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  1. Casso
    i can understand what your saying penny, very good input, i feel the reason he vents on the lurcher is because the 2 are similar in temperament,and the terrier is drawn to the energy in the lurcher, the one flaw i would see in attempting to redirecting the terrier is that i think i remember now he neutered, which means he no longer has access to certain elements in a complete dogs makeup, those two lurchers you talk about Penny who can give and take with each other, i would hazard a guess they are both entire males or females but neither of the two were neutered , therefore able to play bot
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    more than likely your terrier has been attacked or savaged by another dog some time in its early life before you got him, that attack leaves an imprint, a charge as such in the dogs makeup which get triggered in stressful situations for him, then his attack on the lurcher is a release, a vent of pent up energy its not personal its not dominance the two dogs probably get on fine otherwise, things seem ok for a while after that, until the build up and release again in some other situation which trigger the feeling in the terrier, its a bit like us humans in the father and son relationship, i
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    all those pointers skycat said plus , with dogs its all about associations, thats how it figures the world out both positive and negative associations , A lead which can have huge negative associations for dogs and pups before they make the positive link between the lead and getting out and having a great time, So when you put the collar on the pup make sure it has a shit hot time doing what it loves best, that way a positive association is made with the collar, it should go like this, collar on, favorite play or activity plus treat, collar off, play stops , once the pup makes the link li
  4. Casso
    its not just beddy's bud its every mutt under the sun when they reach the stage where they're drive is pulling them one way and your trying to pull the other, you've got to make yourself more attractive to the pup and i dont mean putting lipstick on,, a dog is never trained by 6 months old, how could it be, everything must be light hearted and fun and relate to the drive in your dog, its the drive that informs and the associations made through drive will become the strongest pull to your pup, use two retrieve items , using the stimulation of the second to bring the pup in with the first, c
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    you'll have too desensitise the dog by going though those actions even when not going out moll, couple of times a day but also when you are bringing him out for real, let him know through a certain phrase or certain words so the dog can discriminate between the two, That way the words become the triggers not the actions best of luck with it
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    the problem can only get better when more association is made between the car and hunting, looking at how dogs view things as a negative being access to the positive, like the way most dogs start off seeing the lead as a negative but after enough outings begin relating to it as a positive, i thought the dog was older than 7 months, which in that case i have little doubt that when its drive kicks in properly in the next few months and informs the dog on how it relates to things in its environment that the car journeys will get easier for the pup, it wont effect the dog in the field once h
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    i dont see why a fox wouldn't roll in something that its senses are stimulated by, whether it would be stimulated by dog shit or not i dont know, its all based on the principle of attraction, and the need to make contact with it, either by ingestion or physical contact, the dog is completely oblivious to the fact he covered in shite because that was never the intention of the act, good point mate.so is that like a human being drawn to certain smells.ie some like the smell of petrol not that i would want to roll about in petrol lol i always thought it was a trait from wolfs masking thier
  8. Casso
    that crunching and biting its doing with the rabbit, it should be doing with you on a tug item, if a dog doesn't bite normally in its day to day interactions then it NEEDS to bite, getting the bite out of any dog is a way of resolving its fears, think about a nervous dog its bite is just under the surface waiting for triggers to let it out, hence the term fear biter, its the same with your dog it needs the biting and crunching to run energy to ground, a dog grounds its energy through its mouth, and thats what happening to the rabbit its been used as a chew item when your dog gets it, the d
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    i dont see why a fox wouldn't roll in something that its senses are stimulated by, whether it would be stimulated by dog shit or not i dont know, its all based on the principle of attraction, and the need to make contact with it, either by ingestion or physical contact, the dog is completely oblivious to the fact he covered in shite because that was never the intention of the act,
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    dogs are stimulated by anything that gives them a charge, fox shite, dead prey, its a need to be in contact physically with the essence of the scent, a terrier guarding a shoe or sock in the house is the same thing, its not the object itself its the scent thats important to the dog, what im saying is the fact that the dog get covered in the shite is just a smelly consequence of the action to be in contact with the whatever its interested in , there is no thoughts of masking scent , dogs just aren't that switched on, f**ked if i can figure out the thinking in a rabbiting dog covering himsel
  11. Casso
    on the lamp ,is it ?
