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Not too bad overall, thanks. However, it's become clear that the main problem (and it's potentially a big one) is she can run to the horizon with no warning. It happened this morning. She seemed to spot something (real or imaginary) and she was off. She ran several hundred yards away out of...

You have to wonder if it would be better to put, say, £75 per month into a deposit account rather than pay the fees. The problem of course arises if there is anything major wrong with the dog. For example, Lady's ED cost thousands to put right.

Yes I think early days but I would be interested to find out a bit more about that. (We picked her up at Mt Browne in Guildford)

That's something I hadn't thought about. I was wondering about maybe agility but I'm not sure I'm fit enough for that.

Lady did a good job of training us what not to do so I guess there is some hope for Poppy.

It's a work in progress and reminds me a lot about "Marley and Me". :hungover: Poppy is a lovely dog without any doubt. We've got her on 28 days trial but it's already a foregone conclusion that we will be keeping her. I've had her along to see the vet and his verdict was she is boringly...

I will do my best. 👍 :pull: I've obviously thought about it. I'll certainly do some training with her because it's good exercise for us both, but whether she'd reach an acceptable level to take her in the field to pick up or as a peg dog is another question. It's a bit early days yet. I...

Oh gosh! So sorry - poor dog and poor you. How old is Poppy now?

Yes we like the name too. So Poppy she is.

I'm amazed that this thread has gone into 8 pages! Ok - status report. We picked Poppy up from Surrey Police Headquarters in Guilford. They obviously seem to train dogs as a business as well as for their own needs because the sales contract had a number of categories of sale for specialist...

We were exhausted yesterday. She's great fun and lovely. Just off out for morning walkies. Will report back later! Must go. Being given the Labrador hard stare.

Just got back. Bit full on. Will report later.

Many thanks. We are both, needless to say, feeling very nervous about the whole thing right now. We will try not to pass this on to Poppy. We have her for 28 days to see if we like each other then we pay the fee. Just getting last minute things ready and then off around 09:15 (OH insists on...

I'd suggest find a smaller puppy class. We took Lady to one with lots of dogs and it was hopeless. I just wasn't learning anything. Then we found a 6 dogs max class and that was fine and worked really well. After all it's the owners being trained to train and you can't do that with a whole heap...

She's lovely. I just can't resist puppy pictures, but hey, our genes are set up that way. Please keep the pics coming.

I took Lady once. That's ONCE! She thought all her birthdays had come at the same time. 🤣

Just got back from Pets at Home. Now skint but got everything. :rofl:

Thanks for the reminder. We also used an upturned coffee table with Lady with mixed success. We've got fitted dog covers for the sofas and armchairs so we'll have to put them back on too.

Picking Poppy up at 11.00 on Monday morning. The stuff that follows is me clearing my thoughts. Check list of things to have in place for Monday - Take photo ID plus proof of where we live. - Insurance - in place. - New lead (red) purchased. - Collar (black) pick up from Pets at Home tomorrow...

Yellow is the new Black!