Beyond Adolescence - V

[SpanielsGalore]

New topic for a new thread, inspired by a post about poo bags.

Does your dog's poo smell?

I was under the impression that dog poo only smells bad if the food doesn't suit the dog. Same goes for flatulence.

The only time my dogs' poo smells or they have windy bottoms is if they've eaten something rotten they've found on a walk.

I love a house like that @SpanielsGalore , like the Play School house.
Ours has front door onto hallway with steep stairs straight up the middle, long narrow living room at right, kitchen at back left, behind hall. It was really tiny until we had the extension built across the back. No idea how we coped with three PMD together in two rooms but somehow we did. I guess we were young and foolish back then 😆
Wish Brie was a bit easier, everything would be simpler if she would integrate with Odo and could use the back door again, but she's so blimmin neurotic, she's still terrified of him three weeks in. I put him on the lead before and she still wouldn't walk past him in the kitchen. He's so very big and scary and of course she's so very tiny and delicate 🙄

@CoubousAndTourmaIet Glad you had a good night last night. Long may it continue.

@SpanielsGalore Love the carpet photo, although I feel it should be a royal red carpet.

Apart from a slightly smelly poo today, alls fine on the cheese front.

@tizwozliz We do the ‘spin’ to help dry paws. Wonder if I got the idea of you off mn originally?

@CoubousAndTourmaIet A local dog trainer seems to be promoting ‘movement games’ so rather than agility, they get taught to walk around a cone or two, etc. Maybe set up agility jumps, but with the poles on the ground?

@CoubousAndTourmaIet @TheHungryHungryLandsharks i’m sure we’re due for another pup photo by now?

Dog has developed into a wuss regarding the rain. Guess he’s not used to it anymore. Last night he didn’t want to go out, but I put that down to a tiring midday agility lesson (layering and wrong end of the tunnel) but this morning he was reluctant as well. I reckon we’ve had more rain in the last day or two than we’ve had all summer!

@Silverbirchleaf I went outside with my lot after they'd had their dinner. K sat on the back door step and refused to budge. Poor little waif.

I've found all of my dogs have been happy to go for walks in the rain, but won't go into the garden for a wee.

Same problem here @SpanielsGalore and @Silverbirchleaf
Brie refusing to go out and wee. Garden is completely waterlogged.
And after me saying last night/this morning was good, Odo has just had the worst Witching Hour imaginable 😞

We have had very little weather here, no rain at all and it's windy but not to the extent I'd think much of it apart from the weather warning. Annoying as our mantrailing was cancelled because of it. But we had a nice afternoon breezy walk to blow the cobwebs away and then an early evening dinner out sans dogs.

They don't often get left for 3 hours on their own so they were very happy when we arrived home.

@CoubousAndTourmaIet Maybe the wind is winding him up.

Apologies for a bit of silence from me - been a rough few days. All fine now though 😊

@Lavenderdog so glad to hear its getting a bit better! She's still a baby so will continue to improve 😊She's still utterly beautiful, I see!

@Silverbirchleaf puppy has been born, but it'll be another 8 weeks (at least) before I see it in person but if I'm 'lucky' I might get some photos before then!😄

@TheHungryHungryLandsharks Apologies, thought you already had Tuna already and was just denying us puppy tax

Hope you're okay @TheHungryHungryLandsharks Is Fortuna male or female, I can't remember if you've said but name could be either I guess...?

Another difficult night for us and I've just posted on the puppy blues thread... I have to admit we are finding it hard. We've gone from our quietest pup in Brie to our noisiest. Odilon is a screaming tantrumming bulldozer of a puppy. We knew what we were getting into and he won't be going back, but three weeks in and we're exhausted.

Trying to see the positives - although it's impossible when he's in his witching hour. But he's very affectionate, incredibly bright, visually stunning, it has to be said, and he has so much potential for learning. The weather is making training and play difficult; waterlogged garden means bored puppy needing brain games indoors. Brie is still petrified and that complicates everything too. So yup, this complacent dogwoman has more than met her match with this little chap.

