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Nancy B

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  1. You know, this really has been an unusually wet summer. Good news is that the water restrictions that we've had to live with for years are gone, bad news is that it's very tough to find time to mow the darn lawn when it's not raining!
  2. [quote name='Hmmmm.']Everybody is probably going to be upset with me but... PUT HER DOWN. Her being people aggressive will only bring more problems. Training doesnt always correct a people aggressive problem and I dont understand why someone would take that chance with an APBT (or any breed). She can cause sooo much damage if she decides to really bite into someone. If she was showing these signs before she left the "breeders" yard, he, himself, should have culled her.[/quote] Sorry but, generally speaking, I've got to agree with this post. :( A dog arressive dog is one thing but, a people aggressive dog is a whole different kettle of fish. I know of quite a few training centers that will help train and work through dog aggression problems but, I know of no class type settings that will do that with people aggression....the liability is just too high. Individual behaviorists will certainly work with a dog to try to correct the problem but, that's a very iffy thing with a person aggressive dog.
  3. Very nice job....and he sure is a handsome fellow! :)
  4. Just posting to this thread to bump it up so yellowlabs rule can find it! :)
  5. Yes, both of my dogs are clicker trained. A while ago there was a long thread about clicker use in the "everything about dogs" area. I'll see if I can find it and bump it up to the top.
  6. You're welcome! :) always happy to share agility links. Clean Run publishes the only agility magazine (monthly) that exists in the USA. They have tons of info on their website...classes, trials, agiltiy stuff for sale. I think they also have an agility email list. Once you do start agility training you should think about subscribing to the magazine. It really is wonderful and you'll learn a lot no matter what level you're working in.
  7. [quote name='Daisysmom']Does anybody belong to a dog club? How do you join? I'm looking to get the dogs, especially Chelsea involved in agility training and have searched the web, but only found a limited amout of info. If anybody has info on agility in the east coast area ... PA, DE, NJ please let me know.:[/quote] Go to the Clean Run Information Center [url]http://www.cleanrun.com/infocenter.cfm?CFID=295516&CFTOKEN=31683751[/url] They have the most comprehensive list of agility training centers. BTW, since I have Dobes, I really LOVE your animation!!!!
  8. [quote name='Marble']do any of you know where you can get a good leather leash that does not cost a bilion dollars and is not stiff as board here in the US? just curious, the only ones i've seen that looked decent have been online and you can't touch or feel them so i'm cautious about getting one online......my brother has an awesome one for his dobie girl, but he got if from his trainer and has not been able to get one for me yet..........maybe i need to get on his case :)[/quote] I have bought several of these. [url]http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1341&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=733&iSubCat=763&iSubSubCat=772&iProductID=1341[/url] They do seem a bit on the stiff side when you get them but, they're leather. Leather softens with use. Mine are nice and supple now.
  9. [quote=Mary's Mama]I understand the concerns with the flexi lead but as with correction collars it is a useful tool [b]if used properly[/b]. Once again the problem is the irresponsible owner. My main reason for using it, I walk my dogs so they can have fun. I do not expect them to heel the entire walk. I want them to wander around and smell and romp in the grass, be a dog. My other reason is the tension in the lead prevents it from getting under their feet and tangling in their legs. Maybe it is a individual dog thing but it is much easier for me to walk them with the flexi than a regular lead. It is sad those accidents occured but I would have to blame the owner not the product.[/quote] I absolutely agree! I use 26 foot flexis with both my Dobermans in certain circumstances. When we're off on a long walk in the miles long and very untrafficed walking path, I use them. When we're at show or trial grounds where I want to be able to "lunge" the dogs to work some energy off without taking them offlead (not allowed) I use them. When we arrive at agility or obedience class I use a felxi before class to let the dogs potty. (Huge grassy areas, no one near) I never use a flexi if we go for a walk in our neighborhood. I never take a dog into a class or on a therapy dog visit on a flexi. I frequently take my dogs to outdoor malls to practice heeling or just walking nicely with me and never on a flexi. All of theses are times I use a 6 foot leather lead. I like flexis but I do think that many folks just don't think through how to safely and "politely" use them. To me it's common sense not to use them near other people and dogs. If my kids are on a flexi and someone does wind up coming nearby, I simply call them to me and lock the flexi in a short lead unitl they've passed safely on their way. BTW, I have large dogs and have never had difficulty controlling them with a flexi. I don't think it's the size of the dog so much as the training level of the dog.
  10. Nancy B

    Microchipping

    Both of mine are microchipped.
  11. Nancy B

    Dobertoons!

