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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
Hands Off when your dog jumps up
Patricia McConnell has these words of advice about dogs jumping up:
"Avoid doing what comes naturally, which is pushing dogs away with your hands. Dogs respond to this as if you were playing, and leap back with even more enthusiasm. It's so very common for people to say "down" when dogs jump up on them. But think about is: down isn't the problem, it's jumping up in the first place! All dogs are going to go down eventually! Besides, aren't you teaching your dog to lie down to "down?" Using the word to mean two different things -lie down and don't jump up - is just another way to confuse your dog."
"Avoid doing what comes naturally, which is pushing dogs away with your hands. Dogs respond to this as if you were playing, and leap back with even more enthusiasm. It's so very common for people to say "down" when dogs jump up on them. But think about is: down isn't the problem, it's jumping up in the first place! All dogs are going to go down eventually! Besides, aren't you teaching your dog to lie down to "down?" Using the word to mean two different things -lie down and don't jump up - is just another way to confuse your dog."
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
The Tea Bag as a first aid tool
Approximately a month ago, at a time when all were plagued
by flies and horseflies, Boss, one of our horses started showing signs of an
infection of sorts in one of his eyes. It looked sore and was an obvious source
of irritation to him. It just so happened that the horse dentist called over
during that time and recommended I put a used, wet (obviously cold) tea bag on
his eye. So without any hesitation I made myself a cuppa and started the tea
bag treatment. After 3 applications, voila Boss’s eye showed a great
improvement.
You may well ask why I am sharing this with you as this page
is all about dogs. The answer is quite obvious, when you have a terrier, that
is. Smudge, one of our two terriers just love hunting around in the hedgerows and
quite often come home with thorns in her ears and yes, you guessed it, runny
and sore eyes. Two days ago the little
princess promptly appeared with extremely sore eyes, more so than usual. So out
came the teabags and again, voila, the treatment worked.
I am not suggesting that you ignore what you feel might be
worth a trip to the vet and I will never suggest substituting veterinary treatment
for layman advice. Should you however find yourself in a situation that the
teabag treatment might help until such time as you can get to the vet, why not
give it a go.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Should you be the Alpha Dog?
If this is a topic that is of interest to you this might be a video worth purchasing Alpha dog
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