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Don't confront the pup with violence or taking its food away from it. Saluki types are notoriously possessive, and if you react to its growls antagonistically, or by taking its food away, its weird little Saluki brain will think there's even more reason to defend its food against you.
Much better to put the empty bowl on the ground in front of the pup, make it sit, then put a tiny bit of food into the bowl. Let it eat that, make it sit again, put a bit more food in, and so on until it has eaten all its food. That way the pup learns that you being near its food is only a good thing, that you are only there to put more food in, not take it away.
Sure, you have to teach the pup to respect you and commands, but the motto should be 'softly, softly' with these sort of dogs, especially when you are trying to build a good working bond with the pup. At the moment it simply sees your presence as a threat, and you need to change that attitude round. You can only do that by putting yourself in the pup's place, letting it know that you are a provider, not a taker away.
I would do same as skycat but with some added extras, i would sit on the floor at the side of the bowl and drop bits of food in to it,
once the pup is ok with that i would touch the bowl whilst its eating bits of dropped food out of it, then move on to having my hand in the bowl,
all my dogs are used to me stroking them and being around them whilst they are eating.
Ive only ever had one dog growl at me whilst eating and that was an adult bitch that was previously ok, with her she was pushing her luck
and trying it on, all's i did was shout get out and made her leave it and get out of the room, never touched her, she never did it again after that.
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Don't know Taz think it all depends on the dog, i have a rescue bull x whippet and she can move when she wants to, although she cant do tight turns
for bushing and ferreting shes a great little dog, marks well on both fur and feather, she can be head strong but does listen
she never gives up, if she had 4 legs she would do a lot better, but saying that she does keep up with my beddie x
and they both work well together as a team.
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Fred is a lurcher link dog.
REALLY REALLY URGENT - Fred has escaped through an open car window in Bracknell, Berks - an area he doesn't know and he's terrified of traffic, strangers and will be absolutely petrified when fireworks go off tonight - please if you're in the area or know someone who is, can you pass the word round and ask them to take a spare slip lead and some tasty treats when they're walking their dogs as he may come up to another dog for comfort. Also check in any outbuildings etc in case he's hiding.
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=46841
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I have nothing to do with these dogs both are currently with the dog warden.
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A dark liver saluki type and a fawn greyhoundy type both found together near langley road
Contact salford dog warden, both dogs will be heading to leigh cats and dogs home if not claimed
0161 909 6500
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Try kelp
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Have you tried a long line - throwing the bird out a few inchs - retrieve and reel the dog in before it gets a chance to chomp on the bird,
swap bird for a piece of cooked liver or heart or what ever food gets the dog going and praise to high heaven.
You could do it this way bit by bit, building it up slowly, so the dog understands that it gets something much better if it brings the bird back
will also give you more control over the dog, so it cant get a chance to eat the bird.
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Like to know where you get your insurance from then and what cover it is, as for me to insure 3 of my dogs it would cost me around 60/70 quid a month.
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Problem with insurance is vets can sometimes take the p**s,
when they know you have insurance they can get a little greedy sometimes.
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I got stung for £270 for an x-ray and a bandgae two weeks ago! An x-ray and a f*****g bandage! Part of the cost was anesthetic but if I had known that I would have just stayed and held the dog steady for the x-ray myself! That bill shocked me a bit! The shitter was that the only reason the toe was x-rayed was because the vet said it was 'deffinately' broken, it wasn't, it was dislocated!
Next time ask for sedation - say you don't want anesthetic, it works out a bit cheaper,
and most dogs come out of sedation quicker than anesthetic - meaning they don't have to keep the dog in for a few hours.
My old bitch had bad nose bleeds, it cost me less than that for her to have x-rays, flush and tests done on what they flushed out, exam etc
went in at 9 and was back home for about 11.
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Personally if you've never kept them or worked them - i would see if you can go out with someone and their ferrets,
handle them, see how they work and have a chat about how to keep them, that way you will know then if keeping ferrets is for you.
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Mine have a small layer of shavings on the floor, that helps to wick any mosture away,
then they have one of the cat piramid beds with a square padded bed inside and inside that theres a fleece blanket,
tbh though i often find my hob asleep on top of the lot of it, but its there if they do feel cold.
