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Cassie was a very bitey pup. Then suddenly it stopped and the cuts and bruises healed. Now she is back in bitey mode - either mouthing hands or scarily jumping up and biting at our arms. She has lost 3 of 4 canines but when she bites on her chew toys she mostly targets the back teeth so I assume...

Cassie often bites her flank or base of tail - a sudden whizz around as if something suddenly hurt. She has done this ever since we brought her home at 8 weeks. The vet has checked her anal glands twice and expressed them but the biting hasn’t changed. She is still on ABs for the UTI. I hoped...

Cassie hates her perfect fit harness. I went through some desensitisation stuff (kikopup) and got her to let me put it on but she only let me put it on once and after that she wouldn’t come near for it to be put on again. I left it a week and then tried bribery ( lickimat with forthglade wet...

Cassie has another urine infection. The last one was only a few weeks ago. She now has a 3 week course of antibiotics. I just gave her a bit of kefir in water - partly to get more water into her and partly as I think I read that kefir might help. Does anyone have any ideas/experience to help...

I know everyone loves a poo discussion😀 Cassie does around 5 poos a day. Large and formed. They are usually at around 5am, 7am, 9 am, mid afternoon and 10pm. This seems a lot to me - especially the three early morning. I am wondering if I should change her food. Is the poo volume contributing...

We are having problems leaving Cassie alone. It’s partly of our own making as it was so difficult to get her to sleep during the day that we ended up sitting very quietly near her as if we moved she woke up. I just searched the forum for advice and found this quote from @Jen which sums up how we...

Cassie snatches at treats used for reward. This results in my fingers getting caught on her super sharp teeth. I have trained a gentle treat delivery with a closed fist which only opens when she pulls back but this isn’t useful for treating on the go when practicing loose lead walking etc. I...

A friend came around to visit today and Cassie jumped up mercilessly scratching him badly on his arm in the process. So we are embarking on a no-jumping training strategy urgently. I also need to cut her claws - has anyone tried and been successful with a slow c&t desensitisation protocol to...

Hi all, We are practicing loose lead walking using click and treat for looking at me as she walks by my side and using a noise (pip pip pip) to get her to turn back to me when she pulls (I then walk backwards for a few steps and c&t for following me; then reset her position and walk forwards)...

I was trying to work out which puppy teeth get replaced first and found the diagram in this link to be really useful https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ac-aid-aging-puppies-by-teeth.pdf

Hello all, I was hoping that my first post would be about loose lead walking or something training related but in the event, it is about refusing to stay in her pen last night. We have a pen and crate set up in the kitchen/diner. The night time strategy is generally that she gets some kibble...

Hello all, I have been following your lovely forum for some years now. First with our black working line lab (Holly) who we sadly lost last year, and now with our new puppy - Cassie - a fox red working lab who is 15 weeks. I never got around to joining with Holly although your posts were so...