I would also ask a few more questions about this particular food that was recommended to you. I had never heard of it before so I looked it up on...
I can tell you are sitting on a beach in a warm climate somewhere, Jacqui. :D:cool:
CSJ salmon oil and Kronch salmon oil are the same, they come from the same manufacturer. It is an excellent oil.
It must be very disheartening but I wouldn't give up just yet. Amy was very gun nervous when she first came to me but we got over that hurdle with...
I'm reading Kathy Sdao Plenty In Life Is Free at the moment and enjoying it. How is Jess's training going?
Hello and welcome from me and my five spaniels, one of them is called Ziggy! I used to live in Sussex, on the Ashdown Forest, before moving to...
You can use other rewards than food in training which can be equally reinforcing. The chance of a retrieve for example is the most powerful reward...
You could try and 'marinade' her kibble in some pieces of hot dog overnight. Works really well to give boring old kibble a much more interesting...
You can buy ready made first aid kits for pets, probably on Amazon. Or you can just supplement your human first aid kit. These are things I always...
Ziggy is nearly seven and I never taught him down. :eek: Until today... I was bored. He now knows down. :D
Hmm, I would take those comments with a pinch of salt. My five working bred spaniels would all receive 'interesting' critiques from a show judge...
With such a young pup I would definitely reward every offered auto sit but I would mix up the rewards, food, attention, fuss, play, praise, toys,...
I would give her a bit more time to settle in and also to fully recover from her tummy upset before doing anything like fetch games etc. She is...
On a shoot day things are far more fluid and not as rigid as some of you seem to think. The dogs don't sit there like statues. They might sit or...
Yes, sometimes it can be longer. But they are far from bored, they are busy marking birds down. :)
Why does it Helen? A drive on shoot day can easily last 30 minutes if not longer. Picking up dogs are expected to sit and wait patiently until...
For me it was the other way round. The first time I saw really well trained spaniels working I was totally amazed. They were hunting at 100 mph...
It's a classic example of ' change the environment, change the behaviour'. Few things change the environment more for a dog than the wind. It is...
20 steps for just one c&t sounds a lot. You could try the 300 peck method instead. One step - c&t, two steps - c&t, three steps c&t, and so on. If...
I'm so sorry to read your Murphy's tragic story. Six years is so young, what absolute heartbreak for you!
