I hope this appears okay....oops going to try to make it smaller.
cor blimey never knew it was so fiddly, still gradually getting there, I know how to make the pics a bit smaller now but still room for improvement. I still can't take a decent photo but at least you can see her ;)
Name please ? Too cute.
Lovely little thing how old and what have you called her??.
AWWWW puppy I want another one ;D
So cute :)
Hi folks couldn't get on here yesterday. She's nearly 9 weeks name is Lady and she's driving us mad. Its like having a baby in the house. Can't take her out yet...only in the garden but she's so much energy, another week to go, second lot of jabs then she's off on her first walk. Any hints about dog training gratefully received. ;D
She is a baby Val :)  and a very beautiful one.
She's very intelligent too, she's learnt if she squats down when outside ..as in having a wee, she gets a biscuit, I'm sure half the time she isn't going, she makes me feel very stupid and she's so bossy. She's already got an answer to a sharp no. We didn't mean to get her I only went for some logs but she was sleeping outside and on concrete, I picked her up to get her warm, fatal, she was never put down again.The mum wouldn't let her near her only at night, so all day she was wandering around a concrete yard on her own, the other pups had all gone.She's well loved and warm now.She's got more toys than the kids ever had.
Beautiful. Another bundle of trouble, not much different from kids really ;D I have always hate it when I see dogs tied up..
I hate dogs tied up outside too. Its not as if folk have to have dogs or have them by mistake. If you can't love them then leave them alone its just not fair on the poor animals. I'm not sure if Lady would have survived long, she was so still and cold...she more than makes up for it now ;D
Val, she looks a real little darling.
In my experience training can never start too early, and start as you mean to go on. Not sure I would give her a biscuit for doing a wee, think it would be better to give her lots of praise and a cuddle maybe.
Are you asking for advice on getting her house trained or trained generally?
Anyway I'm sure you will never regret picking her up and bringing her home
MM
Quote from: joji on November 26, 2005, 23:34:30
AWWWW puppy I want another one ;D
So cute :)
  oh my gosh how many more could u possibly want :o ;)
Have you had a doggy before? We trained our oaf by by telling him to 'be quick' when he went to do his biz. Then piled on the praise he he complied. I was always paranoid that my dad would over feed him so he wasn't allowed treats. He just scrounged stuff when we weren't looking. All our best efforts went to pot.
OK what breed is it?
Quote from: wardy on November 28, 2005, 11:53:42
Sleeping outside, a baby like that :o Good grief :)
I went babysitting once and the parents of the kids I was sitting for had a tiny pup tied up outside. It was freezing. I let it in as soon as they'd gone. Why have dogs to treat them like that! Guess what, it died on pneumonia :'(
Not her fault of course, she said it was something it was born with. She had more dogs than people have hot dinners! None of em reigned long >:(
Sounds like one of those stories you see on the news where they have loads of dogs and they are all neglected. End up being prosecuted, fined and banned from keeping pets. Personally think they should be tied up outside in January wearing just a pair of pants.
adorable :)
Baggy. Bella is also trained to "be quick" also "last wewee's".
She cannot stand the rain (far to girlie for that) so at night we tell her "last wewee's" throw her outside and shout "be quick" she squats, nothing happends, runs back inside ,upstairs to our bed, then look at us enough to say "go on then you go outside and check"
and they say dogs are stupid
What an absolute little beauty :D
Am very please the snow didn't last long here because Meg(black lab) won't squat in the snow, and who can blame her , she looks at us with those big brown eyes saying "well! would you like to wee in the snow".
Consequently we end up having to clear a little patch of snow so she will go!!Bless! :)
She has also been trained to sit when we are waiting to cross the road to the park - but if the ground is wet she will only hover about 2 inches off the ground - tis very comical to see ;D
Awww Val! She's beautiful!! For goodness sake don't let my kids see her!! Woudn't be able to say no! Am desperate for a dog, have my heart set on a choc lab, but haven't enough time or space at min, so trying to be responsbile, but when you show pics like that, is hard to resist!!
Lottie
Delilah, Elsa runs round the garden when it is frosty(no snow yet) then gets as far as she can under the conifers where there is no frost . She then decides to squat!!!
