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by emmabeth
Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:31 pm
Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
Topic: Science diet
Replies: 54
Views: 30292

If natures menu or burns or JWB arent available over in Aus, then if you are going down the home made route, why n ot just feed BARF..... still preparing yoru own meals but no cooking needed.
by emmabeth
Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:23 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Dog(T.V. show ) whisperer
Replies: 6
Views: 5281

Some of what he says makes sense.

A lot of what he says is wrong (dominance, wolf behaviour theory type stuff).

A lot of what he does is dangerous and some of it is in my opinion abusive.

Em
by emmabeth
Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:13 am
Forum: Training Tools
Topic: bought my clicker
Replies: 15
Views: 11198

Start off with a simple behaviour first. You can do this two ways, you can lure the behaviour, or you can free shape it. Luring is when you set it up so that the behaviour is pretty much guaranteed to happen, so the above poster mentioned putting cream cheese on the end of a target stick to teach th...
by emmabeth
Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:50 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Basset hound - Messing everytime we leave her!
Replies: 7
Views: 4577

Re: Basset hound - Messing everytime we leave her!

hi Guys, I'd really appreciate your advice here..... My limited experiece tells me that it could be either 1) anxiety at being left alone or 2) the levels of hierarchy are blurred and she she thinks she is / trying to get to the top by doing something she knows is wrong. It is not going to be 2). H...