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Stay Calm
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Has anyone ever tried a Nutritional Oil called Stay Calm? It is a herbal blend for timid or excitable dogs. Apparently it is also good for dogs with aggression. I bought some from the pet shop yesterday, and it must taste brill cos Mac loves it in his food! Havent actually not...
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toileting troubles
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Well as much as we love slick and had him for over 4mths now,and has been really good up now when we are out he has started peeing all over the place,which isn't vey pleasant.any suggestions please
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driving me nuts....
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right - enough is enough ....
Maisie is driving me mad with her incessant licking - she has developed what I can only describe as an obsessive complusive disorder in which she has to lick your face at every given opportunity. Its getting really difficult to sit down without getting slobbered all o...
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Yuk - poo probs
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Never a dull moment with our two!
Pearly has always been a minger and in fact the first time we met her in kennels she was maniacally eating another dog's sick. She's always been prone to eating poo now and again if she gets the chance.
Well.....each night we take both dogs off lead for half an hou...
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Harry has started growling at Pearly
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For some reason Harry seems to be growling a wee bit a Pearly. The times that we've heard him seem to be when they are in the lounge and the two of them are lying on their separate bedding, or, if Harry is on one bed and Pearly comes over to sleep on the other. (For some reason now she won't settle unless she is o...
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Fair Play?
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This probably seems like a silly question, but are all Greyhounds competitive with other dogs and a bit rough when they are playing?
In the past few days, Billy has had a lot of freedom off his lead in the company of other dogs. He is fine with small to medium sized dogs (which is great for me), but with...
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Lucretia
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New Dog Next Door
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Oh no theres a new dog next door a little lab/collie cross it sneaks under the fence into the garden .
Thats ok he doesnt mess BUT Bov goes MENTAL he nearly went through the living room window this morning trying to get to it.
He barks ,whines his birse is up and his tail is wagging like mad despite tryin...
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denbri
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I was only out for 15 minutes...!
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I came home to raw eggs all over the floor today and ripped up cds! I had left the eggs on the BACK of the worktop (serves me right eh!) to remind me to make some scrambled egg for Casper when I got home. He hadn't eaten much of the egg from what I could see, he maybe just wanted the box and smashed the eggs on the w...
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Growling at humans
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Over the past 2 days whilst I was out alone walking in our local conservation park Max has growled when a man has walked past us closely on a narrow path (they did not have dogs). It was a different man on each occasion. He has done this on a couple of odd occasions a good while ago, even to a woman, away from th...
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Increasing anxiety (grey+owners)
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Need some advice re our 3 1/2 year old Poppy. We have had her for a year now and although she is quite a nervous little girl, her anxiety is increasing to the point that she is now terrified of shadows. She is literally jumping out of her skin!
Things seemed to have escalated about 2 weeks ago when she hear...
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Chewing everything!
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Hi,
I have had Saffron for about about six weeks now. I used to be able to leave her for short periods of time without any problems. All of a sudden she is howling the place down as soon as I put her in the kitchen. Also she has started chewing everything she can...... letter...
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Q & A LIST
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The Q & A LIST is open for anyone to suggest topics for discussion at a forthcoming event.
Topics can be behaviour or training related, general or specific. I would also welcome any subject particularly related to:
Dominance
Hierarchy
Alpha
Rank reduction
How to................
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Viv
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Eating Faeces
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Hi!
I apologise if you are eating whilst reading this!!!!
Neither Freddy or Wilma have ever eaten poo - either their own or someone elses, but Barney ..... he's another story altogether! He seems to have stopped eating his own poo, but is now very keen on Freddy's - to the point that he actual...
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Back To Muzzle
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Had a terrible day with our 2 greys. Fergus is an ex racer, Trinnie we've had from a pup and shows no aggression or need to chase anything except Fergus. We are lucky to have lots of empty fields to the rear of our house and a large garden which the dogs run around in. For walks we g...
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Excavation in Progress
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I have a problem with Casper digging. He started digging when he was recovering(!) from his leg operation and I thought it was probably just frustration from not being allowed out much. He would only manage a couple of wee digs here and there because he was still on a lead and it was easy to say "no" and pul...