@Silverbirchleaf I would never! Although I am still trying to convince my mum that the dog will end up being called Tuna-Fish or Fish face and 'Fortuna' is a terrible name.

DH has suggested some even worse names though, so if the poor bugger does end up being called Fortuna it's not the worst name it could have had. Chief amongst his rather useless suggestions was 'Isis' (yes, after the Goddess...but which now shares the rather unfortunate name with a terrorist group). 🙄

@CoubousAndTourmaIet I feel so sorry for that OP with people telling her not to get another dog! Everyone can make a mistake and until you've got a dog, its hard to know just how rough it can be. Being told is not the same as experiencing it.

Tuna-fish will be female!

I thought things were getting a bit better with him and Brie? Or are his tantrums worrying her? Have you figured out why he's tantrumming or is it definitely because he doesn't like being alone? Sorry to hear you're finding it rough though ❤I wish I had some suggestions on what to do, but all my advice is training related and if he's not food motivated...I don't know what to suggest!!!

The weather really is rotten (not that I mind right now, but probably will when it comes to Tuna-fish toilet training). Pouring with rain here.

Sorry guys, I had to have EVERY SINGLE post I’ve made on MN deleted because some weirdo stalker freak stalked through years of my posts and sent screenshots to my husband 😡😡.

I wasn’t going to come on MN anymore but I’m gonna stick to this thread and my SAD thread and stalker freak is free to read whatever they want 👋👋.

Ah, chuckling at the idea of Tuna-fish but I've heard much worse dog and cat names @TheHungryHungryLandsharks

I felt for the OP on that thread but the crated collie one was making me 😡with "I know a thing or two" and "you really have no idea about managing a working breed" 🙄 But yes, I hope things turn out well for the puppy that the thread is about.

So, our boy is a velcro pup, but it's not a classic separation anxiety at night. It's a bit more calculated. Funnily enough I am training with food 😁 I know. What a shocker, eh? Since switching him to the lamb kibble, he looooves food. Oh, food is yummy! So I'm taking full advantage of this new "kibble is great" phase because it probably won't last. I'm using a bit of Brie's Essential lamb & venison for training because that is apparently amazing.
Last two days we've cracked "leave it!" mainly in relation to him grabbing at clothing, but now he's manipulating it to the extreme so I'm mixing it up with praise, toy or cuddle rather than food every time. But the biting is horrible 😬and he has the strongest jaws imaginable.

So yeah, I think my "puppy blues" is more just being totally knackered from lack of sleep than actual regret. Because I love him, he's an amazing pup, he has so much potential (and a very interesting pedigree 🤔) but he's just very different from the other Pyries we've had in how he uses his voice, and we're still adjusting to that.

Oh hell @Idstillratherbepaddleboarding , hope you're okay.

That is very creepy and I admire you for coming back. It just goes to show that we all need to be a bit careful what we post.

That reminds me, I read a mn post that said you should change your user name regularly as using AI, you gather info about someone from their user name. Off to name change…

Oh god, I’d not thought of that! I’m OK just creeped out at the lengths someone has gone to to stalk my posts. There’s really anything bad, but it feels like someone’s been searching through my mind!

@Idstillratherbepaddleboarding that sounds absolutely awful, I hope you're okay!!! But what on earth were they doing sending screenshots to your husband. What a weirdo (mostly cos most of your posts were about your dog, at least on here)! Do you think it maybe could have been AI as @Silverbirchleaf says?

At least my little friend just follows me around the Doghouse making weird comments and calling me a dictator/the police! Feeling rather blessed they haven't strayed to the territory yours has, even if it is weird.

@CoubousAndTourmaIet I'd honestly be interested to hear @Struckbylightning's views on crating a Collie for 12 hours! I can't imagine doing it to mine - they'd be going crazy. I just can't imagine any 'working' dog being okay with being in a crate for 12 hours a day...they must be so subjugated (just like you all clearly are under my ruthless dictatorship).😂

Oh that sounds rough with your boy. In some ways, the more intelligent they are...the harder it is 🤔This is why I like mine nice and thick and thus easily trainable. I don't want a dog that can out-think me. I can't believe how quickly he grasped that he can be naughty, be told not to - do what he is told and thus get food. What a smart cookie. When do you think he might start settling during the night?

