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Cassie has been great, accepting little Reeva's arrival as if a puppy arrived here everyday, taking very little notice of her initially. She's been amazingly tolerant of being jumped on/over, having her wagging tail used as moving target, her ears bitten and the inevitable searches for a snack...

So my daughters puppy, little Reeva, arrived yesterday afternoon, she's teeny weeny! A few pictures soon after her arrival. It looks like she enjoys a game of tug already :) The first night went well -- I encouraged L to sit by the crate as advised by @Boogie, and she did and I think...

Not for me, and not a Labrador :) My daughter, who is living with me while she saves up for her own house, cannot wait any longer for a dog of her own, and has chosen a puppy from a friends litter of spaniel / collie crosses and little Reeva arrives next week :dug:, on Tuesday. My daughter...

I've been wanting to post about this for a while now but have been hesitating as it involves homeopathy, and I'm pretty sure that will have several members rolling their eyes :rolleyes:. But this is quite a success story and I want to share. Just a bit of background - I've used homeopathy...

Can anyone help me get started with this? I am looking for something to do with Cassie in the late afternoon/evening that's not too high energy. She is often restless at this time, and if we go out and do some training it seems she has trouble unwinding afterwards, and she is looking for stuff...

Help me please :) I've posted video's via U tube before but can't quite remember how I did it, it's been bugging me and I've been trying again this morning and getting no where. I know to click embed or share but once the code is high lighted it just says it's been saved to clipboard, and I've...

Yesterday Cassie and I had a lovely day out with a friend, visiting the lovely Dovey estuary where it meets Cardigan Bay, north of Aberystwyth. Just a couple of hours drive from here, it's the go to seaside day out. There is the usual seaside village a couple of miles away,which has a beautiful...

So now that we have Grade 2 under our belt, we will be working towards Grdae 3 and for this Cassie needs to do a water retrieve. The thing is, Cassie doesn't swim, unless in the company of a Forum dog or dogs, Rourke @Jelinga it was who finally lured in her to the River Avon last year. She...

I know someone put a link on here to a good "Magic Hands" video fairly recently, but I can't remember who or where, please can someone point me in the right direction.?A lady at training last night asked what helped with Cassie's heel so I suggested she looks at that, and also "clicker heel"...

Does any one have one of those foil car cover things for hot days? I need to get one and I'm not sure what the proper name is to search for them online, "foil shade cover thingy " didn't come up with much!

Cassie and I have been out for the afternoon and visited gentleman Rourke and @Jelinga. It was a beautiful May afternoon and we enjoyed a truly lovely walk together in the pretty Worcestershire countryside surrounding Jelinga's home. Rourke was very good I thought on his lead, while Cassie...

On Sunday, I took Cassie on a heel work day. Not the most exciting area of work I know, the day was in 2 parts, you could just do half a day or all day. I wasn't sure which I'd do but ended up staying for the afternoon session, as I didn't feel we'd really extended our knowledge in the morning...

It's Cassie's birthday today , I can hardly believe that she is 3 years old! What better way for her to celebrate than by having a lovely Forum walk in the Forest of Dean with some of the SW pack. A beautiful morning and a beautiful location with super dogs and the people that brought them:) We...

All out daily walks feature water of some kind, and therefore bridges to, which are many and varied, ranging from the functional to the ornate. Here is Cassie this morning on the plank bridge which she first toddled across aged 10 weeks! How cute she was! It's quite high, over five foot drop...

This is something I need to do, as per RAO, the one when you use a toy and reward with the treat from an open hand if they don't release the toy on sight. I'm not sure which toy to use -- I try to keep her 2 favourites (kong zebra and giraffe) free of training, and just praise her for carrying...

At the moment for some reason I can't reply to highlighted text on a thread, as soon as I have clicked on reply it takes me back to the top of the page. It will let me reply to the whole message. @snowbunny or anyone got any ideas why this may be happening? I probably should add that there was a...

Cassie and I are lucky enough to be spending a long weekend with Carbon and Emily in the Cornish hideaway, and what a lovely time we are having. Carbon is a true gentleman happy to rough and tumble with my exuberant girl, but makes it very plain when enough is enough. We've had two grand beach...

Now that Cassie is 12 months post spay I'm really having to fight the post spay weight and looking for ways to keep her satisfied without too many calories. I'd like to get started with cooking her food myself, but I'm not sure how to begin.. I know several of you cook for your dogs, do you have...

I've been trying to improve Cassie's delivery to hand by clicking only when my hand is on the dummy still in her mouth, and rewarding with a high value reward, and giving verabal praise only if she releases it before hand. Which if this morning is anything to go by is working. But I'm also...

I was thinking to myself as I nodded off to sleep about how I would describe my lovely girl, who did so well at gundog training yesterday. Condensed into three words I would say she is.. Vivacious, Intelligent, Independent. Which words would describe your dog/s?