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So sorry. I didn’t want to come over as smug but I don’t know how I would cope if I had a pup that was taking chunks out of me. When people’s dogs jump up at me, especially the larger ones, the first thing I’m thinking about is not am I going to get muddy, but how bad are the bruises on my...

I agree that puppies explore the world with their mouths and I’m hopefully not shutting them down just giving them feedback. The only person who I saw was completely chewed by her dog was someone at a puppy class with a vizla pup, her arms looked like she had been self harming with a carving...

Please don’t revoke my membership I did give a warning at the beginning - you read on at your peril! 😂

No I’m not talking about squeaking and moaning - I’m talking about really telling the puppy from your reactions that they have hurt or upset you. I agree that if you just squeak then the pup thinks you are playing. I see this with her interactions with the older dogs where they growl and she...

WARNING This might upset you if you have struggled with this problem but I have a confession to make. 😜 I have NEVER had problems with puppy biting. In fact, I was not aware that lab puppies were known for being horrors for this, and had never heard the terms until I joined TLF, despite...

It’s really interesting reading everyone’s experiences with collars and harnesses and teaching heel. I have to say that I feel that I haven’t got it right either. Bingley has super heel walking having been taught on a harness but Diesel who was taught the same way, still pulls if he thinks he...

You see what I’m talking about with just a small cross section of poster here... If we just applied the rule does that dog want to do this, then we would have to say that quite a lot of dogs find harnesses or putting on harnesses aversive. I have to say that I haven’t had a problem with my two...

So just in case my link doesn’t work... The podcast is The Dog Real Talk by Agnieszka Janavek with her guest Nancy Tucker on Classical Conditioning Section is 15 to 17 minutes in to the session. ‎The Dog Real Talk - TROMPLO: The Dog Real Talk: episode 12: Nancy Tucker on Apple Podcasts

I know that many of you are strong proponents of harnesses but I was listening to a podcast this morning in the car that made me ponder on whether harnesses are less punishing than collars. Just to make this clear I’m not starting an argument and I use a harness myself on my puppies and young...

We will both be drinking gin heavily I think! 🤣

No, she is something else. I’ve had 4 puppies in the last 6 years and I’ve not had any as much trouble as this one. I should been more savvy when I picked her up. The breeder put all the pups in the puppy pen while I held her and then left her loose in the garden while we did the paperwork in...

I’m afraid that she is a complete pickle as the name was decided on after getting her. She is impossible to contain in any way as she can seemingly push/climb/crawl over, under, through and around any obstacle put in her way. The older dogs just watch in disbelief. I put her bed inside the pen...