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    The time has come I think to fianlly ditch the "Dogs Trust" collar and get the dog a new one. Besides the fact that it is starting to crack and split (cheap PVC stuff) it also rattles when she's running at speed so it sounds like Santa is here all year round and it puts me in a bad mood. Has anyone got any tips for decent collars as what makes them a decent collar? I have serached the usual holes ont he web and it seems that these people believe a dog should wear gems and and shiny stuff or nothing at all. If anyone on here makes collars I would much rather support them than a big face
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    Look in your local ad paper, there will probably be some ex-battery hens for sale or try these guys: http://www.freshfieldsrescue.org.uk/animals/detail/hens1
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    Can I have a PM please? Price of the NS50 will do for starters. (Can't you just post the prices? Just a thought)
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    Season so far: Job called in on Thursday from shoot permission as their dad (lives next door) had a problem with moles. Never set a mole trap in my life before but having read a few bits and watch a few vids I took my traps. Probed around for 20mins and traced feeding runs back to main travel tunnel. One trap set on Sunday. One mole collected last night. Trap reset and will be going back tonight for further investigation and to set further two traps. 1 mole.
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    Can you provide any pictures of the offending material? Might be able to recognise the layer from the eggs.
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    Update on the leg. There seems to be a childish system at our vets, or at least that is how I saw it, it may be something they do so they know how far along the injury or treatment is. Initially Lucy (the dog) started off with a big wrapping of red bandage that was stiff and she would bobble along to the back garden for a toilet break before heading back to the sofa to enjoy daytime TV or watching the world go by out of the front window. This bandage was not as stiff as a plaster cast but it didn't exactly give her any real movement. A week went by in this and she seemed quite put out
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    I have clear my dog's anal glands before and I don't care paying the £15 for the vet to do it at all :sick:
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    My bitch must get off on having a dump because her face is overcome with a look of pleasure and as she is squatting her back feet start doing a little jig as she starts curling it out. Her eyes roll just as she's finishing and then she dances away from the crap, shakes herself down, smiles and pants and then bounces off like a spring lamb. I'd get a video for you but I'd end up with a label for life.
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    Hope it all ends well and be glad to read of your shooting exploits in the coming months. All the very best.
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    Sounds about right to me. My Great Dane/St Bernard x labrador/Grey was about the same size at that age, I just use it to sit on the missus and pin her to the sofa whilst I go hunting.
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    Let her win a few in a row and chase her around a bit all playful like, then turn your back on her and ignore her completely for a while, stand still, she'll proably wonder why you haven't joined in the game and will start to try and figure out how to get you to engage. Only when she is close to you do you engage play again - "The game is more fun when he has the toy in his hand and he only has it in his hand when I am near him" - that is the thought you are trying to put into her head (it is a bit different to that uin the dog's mind but it's how we see it) and soon it becomes an association
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    What happens if you are closer to her? I don't mean that in a silly way as in "well just stand 3ft nearer then", I mean it in a maybe the distance to cover is too great for her, that is the first place to start. Have you tried tug o war and letting her win a few and then inviting her to play again so she has to bring it to you for the game to start?
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    Try running backwards and making excited noises and then stop abuptly, take a step towards the doga nd grab the dummy/toy, praise and reward. What does the dog do fromt eh moment the toy/dummy leaves your hand? Chases - catches - then what? Does it pick it up immediately? Sniff it? Look around at the surroundings? are you doing this in the back garden, kennel, lounge or field? Do you have the dog on a long leash?
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    Anything other than 100% or it is just a purebreed pedigree surely.
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    This would the place to find a reputable breeder: http://australiancattledogsociety.co.uk/
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    Lots of great advice on here for you and two things stand out the most so I'll try and get them in order as they do contain a lot of reason behind the behaviour - running away with high value item (rabbit) and using a rag toy to train. I have taught plenty of different breeds of dog to retrieve but my saluki cross has by far been the hardest but I adjusted my methods accordingly and found what worked, here's what I went through. If you grade items into a scale of value with a dog it gives you a better understanding of why certain behaviours occur. Hold that thought for just a minute.
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    HAve a look on here: http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/206309-excellent-suppliers-of-meat-and-bones/ Also worth going around your local butchers and explainign that you are after a weekly supply and what they can provide on a rolling basis, you'll find that some don't even charge
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    Regardles sof what you have done to the dog in past it is never tool late to start afresh with them and move on. It becomes clearer that the dog doesn't know what to do when there are distractions about as you have stated that it is obedient when it is just you and the dog. No doubt the dog has associated the doorbell or a knock at the door with visitors, excitement and it is as major distraction. If the dog will sit or stay when it is just you in the house then you have a decent foundation, you just need to up the distraction stakes. Get the dog in a sit or stay and walk over to your
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    Dog off lead and clearly out of control (no recall) in a public place - not a leg to stand on in that matter
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    My working collie smiles.
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    He is excited and wants to join the fun, you are trying to remove him from the fun and he doesn't like it. Does your front door open directly into the lounge or is there a hallway? What is the dog's initial reaction to the knock at the door - barking, running back and forth etc? What training does the dog know?
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    yeh , i think she is trying to defend dogs that bite .? i think she talks crap. any dog that bites i think should be its last if kids are involved end off. even if its adult the trust as gone, so what good is it to.man .? humans 1st dogs 2nd . I agree. I told my kids at the start when I first brought dogs into the home around them that if they ever do anything to one of our dogs which results in the dog biting them, it'll be the last thing that dog ever does and it will be their fault. Thankfully they've always thought enough of the dogs to not want them dead so have always respect
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    yeh , i think she is trying to defend dogs that bite .? i think she talks crap. any dog that bites i think should be its last if kids are involved end off. even if its adult the trust as gone, so what good is it to.man .? humans 1st dogs 2nd . What is your thoughts on a dog that is left with a child and the child, not knowing any better, pulls on the dog's tail or the dog has an injury and the child, by accident, catches the injury and the dog turns and bites? Is that the dog's fault for trying to shun the approach as fast as possible just as you would push someone away or lash an
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    I apologise for the rant and length of this post but coming from someone who has worked with many dogs with varying degrees fo behavioural issues, I found the article insulting to dogs. The Danger of Dogs That Bite Seems like the title of an informative seminar that is to be delivered to the reporters of the Daily Mail, not an article written in a weekly publication whose readers are generally well informed so I was a little taken aback to find it published. Dogs do bite, it is their primary weapon when they have been given no other means of getting their point across or they have
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    Sh1t!!! When did that happen? Do you have the serial number of the rifle?
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