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Thanks again for your help.  When I say she's pleased with herself, I mean when she responds to a recall (even if it's when she fancies) she always comes bounding back at full speed and skids to a halt waiting expectantly, she never returns cautiously or slowly.  One other thing, if she ignores...

Thanks Eingana.  That's interesting about moving sideways and not pulling back, that makes perfect sense.  Fortunately she is not a strong dog and my problem wasn't that she would lung at other dogs or drag me around just that she was constantly walking faster than me and always at the end of...

Thank you so much for your helpful replies.  I will definitely introduce the 'star' awards and include an occasional no treat award.  To your questions Eingana, she is a cocker/poodle cross (Cockapoo) and is medium sized, 11kg.  Gypsysmum, when she's been distracted but does eventually come...

Ok, thanks.  

Thanks for your detailed reply.  Interesting to hear you say that she is an adult now as I've had lots of conflicting answers on this one due, I've been advised, to different breeds having different developmental ages.   I understand what you mean about the long line but this would be very...

Yes, she is a good girl.  Felt a bit mean actually as she didn't realise it was just a photo shoot and thought it was a prelude to a walk!!  Had to send her up the garden with a nice treat instead.

We have been consistently training recall with our. dog ever since she came home at 8 weeks, she's now 14 months.  We always carry high value treats (cheese/sausage) and use these for recall only.  Every walk will involve several recalls and sometimes she gets one piece and sometimes several...

Hi, not sure how to import a web link but can give you details:. Www.petsathome.com sell the head collar that we are using.  It's called a 'Halti Optifit Dog Head Collar' and the product code is: P4566, they charge £18 I think.  I have taken a couple of photos of Evie wearing hers and in profile...

Thanks.  I've never heard of it.

What's a PBVG?

I'm really surprised that the % of non trained dogs in US is so high.  I've no idea what the figure would be here in UKmind but would have assumed less than 90%.  Not necessarily becauseof the huge benefits this brings to dogs and owners but because of the large amounts of money to be made from...

Do you know, to be honest I don't know!  I just read somewhere that this was a good idea and I just assumed that it would somehow soften the contents and make it more freezable?

Done.  Good luck!

I give Evie an ice cube to eat.  She loves them.

We have about 5 kongs which I fill and then put in boiling water before freezing them all.  Before we go out she readily does a 'pee' on demand 'cos she knows she's going to get something good and then we leave her with a frozen, filled Kong.  She is then completely indifferent to us going put...

A belated happy birthday.  He does look lovely.

Thank you both.  The actual jumping problem is really when she's off lead and I can't get to her quick enough.  If people coming towards us have a dog off lead then it's not a problem as she's more occupied with the dog its if they are on their own that she is likely to jump if they look...

Thanks Terry.  How's Boston?  

Thanks to you both.  The Halti doesn't seem to be particularly heavy and I don't have to have it tight.  Apart from the pulling on the lead she really is a very good dog and she doesn't seem to be bothered by the halti at all - i didn't even have to train her to let me put it on her the first...

Thanks to you both.  The Halti doesn't seem to be particularly heavy and I don't have to have it tight.  Apart from the pulling on the lead she really is a very good dog and she doesn't seem to be bothered by the halti at all - i didn't even have to train her to let me put it on her the first...