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  1. patandchickens

    coupla Qs about dogs and heat

    It's different when it's your own dog vs just other peoples' dogs you're around. So I have two really stupid basic questions: -- how do you know when a dog is beginning to get problematically overheated, as opposed to just "I'm hot now and need to quit playing and lay down somewhere cool for a...
  2. patandchickens

    which hen to cull?

    Opinions? Goal is to produce future poults to grow up for freezer. Have 3 year-old Beltsville Small Whites, reeeaaallly only want to keep/feed two. Choices: #1 -- good looking, has strutted occasionally since removal of tom to freezer camp last month, good and big and meaty-lookin', but lays...
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    hen strutting like a tom?????

    I like turkeys, but they sure do puzzle me a lot I have these three Beltsville Small White hens. I *know* they are all hens because maybe half the days I get three eggs per day out of that pen (it is just them in there, since the tom was removed to freezerville a few weeks ago). This evening...
  4. patandchickens

    Q for dog agility people

    In search of reality-check, or calibration, or whatever you want to call it. In the program that you learned (or teach) in, how long would a person typically take to go from starting taking a foundations type class to starting the dog on contact equipment. Like, how many classes or weeks would...
  5. patandchickens

    Do you think dogs feel pride or sense of accomplishment in a task?

    I do. I mean, over the years I've seen dogs seeming pretty pleased with themselves when they do something right, and all that, but I've had a really interesting experience with Russell that pretty much convinces me. Russell has always been a bit to the submissive-worried side of average, and...
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    why do there have to be so many different dog-training systems? (rant)

    Why do there have to be so expletive-deleted MANY different systems (sets of hand cues, words, approaches of how to get the behavior to start capturing it with cues, etc)? [Really I am just venting not asking (I think I pretty much know the answer -- "b/c it is hard to teach group classes...
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    Q for dog agility people

    I know you're out there, you've popped up before I'd ask this on Actual Dog Forums except that a) I keep getting really, really helpful dog advice *here* and more importantly b) perhaps I am overly paranoid but do not know what if any forums my current instructors are on and I would just...
  8. patandchickens

    dog an*l (butt) gland question

    Sorry for the asterisk but the autocensor here would have changed it to "picky gland" and that's just *silly* Russell's a. glands have gotten clogged up three times now in the past 7 wks or so, to the point of noticeable swelling and he was starting to lick and chew the area a lot. They were...
  9. patandchickens

    so, talk to me about adding a second dog to the household

    Input of whatever sort is welcome from everyone (but I am particularly interested in comments from people who are, like me, kind of overanalytical think-of-everything-that-can-go-wrong-and-what-you'd-do-about-it types) on the logistics of adding a second dog to the household. We've had Russell...
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    anyone do rally-o? (dogs) -- Q about 'call front'

    Oh, obviously I *could* find some actual dog forum somewhere to ask this, but I'm here already and have thus far generally got pretty useful advice here on dog training matters and I *like* youse guys, so I'm gonna ask BYC instead I comprehend "front" in a normal obedience sense, where the dog...
  11. patandchickens

    TTouch for dogs?

    I will preface this by saying I think a *portion* of what Linda Tellington-Jones does is useful, but she loses me somewhere around "necklace of the graceful swan" as well as some of the more recent things. That said, I *do* find some of her TTouch techniques to be real useful for horses and to...
  12. patandchickens

    any general advice for dog agility or rally-O?

    I'm posting this mainly because I'm avoiding housecleaning today LOL but I really would like to know what you think is most important for getting started, or what you wish you had known or done differently, or that kind of thing. Looking more for foundation-skills type advice, not "here is...
  13. patandchickens

    cat-n-dog wrestling pics (Russell and Mo)

    Just because I have some free time and got a few reasonable pics taken this morning, here are some pics of the dog and one of the cats. Russell is an 11 (ish) month old yellow lab we got from a shelter last summer, who is doing great thanks to much advice from BYCers. Mojo (some may remember...
  14. patandchickens

    tell me about your Rat Terriers?

    No particular reason, she said whistling aimlessly, and I am *not* getting another dog til winter is mostly past... but, tell me about your rat terriers, eh? Good points, bad points? Specifically, how likely would it be to find/train one to live nicely with four housecats, and how do they do...
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    opinions on dog sniffing along on casual walks?

    I have been through this question on a dog-training list and I believe they have changed my perspective on the issue (which would be appealing on a practical level anyhow ), but because it just seems so counterintuitive to me (remember I have never owned a dog before) I would be really curious...
  16. patandchickens

    question for *professional electricians* about homemade heaters?

    I'm sort of asking for everyone's benefit Please, I am only asking for *professional electricians'* replies, not just "I rewired my house and nothing bad happened so I feel qualified to answer" or "I have heard or read that <whatever>...". So, if a person is determined to add some electrical...
  17. patandchickens

    "giving thanks" for well trained dog :P

    Russell is only 8.5 months yet but he is very, very food motivated and keeps getting bored and *wanting* to do stuff, so he is fairly well trained for his age. It paid off today big-time. "Good dog" brag alert: I was trying to wrestle stuffing into the turkey about an hour ago -- I'm...
  18. patandchickens

    Qs about exercising dog in cold weather

    More new dog owner questions here, thank you all for your patience (Please note that these are questions for people with experience in actual-winter climates; I am not talking about 'cold weather' in L.A. or Orlando LOL.) (Also, if it matters, the dog in question is a 8.5 month old yellow...
  19. patandchickens

    looking for a particular kind of dog leash

    There MUST be something like this on the market, tell me where to find it? (Maybe to buy, or possibly just to look at and then make one myself LOL) I am looking for something that is like a leash-collar combo, NOT a slip collar but a regular fixed-size buckled-style one. It would probably be a...
  20. patandchickens

    a quick dog behavior/training Q

    I feel dumb asking this, b/c if it were *horses* the answer would be obvious to me, but although I have been "around" dogs a lot, this is the first one of MINE. Just want to check if I did the right thing here: yesterday Russell (8 mo. yellow lab) apparently had some sort of 'brain fart' when...
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