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No wonder it wont uninstall its because you have downloaded a tool bar, when you downloaded media player they sometimes have attachments to them
which you have to unclick - otherwise that gets downloaded on to your computer.
http://dreamingcub.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/sweetpack-toolbarsweetim1clickdownloade.html
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As said go to control panel>add/remove programs and uninstall it from there.
Then download spybot and run it alongside your antivirus.
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pups coats can change as they get older, normaly around 8-12 weeks you can tell if there going to be smooth or broken coated.
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were they where caught the gamekeepers are nobs the same lads went further up the lancs the other day in the day time just exerciseing the lurchers.they spotted a landrover comeing towards them the keeper asked what use doin to which they replied walking the dogs,keeper starts getting all lardy saying dont want your type round here bla bla so the lads said if we had any other dogs besides lurchers you would have drove past ,his reply yesi put a thread up about an rspca case a while ago were me daughters fella and a mate i hunt with getting caught on a public footpath at the side of lord derbys.now these had the dogs on the lead with lamps when the police turned up and could of easily hid and the police none the wiser,but they stayed thinking nothing would happen.they ended up in the cells for 18hrs dogs confiscated for 9mths but won the case as there was insufficient evidence to any further action.
Shit. I thought it would be a lot less hot than this.The place I regularly walk is actually only a small area. I have bumped into the owner now and again and know he doesn't mind people walking it, day or night. But I will get it confirmed with him in case of a situation like the above ^
It's driving me crazy not being able to get out with the dog legally. I was out of the UK for 8 years and permission in Spain and Ireland is never a problem.
If there are any friendly and generous people out there (
) with some permission that fancy helping out a lone hunter shoot me a pm. I drive and will travel pretty much anywhere in the country for a day or night of hunting. It's driving me crazy not getting out!!Wonder if the keeper would be the same if it was a couple of woman walking their lurchers round the area.
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Leather collar on ? tan colour with white chest ?
If so think this dog has been found and is currently in the care of a vets,
have passed on your phone number to the people.
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Pmsl - i couldnt think then what was different about the picture,
Thats great
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We think Bull x whippet about 20"
Not got the speed - as you can see for a certain reason, but she puts 100% in to everything
she push's her self to the limit, she marks very well both fur and feather, she will go through cover
although if its thick tight cover - she wont try, retriving not a chance in hell.
When out she never stops - shes always on the go.
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just had a tap on the door and opened it to find a bloke stood there wearing an rspca tabbard and wellies with a clipboard.He informed me that they were canvassing the area to see if they could rely on people to give them a pound or so via their bank each week because without our support they wouldnt be able to carry on "their good work" next year of bringing cases to court, to which i replied that any spare cash i have will be put towards some new purse nets and i bid him good day and closed the door.Are things that tight for them? hope so.
Simple answer is nope.
They have these people going round all over the country and they pay them,
so they cant be that hard up.
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Have always given my dogs the shell when ive cooked eggs, never done them any harm
been doing it for years.
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Teaching to walk on a loose leach is easy - teaching heal is not!
Teaching loose lead walking
Insted of walking in a stright line, vary it - turn left, walk backwards etc so the dog has to focus on you,
it gets to dog to realise that getting to far ahead of you
you may be gone, so they learn to keep one eye on you, on the bombing off part - teach a wait
ie ask for a wait and unclip the leash - the dog should not move untill you give the command to do so,
teaching the wait also helps if they get to far ahead, with mine i just ask for them to wait till i catch up.
http://www.thedogtrainingsecret.com/LeashTraining/Loose-Leash/
teaching a proper heal - personally you need to teach the dog how to walk on a lead first.
But hear you go.
http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/teaching-a-dog-to-heel.html
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My deerhound bitch go's like this after every season most call it post season depression,
it normaly takes her a while to come out of it, last's around the same time as a pregnancy would do,
but she does go back to normal after that period is over, so may be worth a vet check if its lasting longer.
If it is due to this once spayed she should go back to normal.
Think thyroid problems can also cause this, so may be worth looking in to that also.
How ever some dogs can just be like this once their mature.
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even out of hours it wouldn't have cost that much.
Few years ago i had to rush my bitch in to the out of hours, she came down with pyo
emergency spay left her with pancreitus, she spent the weekend in the emergency vets
on a drip, that came to just over 700.
last year my deerhound had to go in for stitches, cut was just over an inch
that cost me just over 200.