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  • in reply to: letting off the lead #91230
    kizkiznobite
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    of course – just tried to but you have everything hidden – email me at kizkiznobite@aol.com and i will return it

    in reply to: letting off the lead #91228
    kizkiznobite
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    please please remember – the clicker is not a cue – it is a marker- what u click for is what you get and if you mis- click you MUST still reward. ggod luck.  i recently posted in badsey’s posts about the 3 ways a clicker can be used – i also have a clicker jargon dictionery i put together sometime ago that i can email out if anyone wants a copy

    in reply to: not kennel club registered #65520
    kizkiznobite
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    ….and please – tell your friend to get the puppy insured, better to be safe than sorry.

    in reply to: not kennel club registered #65518
    kizkiznobite
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    are there any kennel club details – ie affix + name for the parents – it is up to the breeder to register a litter and then transfer ownership – if you have the affix and name of each then val can prob check if the parents are legit.

    in reply to: not kennel club registered #65516
    kizkiznobite
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    oops – sorry but this sounds like a puppy farm type breeder to me.  a condensed version:-
    a pedigree is just a a piece of paper with names on it and can easily be made up – rover out of trix of smith st with fred of brown street etc.   a registered dog is something else – both parents and grandparents and so on and so back are registered with the kennel club – all have id numbers – the litter is registered each pup having the breeders affix plus the individual pups kennel name this is on record data base so if that pup is bred that too can carry on the sequence ie anbrook (breeders affix)
    glenmorangie (1 pup from a litter that all had scottish kennel names) the pup is then transfered to the new owner .

    i hope your friend did not pay full price and i hope the wee pup is ok and does well but it is highly unlikely that any health checks were done on the dam and sire and they may well be a mating of brother and sister, or mother may have had more litters than allowed by the KC for example  or the breeder may have lost the licence to breed and register. in any event it sounds as if the breeder is doing it for the money – sadly this goes on and while folk keep buying from these types then they will keep breeding poorly bred pups with bad genes.

    in reply to: letting off the lead #91225
    kizkiznobite
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    do you use a clicker ? ie is she charged to a clicker – if not then just the whistle unless you want to start clicker training which is  a whole new thing???

    in reply to: letting off the lead #91223
    kizkiznobite
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    noooooo not yet ;D reward each behaviour has it happens  – thats the advantage of a clicker cos you can click for the decision and then wait for the dog to be back before you reward. you must get it in stages – don’t do so fast – get it on one cue before transfereing to another cue – if the whistle is to be first then start with the whistle – in the house, garden, neighbours etc. many pet stores sell them – dont buy a silent whistle – they the silver things – get a 2 10 1/2 or 2 11 1/2 black gundog/falkoners whistle – if you have a problem getting one i can post you one x

    in reply to: letting off the lead #91221
    kizkiznobite
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    hi – ok, what has happened is that you have missed that vital time of getting the recall classically conditioned – this is the learning time that stays with the dog for life and if fluently trained – the dog has no choice – like you breaking out in goosebumps if a fork is scratched down a plate.  what you have now is operant learning – the dog has learned that choices can be made so what you have to do is condition (train) the dog that the best choice is to come back – the success will depend on how much success the dog has had being off in terms of ‘a good time’ ie having more rewarding fun than being with you – this is called an extiction burst.

    you need to go back to basics – in the house – with treats (and clicker if you use one) sit on the floor to begin with and do loads of recalls – rewarding everytime – when fluent and reliable – extend it to the garden – this is called upping the criteria – then take it off your ground to somehwere small and totally enclosed – a neighbours garden for example then test it on the free running walk – never ever risk a criteria jump unless you got it fluent and reliable in the last place – if it breaks down back up a level.  i would also get it on a visual cue and a whistle cue – 3 blasts of a 2 10 1/2 whistle is the norm.  get the above then going back to criteria 1 – in the house – whistle then normal cue after very fast – it is always new cue old cue when adding a cue for established behaviour.

    work as silently as you can – don’t over fuss – and when you go up the criterias increase the treat values – so for me it is cheese in the house, sausage in the garden and livercake or chicken when free running.

    hope this makes sense  ;D

    in reply to: Labradoodle, Schnoodle, Cockapoo, Spoodle, Yorkiepoo #65130
    kizkiznobite
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    talking of crosses, i met a beardie x black lab today – dad was the lab, he had a lab back end and a beardie front end, nice boy very friendly he is 13 – the mum got to the next doors lab via a dog flap would you believe and she had 8 pups.

    in reply to: Labradoodle, Schnoodle, Cockapoo, Spoodle, Yorkiepoo #65127
    kizkiznobite
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    hi – mastiff type dogs were used as war dogs by the romans – they were all kitted up in armour with neck and leg spikes – cued to the horses too and a well trained one was said to be worth it’s weight in gold – famous line from Julius Caesar…. ‘cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war’ , many believe that the large breeds we have now are a result of the roman dogs being crossed with local breeds throughout the world during their time of invasion.

    in reply to: Pit Bull Attack #65500
    kizkiznobite
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    ooooo emma i am green with envy  – i want a happy xmas from the clumseys to look like that!!!

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