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General => Introductions => Topic started by: ansells on December 29, 2005, 09:26:07 PM

Title: ....introducing Barney....
Post by: ansells on December 29, 2005, 09:26:07 PM: Hi, i have been reading some of your posts and thought we would introduce our selves, i'm Hayley and my new husband is Neil..... so look out for him, as he will be posting as much as me.... and more importantly our 6 month old pup, Barney.....
we have only had him for the past two days, he is very hypo..... none stop.... our two year old daughter is a little taken a back with him....oh and she doesnt like him barking at all.
so for the past two days it has been hard work,
i am sure i will be asking you all for your advice pretty soon..... :(
Hayley & Barney......
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Post by: Petra on December 29, 2005, 09:30:55 PM: Welcome Hayley, hubby, daughter and of course Barney!!
You will find this site utterly additctive.... :)

We have a 6 month old pup too - Dillon, a lovely solid chocolate boy...
He is relatively calm, until visitors arrive, then he goes mad.... :blink:

Please tell us more about Barney - how he came to be with you, colour, and of course piccies!!!!!!

Look forward to chatting with you :)
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Post by: Elisa on December 29, 2005, 09:34:10 PM: Hi and a very warm welcome to COL :D
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Post by: suzysu on December 29, 2005, 09:39:20 PM: Welcome to you all :D ...looking forward to hearing all about Barney ;)
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Post by: sarah25 on December 29, 2005, 09:49:51 PM: Hello Hayley,husband,daughters,and baby barney :)

Welcome 2 col :)

we have goldies and cockers :)
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Post by: ansells on December 29, 2005, 09:51:33 PM: hi again i am alraedy addicted to you lot....... god help me i'll never be away from this computer.....
we have been looking for a puppy for some time.... we wanted to get the wedding out of the way first and get settled..... i just happened to come across a ad for him a couple of days ago, and that was it, my husband went and picked him up...
it says on his paper he is a blue roan, but im sure he is black and white(i am having a problem with the photos,,,will take some more tomo and post them)
i have been brought up with cockers, so it was an obvious choice really....
i must admit he is the most playful, but im sure he will grow out of it, Hopefully....
the couple who had him before left the house at 6 and didnt come home till 5, so he's always been alone in the day, so i suppose me being a stay at home mum with a little girl is all to exciting for him.....
i have a 6 year old to who is disabled and has brain damage and i want him to learn to not jump up on her because she cannot move away from him... and she is blind so i dont want him scaring her....... so we are being very careful at the moment and keeping a eagle eye on him..... i'm sure he'll soon learn.... he seems very bright....
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Post by: miche on December 29, 2005, 10:05:04 PM: Hello Barney's people :) . We're owned by 2 cockers Mikey 8 months and Herbie 6 months and Ronald who's a 14 year old Heinz 57. Welcome to COL
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Post by: Gini on December 30, 2005, 06:17:25 AM: Hi. We have 6 month old Willow, our first cocker. She's been brilliant for our family.

The kids and I are home all day too (we home educate) so she is thoroughly spoilt. We have to deliberately go out and leave her just so she can learn to be alone.

Have fun!
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Post by: sarahp on December 30, 2005, 10:37:17 AM: Welcome to COL :D

I have a blue roan girl by the name of Daisy. She came from a rescue centre but the belief is that she had a very similar start to your barney. Daisy was also approx 6 months old when we got her.

Both me and my OH work from home so she went from one extreme to the other other and it did send her a bit hyper to begin with. She has been with us 14 months now and she still follows me everywhere unless I shut the door behind me - I havent been to the loo unaided since she walked through the door last October :rolleyes: :lol:

As Gini says its probably a good idea to engineer going out so that Barney doesnt get over dependant. Also as far as your six year old is concerned, I think it should be relatively easy to train barney not to jump up. Have a look at clicker training - it works wonders with Daisy and is a very positive way to train.

As the others have said you will probably become addicted to this site, but it is very friendly and helpful. :D
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Post by: sarahp on December 30, 2005, 10:39:00 AM: Quote
Hi. We have 6 month old Willow, our first cocker. She's been brilliant for our family.

The kids and I are home all day too (we home educate) so she is thoroughly spoilt. We have to deliberately go out and leave her just so she can learn to be alone.

Have fun!
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Sory - OT - Gini I have to ask what the hell were you doing up and on COL at 6.17 am?????? Thats the middle of the night during the xmas holidays :lol: :lol:
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Post by: Emily on December 30, 2005, 10:40:56 AM: Hello welcome to COL!

Hope to speak to all of you V soon!

you can see our cockers in the link bellow :D
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Post by: Jan/Billy on December 30, 2005, 11:29:50 AM: Hi,

Welcome to COL :D

Would love to see pictures of little Barney ;)
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Post by: MrsMac on December 30, 2005, 12:51:41 PM: Welcome to COL :D It doesn't take long to get addicted :)

We've just taken our pup home, she's a blue roan called Melody. Looking forward to seeing some pics of Barney.
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Post by: Spanielsmum on December 30, 2005, 01:15:55 PM: :P HI, you certainly have your hands full! I have a rescue cocker (2 yrs) who is down as a Blue Roan but is mainly Black and White too. He is a lovely little thing, who is improving daily. He was very stressed when he first came after being in kennels so I gave him Rescue Remedy from Boots etc. It seems to work. I also give it to my hyper springer spaniel too.
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Post by: Joelf on December 30, 2005, 02:30:12 PM: Hello Hayley Barney & Family!! :)
Welcome to COL........I'm sure you will enjoy it & very soon become addicted!! ;)
I'm looking forward to seeing photos of Barney. :rolleyes:
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Post by: claire northmore on December 30, 2005, 02:51:12 PM: Welcome to COL

I'm Claire and I have two cockers Poppy who is a 15 month old golden cocker spaniel and Daisy who is a 5 month old black cocker spaniel.

I hadn't owned a dog 13 months ago and now I have two!! They are just a fantastic breed and I'm sure you and the family will have lots of fun.

When mine aren't playing and hyper they are very caring and loving. Poppy met my cousin who is mentally handicaped for the first time on Christmas day and Poppy was very gentle with her and seemed to be quite drawn to sitting quietly next to her with her head resting on her lap. I was very impressed, she seemed to understand that Jenny needed her to be calm and loving. I'm sure Barney will learn the same very soon.

If Barney doesn't calm down it may be worth looking at his diet, there are others on the site who or are experts compared to me but when I took Poppy to puppy class for those dogs/puppies that were hyper they recommended a raw food diet to avoid additives etc in the food which can make them hyper. We feed raw and ours seem to have a good balance of calm and manic in their lives!!! :)