ITS A GIRL SHE IS A GOLDEN LAB/LAB AND SHE IS ALMOST RED!!!!!
ONLY TROUBLE IS SHE PULLS BADLY, SHE IS A FLUNK OUT OF SERVICE DOG SCHOOL. SHE FLUNKED FOR SUGAR DIABETES SHE JUST DOESNT HAVE THE NOSE FOR IT BUT WHILE IN SCHOOL SHE PICKED UP ON SIGN LANGUAGE AND SHE IS FOR THE DEAF NOW BUT HOW TO STOP THIS HABIT I DONT KNOW???? ANYBODY???
SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS A YOUNG DOG THAT NEEDS A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND TIME TO BURN UP SOME EXCESS ENERGY. NOT SURE HOW WELL THEY WORK BUT THERE ARE COLLARS THAT YOU CAN GET THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP THEM FROM PULLING TOO HARD.
THE BEST WAY MAY BE A CHOKE COLLAR,
BASICALY A CHAIN COLLAR, DOGS WON'T HURT THEMSELVES ON IT TOO BAD
AS LONG AS YOUR ON THE LEASH WITH THEM.
MY FRIEND WHO USED TO BE A DOG SHOW JUDGE FOR 20 YRS,
TAUGHT ME HOW TO TRAIN MY DOBERMANS,
THE 1ST 1 I GOT FROM HIM, HE HAS HAD 1 OF THE TOP AKC DOBERMAN BLOODLINES IN THE COUNTRY YRS AGO.
HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT ANYMORE, JUST BECAUSE HE'S DEAD.
DUMB RULES., I DON'T WHY HE HAD TO DIE, I LIKED THE GUY.
U CAN WALK WITH HER SLOWLY KEEP HER RIGHT AT YOUR SIDE,
IF SHE STARTS TO GO AHEAD OF YOU STOP WALKING
PULL HER BACK TO YOU, DON'T MOVE UNTIL SHE SITS PATIENTLY,
THEN WALK SLOW WITH HER
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SHE MAY GO AFTER OR PULL FROM YOU , GRAB LEASH & HOLD HER FIRMLY BY YOUR SIDE.
WHEN SHE LEARNS HER MANNERS YOU CAN SWITCH HER TO A SOFTER COLLAR.
I'D SAY CONGRATS BUT NOT SURE IF I SHOULD YET , THEY GAVE YOU AN UNTRAINED DOG BASICALY.
sHE IS FIVE YEARS OLD AND VERY SMART YES SHE IS TRAINED WHEN MY FRIEND HAD HER IN SCHOOL FOR THE SUGAR BUT MY DOG JUST DIDNT HAVE THE NOSE FOR THAT BUT SHE DOES DO WORK FOR DEAF AND SO FAR REAL GOOD. SHE IS TOTALLY OBEDIANT TRAINED BUT I HAVE TO GET HER TO STOP PULLING AS MY FRIEND WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIR SO SHE TRIES TO PULL ME ALSO AND SHE IS WAY STRONG FOR ME.
SHE CAME WITH A STRANGE LOOKING COLLAR AS THIS WOMAN TRIED TO STOP HER WITH SCHOOLS HELP IT LOOKS LIKE A CHOCKER BUT HAS PRONGS IN IT LOOKSS MID EVIL TO ME I PUT IT ON MY ARM AND JERRKED IT KINDA PINCHES BUT SHE STRAIGHTENS UP REAL FAST WHEN I USE THIS BUT IT LOOKS HORRIBLE AND CANT GO OUT IN PUBLICC WITH IT . IT IS A TRAING DEVISE.
MOST STORES CARRY A CHAIN CHOKER WITHOUT THE SPIKES,(EVEN GROCERY STORES HAVE THEM.)
MUCH MORE HUMANE THAN THING U GOT WITH HER .
THROW THAT THING AWAY . THAT IS CRUEL.
THE PRONGS R ON THE INSIDE? I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EXCEPT ON TV OR MOVIES FOR TORTORE
I'VE BEEN THINKIN BOUT WHAT I SAID 'UNTRAINED',,, I SHOULD'VE SAID PARTIALY TRAINED, AT LEAST FROM THE 1ST DESCRIPTION U SAID.
AFTER UR LAST POST IT SOUNDS MUCH BETTER THOUGH.
NOT TOO BAD.
A REGULAR CHOKER COLLAR WILL HELP EASE THE PULLING PROBLEM.
NOT THE SADISTIC 1 THEY GAVE U.
COWBOY AFTER READING THIS I PUT THAT ON MY ARM. SHE HAS A REAL BIG NECK. LOOK ON MY TIMELINE ON FB YOU WILL SEE HER SHE IS ALMOST 100 POUNDS. I WAS SCARED OF THIS AWLFUL LOOKING THING ALSO BUT I THOUGHT SHE IS USED TO IT AND WHEN SHE SEE IT SHE IS HAPPY AND READY TO GO. BUT I READ THIS AND IT MADE ME WORRY ABOUT HER SO I PUT IT ON MY ARM AND PULLED HARD AND I MEAN HARD. DIDNT GIVE SISY PULLS I JERKED IT. ALL IT DID FOR THE MOST PART WAS A PINCH I DIDNT GET A MARK OR NOTHING. BELIEVE ME LOOKS WORSE THAN IT FEELS.