    Thought some of you might enjoy the cartoons on this website. All the dogs are Dobermans but, there are some very funny strips. :D [url]http://www.dobertoons.net/cover.html[/url]
  12. Oops, forgot to put the website for the pop up stopper. :oops: [url]http://www.panicware.com/[/url] This isn't the only type around. If you check a search engine, you can find lots of others.
  13. I think it's time for you to install a pop up stopper!!!! :) I have one and I've never gotten a pop up coming here.
  14. [quote name='K']Blinkin' eck Nancy I spent ages looking for that thread to bump up :-? ...thanks :D[/quote] Took me quite a while to find it too, K! :D
  15. [quote name='Horsefeathers!']Really, Nancy? I have been considering leather furniture because I believed it would be soooo much easier to keep clean, but I was worried about punctures. I do *try* to keep my gang's nails ground back, but I'm not always as diligent as I should be :oops: . The furniture sales lady that I spoke to about the leather told me that it was nearly impervious to nail punctures, but I am sort of a cynic when it comes to sales pitches. In the future, my home will have no carpet, no curtains (blinds and shutters only), and leather (or its cheaper, more easily replaceable equivalent) furniture. [/quote] I've found the leather to be wonderful with the dogs! If they come in with dirty feet and I somehow miss it, I can wipe the leather right off. If they drool or chew a chew toy on the sofa, any gunk wipes right off. I'm sold on the stuff and as long as I have dogs, I'll have leather furniture! :) Toenails weren't a worry for me. I keep my kids nails VERY short. I dunno...maybe they're 1/4" long??? Since I grind the nails rather than cut, I also grind away any "sharp" edges. There's just no way that they could puncture the leather with their nails. There are also different "grades" of leather. If you have dogs, you want a thicker leather, not the fine stuff. Funny thing when I started looking at leather stuff. I was about to buy a sofa and suddenly realized that neither of my kids had ever been on leather. I had a very nice salesman who agreed to let me go home and get a dog to bring into the showroom and "try" a sofa. Of course, I said that although I was sure she wouldn't damage anything, I would be financially responsible for any damage. I went and got Whitney and it was only when I walked back into the store I realized that I'd forgotten to tell the guy she was a Doberman! (I'm usually pretty careful about doing that.) anyway, within a minute she had him totally charmed. And yes, she did like the leather sofa! :D When we're out of the house we frequently restrict that dogs to the kitchen and family room by using a baby gate. Last fall I had the carpet pulled up in the family room and a hardwood floor put down. While it isn't as easy to keep clean and the vinly in the kitchen, it sure looks nice and is much easier than the carpet was. (No matter what I did, the carpet always looked a bit dirty to me!) The family room is where the leather sofa went. We already had a leather recliner (one reason I had the courage to try a leather sofa...they'd never touched the recliner) We have a few other chairs in there that I'm hoping to replace with leather ones in the near future.
  16. [quote name='schippsmom']:Dog_run: OK, who out there clicker trains? Would you be willing to help someone else learn? I've been told by several trainers it's the way to go but I'm having problems finding a GOOD book on where to begin. Any one have any info/advice to give someone new to clicking?[/quote] "Clicker Training For Obedience" by Morgan Spector and read this Dogomania thread [url]http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=5918[/url]
  17. [quote name='schippsmom']:Dog_run: Does anyone clicker train? If so, Where do I start? :confused1:[/quote] Hi! I clicker train and I posted a lot of advise on this thread [url]http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=5918[/url] why don't you take a look at it.
  18. [quote name='StarFox']I guess you learn something new every day. I was looking at some airline web pages (taking a trip in a few weeks). And just out of curiosity I was looking at the policies for pet travel and I found this: Embargo of American Pit Bull Terriers (Pit Bulls, Pit Bull Terriers) Continental Airlines will accept American Pit Bull Terrier puppies which are between 8 weeks and 6 months of age provided they do not weigh more than 20 lbs. All American Pit Bull Terriers more than 6 months old or weighing more than 20lbs. will be refused. This embargo does not apply to American Staffordshire Terriers, Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, or Miniature Bull Terriers. Crossbreeds with American Pit Bull Terriers are also excluded from this embargo. The purpose of this embargo is due to the aggressiveness of the breed and the danger presented to our aircraft and our customers. :x :cry: Seems like a bunch of poo to me! I don't understand it. That is the ONLY dog that is restricted from flying..how awful. :( It just makes me upset. Here is the web page: [url]http://www.continental.com/travel/policies/animals/restrictions.asp?SID=D4378EF4529245C9AAD8A966A0CB1507[/url][/quote] Actually, no...that was not the only breed of dog that was restricted from flying. Dobermans were too and the Doberman Pinscher club of America worked with the AKC and some of the other breeds that American Airlines banned last year. It took quite a bit of time