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awww bless! hiya kelly!  🙂

Oh no, wonder whats wrong with travis  ???

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ok will have a snoop, thanks!
So, ill have to start at the beginning to do the snoozy?

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onlt just spotted this!  ::) sorry kiz!

Ok, i am a little confused!……………………..What exactly is free shaping? (sorry  :-[ )

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i’ve heard bichon frises are good for people with allergies!!  🙂

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i’ve just seen a picture of a Lhasa x Dax on the net, i don’t think they are very common, but what is a dax? sorry!  :-[

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ok i see!!

I like her to give me a little bark when somone is at the door as i don’t always hear it, but i would prefer her once i go to the door to go back in the house and do whatever!! how would i do that??

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ok, i think i understand now! so, basically whatever your dog does, the new addition will probably follow and do the same?

Like milly barks when someone is at the door, but once the door is opened and she knows who is there, she stops barking and wants to play with the person at the door! – so the new dog would do the same?? or am i getting all this wrong?  :-[  ::)

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[quote author=kizkiznobite link=topic=5319.msg85209#msg85209 date=1161612540]
it depends on the resident dog and his/hers state of physical health and mind and how well trained or not that dog is and what time you have – dogs communicate to each other faster then lightening – bad stuff gets taught as well as the good – it really does depend on the house system in place
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i know its hard for you to say…..but what kind of training does the resident dog need to know! is it just basic things like – sit, down, come back,  etc things like that! or does it go further?

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[quote author=xtine link=topic=5319.msg85206#msg85206 date=1161612225]
At what age is best to get a new addition?? Ideally?
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Ooooooooooo xtine, you going to get another?  😀

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[quote author=kizkiznobite link=topic=5319.msg85200#msg85200 date=1161611364]
The important thing is to let them get on with it, remove all resources like toys, half eaten bones etc then be there just in case – ignore the established dog saying stuff like – what is it?  Is it staying?  That’s my toy?  – do not reinforce any behaviour – just ignore. Let the pup sniff about and find her/his feet – the exits in to the garden – the position of the beds – the food bowls etc
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I would never of thought of that!  ::)  🙂
Love posts like this!!

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oh how awful!  :'(

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i’ve only just found this post, and its just what we need, as we have quite alot of kids that come to play not all of them like milly’s addiction to children, or when we eat the dog sat at your feet giving you that puppy look!  ::) so this seems the ideal thing!

Just wondering as milly is 33 weeks, how long do you think it will take her to learn this!?! she seems quite quick at learning some things but slow at others! and do you need to keep the sessions to 10mins still?

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Just wondered, millys nails grow really fast, but taking her for her walks daily keeps them short – no probs

But…….while she had been in season her nails have grown soo fast, and are alot longer than they have ever been, shes almost finished her season i think (swelling gone down and not ”cleaning herself” as often) so i will beable to take her out again but….i was just wondering is there anything we can do to keep her nails short while she has to stay in??? she spends alot of time out the back while shes been on heat but it hasnt done nothing to her nails!

so will she be ok next time she in season to just leave her or should i be doing something to help her keep them short?  :-\

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Good luck Bev!!

Not that you’ll need it!!  😀

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awww what a lovely dog!!

We saw a dog the other day that we never really see round here – a sausage dog, but that isnt their proper name is it ???  :-\

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