Dog Owner Chat v4

[blazesong]

hey all
my puppy keeps chewing my mums clothing anyone got any tips on training this out of him? or anything else that can be done.(have tryed telling my mum not to leave things where the dog can get them but she won't)

[Winstalgia]

I'm pretty sure he is paying attention. He begins to turn as soon as I do, stops when i do, gets into the heel position again if he goes ahead of me when I stop (on accident), ignores children + dogs, responds to my cues as soon as I say them, etc. He knows to look at me on cue. He'll give eye contact when I ask for it but he just doesn't ever check in on his own.

EDIT: Anyone know of some good frisbees that are on amazon for a decent price? Trying to find one for Sage!

I found this one and this one. I as on amazon looking for Gerbil and Hamster stuff.. The cheapest frisbees I could Locate on the site were 7.00 to 10.00

[Skysong]

Convinced my big dog is actually a cat.

I've got one of those $30 can see it for up to 3 miles away laser pointers.
I just put new batteries in it.

Thor just spent the past 15-20 minutes chasing the little green dot across the yard.
It's his favorite game! :lol:

[maninkari]

Just ordered a collar from xdream dogs! I've wanted to for a while now and finally got around to doing it. I'll let you all know how I like it c:

[shadow~wolf]

is it bad if i don't walk Lucky? Even if he needs to lose weight?
I've been feeling pretty sad recently and I get dizzy easily. I just don't feel like walking him.

[chase.]

Any tips for keeping a rough collie cool?

We have agility class for an hour every Saturday and I was looking at ways to keep him cool whilst training. I can't buy a cool coat / cool bandanna, and I'm not exactly sure how I can keep ice cubes in my treat pouch for an hour.

Any suggestions? [also I tried soaking a bandanna but it would always come off whilst he was running]

[Angelus Gaston]

is it bad if i don't walk Lucky? Even if he needs to lose weight?
I've been feeling pretty sad recently and I get dizzy easily. I just don't feel like walking him.

A dog needs a walk no matter how you feel, if you cant walk get someone else to its not fair on him to loose out on a walk and if he needs to loose weight its doubley important.
The walk should also help you when I get depressed over something walking the dogs helps me clear my head as I'm stewing in my own sadness. If you get dizzy talk to someone it could be medical.

[Luzien]

is it bad if i don't walk Lucky? Even if he needs to lose weight?
I've been feeling pretty sad recently and I get dizzy easily. I just don't feel like walking him.

its not really good.
could you atleast throw toys for him to run after so he is worked a bit more , give him things to search....maybe a ball launcher-a automatic ball launcher could be nice....

or maybe find someone to walk your dog, one of your Family-friends... or even bether get a professional dog walker, or day care for dogs....or buy a treadmill and let your dog atleast walk-run on it to get some exercise....or give your dog away when it goes on for month.
but first go to your doc and ask for help when you get dizzy it could be blood pressure or to much heat. but when ist not health Problem or such, but the own whatever then this helps sometimes : give your self a kick and throw yourself out with your dog, and when you offer yourself something nice for after the walk....like a chocolate bar when you did go for a nice looooong dog walk for over 1-2h atleast

[Mintu1]

Any tips for keeping a rough collie cool?

We have agility class for an hour every Saturday and I was looking at ways to keep him cool whilst training. I can't buy a cool coat / cool bandanna, and I'm not exactly sure how I can keep ice cubes in my treat pouch for an hour.

Any suggestions? [also I tried soaking a bandanna but it would always come off whilst he was running]

Maybe you could try soaking a towel then putting it in the freezer. You could then bring that towel with you to the training session. You can cool him down with that in between courses. I have never actually tried this myslef but I have alot of friends who say this is a great option if you cant buy a cool coat or bandana. They always bring cool towels when they go competing in hot weather.

[orpheus.]

is it bad if i don't walk Lucky? Even if he needs to lose weight?
I've been feeling pretty sad recently and I get dizzy easily. I just don't feel like walking him.

I don't think it's the end of the world if he misses out on one walk every once in a while, but if it's a frequent thing, then yeah, it's not great. :c

Can anyone else walk him for you? Lucky's a border collie, right? He probably has quite a bit of energy he needs to burn off so even if you can't walk him it's always good to give him something energetic to do.


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We just got back from a short holiday with Lyra, she did so well for how anxious she can be. Poor dog had to go on a 6 hour boat ride over windy seas, and before that she was in a car for 3-4 hours. I'm proud of her though, she had to spend a lot of time in a house filled with children and she did so well considering how scared she can get - she even let one of the little boys pat her and was comfortable with it, which is a huge step in her confidence - not to mention she had to get back on the boat and do it all again yesterday morning, poor thing's tuckered out now - she did get a six mile walk around the island and got to play in the sea so she was quite happy.