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    I do feel for you. I think when we all look back at our puppy's behaviour, there are moments of total hair-pulling from the majority of us, especially if this is your first dog or you are feeling over-faced. Your dog is still a pup, had a grotty start and you are both feeling your way and building up your relationship together. I completely agree about the crate. Set yourself and your dog up to succeed. Think ahead about potential situations and don't let them spiral out of control. Treat every problem as it appears - do not think, oh I will go back later and sort that coz it is too
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    You could try. I he very young? I think as a dog matures into his life, they calm down and accept your ideas and expectations more easily perhaps. I can call my lurcher off and take him out riding with me but when he was a young pup (18 months), I would not have dared do that until he had matured at about 5 years old. It all depends if he listens to you and if he has any attention to you on the walk. Do you walk him or does he walk you? The bottle spray might stop him from hunting completely. I have never used one. I use an electric collar as it has the alternative beep-beep so t
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    Two terriers is a very different ball game to one terrier. They start working and thinking together and can fight/bicker together. I have a girl and a boy and they argue like an old married couple. It depends I think also if you are getting a very dominant one or submissive one. I personally would think alot about having two terriers liviing together - they set each other off, barking and lead each other astray very easily, especially in the house. I have to be the top dog all the time. Two of the same sex may well fight too for dominance. Terriers never take no for an answer much eith
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    Do you want him to hunt or not? Is he a pet or a working dog in your life? What is he a collie crossed with? Some collies are not brilliant at killing or catching rabbits - it is not their job in life. I say this because i have had to teach my terriers not to chase. They are pets, though the collie x whippet x greyhound is much older and can be called off a bunny coz he is old and can't be arsed half the time. I think that even if you are surrounded by them, no hunting dog will get bored of bunnies and just stop because they are everywhere and not worth it. If you really want t
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    If the bowl is empty and he is having a go, I would definitely teach him the word "dead". Start with a toy. Play a good tug of war and at a certain point, look him the eyes and stop pulling back and say firmly in a low voice "dead". Do not go on pulling the toy away, just act neutral with it, so the toy is no fun. If he drops the toy, reward with praise and give him back the toy at your speed, not his and resume the game. Play this game, with just you and him and no other dogs because they will make him aggressive. This is between him and you only. Play this game every day for as
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    I let our's meet outside a friend's house. Everyone was off a lead and I opened the car door (he had had a 14 hour ferry trip plus a car ride with me) and there were 5 dogs - my 2 (lurcher and bitch terrier) plus two bitch collies. My new neutered male Patt just said hello and we took them for a quick walk in an enclosed field and then I said good-bye packing all my three dogs into the car and drove home. We never looked back. I think it helped being on no-man's land, so to speak. It was an area full of doggie smells and everyone was relaxed. If a fight had started, there were two hef
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    Well I have a neutered dog and a neutered bitch (both Patts). Like I said they argue, but never really fight. They are not allowed to, tbh. I am the boss of them but they live in the house with an ancient lurcher and are mostly pets. I think it is a good idea to have the both neutered as my bitch was a slut and would walk backwards into the dogs! She also had a phantom pregnancy and was very emotional about everything. Treat them both fairly, some rules apply for both, be consistent and be firm. Your word, not theirs. I hope they play together and are friends. Mine are - funny game
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    I don't make a big deal about it. I take bowls away when I feel like it on the basis that one day they might have something I want. I also use the command "dead" and the dog knows what is coming next, the thing be it toy, or bowl will be removed. I also praise afterwards. I use a low steady voice and I am consistent. A well timed "ahem" or "oi" can also change a dog's mind before the shit happens. I agree it has to be sorted and I was amazed when a terrified little girl came over with her mum the other day. She had been badly bitten by a collie and was very scared. My rescue Pa
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    It still sounds to me like he is trying to be top dog. The pack dynamic is always changing and fluctuating accordiing to age and sexual maturity every day. If it is becoming detrimental to the pack, and damage is being done, I would separate him. It is like people, you can't get on with everyone just because your parents tell you to!
