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24th May 2008, 23:08 | #1 |
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Pets Corner, natter on all you like and post pics of your pets and pet problems
Well, today I collected my puppy. He's an English Springer Spaniel. I've called him Oscar. Please, don't laugh, or if you do, don't tell me you have.
(I'm useless at thinking of names.) Anyway, this is the first dog I've had, since leaving home. Mother keeps Rhodesian Ridgebacks. I'm a little worried about how he's going to react when left alone. He can't stand being alone and starts howling. Has anyone any advice they could offer me? I don't want the neighbours complaining. As I'm off work til Tuesday, I plan to leave him for a bit at a time and see if he gets used to it.
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you have got to be TOUGH
Give him something of your unwashed (smelly!) old clothes to bed down on, it would have been good to have some bedding from the bitch to make him feel secure, but the big thing is do not sympathise, only go to him when he is quiet The big thing with dog training is only reinforce behavior you want, and telling him to be quiet, is in dog terms attention, and its amazing how quickly they learn 'bad' things. Ignore him, dont even look at him if he is doing something unwanted. With a pup smell is a big part of their life, so dont be in too much of a hurry to change his bedding. Also I am a great believer in crate training, it is not in any way cruel and pays big dividends in times to come, the dog feels safe and secure as its his place, but dont use it as a punishment as that will defeat the object. We always have made our dogs bed in a crate, it makes life so much easier. Andy |
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Are we getting a Pic of this little Poop factory?
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shows us what he looks like
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25th May 2008, 09:44 | #5 |
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Thanks Andy, I will get a pic up asap.
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Best of luck with the new addition!
We've just got one as well - she's a Mini Chocolate Labradoodle and we've called her Madison. She's 8 weeks old and is tiny! She's great so far and is really bonding with her "sister", Charlie, who is a Standard 'Doodle Could get some pics up if anyone is interested, but don't really want to hijack Phil's thread! (Here's an idea: Can we have a Pet's Corner forum?!) I'm hopeless with puppy advice, but I could get Gill to give you some tips - she's a dab hand! |
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Been wanting to do that for ages! |
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I got a cat!!!!
A gorgeous greyish short haired tomcat, about 5 years old, and just lovely! I've got bloomin mice, had them before and no doubt will gte them again. The whole area seems to suffer, old houses in a suburb surrounded by countryside, prime location for mice.
So anyway, I thought enough is enough, a cat is required. So we went to a cat rescue place last night and found him, don't know how long he'd been stray but he's in good condition and a good weight so more than likely someone is missing him, awww, but he don't care. He's spent most of his time in my son's bedroom only really coming down to eat and use his litter tray. He's a bit suspicious of the dog but there's been no fur flying and nothing vicious, so far! I'm really proud of her, she's behaved very well, I think she wants to play with him, but, well, he's a cat. You ca tell he's thinking 'nice place, quite happy here........apart from that stupid dog'. Anyway, he's not the best looking but it was temperament I was more concerned about and he's been great with Lewis and as I said he tolerates the dog. And it's only been 24 hours so I guess with time they'll become friends. We've named him Bing, after Bing Crosby. My Dad was Bing's biggest fan, met him 3 times (as did I although I can't remember) and had the biggest collection of Bing records in Britain at one point. I suspect the collection is still the biggest and pristine. He would buy a record, 78, 33 whatever, record it onto tape staright away and the record would be put away never to be played again! So, Bing the cat. Hope his mice hunting skills are good!
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I've always had cats going back over forty years now. SWMBO and I had five at one stage! We are now down to one (Rosie). Photo of her at the end of this thread http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=23259 Hope you have fun with her. Post a photo. I guess with a name like Bing that would be a him...
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