You could try an APDT Trainer.

Or if you’re going to go the DIY route….

Does the dog respond to his name? If not, teach him, if so:

Start in a secure environment with minimal distractions e.g.living room.

Have a handfull of tasty treats, cheese, ham, sausages, liver cake.

Say dog’s name, when he gives eye contact, say “Come” (or here or whatever you choose), show him treat if necessary, and lure him towards you/to follow you.

Click and treat (or just treat if that has no meaning to you).

Repeat this until proofed in the secure environment.

Add distractions – now try it outside in garden.

Proof the recall in this environment.

Add more distractions… at this point you might want to use a training line.

I would recommend training classes, and/or try a good training book e.g. Pamela Dennison’s “Complete Idiot’s Guide to Positive Dog Training.”

Be patient, have fun and try to enjoy it!

“His Major” may not necessarily be the best person to advise him on his future – that would be a serving careers officer.

I went to Harrogate (1980!) but didn’t graduate – I was then sent to Catterick and completed my training there, after which I went on to serve a full career.

As disappointed as I was not to graduate, it wasn’t the end of the world. Another option for your son may well be to be discharged, and reapply as an adult soldier in a few years time when his injury has healed.

Have you tried a reputable behaviourist (APBC[/URL])

There are not many places (in fact I don’t know of any) that will take on a dog with a bite history. Rescues can’t in good conscience rehome such a dog knowing there is the potential for repeat incidents (especially in today’s litigious climate), and don’t have the funds to kennel every dog that’s in need – which is no life in itself long term.

What your sister is looking for is someone to relieve her of her problem/responsibility. You’ll be extremely lucky to find someone willing to do this which leaves the option of:

a)keeping the dog.
b)having the dog PTS.

If the dog is so disturbed that it is aggressive with strangers, then having the dog PTS – as difficult as that may be – might be the lesser evil.

You can cross breed a donkey and a horse to produce offspring, but I wouldn’t claim that makes them the same species.

You’ve evidently never had a dog that thinks it’s dominant. It happens, it’s pack mentality, and yes it is old school…a few million years old school.

I’ve posted this before, but I’ll post it again…

Back in the 1940’s, Schenkel studied wolves and published his findings. He observed that wolves live in a hierarchical society with the Alpha being the dominant wolf. David Mech later popularised this idea in one of his early books.

And so the idea spread… dogs are descended from wolves. Wolves live in a hierarchical society, and so “we” must dominate our dogs to let them know who’s boss.

It wasn’t Schenkel or Mech who put forward the idea of dominance “theory” with regard to the domestic dogs, but the idea spread and it somehow became “common knowledge”.

A few points:

The wolves that Schenkel studied were not a wild wolf pack living in their natural environment, but captive, made up of individuals captured from different locations. Modern studies have shown that wolves live in family groups with the parents being at the head of the family.

Schenkel misinterpreted the behaviour of the wolves he studied with regards to pinning others to the ground.

David Mech later withdrew his support of the idea that wolves live a hierachical society.

Also, dogs are not wolves. They are by now a separate species. To try and put a wolf’s behaviour on dogs is as ridiculous as putting dog’s behaviour on wolves. We wouldn’t bring a wolf into our homes and expect to be able to control it. Why? because a wolf is a wolf, not a dog.

Another vote for crate training for the reasons PePPer stated. But don’t use the crate for “punishment”, it should be a “happy place” 🙂

Just got to say – ignore anything and everything about dominance/place in the pack (old school outdated thinking).

George Jones is Mr Country if you ask me.

Has it really taken 3 pages for George Jones to get a mention? I would have posted a G.J. song but couldn’t decide on which one.

Around this time last year, I was considering getting a classical guitar. Someone suggested I consider a Picado direct from the factory (Spain).

Buying direct, the models 49, 53 and 54 cost 490, 595 and 750 Euros respectively (plus shipping and case). Also available at the London Guitar Studio.

LOL @ Linux suggestion.

Why? It would run everything the OP wants.

As an alternative, how about trying one of the “lighter” versions of Linux e.g. Lubuntu or Puppy Linux. You don’t have to be a computer whizz – I managed it!

I’m running Lubuntu (on an 8 year old PC that was XP), all I needed was to download VLC for video and Shotwell for photos.

£50 for an external hard drive for storage and you’ve saved yourself £700. Give it a try (it’s free), if you don’t like it you can always buy a new PC.

