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Well, when we first took Harv on a train it was a spur of the moment thing with no advance preparation :eek: (he was as a good as gold but no thanks to us!). He has also done coaches, river ferries and passenger boats. The only thing that gave us/Harv any cause for concern was the very loud...

I'm no expert but I suspect that the iced water part actually made things worse because of the reaction that the body then makes - bloody hell its cold I'd better warm us up! The coat we have we use cold water, not iced, and wring it out before putting it on Harv. I haven't stuck a thermometer...

Hi, I'd always been very cynical about the idea of such things until ... We recently went to the Hanbury Show and were speaking with the gundog trainer that we have been using (she and some friends were putting on a display at the show). All of their dogs had these cold coats on before...

Thanks for the update - that sounds great. I've come across the PARTY concept before (is it an Absolute Dogs thing?) and thought how good it was - but then forget to sort out some high value treats to use for the training!

Title: Brain Games For Dogs Author: Claire Arrowsmith ISBN: 978-1-84286-277-3 RRP: £9.99 (but can get cheaper eg £6.99 on Amazon - other book retailers are available ) Pages: 160 As you might expect from the title, this book is concerned with brain games for your dog. It starts off with an...

Title: My Dog Pulls. What Do I Do? Author: Turid Rugass ISBN: 978-192924223-8 RRP: $10.95 (around £6 on Amazon) Pages: 59! (and some of those are completely taken up with photos and a couple of lines of text) OK, first impressions were : That's not a book - I've seen thicker CD cases than that...

Title: Clever Dog (Understand what your dog is telling you) Author: Sarah Whitehead ISBN: 978-0-00-748854-4 RRP: £8.99 (around £6 on Amazon) Pages: 308 OK, this isn't a dog training book. Rather, it is a guide to interpreting the behaviour of dogs (not an in-depth scientific guide, more of an...

Excellent. Well done Emily :)

Congratulations Mags - another job well done. Good luck Keir :)

Great shot :)

We don't play with a frisbee but we do sometimes play with a puller ring (or two). Harv likes chasing these but they are also great for some Tug / Leave it play while out on an off-lead walk. If you aren't familiar with them, Nando Brown talks about them here :

NSS! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Seriously though, great job. Very informative.

Great stuff. Thank you :-)

" we don't like dogs " On your way then!

An impressive drop (regardless of the eventual pigeon fatality).

Fed up? Me? No! :)

Yay Emily :) How is Carbon? How are you and how is Carbon?

Interesting stuff ... I'll be watching these threads with interest as I know very little about this topic. A pet peeve of the gundog trainer that we take Harv to at the moment is handlers with whistles on lanyards who bend over their dogs and poke them in the eye with the whistle! I have to...

I would have done the same thing and then ... I would have given the bone back to her! That may seem strange but my thinking is that this shows her that you are not competing for the bone - if she knows that there is no competition then she has no need to guard the bone. Rinse and repeat...

What if you show Obi that you are placing one of his favourite treats underneath the basket - would he lift the basket to get at it? Just a thought ...