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  1. Increasing drive, enthusiasm & speed?

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    CAB -- your right mate it sounds like he's bored

    what are you using as a retrieve , try changing it to something more exciting ( rabbit skin , phez wings etc ) . turn and run or walk the opposite direction while recalling him , see if that will gee him up

     

    Also you could lay off retrieves alltogether and just get the dog to recall instead half doz times , get excited yourself and give him a big fuss and treats ( dont worry about the delivery ) just getting him back to you with as much enthusiasim as poss.

  3. spitting dummies

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    i do this excercise when indoors , just get my dog to "sit up" in front of me nice and calm and place the dummy in her mouth hand under her chin and a "hold" command , took a week or 2

     

    now as she opproaches me with a retrieve i tell her "hold" and "sit up" , 8 times out of 10 she does naturally now , if she drops it at your feet i NEVER pick it up , just back away and give the hold command until she hands it to me .

  6. Is getting a dog out of the question?

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    i have 3 dogs and if i have to leave them a long time ( which is hardly ever ) they are together and have access to drinking water .

    if when i come home and they,ve **** every where then i just have to clear it up .

    dogs dont actually have a concept of time , just company

    so get 2 :good::good:

     

    but seriously i would never leave just the one dog behind it would probably fret too much :shoot:

  11. Isuzu Trooper ?

    in Motoring Section

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    on my second one 1st was 3.1 current one is the 3.0l version .

     

    love them , just something about the way they look :hmm: and brill off road .

     

    what spec is the trooper , for a 2000 model i think your looking at around £2,200 -- £3000 ,, depends what its got history etc ..

  16. Spaniel with tail drooped

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    if its cold water tail , give her a gentle rub and massage of the base of tail , but be gentle :lol: . the idea is to increase the blood flow and heat to the region a little bit , make sure she stays dry and free from cold drafts.

     

    both my lab and now my springer has this from time to time , can be very sore :good: , always after being in cold water , the muscle gets cold and spasams up and all that wagging just makes it worse.

  17. FTCH

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    my older springer of 17 months as a pedigree that is mostly red with FTCH and i can see that in her

     

    the new pup , i,m talking about is only 10 weeks old , she as some FTCH in the ped but not many , and they are back on the 4th and 5th generation.

    i bought her mainly on looks 1st as i wanted this one to have a lot more colour , guess its all down to me really and how i train them .

     

    interesting to hear from anyone thats done well with a none FTCH, FTAW though , gives us hope :good:

  18. Oh the irony

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    ps. forgot to say the vet said it was nerve sheath pain or something like that but could,nt find a definate cause , and that it would probably get worse , eventually it did , not saying thats whats wrong with your dog by the way .

    good luck :good:

  19. Oh the irony

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    my lab was only 6 years old and was similar to this , various vets saw him and eventually said it was a nerve problem , nothing could be down except Rimadyl every day , eventually i had to have him put to sleep , i still miss him like mad and sometimes shed a tear when looking at his pics .

     

    one thing i will say mate , and you dont want to hear it , is please dont let your dog suffer if he,s in that much pain -- sorry :good:

  20. FTCH

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    how important do you think having a dog with a pedigree full of FTCH is ?

     

    are they 100% neccersary to turn out a good working dog .

     

    when looking at 5 generation pedigrees , will just a few FTCH in the dogs past help , as in way back in the 4th and 5th generation , or do you need something more recent for the instinct to rub off :good:

     

    and is it essential to have both parents working .

     

    Reason i ask is -- while looking through various gun dogs for sale ads all over the web and making phone calls , you often can suss out the ads where people are breeding there dogs just because they have a good linage and trying to turn some cash ( nothing wrong with that at all ) . but some ads also say make great "working dogs" , when you know only too well that theres no way the breeder could know that :birthday:

     

    it just made me start thinking about how important it all is .

     

    what do you think ??

  22. puppy food

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    nice one mate not thought of that one , its that the moist sachets i,ve seen it in kennel gate stores.

     

    how many or much do you feed a pup ( age depending )

     

    important question -- whats the poo like :rolleyes:

     

    re taurine -- any reason why not

     

    cheers

  23. puppy food

    in Dogs and Dog Training

    Posted · Edited by darren m

    just wondering which one of these pup foods you would choose for a 8 week old springer ,

     

    Eukanuba pup

    chudleys pup

    skinners pup

    Wagg pup

    JWB pup

    CSJ pup

    or other ??

     

    i feed skinners to the older dogs and i did feed skinners pup to the youngest , but i can only find it in the big sacks and its not cheap to buy incase the pup wont touch it .

    just wondering as anyone seen the skinners puppy food in smaller bags ( its a yellow bag )

     

    just too add the breeder gave me some Wagg puppy and tinned butchers tripe puppy food to mix in , this is what she as fed the whole litter on and they look well .

    would,nt of been my first choice :rolleyes: but if any of you guys use it , let me know what you think.

     

    thanks

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