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Sigh Jan 2023 6:34am, 8 Jan 2023 18,566 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Well done Chester!
PenW Jan 2023 11:19am, 8 Jan 2023 2,913 posts	Quote Pin PenW Well done Chester! I’d love to use Albie as a therapy dog but don’t think he’s well behaved enough yet 😆 He’d be good for those scared of dogs though as in general he’s calm with people (once he’s got over the initial excitement). Very cute puppy Sigh! (Though I can’t help remembering the sharpness of teeth and claws and being glad that stage is over now) I too did not use puppy pads or newspaper and trained outside from the start. It was hard work but Albie picked it up fairly quickly and he is now well trained (unlike some family dogs who decided my rug was a good place 😬).
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jan 2023 5:02pm, 8 Jan 2023 11,040 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain To be honest I've never paper trained my pups. Found it counter-productive with the family dog. Outside from the off. Harder work and getting up in the night but better results in my experience. Surely it's worth the effort to give the Daily Fail and Torygraph the treatment they so richly deserve? Belle hates being hosed or showered after muddy adventures. but she loves her robe for lounging afterwards. She's worn out today after some significant climbing on today's outing.
LazyDaisy Jan 2023 5:14pm, 8 Jan 2023 37,571 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Love that coat - it's like a child's dressing gown from the 50s or 60s and looks very cosy
swittle Jan 2023 6:30pm, 8 Jan 2023 93,946 posts	Quote Pin swittle Belle looks to have had a 'wash n dry' combing.
CStar Jan 2023 9:39am, 9 Jan 2023 8,482 posts	Quote Pin CStar I have the pair to Gobi's lovely WCS and the same coat, but he only wears it when we are on our way home for a run/walk in the unheated LandRover.
Sigh Jan 2023 9:54am, 9 Jan 2023 18,582 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Here's the whole litter:
BaronessBL Jan 2023 10:07am, 9 Jan 2023 10,088 posts	Quote Pin BaronessBL Such a cute picture. Are there more bowls of food available than there are puppies or have two of them not quite worked out what to do yet?
Roberto Jan 2023 10:20am, 9 Jan 2023 2,316 posts	Quote Pin Roberto Does anyone have any tips on desensitising dogs towards children? Arlo did meet children as a pup but in the summer he was a bit anxious around our niece and barked at her and gave a warning snap. (He is is 3 in may). Since then we have been pretty paranoid and whenever there are children near, he is straight back on lead. If walking on lead and they are near, he now tends to go behind my legs and is clearly not happy but has let some stroke him but lets us know he has had enough fairly quickly. (He was fine sniffing around our nephew who was a baby and not yet crawling etc)
Roberto Jan 2023 10:21am, 9 Jan 2023 2,317 posts	Quote Pin Roberto Or, as an additional question. If you had a dog that was anxious around children and then had your own, did they get used to it and become more accepting naturally as the baby has grown in front of them? (We aren’t having children just yet but it’s in the plans).