@TheHungryHungryLandsharks trying to cause trouble I think, they literally had to go back through years of posts! I don’t think it’s AI although my husband is pretty AI savvy, I think I know who it is and they’ll just be out to cause trouble!

Presumably someone who knows you personally and recognised you here though @Idstillratherbepaddleboarding to know how to contact your DH I mean. Very unsettling for you. I'm so sorry.

I suspect the settling at night will be more gradual @TheHungryHungryLandsharks , he'll get there and Brie is starting to mellow, though I think the yapping unsettles her when he's in Witching Hour.
But yes, he is clever and he's manipulative, which his breeder warned us about very early on 😆

@CoubousAndTourmaIet yes definitely! And I can only think of one person who has the time and nosiness for that shit 🤣😡.

Must be a horrible feeling.
But I hope you'll stick around on this thread at least.
How are you coping with the weather? You're in Lancs like me, as I recall...🤔
How is Rory?

@CoubousAndTourmaIet yep just this thread and my SAD one! (Which gives you a clue as to what I think of this weather!!). Yep, I am in Lancs but I think further north than you.

Rory is loving autumn though, he’s full of beans at the moment 🤣🙈. Maybe it’s because he’s an autumnal colour!

I remember that it's a hard time of year for you @Idstillratherbepaddleboarding , because I'm the opposite with summer SAD so I do sympathise/empathise.

Yeah, we're south east-ish to your north west-ish.

@Idstillratherbepaddleboarding That's awful. What an absolute C word.

I hope it didn't cause trouble with your DH.

I figure anyone who knows me can identify me from my posts about my dogs. So I name change if I post anywhere else. I have 4 usernames now, as I like to choose names that fit the topic I am posting on. 😂

@TheHungryHungryLandsharksSorry you've had a rough few days. Maybe you need to treat yourself to a cake.

Wasn't the dog in Downtown Abbey called Isis? I've never watched it, but I thought I'd read it somewhere.

@CoubousAndTourmaIet Sorry things are still tough going. Lack of sleep is a killer and makes everything else so much worse. I have no advice either I'm afraid. The baby of our family has decided now the cold weather is setting in, she needs to sleep under the covers.

Took the cockers out for a very windy walk. Getting in and out of the car was a work out in itself. Fortunately we made it home before the lashing rain started.

We met two of the women with all the spaniels again. P did her thing of lying on her back and exposing her belly to show she is non threatening. One of the woman called her a tart. I had to walk away before I called her something worse. Just really pissed me off.

@Idstillratherbepaddleboarding Mine are as well. I think it's the slightly cooler weather combined with a bit of rain. I'm convinced my dogs are at their happiest on a day like today - 40mph winds, pouring with rain, dark and miserable. Hope you're not struggling too much in the weather! I do have to say, I whinge about the rain...but I do enjoy walks with no one else around!

They sound like quite a sad (and boring ) individual to have done that.

@SpanielsGalore i googled...and it was. That's probably where DH got it from (I don't want to say he's uncultured...but...).

I think it would annoy me as well because it's soo clearly a submissive act, so to willfully (or otherwise) not recognise it as such is a bit of a red flag in a dog owner!! Perhaps that makes me sound irrational, but i'd put it up there with 'but he's so friendly, it's never happened before' in terms of stupid statements.

@CoubousAndTourmaIet it's a testament to your breeder that she(he?) was able to spot his personality so early. I know I always say I can...but it seems like not everyone does, but that probably tells you who does spend a lot of time around their puppies and who just...wafts around uselessly.

I don't blame Brie for finding the yapping unsettling! Will keep my fingers crossed you get some decent sleep soon.❤

@TheHungryHungryLandsharks I think it’s the cooler weather too. He’s also grown h winter coat and he looses all scruffy when he wakes up from a deep sleep because his fur is longer 🥰.

I wonder if all the dogs have got the memo that the clocks go back tonight??