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    Two terriers is a very different ball game to one terrier. They start working and thinking together and can fight/bicker together. I have a girl and a boy and they argue like an old married couple. It depends I think also if you are getting a very dominant one or submissive one. I personally would think alot about having two terriers liviing together - they set each other off, barking and lead each other astray very easily, especially in the house. I have to be the top dog all the time. Two of the same sex may well fight too for dominance. Terriers never take no for an answer muc
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    I was told by a dog trainer that my lurcher was untrainable. So, I didn't believe him and spent alot of time with my lurcher (whippetxgreyhoundxcollie). The one before was a bedlingtonxwhippet and both dogs were the most biddable easy to train animals ever. Terriersx, on the other hand, add that extra bloody mindedness, IMHO. Anyway, you have a nice biddable cross lurcher whose main aim in life is to please you! Use that and work together. If you can be out and about together all the time as a team, then he will follow what you want. Regular calling back to you, regular enthusiasm
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    I am no expert - well I have dogs and I train them (mostly as pets and hunting on occasion but not encouraged) and my horses to harness (my profession). I have rescued dogs and cats and horses. She can ring me (get my number off my website) or email me (ditto). If I can help, I will gladly try. Cheers Pignut
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    When I put my dogs' food down (3 - ranging from 12 to 2 years), I too can take away any bowl at any time. No argument, no discussion. If the two terriers have a bicker, one "oi" from me stops them in their tracks. I am the boss of all the dogs, their pack-leader. In my presence, my rules. The rules never change so they are comfortable in their limits. Get a book on dog-training with dog psychology too and get into the heads of your dog. If you can't get into this dog's pysche, you are going to have some serious problems soon.
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    So, when you put the grub down, you are not pack leader? May be take him out on his own and do some work with him? Establish him listening to you. When you put the food down, it is not a free-for-all, but your rules. They don't havet to sit and look at their bowls for hours, but could you take away every single dog's bowl while it was eating, if you wanted to?
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    He could be trying to establish himself as pack leader? How many dogs do you have, what is the pecking order and where is he in that scenario? Is he much younger than the others? Has his routine changed, have you added another dog into the pack?
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    i've pm'ed you!
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    He needs a bedtime routine. He gets his last run out for doing his business and then you put him in his bed, where it is warm (an old duvet, whatever, maybe a large teddy bear that smells that can imitate warm things in his bed that might be his brothers and sisters). I would buy those wax earplugs that you can get in chemists (the ones that mold into your ears when warmed in your hand) and you ignore him. The dog has access to water, is warm and dry. He is lonely and if you become the substitute family, then you are setting this working relationship right from the start as wrong. I
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    Lots of factors to think about: What type of lurcher (ie what crosses, so what type of personality - outgoing?, shy?, confident? willing to please? couldn't give a damn?) Who does he look to as the leader? What are you correcting him for? Is it because you didn't think ahead and set him up to succeed? Were you asking for rocket science or basic good manners? Or is it genuinely something he does that is very wrong? Personally, my lurcher hates to be ignored, sent out of the pack or shouted at. When he was a pup and I wanted to discipline him, I would hit my wellie boot with a dres
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    Well that is good news! Good for you and the pup!
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    What type of dog? What does it weigh now? What do you feed it at the moment? How often do you feed it, ie once of twice a day? Is it the only dog or is there competition? Is the dog a picky eater? Does the dog live indoors or out? Do you worm regularly?
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    How's the dog getting on?
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    How horrible and scary for you all. You are doing all the right things. I would reiterate is to keep a diary from now on (2 hourly) if possible so if you see something you know what time and what it was rather than frantically trying to cast your mind back and muddling stuff up in a panic. Very easily done. Keep a look out for the colour of his skin ie, around his eyes, in mouth (gums), excessive panting and other things that don't look right. I would sleep with him on the settee at night so that you can keep an eye on him (but that is just me!). Did your vet say he should eat
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    Where there are nettles, there are dockens. Rub her all over with dock leaves! Well, that's we used to do as kids and it worked.
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    Oh, I hate it when my dog doesn't eat. I worry, like you! If he hasn't eaten for a while, don't over face him with a huge pile of food. It is good he is eating with other dogs, because when they have woofed theirs down, they start milling around your ill dog and that can set him up eating again. Do not let them muscle in and get his food coz it may start a fight so be in the same room all the time and watch the situation. I would feed him little bowls of cooked chicken with white rice, or scrambled egg (done in water), or white fish and rice. Nothing too difficult to digest but
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    Is there any way you could both go out for a day with a huntsman and some fanatical terriers. I had a Bedlington/Whippet cross when I lived in town and, like you, we would go for walks and she would chase everything in sight. She never killed a thing. She was a town dog so to be fair, there wasn't much to kill and I often wonder whether she actually had the killing instinct. We never found out coz I only moved to the countryside along while later. Anyway, back you to. I think the fake bunny is a great idea. But my lurcher probably wouldn't give you a thank you for a dead one, nor
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