What made you smile today?

Lab_adore

Lab_adore

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Jen said:
The only thing I’d say (and please tell me to shut up and mind my own business if I’m sticking my nose in) is how many times are you recalling him? Just because I NEVER recall Stanley unless I have to.

I have my actual recall which means Stanley come right this second and my come on Stanleyyyy which is like hurry up man (while he’s deciding what to pee on etc) but it’s just more guidance than me actually expecting him to fully listen and respond. Same as when he’s playing I’ll say “time to go” but that’s not his recall, there’s no big deal if he won’t come in that instance.

I just save his recall for if I really need it because then I feel as though he knows I’m being serious. We practice it sometimes, but I genuinely use it very rarely on his walks x
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I honestly love getting advice so keep it coming Jen. I think we do practice it too much but we never got to the end of Total Recall (the book) as we don't have any friends with dogs so we are trying to 'proof' it by recalling from dogs at the dog park. It was going well but yes, maybe we have overdone it and now he is just 'whatever' when he hears it.

Boogie said:
I practice recall once or twice each walk - with catfood.

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We slackened off at home and also with the jackpots so we have some cat food sachets in the cupboard so I will do some of that today. I have two glorious beautiful weeks off over Christmas and intend on concentrating on Mr Maxx's training.

Thanks for your wise advice :)
 
kateincornwall

kateincornwall

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Cornwall , UK
I smiled greatly just now because Silas has been over to play with Reuben x He has had a hard time accepting Reuben , and being autistic has made the process harder , he told Debbie that now that Reuben was here, he realised that he would never see Sam ever again , which made us all cry . Also Reuben is still bitey, and Silas cant understand this but seems more accepting of the reasons . Never mind , he has been to spend half an hour with the pupster and said that when Reuben is bigger, he thinks that they will be good friends xx
 
Naya

Naya

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Bristol, UK
I’ve just spent the last 5 hours with a group of 9 year olds from my youth club. We took them on the train to Bath to watch Jack and the Beanstalk. Only 1 had been on a train before, and none to a panto as it’s so expensive. We pay for all of them to go. The smiles on their faces and the hugs and thank you’s I got made it all worthwhile :heart:
 
SwampDonkey

SwampDonkey

Rory so tired that he was dozing while he watched me eating my tea. I was so sick yesterday our walk was rubbish. He was so patent and sweet so I did a special walk today and took his Mini football out with me. We did some Training and had a fun time he bought his football back to me and really enjoyed himself. Then we played with his new toy when we got back. He had his tea and cuddles then he's was so tired. He's spark out upside down snoring on the sofa and keeps wagging his tail in his sleep.
 
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