My little puppeh is growing up...
 

Yesterday, Carrot purloined and then ate half a picnic pork pie.

My baby's growing up and doing very doggy things :p Pilau would be so proud of him.

:)

Pics?

Pics in the rain?

Ok.

First pic, Carrot about four weeks ago. He's been working on his hypno-stare technique

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Next is from about a week and a half ago. Wet, muddy, tired but happy. Apols for the poor quality of the pic :p

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Geezy pete there should be a law against such cuteness! :)

Couldn't you just bite that nose?

I swear it is made of coconut dusted chocolate.

Incidentally, note the colour of Carrot in that bottom pic. And then note, with a wry smile, the starting colour of the cover he is lying on.

Plastic bottles are to puppies what large cardboard cartons are to kids, and what paper bags are to kittens.

The large plastic Diet Coke bottles are my Lab's favorite.

Heh, heh - same problem in reverse, with my two Siamese cats and my black skirts/jeans. I keep the pet hair/lint roller industry in business!

But Carrot - what a bundle of cuteness. :)

Hahaha....I have to agree. I really want to kiss his nose by looking at the picture. Such adorableness. :D

Fan-girl watches too many reruns with pet, creates fan-dog!

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want!!

I like puppies.

Cute. (the dawg, not the man)

Aww y'know. Forgot to mention but on Fridayhe got attacked. Not hurt, but very frightened.

Mum and I got back from Amelia's exhibition and took Dan and Carrot for a nighttime walk in the village. Suddenly, a staffordshire bull terrier cross (taller and longer legged than usual) or some kind of pitbull, comes barrelling over the road towards us. The owner was walking on the other side talking on his mobile.

I knew from its body language that it was trouble. But as it got to us it seemed to slow and go into greeting mode. Carrot did the submissive puppy greeting and the dog turned on him. Pinned him to the floor and started ragging on him, biting his fur. I tried to get the dog off, probably unwisely risking my arms being bitten. the owner runs over starts trying to get the dog off. Manages to bat her away and I put my arms round carrot and start checking for damage. None as far as i could tell. Then the dog comes back in for another go, gets batted away by the owner again and starts heading towards Dante. Mum puts herself in front of Dan and says a deep 'No!' just as the owner grabs the dog and picks her bodily up.

Not only was the dog not on a lead, but he didn;t even have a lead with him.

he was apologetic and claimed she was usually so gentle. Yeah right. I've seen that dog before. It ran out of its house onto the street as I was passing their house about a year ago. Saw me and started to walk very purposefully towards me, but didnt get to me because the owner came running, white-faced, out the house and scurried her back in.

I know doggy body language. That dog was coming in for trouble on both occasions.

Carrot was fine. No harm done that I could find.

But as I say, I know doggy body language. Carrot was saved by the fact that he is a young enough pup not to have even contemplated fighting back. he did what any sensible puppy would do in that situation, he made himself as flat and small as possible. Had he been a little older and made any attempt to fight his ground I am 100 % convinced that she'd have ripped him to pieces.

If she'd got to Dan, and he had attempted to fight back despite his advanced years, I don't doubt it would have been horrific.

*Shakes head*

Sorry to read this. I wish people had to qualify for dog ownership.

To not even have a lead with him in case it was needed as well. Just baffles me.

Actually, I remember having a few arguments with J about walking Pilau without a lead. Good as he was for J, he was an unstable dog outside. I very much doubt he'd ever have done anybody any serious damage, but a nip? oh hell yes. Not to mention endangering the dog if it's attention is suddenly taken by a cat or another dog on the opposite side of the road.

I dunno. I think it's a bit of a bloke thing. Walking their dog off the lead. Hunter and beast as nature intended blah blah blah. With the supreme illusion of masterly control.

J got the message eventually, when he had to restrain Pil by his collar one time because he really wanted to get at someone he'd formed a serious dislike of (a neighbour of mine he always hated for some unknown reason - he's a lovely man, i swear i have no idea what Pil was sensing) :p

Actually, to be fair I also used to let him off the lead in places where I thought he'd be ok, but was surprised from time to time by the presence of others. Took a few years of trying to resolve the issue before I gave in and started muzzling him whenever off the lead. Hated to do it, but not as much as I'd have hated the authorities confiscating him as a dangerous dog because he did such an excellent and frothing Cujo impression when cornered.

I've never understood the "walk-dog-off-the-lead-by-a-roadside" thing. You're not proving your dog's well trained, IMNSHO, you're just proving you're a dick. Well-trained dog who is loved by non-dick owner is walked on a lead which hangs slack between the two of them indicating "well-trained", "loved" and "non-dick" in equal measure.

I'm as much a dog-person as anyone can be. I love and want to protect my dog.
BUT A DOG IS A DOG IS A DOG... nothing more.

There are some web sites that speak to issues of dog parks, dog fights, etc.
One point I firmly believe, you don't stick your hands or face or feet
into the middle of a dog fight... and forget about grabbing collars.
Even your own dog can twist in it's collar and bite in the heat of a battle.

As I recall the "only if absolutely necessary" tactic (e.g., a dog attacking a child)
is to drag the biting dog away by it's two hind legs.
Keeping both hind legs in the air comes closest to immobilizing
the dog(s) until you can gain control of the situation.

Yeah. I actually know that. But in the heat of the moment with my puppeh squealing in terror I reacted somewhat foolishly.

I know what you mean... on one occasion at a dog park, I did not follow my own advice. :rolleyes:

*grins*

To be honest it's not the first time I've broken my own rule.

I've also faced off a dog, which one absolutely shouldn't do. But he was heading straight for a second go at my rickety, swaying old Pilau dog and I just wasn't fucking having it. Not again. Must have got something into my tone when i told him to stop because he did.

Y'know, Carrot's doing so wel in his training. He's such a biddable little chap (except for grooming. He's a little bastard as soo as the brush appears)

We've been working on the 'wait' command. Initially I was trying to get him to sit and stay in one place, as I back away a few steps and call him to me. That didn't go so well. I think I tried it when he was a touch too young. So, I decided to contextualise things a little first.

At the pavements edge whilst walking I stop and tell him to sit and then wait. I stand for a few moments then we cross. Initially I had to tell him to sit and sometimes push his bum down to the ground. Now I rarely have to give the command, I just stop and flick the lead and he sits. I still sometimes then give the wait command, just to reinforce, but sometimes I say nothing. Just flick the lead to sit, wait a few moments then flick the lead again as I set off.

The other contextualised 'wait' is with biscuits. Get him to sit, and then as he watches I put a mini biscuitbone on the floor in front of him, as I do so I have one hand hovering in front of him to stop him darting forwads, and give the wait command as I am doing it. I repeat the wait command a couple of times as i gradually draw my hand away. Leave it a few seconds then give say 'ok' and he pounces on his biccy.

Initially this was quite difficult for him. Several times he darted down for the biccy before I culd stop him. But we persevered.

His record of not going for the biccy until the command is given is around 7 or 8 seconds. Doesn't sound much I know, but that's a hell of a lot of restraint for a not quite six month pup.

Sounds like you're doing well with Carrot. He'll have you trained in no time at all!

Awesome. I have a Timedog.