but, American has lifted the ban. I would hope that the dog folks would band together to see if they can reason with continental too. Here's the last DPCA press release on the American Airlines situation. Date: Fri Mar 14, 2003 3:03 pm Subject: AMerican Airlines AMERICAN AIRLINES REVERSES BREED-PROFILING POLICY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE DOBERMAN PINSCHER CLUB OF AMERICA TO: All interested persons FROM: Jeffrey P. Helsdon, Legislative Director March 14, 2003 American Airlines is about to announce that, effective immediately, it is reversing its seven month old policy of profiling certain breeds of dogs from being carried as cargo on American Airlines carriers. The DPCA is the first dog organization, or any other organization, to break this news, which comes from the highest sources within American Airlines. The breed-profiling policy was adopted last August, after an AA flight to New York during which a dog escaped from the cargo hold and chewed through the cargo hold wall. The change in AA policy comes after an initial storm of protest from the pure-bred dog fancy in general, organized in large part through the leadership of the DPCA. Over the past six months, members of the DPCA Legislative Committee have conducted confidential, high level negotiations directly with AA officers charged with the responsibility for implementing the breed profiling policy. At one point, a DPCA Legislative Committee member held discussions with an AA officer in the first class section of an AA 747 traveling across the Pacific to China. As a result of the DPCA’s intensive, high level negotiations, AA has crafted, and is about to implement, a crate securing procedure that will be used on all dog crates flying on AA flights irrespective of breed of dog being shipped, to ensure the safety of passengers and crew flying on AA. Releasable cable ties will be used on all crates flown in cargo. The reversal of the breed profiling ban is effective immediately. Between May and September, the crate securing procedure will be perfected on dogs flown in crates as cargo only. Dogs flown as additional baggage will be subject to the new crate securing procedure beginning in September, giving the procedure an opportunity to be perfected during the summer months. The DPCA is indebted to the efforts of numerous Doberman fanciers throughout the world who called, wrote, and e-mailed AA, which was flooded with mail in opposition to their breed profiling policy. A special thanks, which is well deserved, goes to Ms. Judy Smith, whose singular efforts on behalf of the DPCA to address this wrong are in large measure responsible for the success that we now enjoy. Please disseminate to all lists. Jeffrey P. Helsdon
  19. Gee...I feel like a very lucky woman. Whitney has never destroyed or chewed anything. Even all her stuffies were always in pristine condition...until Mason came along. Mason's idea of playing with stuffies is to see how fast he can disembowl them. Naturally, he doesn't get access to them very often. Aside from that, he's never destroyed or chewed anything while living with me. He did however destroy one thing when he was about 6 months old. I'd left him with Whit's breeder for a week while I was out of town and she told me that he totally chewed up a brand new sandal. I've gotta say that I did "hold my breath" a bit when we replaced the family room sofa last fall with a leather one. Both kids have full access to the family room when we're out and the fist time I left them I said a prayer for the sofa. Neither of them have laid a tooth on it and I've got to say that leather is the way to go if you've got dogs! Cleans up so easily and looks great.
  20. BTW, Mason's feet in the bottom photo aren't an optical illusion. He had huge feet from the time he was a tiny pup. Yes, he grew into them! :)
  21. OK, here are a couple of Mason's baby pics. I think he was about 10 weeks old. That's the "shriner" stage for Doberman pups! :D [img]http://www.whitneyandmason.com/images/Photo%20Album/Baby%20Mason/MasonBabyZzzQ5.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.whitneyandmason.com/images/Photo%20Album/Baby%20Mason/BabyMasonQ5.jpg[/img]
  22. Nancy B

    Leashes

    I can't vote. I like and use both. When we're going to agility or obedience classes, I use a 6 foot leather lead. If I'm walking both dogs at the same time, I use 6 foot leather leads. If I've got one dog out in the grassy area near the training building for a potty break, I use a 26 foot flexi. If we're walking the jogging path, one dog no heeling practice, I use the 26 foot flexi. Which lead I use depends on what I'm planning to do with my dog. My flexi's are about 5 years old and haven't failed me yet. My leather leads do get worn. I do think I'll have to replace one soon. Mason and I play tug using the leads during agility training. this is something that I want, not something that I'm discouraging. It's for drive purposes.....and it's worth having to buy an occasional lead. (Yeah, I do have tug toys but, hey the lead is always right at hand and the toys aren't.)
  23. While I do have some favorite breeds in each of the groups, I like most of the breeds in the working group. I suppose that the training I do has a lot to do with that. Most of the working group dogs are highly trainable and handler focused.
  24. [quote name='bk_blue']I want a Dobe, I want a Dobe, I want a Dobe *stops drooling* :lol: [/quote] :biggrina:
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