Recent content by Sally33

Thanks for all your replies Lots to think about. Dibbythedogs and LFL's ideas on something happening whilst hubs was out with our Dog are closest to my own thoughts. Maybe hubs reaction to a random barking has perpetuated this situation. Not sure how to go forward, but will certainly look at...

hi Joanne, thanks for replying. We both walk him on various but similar walks. I usually do mornings and my husband mostly, but not always, does the evening ( in darkness) walks. I never walk with a pushchair. Our dog does seem to favour my husband, and I did wonder whether his behaviour ( the...

hi everyone Our 2 1/2 year old neutered cockerpoo has always had the the sweetest nature both in and out of the home, getting on well with children, adults and other dogs. Over the last couple of months my husband has come back from taking him for a walk saying he has behaved aggressively...

Thanks Joanne f for the allaboutdogfood website, and thanks everyone for your helpful comments. Sally33

Thanks everyone for all your advice. We have a holiday coming up and will make a decision after that. Out of interest, is there such a thing as high quality kibble, using natural ingredients? Feeding is such a minefield, the more I look into it the more confused I get!!

Hi everyone We recently had a trainer come round to help us with some training problems with our dog. She also talked to us about his diet. He's on what we thought was a decent quality kibble. She said she recommends raw feeding and we thought her reasons were sound. But I do have reservations...

Hi there Our poor little chap became really listless last night so ended up taking him to emergency vet. After a thorough exam vet thought that it was gastritis, and advised giving a restricted diet today of chicken and rice given over 4 small meals which we have. He's peed regularly and had a...

Will do.

Thanks for your advice. He's a cockerpoo and fortunately not a scavenger. It's very unusual for him to vomit. He's still off colour and hasn't shown any interest in food, but has had water so will probably feed him tomorrow now ( chicken and rice as suggested, thanks JudyN ). Fingers crossed...

hi everyone As a first time dog owner I would really appreciate some advice. While out on an organised walk today my dog was sick twice ( at beginning), he then charged around as normal so we carried on with the walk. Back home he had a bath as was covered in mud and I dried him and he seemed...

Our course trainer comes with good credentials and does use reward based training. This is our second course with him, and in truth we've learnt so much. The last day or so the lead biting hasn't been so bad ( we've held fire on the chain lead at the moment ). Giving him more play time and a...

The class is held mostly outside( we've been lucky weatherise) and as organised as it can be with 10 puppies. The trainer is knowledgeable and very passionate about his job, but is less then clear sometimes when it comes to teaching. We have 1 more class left on the course and are considering...

Hi Joanne  good idea introducing new lead first, I thought I'd walk him round garden first so there's less distractions. There is space for time out, but in truth not much opportunity as class is pretty much full on. 

Once again thank you both for your advice. It really never occurred to me that our pups behaviour could be stress related he is such a well adjusted and happy little fellow. The trainer at puppy class said it was in response to our reaction to his lead biting, and that our pup thought it was...

Hi everyone  we have a problem with our pup, when out walking he will keep biting at his lead. He is just over 71/2 months and has done this periodically for the last 3 months. He was castrated recently and pretty well stopped, but has started again with a vengeance, I don't know why.  He has...