I'M HERE, JUST HAVE LITTLE TO SAY THESE DAYS. TRYING TO GET READY FOR ANOTHER MOVE. WE FINALLY HAVE A PLACE OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE OUR LITTLE MAN CAN RUN AND PLAY WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS PICKING ON HIM. JUST HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM SO HE DOESN'T GET IN WITH THE STALLIONS.
DEB GLAD YOU ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO MOVE TO A BETTER PLACE AND NEVER DEALT WITH GUIDE DOGS SO NOT SURE HOW WELL THEY ARE TO ACT. THE FUNNY THING IS MY CAT REACTS TO SOME OF MY HEALTH ISSUES BEFORE I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. ODD
I KNOW OF A LOT OF CATS THAT ARE SELF TAUGHT ASSISTANT PETS. SINCE I FOUND OUT THAT MY DOG WAS WAKING ME UP BECAUSE I HAVE SLEEP APNEA AND WAS NOT BREATHING, IT HAS MADE ME WONDER IF THAT IS WHY THE CAT I HAD BEFORE WAS ALL THE TIME WAKING ME UP AT NIGHT. SHE NEVER LET ME SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST WANTING TO PLAY, BUT WHO KNOWS.
SERVICE DOGS NICK ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP WHEN YOU GO OUT IN PUBLIC. SHE ALSO IS AN ANXIETY DOG AS I HAVE ALOT OF THAT LATELY. THEY HAVE TO BEHAVE REAL WELL AND WHEN OUT TO EAT THEY MUST GO UNDER THE TABLE AND NO ONE SHLD EVER KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ONE WITH YOU.
DEB HE GOING TO BE PLAYING WITH THE HORSES!!! CAN I MOVE WITH YA????
BASICALY A CHAIN COLLAR, DOGS WON'T HURT THEMSELVES ON IT TOO BAD
AS LONG AS YOUR ON THE LEASH WITH THEM.
MY FRIEND WHO USED TO BE A DOG SHOW JUDGE FOR 20 YRS,
TAUGHT ME HOW TO TRAIN MY DOBERMANS,
THE 1ST 1 I GOT FROM HIM, HE HAS HAD 1 OF THE TOP AKC DOBERMAN BLOODLINES IN THE COUNTRY YRS AGO.
HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT ANYMORE, JUST BECAUSE HE'S DEAD.
DUMB RULES., I DON'T WHY HE HAD TO DIE, I LIKED THE GUY.
U CAN WALK WITH HER SLOWLY KEEP HER RIGHT AT YOUR SIDE,
IF SHE STARTS TO GO AHEAD OF YOU STOP WALKING
PULL HER BACK TO YOU, DON'T MOVE UNTIL SHE SITS PATIENTLY,
THEN WALK SLOW WITH HER
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SHE MAY GO AFTER OR PULL FROM YOU , GRAB LEASH & HOLD HER FIRMLY BY YOUR SIDE.
WHEN SHE LEARNS HER MANNERS YOU CAN SWITCH HER TO A SOFTER COLLAR.
I'D SAY CONGRATS BUT NOT SURE IF I SHOULD YET , THEY GAVE YOU AN UNTRAINED DOG BASICALY.
HE HAD IT ON THE LOWEST SETTING TO STOP THE DOG FROM BARKIN AT HIS NEIGHBOR.
MY DAD TOOK THE COLLAR OFF AFTER 2 TIMES AT THE LOWEST SETTIN AND NEVER PUT IT BACK ON HIM AGAIN.
THAT THING WAS LIKE ELECTRICUTING THE POOR DOG.
IF MY DAD WOULDA PUT IT ON MY BROTHER WHEN ME N ANGEL LIVED A FEW YRS AGO
WE COULDA STAYED THERE N HELPED MOM N DAD PEACEFULLY IN THEIR HOME.
SHE CAME WITH A STRANGE LOOKING COLLAR AS THIS WOMAN TRIED TO STOP HER WITH SCHOOLS HELP IT LOOKS LIKE A CHOCKER BUT HAS PRONGS IN IT LOOKSS MID EVIL TO ME I PUT IT ON MY ARM AND JERRKED IT KINDA PINCHES BUT SHE STRAIGHTENS UP REAL FAST WHEN I USE THIS BUT IT LOOKS HORRIBLE AND CANT GO OUT IN PUBLICC WITH IT . IT IS A TRAING DEVISE.
MOST STORES CARRY A CHAIN CHOKER WITHOUT THE SPIKES,(EVEN GROCERY STORES HAVE THEM.)
MUCH MORE HUMANE THAN THING U GOT WITH HER .
THROW THAT THING AWAY . THAT IS CRUEL.
THE PRONGS R ON THE INSIDE? I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EXCEPT ON TV OR MOVIES FOR TORTORE
I'VE BEEN THINKIN BOUT WHAT I SAID 'UNTRAINED',,, I SHOULD'VE SAID PARTIALY TRAINED, AT LEAST FROM THE 1ST DESCRIPTION U SAID.
AFTER UR LAST POST IT SOUNDS MUCH BETTER THOUGH.
NOT TOO BAD.
A REGULAR CHOKER COLLAR WILL HELP EASE THE PULLING PROBLEM.
NOT THE SADISTIC 1 THEY GAVE U.
NOW THAT U DESCRIBE IT THIS WAY, WE'LL LET U USE IT. LOL
HEY COWBOY WHERE IS EVERYBODY?? ARE THEY AT YOUR HOUSE??
DEB HE GOING TO BE PLAYING WITH THE HORSES!!! CAN I MOVE WITH YA????