Oh Val - what an absolute cutie, she's adorable :) The best advice I could give is to take her to puppy socialisation classes if you have one near to you. Our vet hospital has puppy parties every now and then, not that I have taken my two - I took them to regular training sessions. Puppy socialisation classes are really good fun. It's lovely to see all the different breeds, large and small all getting to know one another. Would agree with Merlins Mum about giving treats for doing wees, just lots of praise usually does the trick.
Don't forget to keep us up-to-date with her progress - lots of piccies please ;D
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Sounds like one of those stories you see on the news where they have loads of dogs and they are all neglected. End up being prosecuted, fined and banned from keeping pets. Personally think they should be tied up outside in January wearing just a pair of pants.
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Personally RC I wouldn't let them have the luxury of a pair of pants, I'd tie them up starkers!
MM
My friend had a rescue dog called Rusty. Whenever she picked up a broom or the hoover tube he wet himself because he was beaten as a puppy. How sad is that ?
Ours was a rescue dog too, left locked up alone in a room 23hrs a day then rehomed 8 times ( now 12yrs old) , hates being inside now will only come in when dark/raining/snowing so have had to buy a dog kennel/run and fill it with hay,he sits in there happy as larry... like a huge rabbit .. has the run of the back garden (hence need an allotment) then will come into house when he has decided he has had enough, then 6.30am on the dot whines to be let out again ..strange
Lorna's little rescue dog Peppy a cross yorkshire terrier was neglected. The woman had six taken away from her. Lorna has him trimmed every few months and he looks a completely dog. Loves Lorna (and Josh to bits)
Peppy on my sofa.
He was rehomed 8 times as he trashed furniture when he was left alone ( whole 3 piece suites shredded, carpets pulled up , door scratched/chewed etc) eventually ended up with RSPCA who would only rehome him to household where someone was with him, then someone suggested perhaps he was just too tramatised by the neglect and to let him go where he wanted to go .....which he does and he's fine ..
Awww Lorna! He's lovely!! I want a dog!!!! :'(
Twofishes - what a nice ending.
Yeaah, I kow you're right, I've resisted for years!! Can just imagine it is all, but I know the reality would be very different, one day though!! I'd love to get a rescue dog I had a lovely rescue cat, called George, blind as a bat......loved him to bits. Now have Bobby who just comes in vomits and leaves...... ::)
Yes, Dogs are absolutely adorable, we had an old english sheepdog, mad as a hatter, would lick you to death, but then his bad side came out. Really good at yacking up, then scoffing it again, and wait until he farted ...
Derekthefox ;D
My cat erm does that, then wanders away as if has no idea where that hideous noxious smell came from.... ::)
My dogs a bit like your creepy relative. He's rescue too and a bit of an enigma. Just doesn't really do emotions and very hard to fathom.
He does shout at you sometimes (http://forums.mg-rover.org/images/smilies/eyes.gif)
:D :D :D :D :D
BRUNO
This is Bruno, 12 week old Black Lab. owned by our niece but I share his 'walkies'  he is a darling.....
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/lowrieT/IMG_1047.jpg)
I would like my own dog but live on a main road and until we get gates up, too risky.
Oh Carol. He is sooooooooooo beauitiful. Although I love Elsa I adore labs. Both mine were golden labs.
What a cutie Carol - I want a cuddle :-* :)
LOL Wards!! And Carol, he's gorgeous....stilll want one.. ;D
It looks like you're completely smitten Lottie ... :)
Derekthefox :D
going to try to post another pic...I've lost 2lb in weight...mind you I needed to..the biscuits I'm using are the puppy training bits, tiny little things, they can also be used as a food. When she goes out properley next week, they won't be used so much, she'll follow our other dog , but at the moment they've been useful for getting her to return to us, along with the cuddle and praise. We've never had a puppy before , we've always got our dog from repreive.anyway here goes.House work has gone out the window for a while so everything is rumpled and crumpled. ;DÂ Â oops much too big again..I'll have to try another way.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/Val4/8ca425c3.jpg)
I'll have to learn a bit more about taking good pics, also posting them on here...its taking me ages.
Help please, the puppy seems to be very jealous of our other dog,you'd think it would be the other way round, any ideas how to curb this? They both get lots of love and attention but any given to the older dog is met with growls and yaps by the puppy.