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Linda & Fred	Mar 25 2009, 09:09 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 705 Group: Full Members Member #571 Joined: November 28, 2007	I'll comment on what I can, if it helps! 2. Biting - a Weimy puppy I walk used to be awful for this - screaming never bothered her either, even at 9 weeks! She seems to have 'grown out' of it somehow. Now when she had a 'bad day' I put her muzzle on. She mainly does it to stop me doing something she doesn't want to be bothered with - like putting on a coat. Having a muzzle on at least makes her unsuccessful at self-rewarding for biting. 3. Interest in me on walks & 6. length of walks I would walk them seperately. They should get used to being 'home alone' anyway. Walk them together sometimes maybe for a treat. I think the 5 min rule is 'guidelines', and matters more the bigger the dog will be when it's fully grown. I usually stick to about 30 mins until the pups I walk are 6 months or so, but this includes training time, so is not 30 mins of running around or non-stop walking. When they get to 7 months I up it to about 40/45 mins. Edited to add, I always walk puppies alone until they are around 6 months anyway, because I think they need that extra attention. 4. Training again, seperate them. Fred knows when I'm asking Beauty to do something, but Beauty has no clue, so they go into different rooms. If I do teach them together, for instance, if we are outside, I put them both in a down, then Fred has to do a downstay while I might ask Beauty to do a few other things. He gets a verbal reward when Beauty gets a treat, and it seems to work. When I'm dog walking I'm very mean - if I ask all the dogs with me for a sit, and one doesn't I have no concerns about treating the others and not the one who didn't sit! Seeing Fred get so fat through treats taught me not to be emotionally blackmailed into handy them out like sweeties! 5. toileting on walks is this really a worry? My dad's dog is 6 and still won't wee on a lead. They were worried because sometimes when we go away for a weekend camping there is no opportunity for offlead walks. They worried, I told them to let her get on with it, and she went on the second day. She still won't if she hasn't got to. We just leave her to it. 1. Being a bit obsessive with Brandy - I use crates for this. Some puppies just never get it unless they are really hurt, and even then, they'll come back when the pain has faded. So no real help, just sympathy! I've found of the puppies I walk, they get more annoying the more tired they get, so pop them off to a crate for some sleep. If they resist, well, a couple of hours won't hurt them, if they are at least lying down! Hope some of that helps! Edited by Linda & Fred, Mar 25 2009, 09:11 PM.


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