It seems as though the routine is still the same, but in moving house, she is now exposed to a much more stimulating environment (birds, frogs, butterflies etc).

The first thing I’d suggest is to stop her practising the unwanted behaviour – stop her getting too excited in the first place. As soon as she gets excited and starts to chase something, recall her, you do need a good recall for this.

Alternatively, teach her a “look” command or similar – now insted of recalling her to you, you break her chase and get her to focus on you instead.

You might well have to proof these in less stimulating surroundings first before being able to interrupt a chase.

It does sadden me how many people a prepared to immediately resort to aversive methods straight away without training their dog first.

Not sure I’ve read your post correctly – are you taking her out for a walk twice a day – i.e. off the property, or are you letting her out into the (albeit much larger) garden (to chase frogs etc)?

Go with Mrs Toast, AA etc, disregard dominance “theory” and avoid trainers who advocate dominance based methods. Here’s why:

Back in the 1940’s, Schenkel studied wolves and published his findings. He observed that wolves live in a hierarchical society with the Alpha being the dominant wolf. David Mech later popularised this idea in one of his early books.

And so the idea spread… dogs are descended from wolves. Wolves live in a hierarchical society, and so “we” must dominate our dogs to let them know who’s boss.

It wasn’t Schenkel or Mech who put forward the idea of dominance “theory” with regard to dogs, it somehow became “common knowledge”.

A few points:

The wolves that Schenkel studied were not a wild wolf pack living in their natural environment, but captive, made up of individuals captured from different locations. Modern studies have shown that wolves live in family groups with the parents being at the head of the family.

Schenkel misinterpreted the behaviour of the wolves he studied with regards to pinning others to the ground.

David Mech later withdrew his support of the dominance idea.

Also, dogs are not wolves. They are by now a separate species. To try and put a wolf’s behaviour on dogs is as ridiculous as putting dog’s behaviour on wolves. We wouldn’t bring a wolf into our homes and expect to be able to control it. Why? because a wolf is a wolf, not a dog.

Years back (before I knew better), I pinned a young dog to the ground to show her who was boss. Quite frankly, I felt like crap afterwards. Don’t do it – it does nothing for your relationship with your dog.

Well that’s the limit of my knowledge I’m afraid!

Have installed Chromium OS on an old netbook, it works great apart from the fact that I can’t install Flash Player.
If I go to Adobe and try and download Flash, it says I have the latest version because it thinks I have Chrome installed, is there a way to force it to Download Flash?
I have trawled the web, and its a common problem with various answers, some of which I have tried, with no success.

I installed Lubuntu, and had a similar problem, this how I got round it:

Open browser window.

Type in ” about:plugins” (don’t type quotation marks).

In the page that opens, click on “Details” in top right corner of page.

For all the plugins listed, click “Disable”.

Now load Flash, hopefully it works – it did for me!

Give her a call (not right now!);

http://www.dogbehaviourclinic.co.uk/

And if she asks where you heard of her, tell it was Bear’s “dad” 🙂

Is it too late to seek the advice of a professional behaviourist? I could recommend one in Biggar – it would cost about £80 to call her out.

Looks like a Springer/Collie x – would be a lovely dog in the right home.

I’m obviously in need of more quotes.

B.G. quoted £2700… “Oh and your boiler is mounted to asbestos board and we’ll need to get the asbestos team to remove it. That will be another £900”.

Inspired by this thread, I contacted a local plumber, £4333.86 for a WB combi (OUCH!) or £2700 for a conventional system (this does include a can of hairspray and 2 plastic bags for the asbestos board).

Can anyone recommend someone in Fife/Perth & Kinross area?

It just so happens that I have one of these[/url] sitting in the corner taking up space since my son moved away. Your welcome to come and try it. I’m in Kinross (Junc 6 M90).

Ragtime Guitar

One of my favourites (no it’s not me playing).

Most of the tunes in the book can be found on Youtube.

The surgeon (whom I’ve met before – more on this later) insisted on surgery even at 3 weeks, I am booked in on tuesday 21/05/13 to have it repaired.

You lucky, lucky %&*%$£! – the surgeon was reluctant to operate on right AT when it ruptured, so it felt like life was on hold whilst I limped around for a few months until he did it, though when he he did do it, he did a bloody good job and have no issues since.

Fast forward 15 years, a minor tetar resulting in a left AT nodule. First surgeon wouldn’t operate sayin it would heal in 12 months! 18 months later it was operated on, though I stil have “aches & pains” with it.

