patience running thin.

[WILF 46,552]

wilf i'llgive her 1 good season and then if she not up to it i'll do whats necesary,i'll give her a fair crack of the whip first though.a bit of lamping and ferreting and a hare or three,and see where we go from there.there are two things that are issues really,shes avery bad eater and the van crap.I hope thats all that will reveal itself in the future.

 

Fair play to you Jigsaw, I suppose its the only way to really know

[major1 6]

i had the same problem with my dog i got it when it was a pup it never got hert or anythink and even now i still dont no why it dident like the car

Edited August 23, 2009 by major1

[Neal 1,854]

Hi Jigsaw, I'm trying to think outside the box here and I'm probably coming from completely the wrong direction but...some of the behaviour sounds similar to my middle bitch (oddly enough a kelpie; as you know). Whenever I take her to the corner shop for the paper she gets slower and slower as we approach the shop for the last 20 yards or so and it ends up with me almost dragging her along. On one occasion I approached the shop from a different direction after leaving my local wood and hadn't put the dogs back on the leads. When I got to the shop there was no sign of her and I eventually found her 100yards away laying down. Neither of the other two do it at all. In her case I thinks it's because she's overly sensitive and she's one of those dogs which will spend 99.9% of the time doing the right thing but every time I ask her to do something specific she assumes I'm saying, "what you were doing was wrong so I'm asking you to do this instead." As a result, unless I'm being very placid and calm and laidback, she sees every request as a reprimand ie (in the case of the newsagents) she thinks, "he's going to ask me to lay down so I must've done something wrong, oh woe is me!" I know it can be hard but sometimes you've got to act really happy when you feel like screaming.

[martync1967 64]

got the same problem with my beddyxwhippet totally hates the car when he is in he drules all over the place and throws up i got told by the vet to give him travel pills but they are 20 pound plus so i will have to put up with it hopefully he will get over it fingers crossed

[jigsaw 11,863]

well ive stuck to her this long im going to give her the season to see how she performs.if she can course and catch then i'll probably be satisfied and she may rectify her little quirkes.thanks again for your views,very interesting reading.I have to say its the first running dog ive ever had an isue with,usually I just gel with them so chalkie i do see your point.neal i am the kind of owner that thinks you gota do it my way or no way,where the dog is concened,so maybe its the saluki independence thats happening here.im going to just put up with it for the moment and hopefully the bitch and I will meet in the middle somewhere,with a few good hare rabbits and what not thrown in for good luck.the thing is she has no problm travelling,she just doesnt want to get in to the bloody van am I being too picky or what?

[Neal 1,854]

No you're not being too picky. Everybody has different standards and only you know what you will or won't accept.

 

Which reminds me: how did you get hold of that photo of my wife for your avatar!

[bigmush 2]

just had same problem my pup is 9 month old dont now if it was traveling or just wanted to stay out but did my head in so went to industrial estate every nite walked dogs on waste ground then droped tail gate if it didnt go in drove of kept stopping every 200yards it worked a treat took 1 week first dog in now every time

[jigsaw 11,863]

neal shes an agreeable lady,wants a 2cd session soon,SHE JUST LURVES THE CAMERA I just like a certain ammount of obedience in a dog,i am fairly flexible i think though,I'll probably be telling everyone shes the best dog in the world if shes half decent in the field,lol.thanks again for the input everyone.