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Start slow, even walk with the bike if needed, and work on turning and such. I don't give them a ton of leash room, so going in front doesn't happen. I also teach cues like 'easy' and 'turn' meaning slow down and turning left, watch out. So they get the idea of what's going on. Doesn't take...

How old is he? My golden (and many in her family) did not gain at all till around 3, then it was often a 'oh sheesh' moment when they suddenly started to totally pack on the lard. :rofl1: If you can find out from his breeder, it might be a case of the same. Give him time to mature and...

Our back yard isn't good for agility, too many trees and it's oddly shaped. The only good spot really is now a dog run and having that is more valuable then having agility stuff. But, we do back onto a green space and it's a nice option. Yes, have to set up and take down every time, but the...

Looking at the sojo's, it's not that dense in calories, more like a 'diet' food. I would suggest topping up with a meat source of some type, like chicken backs if you want to do raw for example. Here you can get chicken backs ground and they are pretty greasy but don't tend to cause the runs...

I would think it's a gamble, but they are improving things all the time. We were talking about this last night, as my local studmuffin options are quite limited, so if it's reasonable to import pupcycles, I'll be doing that most of the time. Doing a natural breeding the first time round of...

From other people, it's usually that Kilt is a sheltie mix. Because shelties are the only breed out there that has that merle gene. ;) From my other half, it's usually something to do with me NOT being an irresponsible dog owner. He sees other people being twits and assumes I'm being the...

First off, try using a light, long leash when you have him outside. Keep him on leash so he can't bolt off, but don't keep the leash tight all the time. Instead get some really good treats - not dry milk bones, but cook up some plain meat. Turkey leftovers are fine, as is pretty much any meat...

Look up local pet stores that specialize in raw pet foods, or other companies that do (boarding kennels, training places) that. Or raw feeding groups in the area on yahoo groups etc... Those people would be able to tell you which vets to contact.;)

I did cloth diapers with my dd, and recycled baby blankets into diapers. Now that's cute. She had plaid diapers, ones with little hand prints in different colors, pink hearts.... then knitted some cute covers and recycled some sweaters into covers/pants. SQUEEEEEE! Now waiting on a litter...

There are some neat keepsake kits for doing hand and feet imprints, as well as companies that do plaster casts of that sort of thing. For the actual baby, one thing that we had that helped a lot was a hazelwood necklace, you can also get amber ones. They are made for babies and help with...

http://www.htpuppiescb.com/ This is a website that lists breeders who health test and there is a boston breeder on there, she also breeds poodles and is a vet, so she'd be one person to contact and ask. I did superdogs years ago and there was a boston or two then that did everything and was...

The field lines can certainly be over the top, Storee is for sure. When asked if I would want another one like her my answer is 'no!!!'. Love her to death but she's certainly the adhd version of the breed and has pushed my training skills a lot. She's improved and calmed down a bit but she's...

I'm just wondering! My guys don't wear a collar but if they are wearing a buckle, I have it fairly snug - two fingers can still fit but they can't pull out of them and I have control. The house I nanny at has a boxer and her collar is very loose - as in why bother putting the collar on the...

My vent for the day: I can't figure out who is a worse owner, the lady with three intact labs who is rehoming the youngest, but all three have issues that are basic simple train your dog and it wouldn't happen issues she's ignored. She's a 'retired' breeder I think but still has three dogs...

I think the odds are higher that a mixed breed dog is going to have some issues, vs. a well bred dog from a responsible breeder. As a rule, the responsible breeder is not only going to health test the parents, but they are going to select mates for their girls based on a lot of factors -...

I would just slowly, slowly increase the tight passes a bit at a time. Is there a dog or two on the team that she can play with outside of flyball, and get more comfortable with? Another thing to try is to just set up the jumps and do recalls back and forth, into other dogs. So have...

Healthy because it's a mix - that would really only happen if the parents had all the health testing done and passed and the pedigree was carefully looked at before breeding. Or, if the dogs were left to fend for themselves for generations and the best of the best were the ones that made it to...

Tugging on a toy is not eating humans for lunch. No worries. With my guys I do tug, but the second it's mouth on me, I stop the game. They learn quickly that it's more fun to tug on the toy and follow the rules than to end the game by mouthing me. My golden was very mouthy but now only...

Usually the kennel name is first, then the reg'd name. Some situations there's two kennel names. The 'w' would likely be the breeder's way of keeping track of the litters. Ticket for example, it was their first border collie litter so it was 'a'. He is Quanda's Admit One. Sometimes...

I'm thinking once my website is done, and a bit closer to summer, I'll post on kijiji. That way anyone I get has lots of time to get to know me and be screened. I can let them know what shows I'll be at and they can come meet me then, or not, but at least it'll put it out there that there are...