What made you smile today?

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Jessica

Yes, it has been a huge drag. We were going to move ourselves last year, and getting away from That F-ing Dog was one of the main motivations! Imagine if we'd ended up back next door to them 😂 I can already see a difference with Jess in terms of barking and am so looking forward to a summer where we can use the garden.
 
Candy

Candy

Biscuit Tin Guardian
Location
West Yorkshire, UK
Jessica said:
Yes, it has been a huge drag. We were going to move ourselves last year, and getting away from That F-ing Dog was one of the main motivations! Imagine if we'd ended up back next door to them 😂 I can already see a difference with Jess in terms of barking and am so looking forward to a summer where we can use the garden.
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It must have been very stressful for poor Jess to live nextdoor to a dog she was scared of. I'm glad that they've moved.
 
Charlie

Charlie

Location
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Let's hope someone else with a dog doesn't move in @Jessica :dug:We have 4 awful border collies next door that roam free. When they rush at our gate baring their teeth I use them as training with Charlie, Hattie isn't bothered. I practice his whistle recall away from other dogs, this has worked really well. When we are sitting in the garden if he spots them I get him to walk away with me ignoring them or to sit whilst I treat him. Every opportunity like this is good training x
 
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Jessica

That sounds great @Charlie. Well done for using it as an opportunity. I did try lots of things to train around this dog and I suppose we did make a lot of progress in some respects but Jess was always frightened of him and worried about him and that anxiety was just too much for her. It was also a pain for walks as they often used the off-lead path that is closest to our houses.

It was interesting as when we met the dog with the female owner, she put him on a lead as soon as she saw us, got him to sit at heel while we walked past and while there might be a little growl there was never a serious issue. But the man hardly ever put him on a lead or wanted to - I would stop 50 yards away and wait for him to do it but I always had to basically make him do it. And the dog was much more aggressive when it was with him. But then I met their dog walker one day and we had a chat, and the dog walker (also male) kept saying how this dog was much happier with its male owner, and "got so much confidence" from the man. Completely not our experience from observing their dog!
 
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Jessica

Anyway, the upshot of all this is that I am SO HAPPY that they have moved. I'm not really worried about another dog moving in as there are lots of other dogs nearby and we have never had a problem with any of them. We would have to be quite unlucky to get another aggressive dog I think.
Jess and I have been celebrating since the house went up for sale but I think we will have an extra celebration tonight :cake:
 
SwampDonkey

SwampDonkey

I had to get the dog warden involved. It bit Moo twice and grabbed Doug round the neck by breaking the fence 3 times. I had to fight it off me with a metal pole and it got through another neighbours fence and attacked him. I installed a 12 hundred quid fence to stop it and it was still trying to bash it down. It was like a zoo animal. Dog and human aggressive from day one. Just glad it's gone it had a terrible life
 
Atemas

Atemas

UK Tour Guide
Location
North Cambridgeshire
Jessica said:
as he was often at our fence, snuffling and heavy breathing and frightening her.
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Yay so pleased for you. I wish my neighbour at the bottom of the garden would move. She has caused lots of problems for other neighbours over the years. Our bugbear is her dogs who ‘lie in wait’ behind the fence and snarl when I take Red out for a wee. Despite masses of training on our part, Red still reacts to the snarl. I said to F yesterday I am not looking forward to the spring/summer because of this. Red is never out in the garden on her own but she knows and hears (as I sometimes do) that they are lurking the other side of the fence (which is her fence and is in a shocking state which is another issue for us!). It’s such a shame as I love where we live
 
Candy

Candy

Biscuit Tin Guardian
Location
West Yorkshire, UK
Selina27 said:
My smile for today was an elderly gentleman in the English vaccination clinic asking me what injection he'd just had, when I answered "Pfizer" his countenance brightened and he said "Cider"? :rofl:%)
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This is why I so much enjoyed working with older people. I was giving out medication on a ward once in those little plastic cup things that we used to use and a lady turned and said to the lady sitting next to her, 'Ooooh, look! I think they're bringing the drinks round!'
 
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Jessica

SwampDonkey said:
I had to get the dog warden involved. It bit Moo twice and grabbed Doug round the neck by breaking the fence 3 times. I had to fight it off me with a metal pole and it got through another neighbours fence and attacked him. I installed a 12 hundred quid fence to stop it and it was still trying to bash it down. It was like a zoo animal. Dog and human aggressive from day one. Just glad it's gone it had a terrible life
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Oh gosh, that's a totally different level from ours. Must have been awful for you.
 
Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
My ice cream maker arrived today in the post: it's adorable! A bit bigger than I expected, so not sure if it will fit in my freezer compartment in Regensburg, but here it should work a charm.

Plus I got the nicest message from the lady who is is making my TARDIS and puffin masks. She actually designed the fabric herself and had it printed up locally in Scotland. So cool!
 
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