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Feb 2019
12:57pm, 8 Feb 2019
8,701 posts
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SarahWoo
I can't pick her up anymore!
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Feb 2019
1:00pm, 8 Feb 2019
11,733 posts
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Rosehip
lovely Poppy pic 
and those Cockers  *heart *
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Feb 2019
2:50pm, 8 Feb 2019
2,954 posts
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FergusG
Love the Poppy pic, but then I’m biased towards chocolate Labs having had two in my time. That said, my current black Lab was much easier and quicker to train!
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Feb 2019
10:23pm, 13 Feb 2019
7,480 posts
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BaronessBL
Hope someone on this thread may be able to advise as I think the issue has been discussed in the past - in the back of my mind I think possibly with Jet, but I may be thinking of someone else.
Has anyone experienced their dog being unwilling to go for a walk with one person in the household suddenly? This has happened to a couple I know with a Cocker spaniel X (OK.... they paid a fortune for a 'properly bred' Cockapoo!) The dog's about 3 I think and is usually walked by the wife. She has recently started refusing to go for a walk with the husband and if he does manage to get her out (they are an older couple so walks are largely in the park close to their house) she will try to run home. At first they thought she didn't like leaving the wife at home but it would appear that this still happens even if the wife is out for the day leaving the husband on walking duties. I'm not sure what to suggest (although they don't particularly like Wanda so my views/help may not even be required but I know it's worrying for them) - perhaps putting the lead on but just going in the garden and having some play time or encouraging her out with a high-value treat such as cheese for walking to the end of the drive, end of the road, into the park, across the park and so on.
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Feb 2019
10:50pm, 13 Feb 2019
2,969 posts
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FergusG
Not something I’ve got experience of, but I’d assume there’s no harm in the husband taking full responsibility for feeding the dog. Might help reconfirm his place in the pack pecking order?
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Feb 2019
7:22am, 14 Feb 2019
25,673 posts
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LazyDaisy
Yes it was Jet but I can't remember how Helegant overcame it. It's an odd thing, isn't it? I wonder what's sparked it.
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Feb 2019
7:48am, 14 Feb 2019
27,549 posts
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halfpint
When Ernie was just a pup he went through a phase of not being keen to go with QP. I think it was more about separating from me though. I can’t remember how we resolved it tbh.
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Feb 2019
8:48am, 14 Feb 2019
6,173 posts
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Helegant
Just catching up. Gorgeous puppies, all of them.
Yes it was Jet, and he still does it to an extent. Jet now gets a treat every time he goes outside the front door with his lead attached, and Mr at the other end of it. He's now better at getting out of his crate and getting to the door, and we've found that Mr 'telling' rather than asking seems to leave him feeling more secure.
However, as he ages Jet doesn't want to go to new places, preferring his known routes. If we're in a strange place he will choose to stay in his crate in the car rather than get out and explore. He will get out and go for a walk, but as soon as we turn back towards home or the car he turns into a pull-monster.
Which make me wonder what we've done to leave him feeling that we can't be trusted to keep him safe.
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Feb 2019
10:37am, 14 Feb 2019
7,481 posts
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BaronessBL
That's interesting Helegant - the walk refuser (I'll call her P from now on and the couple H - husband and W - wife as I suspect I may be referring to them a bit on this thread) is only 3 so hopefully not too set in her ways. She regularly goes to stay with H & W's son and his family who also have a cockerpoo - its a kind of reciprocal arrangement for holidays etc and I very much doubt that there are any walk issues there as in a busy getting up for school and work household I suspect the dogs get walked as and when son & family can fit it in.
I'd suggested to H that he does take P in the car somewhere for a different walk where she can't try to run home. I think there is also an element of P does not have much 'lead discipline' and is walked off the lead a lot so being on the lead is quite alien to her (I doubt she has had much recall training either but that is a guess). I will suggest to H & W that they try the treat for P going out of the door with H rather than W. The aim of all this was because I was going to meet H (and P) at the park with Wanda so that P could get used to walking with Wanda in case I could ever be of help in walking the two of them together. However I am not going to do this if there is any risk of blaming Wanda when P doesn't want to go for a walk (W is a bit 'staffy-ist' and could imagine P's refusal to go for a walk being blamed on Wanda having 'upset' her on meeting - unlikely though I know that is.)
Crikey - what a long post I probably should have blogged this instead!
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Feb 2019
11:16am, 14 Feb 2019
11,090 posts
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D2
Three years ago today I said goodbye to my best friend, I still miss her.
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