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Hal, my Whippet Folly finds my normal walking speed hard for her so she tends to go slow letting me get slightly ahead, then walking at her normal speed till she's a bit in front. This keeps repeating but as she doesn't actually get to a tight lead both me and the GC assessors are happy. In fact...

As to the KC Good Citizen, it does not make a difference which side the dog walks on, only that its on a slack lead. Also note for the KCGC the dog does not need to be in the typical obedience position of being close to your leg. It only needs to walk on a slack lead. As you I am right handed...

Jembers, Join the club I generally go through any thing connected to computers not knowing what is happening.

I can only add we took in a rescue, she was a Collie x Springer, she had gone into rescue at 18 months. My wife, (who volunteered at the rescue), saw her and liked her, she was placed into a home then brought back after a couple of weeks saying she was untrainable. We took her home, (as usual I...

I have to join Finsky in the Bah Humbug lounge. I spent most of my working life on shifts that included working Christmas, so I am used to it being just another day.

I got a pair of Doggles for my Whippet, (also a pair for my Shih Tzu). They were adjustable and had two straps, one round the back of their head with a second under their jaw. They wore them when riding in my open top fun car, that is Folly wearing hers in my picture.

My Whippets favorites are soft, unstuffed toys. She runs around the house with whichever she's picked up flapping up and down either side of her muzzle. The only other one she spends time with is a stuffed toy rabbit that she takes to a bed, (or more often a sofa or armchair), then goes to sleep...

Humping can also be done by a female, my girl occasionally humped my male Shih Tzu, he never appeared to be bothered but as a friend pointed out, not many full males would object to a slim, good looking, long legged female acting fruity with him.

Fortunately Folly my Whippet is not to bothered, when there is a loud one she lifts her head up and looks round but that's all. A Whippet we had, (called Clive but dont blame us), used to be frightened of them and if possible got himself behind someone sitting down, when he managed it he was ok...

As a fella on facebook it's amazing how many friend requests I get from various young (ish) females using a provocative pose in their profile pic. I can only assume if accepted it would escalate till they asked for money. Needles to say they get declined.

Being an old fashioned, (well truth be told just old covers it), the only friends I have on facebook are people I have met and get on with.

What do others think? It's my impression that some breeds are far easier to house train than others. Certainly the Sheltie pups we have had have been brilliant, they appear to want to toilet outside from the beginning so for us it was simply a case of allowing them to go out.

Flobo I am not sure that would help, I had two cats when I got Folly, they lived quite well together, but if Folly ever saw another cat she wanted to chase it.

I have never needed to use it but I have heard a lot of good things for Mushers Wax helping with dogs feet problems.

Yet another without vet insurance. We started putting money into a separate account years, (and many dogs), ago. The obvious point to take into account is if you have resources to cover a large bill early on.

Never had a GR but with the the Shelties we have had the real heavy shedding lasted about three weeks before it eased off, finally ending after another two weeks or so.

I read a lot of crime fiction, many and various authors, the one I'm reading at the moment is Mourning in Malmo by Torquil Macleod. He has set a series in Malmo southern Sweden though he is British. A very enjoyable read as are his previous ones.

Jan, having been involved in agility years ago, (when I was younger and fitter), their is no reason at all why you cant take him to try and run at agility. OK, in most classes their are a few who hope to win but the majority are there simply to have fun with their dog, knowing very well their...

My friend and I, (and of course Folly), have had a Sunday lunch in a pub for the last two Sundays and they were well organized. Plenty of space between tables, all staff we saw wearing masks, some items on a blackboard and we were asked if we wanted a disposable menu, (as their was a choice of...

I tend to agree, for myself I think Deerhounds are brilliant dogs, lovely and impressive to look at and generally a nice temperament, but their average life span is to short for me. The idea of getting a pup expecting to loose it by the age of ten I just couldn't contemplate.