Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 12:44 PM |
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the toughest thing bringing a puppy into a family is being consistent.
Make sure you all know the command words for sit, stay etc and all stick to them.
Our labs stay downstairs - upstairs is human territory only, and they don't get on the furniture either (except when the yellow lab is helping
herself to a box of chocolates including the wrappers!)
When you get down on the floor into their space - it's PLAY TIME 
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 01:26 PM |
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We've got 2 Irish water spaniels from working stock and they live outside, but are allowed in the kitchen when we are in the house. We got them
in February, but they went outside overnight by about 12 weeks (in a super deluxe double skinned insulated kennel with a microwave warmed up heat pad
and a towel door - we're not cruel !). No problems at all really - kept them inside until they were toilet trained, so we can have them in the
house. Until putting them outside we had them in a very small crate, so they didn't want to crap or pee in it - they would wake up in the
night and complain - we'd let them into the garden, and then back in the house....
If you can find a copy, I'd recommend a book called Gundogs, training and field trials by PRA Moxon. It old and out of print, but covers
everything you might want to know in sensible, no cocking about language. If you can't find a copy, you could borrow mine, but I want it
back!
Anything else, U2U
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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RK
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 04:43 PM |
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Our cute little Cristal Superdog, a Spitz, has eaten 4 sets of headphones and likes expensive antique furniture. Always keep an eye on it. Always.
Please sign up for Dog/Adoptive Parent Obedience School. It has been, as our vet neighbour said, worth gold.
Don't expect it to do what you want without food rewards. If you stop to early, they may never be consistent.
Many people keep their dogs outside all year round in Canada. If they can stand it here, they can surely stand it in your mild climate.
[Edited on 23/7/09 by RK]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 07:18 PM |
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My neighbour has just got a labrador bitch - lovely puppy, but was always in trouble (went looking for it!). Went to puppy training classes 5 or 6
times, now the mutt is very easy to manage (but still full of beans).
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Ivan
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 08:55 PM |
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The wife doesn't work and when we get a puppy she takes it outside every hour to start with and tells it to "Do Jobby" or just after
feeding "Do Big Jobby" - when it does she praises it copiously and brings it back inside to play or whatever - after a week of that you
have a dog who does it's business whenever you tell it to which is often very useful when you leave it inside when you go out - means you know
the dog is on empty at such and such a time and is OK for about 6 hours. 
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scootz
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 11:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by scootz
After years of keeping various breeds, we now keep Rottweiler bitches... raise them properly and I defy anyone to find a more placid and sociable
canine!
there's a huge male one that regularly comes into our garden, a right monster it is too but is actually a total softy and just wants a cuddle
pity it drools so much 
Well, the only photo of our 7 month pup (Poppy) on this site is this one (taken at 1 month old):
Image deleted by owner
Now, according to Wiki, the average weight of an adult MALE rottie is 50kg's.
My girly Poppie is now 55kg! And it's all bone and height - she's yet to 'fill-out'... it's like looking at Bambi!
God only knows what size she's going to be at 3-4 years old!
She's a pedigree, but I suspect that somewhere down the line, one of her ancestors 'got it on' with a bloody elephant!
Just an absolute sweetie though! Crikey - I'm gushing now!
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