General Dog Chat Part III

[BiteyShark]

A new shiny thread for general chat.

Old or new, big or small, everyone is welcome to pop in and chat

I'll love, but I have to say that going down like a sack of potatoes on Hampstead Heath at dusk, shouting "argh, FUCK!" very loudly and having to be helped to my feet by total strangers is not exactly dignified. PestDog has already walked over my arm twice (took me a day to get around to going to A&E) so he's being super helpful

Pretty funny about your KC certificate. Not the most convincing forgery I've ever seen

That sounds painful avocados, I sprained my ankle last year walking Cocodog and , possibly due to age, took months to come right! However, with a young active dog, you just have to keep on walking.

Oh no Avacados Sorry to hear that Hope you feel better soon.

I swear I’m so clumsy it’s a miracle I don’t injure myself more often. My theory is I’m so used to falling over I’m an expert now I fell on my knee onto concrete a couple of weeks ago while with a Bluepuppy (not his fault). Couldn’t bend my knee at all that night and wondered if I’d fractured my patella but it was much better and was just a nasty knock.

Went to see a potential second dog today (another whippet). The breeder was lovely and the dog was sweet but I’m just not sure if she’s right for me. Her and Bluepuppy weren’t instant best friends but were perfectly happy to be around each other.

The problem is I need to make I want a second dog for me as well as for a Bluepuppy. Other dog was nice but compared to Bluepuppy who’s basically the most extrovert whippet ever she was pretty shy. Sigh, why do life decisions have to be so hard.

Avocados! If you can’t drive though, and you have to drive for work, sounds like you need some time off...having extra cuddles with PestDog.

I really should be getting ready to go to work, but SquirrelDog and I are having a lovely cuddle and I don’t want to.

Nice idea. Unfortunately that would mean SSP only in a very very expensive month. FML.

Day five of our holiday and cocodog has learnt not to waste a precious moment of rest. We have been out walking and exploring new places everyday, she is nodding off on short car journeys which is unheard of and trying to go to bed at 7pm, bless her. However, still up for spotting pheasants wandering about in the lane

Ok not sure if this one should be on dog or puppy but here goes. My adorable dumbass stupid 7 month old giant schnauzer barked in a low roowing protective bark at a small child on a scooter. He has barked like this when spooked in the forest by a random person in the trees and when the doorbell goes which we are in the process of dealing with. He was with DH if he was with me I would have made him sit down and tried to make him quiet DH said the wee girl was petrified. He was on the lead on the pavement and had been past and with scooting children before. He’s huge and black and I don’t want him to get a bad reputation just because he might look big and scary. He’s already helped my next door neighbors little girl get over her fear of dogs and is a great big soft lumox. So how to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Btw it wansnt play barking he’s a schnauzer so he does this when with his doggy pals to make them play. They then tell him off and he keeps quiet and does this a lot was the more he socialises with dogs.

I have been signed off work for a fortnight. Today I was at home and BastardPup went to daycare as usual - it was so bloody weird being in the house without him there. Although I did have a lovely sleep-in with the 🐈

Hi geekone, you might get more in depth replies from starting a new thread about this, perhaps from other schnauzer owners, I understand they can be protective.
I did a lot of desensitisation work with cocodog with the doorbell. Made it into a game. I got her to sit on a mat further up the hallway and wait. Then I would go out of the door, pause and ring the bell and come back in. If she was still sitting nicely she got heaped with praise and a treat. She still runs to the mat when someone comes to the door, no barking unless it has startled her from a snooze but I am followed down to the door with a bum wiggling spaniel cross determined to greet whoever is there.

Perhaps also teach him to keep his focus on you, Coco never barks at anyone but dreadful for lunging towards people and jumping up as a pup. I used to skirt round or turn and go in opposite direction to approaching people/children chatting calmly to dog and feeding treats. Gradually we got closer, lots of practice until the treats became intermittent but the praise constant. The day we walked on lead through a stream of parents collecting children from our local school with cocodog trotting calmly (always inquisitive but that’s her nature) was a proud one. I think fear desensitisation works along the same principles.

Back from a weeks holiday with no MN. I need to read back and catch up on what's been happening but first I need to collect BiteyDog. Really missed him

New thread here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/3385705-General-Dog-Chat-4