to see if it will make him calmer. Can't say I'm convinced it's doing anything, but I have discovered that he bloody loves porridge.
SarahWoo Jul 2017 3:18am, 22 Jul 2017 7,813 posts	0 SarahWoo Nurse behaviourist? Whatever next?! He sounds like a perfectly normal young dog to me, hp. I didn't know that giving porridge to dogs was a thing, Maz. That'll be cheaper than dog food I'm looking forward to a week in Cornwall with George (and the husband!). Lots of walks along the coast and fun on the beach with my sister and her little terrier.
halfpint Jul 2017 8:11am, 22 Jul 2017 23,585 posts	0 halfpint He is still very much a work in progress but I thought the behaviourist comment was unnecessary.
Red Squirrel Jul 2017 8:41am, 22 Jul 2017 20,122 posts	0 Red Squirrel Ernie sounds to me like a well-balanced dog. Still young, still discovering what he can do. Building relationships with his family. No need for behaviour work at this stage from what I read. You're all doing a great job with him.
Sharkie Jul 2017 8:47am, 22 Jul 2017 11,667 posts	0 Sharkie Oh HP, that's just silly of the vet! When Jess was younger she completely fine at the vets (we are hardly ever there now) until one time we had a new young inexperienced vet who was clearly nervous of GSDs and insisted on muzzling her and other stuff. She was then very frightened. A while later we had to take her for a check up and by chance saw the head vet, owner of the practice. We were a bit worried and had taken along her own muzzle and a handy tub of peanut butter ...but the Boss was brilliant. None of that needed he was just quick and relaxed and of course Jess was fine.
Helegant Jul 2017 8:49am, 22 Jul 2017 5,126 posts	0 Helegant All of the above. Give Ernie space and time to get used to the idea in stages. He sounds like a lovely young dog.
Mazlin Jul 2017 11:16am, 22 Jul 2017 3,353 posts	0 Mazlin According to some people on the internet, oats can be calming for dogs (it seems to be particularly a thing for Greyhounds for some reason), so I am giving it a go on the grounds that it's cheap, and unlikely to do any harm, and if I decide to stop I can make the leftover oats into flapjack (for me).
BaronessBL Jul 2017 9:04pm, 22 Jul 2017 6,702 posts	0 BaronessBL Ooh I was going to post about Wanda's most recent stay (last night) at the kennels and the report we got when we collected her... but I happened to notice in the right hand column that where in Tags it used to have Flossie, Jet, Jess, walks (and so on, but not Wanda if I remember correctly) it now just says #dogs - has Mr Fetch been doing some thread housekeeping I wonder? - and also all the threads that appeared under 'related threads' that were nothing to do with dogs but were hilarious have also gone.....
Red Squirrel Jul 2017 10:27pm, 22 Jul 2017 20,125 posts	0 Red Squirrel Ooh - do tell about the stay, Baroness
BaronessBL Jul 2017 8:44am, 28 Jul 2017 6,710 posts	0 BaronessBL LD - is the dog in this story a litter-mate of Flossie by any chance??? bbc.co.uk