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This really is yuck
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emma
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WOOFING!!!
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Wonder if anyone else has adpted a woofing greyhound.
All my previous hounds have been fairly quiet beasts until Chad who is woofing at the door permanently when no one is there. He also woofs at loud sounds outside the house/ on t.v and is very vocal at 6.30am! I offer him food but he is not hungry and is...
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emma
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I Vant To Be Alone
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Does anyone have any ideas for stopping dogs from following you everywhere you go?!! Barney is a terrible follower. I've tried pulling a door closed behind me as I leave a room, but he just scratches at it until it opens. I'm wondering whether to try a baby gate - that way he can still...
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greyflintstone
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Taking Chunks Out of Someone
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Could anyone please give me some idea why Missy would start to bite my lurcher Dusty.
The first time this happened when Dusty (who BTW is top dog) told Maverick off for getting to boisterous then Missy jumped in and went for Dusty's shoulders.
The second time was last night. Dusty was ticking M...
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Missy
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Pee-ing The Bed
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Lulu has recently developed a habit of pee-ing her bed. Her and Douglas have been in and out the garden all day. This evening when they are settled down, I went into the other room for an hour to do some paper work while Sheena and the dogs watched the telly. Both d...
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aggression
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Hi, I am new here and hope that someone can help. We adopted Murphy about 10months ago and he is the only dog in the house. He is a lovely big affectionate dog and everyone, including the vet, comments on how placid and laid back he is. On a couple of occasions though he has growled at one of the...
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Mallaig Again!!!!
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I feel that every time I post a message on the forum it's always about Mallaig, but anyway it's Mallaig again!!!!
She turned a year on Sat ( I was a bad mum and forgot to post birthday wishes to her on the forum ) She has started to try and dominate Dan. She wont let him lie down anywhere near her,w...
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Humping !
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Hi
Could someone please confirm or otherwise Mavericks behaviour.
Since getting neutered last week Maverick has started to hump Max my male Labrador. I mean its just not mounting him its full blown pumping humping!
I'm assuming this is dominance behaviour.... am I correct or not ?
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Eating stones
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Mallaig has started to eat stones. Twice now , most recently last night she has been sick and brought up stones ( fairly big ones). We reckon she is doing it in the back garden (she likes to dig holes!!) so we now cannot leave her unsupervised as we are frightened that she might swallow one th...
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Blue's early morning singing
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Help!
We have had Blue since July and although he has mad great progress with his seperation anxiety he still "sings" at 5.30 am. We are at a loss as to what to try next. We have tried ignoring him and he barks like mad until we do get up. We have tried the DAP and had a short period of success but with all th...
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Sudden Aggression Towards Dogs
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My dog Scamp is a 4 year old male lurcher who has had a sudden change in character (growling, barking, baring teeth) towards other dogs and some men. He has not been neutered yet. He is fine with us and other people who come into the house it only happens outside! Does anyone have any i...
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Safe to be left together?
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Hi, i am looking for some advice regarding a 1 year old lurcher we have recently homed. We are finding he has come to us already having problems with separation anxiety. This, we are working on, However we are still getting howling at bed time - which, does eventually stop after an hour. My conc...
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Peeing in the house
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Since Blue has had his broken toe he has started to pee in the house. It mainly happens when we are out.
Don't think it is because he HAS to go as yesterday he had been on an hrs walk along the beech in the am and then another half hrs walk at midday (20 mins before I left him) .He peed up almost every bush as u...
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Confidence crisis
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How can you build a dogs confidence??
Murphy is far too gentle & nice for his own good & more times than not comes across as being really quite submissive (tail firmly between legs & darts away from dogs he not sure of which just entices them to give chase & bully him).
I think of myself as a very con...
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barking and howling when left alone
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when our 8 month old lurcher is left even for a short length of time she barks and howls constantly. We are becoming quite desperate as they neighbours are not atall amused. we have tried a behavioural collar but to no avail. Any suggestions please.She is otherwise a lovely loving dog.
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