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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #135 on: October 29, 2008, 12:29:53 PM »
Quote from: Oliver21508 on October 29, 2008, 11:58:26 AM
Thanks everyone. This morning was much better. We went to the pet shop to get a toy, and he was very well-behaved all the way there and back. I'm using his harness from now on as I think he respects it more, and even if he does pull and get over-excited, it doesn't hurt his neck, and it doesn't hurt our arms either. :005: I did some fetch with him in the garden with his new toy, and he was great. I gave him a treat every time he came back WITH the toy, and he drops it straight away too. He's going to play with his doggy friend this afternoon so he'll enjoy that. Going to do a bit of training in a minute, so I think this new timetable is working well, and I'm actually enjoying being around him and with him, and I think he enjoys it too. :D

that's great news  :D

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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #136 on: October 29, 2008, 01:14:31 PM »
Quote from: cazza on October 29, 2008, 12:29:53 PM
Quote from: Oliver21508 on October 29, 2008, 11:58:26 AM
Thanks everyone. This morning was much better. We went to the pet shop to get a toy, and he was very well-behaved all the way there and back. I'm using his harness from now on as I think he respects it more, and even if he does pull and get over-excited, it doesn't hurt his neck, and it doesn't hurt our arms either. :005: I did some fetch with him in the garden with his new toy, and he was great. I gave him a treat every time he came back WITH the toy, and he drops it straight away too. He's going to play with his doggy friend this afternoon so he'll enjoy that. Going to do a bit of training in a minute, so I think this new timetable is working well, and I'm actually enjoying being around him and with him, and I think he enjoys it too. :D

that's great news  :D



I agree - good news indeed, onwards and upwards hopefully aye ;)
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #137 on: October 29, 2008, 02:52:01 PM »
Great news  ;)

How did you get on with the trainers you were going to contact? Hope you managed to get something organised ;)

Sue

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« Reply #138 on: October 29, 2008, 05:43:13 PM »
Well done Ollies 'Mum'. I'm sure you will get there in the end, you deserve to with all the work you have put in. These COL's are wonderful support and I have needed them even though we are on our 6th cocker (over nearly 40 years) there is always room to learn.

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« Reply #139 on: October 29, 2008, 05:48:15 PM »
I'm Laura. :005: Thank you. I feel so much better. He saw his doggy friend today, and he had great fun, and it wore him out too. :005: Did some training this evening, and he loved it. Did leave, watch, and his current commands, and he was great. So smart. Got leave straight away and made the sit and down longer too before he got a treat, which worked well. I think the watch will take longer, but we'll get there. :D So happy. We've compromised on some things, like he doesn't have the lead on in the house as he doesn't really need it in the house. I think I have got a training school sorted, but still got to ring and talk about it, and go along and see, but so far so good. :D
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #140 on: October 29, 2008, 05:56:21 PM »
Quote from: Oliver21508 on October 29, 2008, 05:48:15 PM
I'm Laura. :005: Thank you. I feel so much better. He saw his doggy friend today, and he had great fun, and it wore him out too. :005: Did some training this evening, and he loved it. Did leave, watch, and his current commands, and he was great. So smart. Got leave straight away and made the sit and down longer too before he got a treat, which worked well. I think the watch will take longer, but we'll get there. :D So happy. We've compromised on some things, like he doesn't have the lead on in the house as he doesn't really need it in the house. I think I have got a training school sorted, but still got to ring and talk about it, and go along and see, but so far so good. :D

Laura - that is great news  ;)
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #141 on: October 29, 2008, 05:59:40 PM »
Fantastic news Laura...and you sound really happy. Keep at it and things will definitely get better for all of you.  I'm sooo pleased to hear this.  Please let us know how you get on with the training classes

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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #142 on: October 29, 2008, 06:01:58 PM »
Great stuff, celebrate those successes - it looks like Harvey is never going to retrieve although he is great at find so this is really good progress.  Remember to keep it up though as dogs need constant reminding to to commit to memory. we are having to start again with some as we now have a teenager who has hopefully only termporarily forgotten his training....

Do get on the training courses at it will also help socialise Ollie with lots of other dogs of all shapes and sizes as well as well as people of all ages
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #143 on: October 29, 2008, 06:11:15 PM »
Good news Laura - now you just need to remember how good you felt today when you are having a bad day with Ollie  ;)  You will have good days, bad days and awful days but in the long run you can look back and see how far you have both progressed.  :D  Good luck with the training - the sooner you can get started with a proper trainer the easier you will find it.  ;)
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #144 on: October 29, 2008, 06:44:29 PM »
Hi Laura  :D,  Well done it sounds like the first steps to a great relationship starting with good training with Ollie. Like i said before training should be fun and that's what it seems you've experienced today. Again Very best of luck and i'm looking forward to hearing of his and your progress.  ;)

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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #145 on: October 29, 2008, 06:45:14 PM »
Thats really good news Laura, keep up the good work Oliver :D
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« Reply #146 on: October 29, 2008, 07:09:03 PM »
good news Laura, keep it up x
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« Reply #147 on: October 29, 2008, 11:12:42 PM »
Well done today, both of you  :D
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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #148 on: October 29, 2008, 11:25:48 PM »
Quote from: tiamaria on October 27, 2008, 10:52:55 AM
Such a shame! Reuben is a nightmare with our cat, every time she goes to come in he chases her, when she does pluck up the courage to come in hes sat on her, and she has nowhere to jump as she cant move. My partner has said it is cruel and to see if we can rehome her (she is very much like a stray cat, who comes in to be fed and have a doze). Hes ripped wallpaper off to get at her when shes sat on the stairs too. Im hoping it gets better as he gets older.  :-\

As for the barking at the guinea pigs, as soon as he starts, i let him see me at the door, then slightly shut it - he does come running back in - so now i just reward him when he looks in the hutch but doesnt bark. Not sure if its the right thing to do?

Hope you get some help.  :luv:

We don't have rabbits but similar to tiamaria have two cats who our adolescent dog chases to play.  He doesn't know his own strength and so my bengal (who is not scared of him) is not getting much peace.  ::) We are doing relaxed downs with him when the cats are around if he is boisterous using clicker and treats in an effort to break the habit.   When he is calm and resting he leaves them alone and says hello politely which is the behaviour we are encouraging.   ;)  TopBarks has put a vid on here of him teaching his new dog relaxed downs - it might be worth trying that with your puppy to see if it will help him to be more relaxed around the rabbits.  ;)

As others have said he is very young at 5 months and their experience of gundog training is interesting.  Please don't give up as he is just a baby really and with the right advice you can hopefully overcome this particular challenge  ;)




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Re: rehoming Oliver
« Reply #149 on: November 02, 2008, 11:00:49 AM »
Patience ,patience ,patience and more patience I find this is the key to a good home for a Cocker~just seen this thread we are on our 3rd cocker each are different.We picked up Molly 4 weeks ago and one of her litter mates was sent back in the 1st week ~how sad is that? >:(
Good luck hope you get there with him its not easy sometimes but the good times do weigh out the bad times ;)
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