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Amichien Bonding & Jan Fennell

Is anyone familiar with Jan Fennell and Amichien Bonding? I have an opportunity to go to a seminar about this type of interaction with dogs but am not sure if it's really going to be worthwhile. I'm getting good results with clicker training although still have a few things to work on :-)

Alternative rewards for clicker training

Hi, My dog has been diagnosed with EPI in the last six months. For those that don't know it's a pancreatic enzyme deficiency which is controlled by introducing the enzyme in powder form over the dogs food. Since starting this treament my dog has re-gained his original weight, coat and disposition. My problem now is that every scrap of food I give to him has to have this powder on it or his body cannot digest it and we end up with stomach problems. Consequently I haven't fed him any treats since diagnosis because it just upsets his stomach.

snappy puppies

Hi there, (great site!), I have two cattle dog puppies, both about 15 weeks old...we live on acreage and my partner and I work during the day so they just play with eachother all day. I have taken them to an off-leash dog park twice now, and on Monday they went pretty alright, but today I left almost in tears. The 2 of them were a bit snappy at the other dogs....they didn't bite anyone, but they seemed a bit aggressive...however i'm not great at determining the difference between dog play and aggressiveness.

weird responses

Hi,
I've been working really hard training my 2 yr old kelpie dog. She is a reactive type dog who I socialized too much when she was a pup. I put her in situations she wasn't ready for. Anyway she is coming along well but she continues to confound me. She tires of any treat or toy very quickly even if it is kept away and "special".

Building Confidence

I recently adopted a 2.5 yr old female bullmastiff. She is a great dog- house broken, create trained, solid on all basic obedience commands and very affectionate with her new family. Unfortunately, she is rather skittish in new situations and around new people - not exactly the fearless confidence the breed is supposed to project. She will often urinate if approached too quickly by a man (she's more comfortable with women) and will stop dead in her tracks if spooked by a shopping cart or other loud moving objects.

problem with off-leash dogs

hi,
i've been working awhile with filou to help him become more calm around strangers and dogs using mainly desensitization and redirection, as well as nilif at home and continuing general obedience. he has made great progress on walks as long as the people are quiet and the dogs are well-controlled. we walk in a public area(woodland path) where dogs technically should be leashed.

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Afraid of the nail cutter

Hi Aidan,

Seems like I always turn to you whenever I run into a stumble block with my dogs :-) Becky and Ben are both spayed and neutered now, smooth process for both. Becky no longer goes after children since we had a "little helper", a fearless 4-year-old who visited often and got Becky used to being around small people.

Change in Behaviour - ? Dominance

Hi, I have a beautiful 8 month old Airedale who has had a change in temperament. She has started chewing window sills, garden hoses and me! And anything else she can get her paws on. When she is doing this she starts to growl. I can distract her with a toy for a while and then she will come back to chew on me. She is walked daily, and during the week spends most of her time between 9 - 5 by herself or with the cat. Weekends she tends to come most places with me and behaves wonderfully. Not sure what I have done wrong?? Any ideas gratefully received.

Thanks

Helen

Barking at hot air balloons

I have a nine year old Rhodesian Ridgeback who likes to bark at hot air balloons. My house is directly under the flight path and he can hear them coming from miles away and can watch them almost down to the ground when they land because we are at the top of the hill. They usually go over between 6.00 and 7.30am and he barks continuously while they go over. Sometimes there can be 3 or 4 go over in a morning. My neighbours are good about it, but tolerance has its limits. It is especially bad on the weekend when everyone is wanting to sleep in.

bringing 2 dogs together

I have a 9year old male chihuahua x , I have also got a 9week chihuahau x female, the male [chucky] dosn't like the female [misty] he growls at her whenever she cames near him. He is aright with her if I am sitting next to him, but if I move he growls & snaps at her. Can you help.

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