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Red Ant Mar 2016 2:43pm, 10 Mar 2016 2,800 posts	0 Red Ant Poor Bella I hope they find out what is wrong with her. Loving the fact that Wanda can spell - such a clever dog
D2 Mar 2016 6:24pm, 10 Mar 2016 8,637 posts	0 D2 I do hope they can find something solvable for Bella, lol at Wanda.
Cyclops Mar 2016 8:27pm, 10 Mar 2016 2,266 posts	0 Cyclops Hello UsedtoRunaBit! Welcome to the dog thread. Where does your cockerpoo go when you go out? Is there a selected 'safe' space? Someone I once knew had to always leave by the back door so the dog thought that she was just going out to the bin as her dog went crazy if she left by the front door!
Sharkie Mar 2016 8:29pm, 10 Mar 2016 8,953 posts	0 Sharkie It's probably a bit late for this, UsedToRunaBit - but I remebered one important thing is NOT to make a big fuss about goodbyes and hellos. ESPECIALLY goodbyes.
Mandymoo Mar 2016 9:43pm, 10 Mar 2016 2,918 posts	0 Mandymoo We give marvin a treat as we leave and he has always been to preoccupied eating his dentastick to notice us leave.
Alice the Camel Mar 2016 9:47pm, 10 Mar 2016 2,587 posts	0 Alice the Camel Hope Bella is OK xx I've started leaving Charlie something to chew on when I go out, just to give me chance to get the door shut before he realises. He still barks and scratches but I'm guessing it doesn't go on for too long after I've left. We've not had complaints from the neighbours!!! I don't like him playing up whenever I leave but I know he's safe and has got everything he needs so I'm trying not to worry about it too much.
Alice the Camel Mar 2016 9:49pm, 10 Mar 2016 2,588 posts	0 Alice the Camel I should have said... Welcome to this brilliant, entertaining, informative thread, UsedtoRunaBit!
BaronessBL Mar 2016 10:13pm, 10 Mar 2016 5,287 posts	0 BaronessBL Welcome UsedtoRunaBit I have always given Wanda a kong with treats in it or one of those treat balls that they have to push around the floor to get them out when we go out. I suspect the Kong contents have been eaten before we've even shut the front door but its enough of a distraction. I always take the Kong away as soon as I get in and swap it for a chew stick. The logic (my logic nothing 'official') behind it is that she will know if she has her Kong that we are coming back. I always give the kong to her in her bed, but the treat ball might be hidden under the kitchen table or out in the utility room so she will find it later. I have also taken to leaving an empty cardboard box (like a cereal box) just about within reach on a kitchen surface. She has a habit of investigating the surfaces while we are out and I would rather she found something that will do no harm than something that we would prefer not to be chewed up. I know it is possibly encouraging her to do this, but she would do it anyway and one chewed cardboard box is easier to deal with than the entire contents of the recycling bag, spread around the kitchen Haven't forgotten that I need to tell the story of her first time properly off the lead too... tomorrow!!!
Alice the Camel Mar 2016 10:00am, 11 Mar 2016 2,589 posts	0 Alice the Camel Me again. If I write all the positives down here it will help me to feel better when I can only think of the negatives We tried a walk in town today. Cushla kept emphasising the importance of desensitising before they're 20 weeks old and I'm aware that in our sleepy village there's not a lot to get used to really. Anyway, we walked through the little park - too much to sniff and lick so it took ages. Then we hit a main road - really busy - Charlie walked beautifully despite there being loads of cars, lorries, buses, even a police vehicle with siren going! So he can do it when he wants to! We met a VLT who snarled and frightened Charlie, but we also met a Jack Russell who was beautifully behaved and well mannered and didn't mind a curious pup having a good old sniff. I still haven't dared to let him off lead, although perhaps when I do he'll just sit there...
UsedToRunaBit Mar 2016 10:41am, 11 Mar 2016 63 posts	0 UsedToRunaBit Hello all! This is how bonkers she is...we leave treats/congs etc, and she goes nowhere near them, until the second we are back, she then inhales them in seconds. We don't make a big song or dance leaving, but when the kids are getting ready for school, she senses people leaving and starts making this squeaking noise, as if she;s saying "wtf is going on here!" When we get back she has a big slobbery mouth, witch I read is not good. Few folks have said we're too nice to her and treat her like a child, not a dog..not sure that's true, but we are nice, well not mean! I hear she will get better around 1.5-2, up till then she just just have to bear with it! I love the back door idea, might try that