Recent content by soloabe

Thanks! He turned 4 this year!

Dang I've missed y'all! Looks like I have missed a bunch of updates to. Just popping in to catch up on everyone and to say hi! Took me forever to figure out my login! DSC_1227 (2) by AussieHike!, on Flickr DSC_1123 by AussieHike!, on Flickr 24/52 Early morning Abe by...

Dang I've missed y'all! Looks like I have missed a bunch of updates to. Just popping in to catch up on everyone and to say hi! Took me forever to figure out my login!

Thank you! Thanks! Hey, Its been a real crap month but life is looking up and we are doing pretty good thank you. How are y'all doing? :) Thank you. Yes he is an Aussie. Changed my name a while ago to stop the crazy google searching me. :D I think about you all often! Thank you!

How are we all doing? How are the pooches? Any new ones? Just popping in to have a catch up and make sure you are all bumbling through life ok like me! Abe is doing great. He is finally in tip top physical condition ready for trialling to really ramp up. Here are a few recents of him...

Haha thanks. He sure has been having fun!

Abe can swim! Half way through his lesson we decided he was ready to take off the life vest and he took to it like a pro instead of his usual sinking. Lessons are paying off it seems. Yay for a tired dog today too! "I'm doing what now?" DSC_4020 by AussieHike!, on Flickr...

Instead of telling him off and getting physical with him redirect him and show him what you do want him to do.

Good quality canned food is far far better than dry food. If i couldn't feed raw i would feed a 100% canned diet. First it has much more moisture. Dehydration is a huge issue in dogs and most dogs fed dry food are dehydrated. Seconds a good quality canned contains much more meat than...

It was a bacon sponge cake with a cookie top and cream cheese frosting :D

Thank you! I'm popping in and out :D

That today is his 3rd birthday and he got a cake! 7/52 by AussieHike!, on Flickr DSC_2543-2 by AussieHike!, on Flickr :D :D

You have a perfectly normal puppy. Not aggressive or vicious at all. NORMAL. Biting happens especially if the puppy was removed from the mum and litter as you have said. No tapping, no shouting, instead redirection. Instead of punishing the bad instead show him what you want him to do...

If she is just eating food items i wouldn't worry. If she were eating non food items i would look at something like PICA.

Very aware of that. I have been clicker training for quite some time. I imagine it will be easier to give the OP suggestions to get past the problem behavior if we can give specifics hence i asked what he would like the end behavior to be. As for the block it was a suggestion for the OP to...