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Sep 2017
12:42pm, 20 Sep 2017
11,895 posts
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Sharkie
Two days on.... did you step away, Baroness?
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Sep 2017
12:59pm, 20 Sep 2017
6,792 posts
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BaronessBL
BaronBR doesn't share my view that 2 Staffies would be no more difficult to look after than one...........but I'm sure if we went to meet her he would think differently.......
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Sep 2017
1:06pm, 20 Sep 2017
11,896 posts
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Sharkie
As you may have gathered Jess, Raffo and I spent a lot of time with D2 and Indi on Sunday and Monday. Besides being great fun it was hugely interesting watching the two dogs together.
I was extremely impressed with D2's knowledge of dog behaviour. The only other person I know who reads the minutest signs so well and so quickly is Nat the dog trainer/behaviourist and (occasional) breeder. Nat has a Masters in the subject as well as years of experience ... but I swear D2's experience and intelligence makes her Nat's equal. She pointed out stuff Raffo and I were much slower to see or missed altogether.
Fascinating!
I don't want to embarrass D. but I will have to mention her observations in my dog blogs. I hope others might find it as interesting as we did.
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Sep 2017
1:25pm, 20 Sep 2017
7,865 posts
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SarahWoo
D does know loads, doesn't she? I would love her to meet George - I'm sure she could provide me with all sorts of insights about his behaviour.
BL - perhaps you could arrange an 'accidental' meeting? 
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Sep 2017
9:26am, 21 Sep 2017
10,073 posts
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D2
Very amusing at our obedience training class yesterday, about ten dogs of various breeds in a line doing an impulse control exercise.
Trainer puts down a stick as a line neither can not cross, dog is one side handler the other, facing each other. The trainer puts a piece of sausage on the dog's side... all in unison "LEAVE IT"
The exercise is to remotely, on command either voice or action only, put your dog in a sit, stand or down without them moving forward over stick or touching the sausage... the handler is gradually moved further back, eventually the dog is told to take it.
This is easier for some breeds than others!
Next to Indi in the line was a Labradoodle which although it didn't cross it's stick was quite capable of moving sideways........
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Sep 2017
9:45am, 21 Sep 2017
11,900 posts
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Sharkie
*imagines Labradoodle manoeuvres*
It was interesting what you said about Jess' impulse control, D. I've just commented on my own blog along those lines. Thinking about it in retrospect - although Jess is off lead lots and has been on many off lead group walks with dogs of all shapes and sizes she is MUCH more restrained in those situations. She keeps herself to herself a lot more, is polite - but reserved.
Some breed, esp of big dogs, (but not labs or goldies!) rarely get a chance to learn how to play in a breed specific way - to 'express themselves' as our trainer, Nat would say.
That's why it was so great for Jess.
And by the second visit D pointed out Jess was even more relaxed.
Even more noise from both!
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Sep 2017
11:58am, 21 Sep 2017
3,651 posts
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Mazlin
My friend has just got a puppy (13 weeks) and we've been introducing him an Rory to each other. It's interesting, because Rory doesn't really play - I don't think he knows how. He's very tolerant of Freddy jumping all over him, but he doesn't really know what he's supposed to do about it.
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Sep 2017
12:01pm, 21 Sep 2017
10,074 posts
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D2
Hopefully instinct will take over Maz
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Sep 2017
12:25pm, 21 Sep 2017
7,866 posts
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SarahWoo
Having been on holiday with me and George for a week earlier in the year, my sister (who has had lots of dogs over the years and currently has 2 + a puppy) is convinced that George just doesn't know what dog-speak for 'hi, how are you? Want to play or not?' is which is what causes his problems with other dogs. I suppose that's feasible if he was never socialised properly when he was a pup.
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Sep 2017
1:28pm, 21 Sep 2017
19,730 posts
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LazyDaisy
Flossie didn't really know what to do with Lottie at first and we put that down to being born a singleton. However she and Lottie now play really well together. (They've spent several weeks in total now being together all day and all night.) Floss puts Lottie in her place if she gets too boisterous but they have just had a great game chasing each other round the sofa
Lottie is coming along quite well - I'd say at 6 months her recall is better than Flossie's was, but she does pull unacceptably on the lead. Our walk this morning took us a long while to get to the open fields and off-lead time because I had to keep stopping to reinforce the 'no pulling' training. My sister really needs to get on top of this because a fully grown Lab - and Lottie will be a big adult I think- can pull someone like me over.
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