Wanting the pups collected early due to other commitments doesn’t really give the impression that they have the dog’s best interests at heart.

Wanting the pups collected early due to the arrival of another litter suggests a profit driven breeder (puppy farm).

Definitely not a hobby breeder.

I’ve heard good things about Gwen Bailey, but haven’t read any of her books myself.

“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Positive Dog Training” (Pamela Dennison) is good, though I preferred “The Power of Positive Dog Training” (Pat Millar).

No I wasn’t there, but quite possibly my favourite solo (the first 4’10” isn’t bad either).

Roxy

She’s been with us 12 days now. Found as stray in Ireland, now in Scotland. She was nervous of pretty much everything at first (including me), but is settling in well.

We bought her a new bed.

It’s still new.

Nils Lofgren on “Youngstown”

Try Richards of Perth

http://www.jmrichardscycles.co.uk/

Helpful staff, I usually speak with Ali.

Oh – look up “pigeon stretch”.

After suffering for a few weeks – drugs were knocking me out – I went to a private physio. Possibly the best £20 I’ve ever spent.

I used to know someone who drove around it for a living! (lucky git)

Would meet down in the alps to go paddling – my god he couldn’t half drive fast along those twisting roads…

On the Appalachian front, “O Brother Where Art Thou?” would be a starting point – there was a concert of the film music called “Down From the Mountain.”

Other than that, a singer who gives me goose bumps is Iris Dement:

A couple of others:

Laura Cantrell:

Diana Jones:

Catherine Maclellan

Just so much to choose from.

Edited for equality:

I’ll give a quick rundown on my experience with a dog with skin issues. The exact cause is unknown, but she has flare ups from time to time which she scratches/licks which makes things worse.

We had a generic allergy test done – allergens include dustmites, storage mites, chicken, pork etc etc.

After a couple of courses of antibiotics and using Fuciderm cream over a period of time, we then gave antihistamines (Piriton) and steroids (Medrone), and bathed her with Epismooth & Alermyl (both by Verbac). These worked to some degree, but she still got the occaisional flare-up.

We then tried a supplement called Phytopica to no effect.

We then had a more specialized allergen test – she was sedated and tested with various allergens (local pollens etc), and we had a vacine made up. This didn’t work, and she would get worse after injections.

We have now reached the point of using Atopica which suppresses the immune system so that there is no reaction to the allergens – I suspect that your dog will be too young for this as the Atopica leaves them at a higher risk of tumors.

As well as the Atopica, we bath her as needed with Verbac Microbex, still use the steroids and antihistamines, and feed her a dermatological food (Eukanuba). She’s been much better since (but not 100% “cured”.)

I hope you can sort his issues, it can be a long drawn out process and there’s no guaranteed outcome.

I’ve read that some peple have had success in using a raw diet.

All the best.

My dog has expensive tastes. We have tried loads of the above but the one she likes the best is Lilys Kitchen/ Symply mix. It’s the food that she gets really exited for.

I know what you mean…

No, but I will do!

…i have to tell you though i cry when i watch Marley and me (5 times still cry like a gay)

Have you seen Hachi: a dog’s tale? Have the tissues ready.

I recently developed this – bloody awfull.

G.P. had me on 8 x 50mg Tramadol and 3 x diclofenac per day, and referred me to physio.

Waiting list was far too long for NHS physio so went to a private clinic.

Physio was absolutely fantastic. Day after the first consultation was like night and day – amazing.

My recommendation would be Physio as soon as you can (£20 for a 30 min session up here, and worth every penny).

I have mine covered with Petplan. It’s about £32 per month for whole life cover. Might seem expensive, but they pay out £342 (three hundred and forty two) per month on Atopica for one of of them.

Why should Contador be allowed to keep all his titles?

Contador was stripped of his 2010 title.

Erm, is an American Bulldog the same as an American Pitbull?

No different breeds altogether.

American Bulldog.

American Pitbull.

Other images available to fit prejudice.

in realtion to the dangerous dog act up the top of thread, why are gsd’s not on it? its the only dog breed ive ever come into contact that has made a charge for me and my dog, two different dogs on two occasions.

Because GSD’s are not a dangerous breed. There again, neither are SBT’s or American Bulldogs, or American Pit Bull trerriers. There are though untrained, out of control, and ill treated dogs of many breeds which can be dangerous.

It’s not the breed that’s at fault…