➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

I demand another photo.

He is sleeping.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

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He is sleeping.

Ruger is too. I wouldn’t let him go outside for the millionth time so he’s pouting.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Oh and that picture is gorgeous. And I agree on Cobra. And Roger. Such handsome doggos on this thread.

*Ruger I’d never name anything Roger, he was a cranky old man that my dad worked for a long time ago.

**Ruger as in the gun manufacturers

 

[Kiki]

Here he was chilling with his horse bone.

 

[Kiki]

*Ruger I’d never name anything Roger, he was a cranky old man that my dad worked for a long time ago.

**Ruger as in the gun manufacturers

Roger is funny!

 

[Conan]

Here he was chilling with his horse bone. View attachment 1688061 View attachment 1688062

Gorgeous. Look at that chest.

 

[Kiki]

Cobra will be 3 any day now.
I just remembered. I need to double check but I think it's on the 13th.
Or maybe the 20th.

He might get a real dog party.
Well maybe just a dog cake.

 

[Kiki]

It's March 6th.
I just checked.
O boy I better figure out how to make a dog cake.

 

[Conan]

It's March 6th.
I just checked.
O boy I better figure out how to make a dog cake.

Give him a nice meaty bone. He'll love that more than a cake.

 

[ShrekDawg]

And I know the no walk thing sounds

Do they have issues teaching their dogs to heel with a harness? I found them pretty problematic, at least with the traditional harness. It kinda just promoted the "sled dog" mentality... PULL!!!!

Sort of. At first I was walking Libby with a martingale collar (I started walking her in May when she was still a puppy, they adopted her last February at 12 weeks) and she was doing well, I guess probably partly cause we started early with the training and it was just her, but then she did get into her teenage rebellious phase and start pulling a bit and I tried to work with her with the martingale still and she was doing pretty good but they did get her a no pull harness and that really seemed to help. I didn’t always use it though mostly cause it took a bit to figure out, it was front clip and a bit loose in the front and I thought sometimes it made it worse or harder to get her moving again when she stopped, so I didn’t always use it and they were okay with that and even said in the neighborhood she probably didn’t really need it but they really loved it when they took her to a city/downtown or someplace like that and it really seemed to help then. So I did kind of alternate between the collar and the harness. Btu then I did start using the using more. Then in October they sent her to a weekend boot camp thing and were told to use a prong so they did and I did very briefly but we decided it honestly made her worse, she pulled more with it oddly, and plus I felt it kind of made me really miserrable and seem a bit shut down when we used it. Not entirely and we never used it harshly or anything and I mean, she wasn’t like scared, but we’re like she responds so well to positive reinforcement and was doing really well with that and the no pull harness and honestly she pulls more with the prong so FSIL decided to go back to the no pull harness and I agreed. That was fine until we noticed that under her legs/armpits were really raw, no fur, and we realized it was the no pull harness. She had way outgrown it but even before that I think it never really quite fit right. And by this point they had Frank, who they adopted in September, and he pulled insane amounts. They initially had a martingale and then a regular back attachment harness for him (and actually Libby had a back attaching harness for a while too until she outgrew it and then it was handed down to Frank when he outgrew his ) but he pulled so much and it was harder to work with him now having two dogs because it’s not fair to make Libby stop all the time (partly how I trained her). Anyway, long story short, I found a couple articles, one about head halters (which I thought they should get for Frank) and another one about the best types of collars, harnesses, etc. and what to use. Anyway, she read it and determined front clip harnesses were best. Apparently collars and back clip harnesses make them pull more. In fact, the article said similar to what you said, if you WANT them to pull, get a back clip harness!! So they got front clip ones. It has been hit or miss. Libby does not pull and walks by my side the majority of the time, she does occasionally try to go ahead a little bit but mostly only at the beginning or if she really has to go to the bathroom, understandable, and honestly I think Frank influences her too LOL but the majority of the walk she is next to me and even when she’s not 100% she is still loose leash and checks in and makes eye contact too (but I worked extensively on that at the beginning). Meanwhile, Frank still pulls liek crazy. Now, he does seem a little bit better and he doesn’t pull quite AS much as he did and stays maybe a little bit closer but I also keep the leash shorter now. And he still pulls hard and has a tight leash like the whole walk. But having the two dogs now and with me usually walking them together, he really hasn’t had as much individual attention and training as Libby had. So I guess maybe it is not fair to compare. But I do not remember Libby pulling super hard like that. But he is also male and intact and I think some of the pulling is to try to get to stuff to mark. I try not to let him but sometimes he is close enough to be able to. Libby wanted to sniff stuff too though so idk. I think maybe he just needs more individual work, maybe separate walks for a while. Or possibly a head halter or no pull or something because he does pull so hard still even with the harness. But it is slightly better I suppose.

Sorry for the novel