  12. Casso
    glad it worked out for ya bud, makes a huge difference when the dog has no problem coming into your space, did ya find a trainer down your way, is the mutt jumping up as much,,
  13. Casso
    got to say by the end of this morning's game i was shouting for the french,
  14. Casso
    the welsh had a good world cup in as far as the young players preformed at the highest level and more than lived up to the faith place in them by Gatland, definitely a team for the future ,some very talented young lads there,they believed in themselves and played accordingly, cant remember a welsh side that didn't have a solid kicker or 2 in there ranks, always seemed to have a conveyor belt of no 10s available, hats off to them, played some great rugby, well done lads,,
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    how long have you had her ,has she always been like that ? what have you done with her up til now?,,have you given her a focus for her energy, Dont do anything with her in the house, not a thing, no stimulation of any sort, pick a specific place in the garden and play there,nowhere else, play tug with her in that spot, and let her win every-time,, keep her on the lead to start with and get her to retrieve to play again,, it may not be the answer but it will give her energy a focus and an association of where to play in her mind, i'd say more than likely its relating to her drive,, best o
  16. Casso
    thats good news bud, and you saved yourself 20 pence at the same time,,
  17. Casso
    spear tackle is a spear tackle, you cant in front of millions watching afford to let that go, a player cant put himself into a position where its all down to the ref's interpretation of the tackle, the rugby world will have had one eye on attracting young kids into the game, parents would shudder looking at tackles like that, ref's would have been told safety first, players getting carried off with broken necks are not what Joe Public need to see live on air i would be looking closer to home for someone to blame Steven Jones although a great servant to Welsh rugby, didnt step up to the mar
  18. Casso
    lot going on there moll 1/ get 2 tug items, you bringing energy in the form of the second ,will bring her in with the first, also stopping short because of previous history with you, but it can be overcome because she sounds like high drive, 2/when she is mad for tugging, break then get eye contact to continue play,just a few seconds at the start, give the YES then continue, you also need to be down on her level, crouched down in other words, to be honest i let the dog figure out what i want, the dog here will try every trick it knows to continue playing , jumping up and down, barking ,tu
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    thats all good, with the leave command as long as the dog is bringing back the item after its thrown its fine you'll pick up on what the dog pref are's in time , running dogs like an item been thrown because they're more stimulated by movement, terriers seem to like just getting stuck back in again, i use a" down" for the stay,having the dog down facing me with eye contact, start with only a few second duration, with "yes" as a releaser,once the dog knows the "yes" is what he's looking for (,the YES is important for all the exercise it informs the dog its done something right,) you can bui
  20. Casso
    Good start then, i start them on a long lead ,easy at the start,not too hard , let her pull hard then win it from you,the lead will stop her from fecking off with it,praise her ,call her up again and repeat, lose the lead when the dog has it sussed, i work the heeling exercise with the dog once the dog is hooked,making the dog walking beside while holding the item up against my chest,giving the "heel" command,they twig that in no time,, i use a stop or give command for the dog to stop and just stay still while giving the command, or give the treat as you do ,but as you develop the understand
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    if she's not been out much this year she probably bound up with energy, before you take her lamping next time let her have a good burn out earlier in the day, running round with another dog or something along those lines, try get her playing with you as well ,tug play is ideal, it settles them down and relax's them before going out,,the yapping is just too much energy in the system that needs to be offloaded,,try offloading it earlier in the day,,
  22. Casso
    Looking at that first clip, reminded me of how the greyhound went with man's intervention to make it an artificial hunt ,those dogs in the first clip are just tested for stamina, but not real hunting ability, the same as the greyhound today tested for just its huge burst of pace but now sidelined as a hunting dog, Would be interesting to see in generations what abilities apart from staying power are left in the breeding of those dogs,dogs that are just bred for one purpose end up as one trick ponies, is the ability to stay enough in a running dog of today, with no real test of that trait av
  23. Casso
    Forget about the game for a while , the reason the dog wont listen, is because his owners have never stimulated something IN him when he did, the last thing that dog needs is discipline, it will only make him wilder in the long run,, all the dog wants to do is his own thing, as skycat mentioned,that is what he has learnt to date,, your dog is Hugely stimulated through drive,,i cant say that clearly enough,,work with that to make yourself the focus of your dog drive energy,,its that simple,, get that dog hooked on tug play, its stimulates drive and brings you into that circle in his mindset,
  24. Casso
    dont worry bout training for now, concentrate on tug play, if the training isn't working with her,change it or it will only make things worse, most bull crosses have a high drive, drive is what you should be stimulating her through, make yourself more interesting to the bitch when out, train through play, it must be exciting for her, you wouldn't bring a mate round and make them sit through 2 hours of opera ,because they would soon take themselves else where as well, get her hooked on tug play,which will stimulate her drive, and she will start looking at you as an exciting prospect to be near
  25. Casso
    Does the dog enjoy it,,
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