Am I supposed to start my new puppy's training right from the start?!?

[*Lassie*]

I'm beginning to wonder why any of us bothers
They want a quick fix to a problem then spit their dummy out when they get advice or told that the source that they got the pup from was dodgy
How Kiz and Val puts up with it is beyond me

[SuzAndTheDiva]

Actually I feel kind of sorry for this person - Terry that was a bit out of line, is a way to say things and that wasnt it. Not everybody knows dogs like we do, and maybe they did get a good dog by luck, but lets not shoot them down in flames just because they didnt know something

Yes ok they could of done more research - couldnt we all, I would of been just the same if id bought a pedigree dog before becoming a member of this board.

And Val wasnt being pedantic - for christ sakes we all make spelling mistakes, believe me she has enough on her plate without spell checking every post she puts up.

And now im cross really cross.

[Kerry_and_Beau]

i agree with suz, alot of us have been here, its a steep learning curve for alot of us and sometimes we just need to take it slow and be patient, i know when i first came on and was bluntly told how it was i wanted to just bury my head in the sand and not come back (easy option).....but i didn't i came back and very gradually started to learn and i have learned alot and i want to encourage others to learn too i just don't know enough yet 

anyway i could quite easily have taken the first few posts as a personal attack, but i didn't and quickly learned that bev & val & everyone that has been here for a long time, they go over the same things again and again and again and in fact they are very patient! i think the rest of us should be too 

[Relay]

To be honest some things never come accross very well on the internet because of the lack of visual communication - sometimes it's easy for people to sound like they are being sarcastic when they genuinely are not.

Maybe it was just an information everload - i certainly don't think we can be fairly compared to a dictatorship, from my understanding people were just helping crafty make informed decisions in his dog's wellbeing re diet etc.

Having said that i am mortally offended at the prospect of being considered a snob. I couldn't be more of a slaggy commoner if i tried. LOL 

[Izzie]

To be honest some things never come accross very well on the internet because of the lack of visual communication - sometimes it's easy for people to sound like they are being sarcastic when they genuinely are not.

Maybe it was just an information everload - i certainly don't think we can be fairly compared to a dictatorship, from my understanding people were just helping crafty make informed decisions in his dog's wellbeing re diet etc.

Having said that i am mortally offended at the prospect of being considered a snob. I couldn't be more of a slaggy commoner if i tried. LOL 

I agree, none of my posts were aimed to be in any sense of dictating, I was mearly pointing out that there is a wealth of info on this board for Crafty to go and read up about. 

The whole point of the board imo is to go and research on here what you are looking for, then research on other sites -then make your own mind up. 

I did it when I considered changing the girls over from dried to natural, and am doing it for the vaccines. 

Besides, I cannot be a snob- I live in Essex! 

[kizkiznobite]

ok - am back after the journey from hell...not eaten all day and dogs need sorting - gpt 700 emails and 20 pm.s ....had a quick flick through the training section...as i would... and this on top of the list..

lord knows what happened here  but a well bred gunner lab puppy is just too good to loose off the board in my book ....so crafty if you reading this please come back and i will set you up ready for your gunner training when pup is old enough..please do come back ..as mark said the written word is sometimes hard to emote...but i would love to help 

ps welcome - hopefully welcome back - but regardless ...hope pup brings you much joy 

[Kerry_and_Beau]

To be honest some things never come accross very well on the internet because of the lack of visual communication - sometimes it's easy for people to sound like they are being sarcastic when they genuinely are not.

Maybe it was just an information everload - i certainly don't think we can be fairly compared to a dictatorship, from my understanding people were just helping crafty make informed decisions in his dog's wellbeing re diet etc.

Having said that i am mortally offended at the prospect of being considered a snob. I couldn't be more of a slaggy commoner if i tried. LOL 

i totally agree with this too mark, except the slaggy commoner part    i'm just a drunken brash northerner 

[rooooooooby]

please come back - i, for one thought you were doing good with getting your training started and looking into everything for puppy

claire x

[wags]

i totally agree with this too mark, except the slaggy commoner part    i'm just a drunken brash northerner 

oh god if thats you - then what the hell am i

[Kerry_and_Beau]

i totally agree with this too mark, except the slaggy commoner part    i'm just a drunken brash northerner 

oh god if thats you - then what the hell am i

 

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I read this last week and nearly replied, but as haven't been around much - didn't have time to see the other posts, so didn't want to misjudge the situation.  But TBH I thought he seemed rather jumped on him for no reason..  Loki cost a similar amount  and I did research getting him, but some of it was luck...  am glad he came back - not least cos then I can see more lab pics