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Sep 2022
8:42am, 4 Sep 2022
6,136 posts
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ThorntonRunner
We spent yesterday watching son1 playing cricket, setting up camp here just in front of this hedge
Over the day this was the balls discovered in hedge hoard
The score was Ollie (springer) 4, Frankie (shih tzu cross) 1 
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Sep 2022
1:09pm, 4 Sep 2022
38,026 posts
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halfpint
That’s a good haul. I’m glad Ernie isn’t the only one with a ball finding habit.
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Sep 2022
5:24pm, 4 Sep 2022
1,932 posts
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Big_G
Our old dog, Hiske, could smell an apple core in the hedge from what seemed like 100 metres! She had an unbelievable sense of smell.
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Sep 2022
6:16pm, 5 Sep 2022
2,777 posts
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Grast_girl
Bella did surprisingly well last night while the storm was in full swing, she was sleeping peacefully. She's better than my OH, who often lies awake worrying about the big oak tree coming through the ceiling (despite regular attention from the tree surgeons).
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Sep 2022
10:30am, 7 Sep 2022
2,375 posts
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RunningRonnie
Very loud thunder last night. Thankfully only lasted 10 minutes or so, but must have been right above our house as the flash was immediately before the bang.
Poor George (1 year old cocker spaniel) was terrified. So, got him out of his crate where he always sleeps and took him up with us. First time he's been up with us, so he was a bit of a pain, but was nice to comfort him.
Put him back to his crate at 2am and he settled right down again.
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Sep 2022
11:28am, 7 Sep 2022
1,702 posts
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poppyH
A soggy walk this morning, but Murphy was SO excited to find a large puddle, he spent a couple of minutes dashing round like a loon.
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Sep 2022
7:48am, 8 Sep 2022
23,119 posts
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GimmeMedals
Stanley continues to settle well with us. We have just got home after 2 weeks in the camper van and he was brilliant 🤩
He’s walked miles up and down hills, he climbed the 199 steps up to and down from Whitby Abbey (though he still won’t tackle the stairs in our house 😂) and he went for his first swim.
The journey on Tuesday was a bit hairy with torrential rain for over an hour. He got very nervous and was shaking then, but the rest of the time he seems to have enjoyed travelling.
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Sep 2022
8:05am, 8 Sep 2022
2,254 posts
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Roberto
After a month and a half of trying to work through Arlo not settling in the kitchen, we have given in and he now sleeps in the lounge on the sofa and quite happy. It's fine, he sleeps, we sleep.
Next issue (its never ending) is that we have found he is reactive around children. Fine with babies who don't move much, but he is really not happy with toddlers running about, or even just being near him. (Fine on walks if they go past us though).
Anyone dealt with their dog being reactive around children? Any tips?
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Sep 2022
8:30am, 8 Sep 2022
23,583 posts
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Dave A
We control the behaviour, as best we can through education, of our nieces. And make sure our two have somewhere to relax. Ours aren’t reactive, but do get anxious when they are whizzing around causing mayhem.
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Sep 2022
8:53am, 8 Sep 2022
9,819 posts
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BaronessBL
Wanda was OK with children (I'd even go as far as to say very good with them) in the first couple of years that we had her until a new family moved next door to us and the kids spent their time bating her through the fence - unfortunately this went on for a while before we realised by which time her reactivity had become deep rooted. It's now a real problem for us. We are fortunate in that children rarely come to our house but if they do then Wanda is on a lead and muzzled while they are here (Wanda is 100% muzzle trained and to her it is no different to wearing her collar so it's not an additional stress or something to only associate with children). That also reinforces the message to the child not to behave in a way that will worry her.
We have moved house since the bating incidents and have two children next door who are fortunately wary of dogs anyway but they play noisily in their garden most of the time and we hope this will get her used to the noise of kids - however they cannot leave/arrive at their front door without Wanda barking the house down which is somewhat embarrassing for us.
The people who run our local pub have a young daughter (8 or 9 years old) who is extremely sensible, knows if we are there with Wanda not to come near, never runs past her and we are able to let Wanda watch the girl moving around the pub and reward with treats for not reacting - she is getting better with that particular child but it is going to be a long journey and may never be resolved.
Obviously with a Staffie X wearing a muzzle it does mean that parents will cross the road to get their kids away from us rather than thinking she is cute and wanting to fuss her but it also means opportunities to meet children in a controlled way are extremely limited. I can't ever see a day though where I would allow a child just to walk up to Wanda and fuss her which she used to be absolutely fine with before those little ****s moved next door to us.
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