Rusty and Chloe are finally home – Progress Week 5

What another amazing week and so much has happened in this last week. I recently signed up to a pet forum (Petforums.co.uk) to hopefully get some advise and help with some of the issues we were experiencing.
As I previously mentioned Rusty and Chloe have some socializing issues and a few other smaller things. We take [...]

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What a wonderful week we’ve had. Dogs are super happy and everyone is starting to settle in to the new idea of a family of four. Can’t believe how far we have come over the last few weeks.  The dogs are in a routine and they are regular with everything they do. We have long [...]

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It is absolutely amazing what a difference two little dogs can make in your life. We are thoroughly enjoying having the dogs around and our family is truly special to us.
Over the weekend Mum and Dad came to visit and at first we were quite worried, as dad said he didn’t like dogs. Well be [...]

Continue reading about Rusty and Chloe are finally home – Progress week 3

Finally week 2 is over and things are going very very well. No more incidents in the house and we go on regular walks.  The walking is still a bit of a struggle and we continue trying to get them to be a bit calmer. It does seem that they are starting to enjoy other [...]

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On the 3rd of June 2010 we went to pick up Rusty and Chloe from the Yorkshire Kennels. They have lived there since the 3rd Of December 2009 after arriving from South Africa.  They were very confused and seemed quite restless. The girls at the kennels said their goodbyes and they were quite emotional. It [...]

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I had to go on a short trip to visit family and then my dogs always stay at the kennel. Before I left I had to take Chloe to the vet as she had a ulcer in her eye. The vet gave her drops and pain killers and I will take her for another checkup [...]

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This has been going better than expected.. I took Rusty and Chloe seperately for walks but I think Rusty needs a lot more training then Chloe.
He definetely thinks he is pack leader and I need to get that out of him.
It is going well so far, so I am very positive about it.

Continue reading about Obedience training – Home training

I took Chloe to obedience training and I must admit she is very different without Rusty around.  I met up with the trainer Andrea at her facility and she spoke about a few things prior to us starting. The key thing is to be consistent and to make sure your dog knows the rules.
She taught [...]

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Tomorrow is the 1ste day of training for Chloe. I hope I can apply all the things I am taught to Rusty as well or I might have to take him for a few lessons myself.
They have been such good dogs at home and I can see the results of giving them sufficient obedience, love [...]

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Okay so we have progressed on training but I am still having loads of problems with obedience and I really need to see some results.
They both sleep outside in their own kennel every night which took 2 weeks of them fighting to get in to the door during the night. It was quite an accomplishment. [...]

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