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Red Squirrel Sep 2014 10:35pm, 30 Sep 2014 17,000 posts	0 Red Squirrel I'm not too bad. Most of the dogs in the woods know each other and are fine. We're meeting up with 3 people and their dogs each morning and I'm already seeing other regulars. Haven't seen the neighbour's dog but I know he's walked early. Two large Dobermans were doing big sweeping movements in the woods tonight. I wasn't really worried about them as I'd met them previously. They're quite lively but seem fine. However, their young owner was on her 'phone and I was concerned about my dog feeling ganged up on. I think she was too, as when one bounded over to greet he she gave a nasty growl and the poor dog backed off.
Red Squirrel Sep 2014 10:35pm, 30 Sep 2014 17,001 posts	0 Red Squirrel greet her
SarahWoo Oct 2014 9:03am, 1 Oct 2014 6,119 posts	0 SarahWoo I've been encouraged by George's behaviour with other dogs in this last week. He's been 'bounced' from behind on the towpath whilst on the lead by a JRT - neither of us saw or heard it coming. It made him jump but he was perfectly polite and friendly. He was then 'bounced' from behind again whilst on the lead by my uncle's JRT and labrador and again, although he was startled, he had a lovely play with them. Last night we were on the towpath and he was on the lead. Another terrier was approaching, off the lead and its owner clearly had no intention of putting it on a lead (don't think she was even carrying one). Her dog crouched on the ground waiting for George and was quite a way ahead of it's owner. I wasn't going to be able to get round him without making physical contact so I decided to let George off the lead (and I told the other owner what I was doing). George trotted up to him and they did the circle and sniff thing and then played for several minutes, charging up and down the towpath like mad things. George quite happily followed me when I told him too though. I know this is all fairly minor stuff but it's made me feel as though he's not all bad Haven't rung the dog training club lady yet - bit apprehensive about that still.
BaronessBL Oct 2014 9:13am, 1 Oct 2014 4,035 posts	0 BaronessBL That sounds good SW. Lovely that George got to have a good play with the other dog and then came back to you. I had a similar thing yesterday - I had Wanda on the lead but two labs were approaching off the lead and we were on the river path which was also quite narrow so I let Wanda off. I think she was a bit spooked by the fact there were two of them because in the end she waited for me to pass them and then shot past herself back to me with her ears back...the labs weren't really that bothered and there was no unpleasantness though. Hope George's progress continues.
Lazydaisy Oct 2014 2:09pm, 1 Oct 2014 8,728 posts	0 Lazydaisy Good encounters there for George and Wanda - it's all part of them developing confidence and socialising. Sharkie - we will have the odd get-together over the winter (group walks at Westonbirt Arboretum are on the agenda I believe) and an occasional circuit training afternoon, but nothing formal while the shooting season is on. Next Spring I think the plan is to continue with Rally Obedience combined with some gundoggery stuff. Anything that gets Flossie thinking is good.
Helegant Oct 2014 9:34am, 2 Oct 2014 2,413 posts	0 Helegant Yesterday we took delivery of a parcel for Jet. It's a 'slow feeder' and I ordered it a while ago when Jet had two consecutive weigh-ins that were at the top end of his normal range. I thought that if he ate a bit more slowly he might not feel so deprived when we reduced his rations slightly (he can tell!). ebay.co.uk After two meals I can now report that the orange swirly bowl isn't a keeper. I bought the 'small' which turned out to be a mistake because Jet can't get his nose into the gaps. Although he can pick out his food with his tongue, he's found it much more effective to toss the bowl and bounce it across his room untill the kibble has scattered everywhere (including under his crate) and then eat off the floor. As Mr says, it is slowing his eating, but not quite in the way we expected.
BaronessBL Oct 2014 10:04am, 2 Oct 2014 4,040 posts	0 BaronessBL Sorry Helegant but that's very funny! We bought Wanda one of those balls that you put food in and she is supposed to push it around on the floor until all the kibble has come out. We thought it looked tough and durable but as we discovered - it was clearly designed for dogs of lesser jaw strength than a Staffy!
Sharkie Oct 2014 10:41am, 2 Oct 2014 5,825 posts	0 Sharkie We might have expected that of Jet Helegant. Hey - let's have bouncy FUN with this meal! Jess is a wolfer - apart from when there's that satisfying crunch of jaw on bone, or she really has to chew with the likes of a moo tube. We are forever stuffing large red and even larger and stronger black Kongs with her wet food. And then freezing them. A red and a black Kong equal one meal and will last much longer. She still gets a wolf down bowlful several times a week but when she was on kibble I swear she INHALED it.
Sharkie Oct 2014 10:42am, 2 Oct 2014 5,826 posts	0 Sharkie Sarah - not minor at all - great progress!
Helegant Oct 2014 6:59pm, 2 Oct 2014 2,414 posts	0 Helegant Baroness, we've looked at those balls, but all the examples we've seen look as if even Jet would rip them apart in short order, let alone a Staffy! And yes, I laughed too when I realised I'd given Jet a new toy. Tonight we tried again and the bowl landed upside down, which increased his sense of fun.