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Help - my sitter has let me down and won't put Pepper into a kennel
Im still looking guys....anybody out there to help me?
Replied Dec 5
Help - my sitter has let me down and won't put Pepper into a kennel
Hi there, Im sure your kennel is fine, and there are some great kennels out there, but ive heard of so many bad ones, that it has turned me off, thats all.
Replied Dec 5
Help - my sitter has let me down and won't put Pepper into a kennel
that would be so great, however i think we are already friends, so should be okay to message me privately. Thanks a mill Caroline
Replied Dec 4
Help - my sitter has let me down and won't put Pepper into a kennel
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Hello all, I am in a bit of a dilemma. My partner and i had some holidays planned from the 14th until the 21st of December, and since we take our guy everywhere with us, we thought it would be nice…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cornelia Hahn Dec 5.
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Hi Caroline, I can understand that you do not want to rush in in finding a good kennel or a suitable sitter for Pepper, but instead of missing your break alltogether - why not take Pepper with anyway? We have a foldable 'den' and are welcome at frie…
I have had my dogs in different kennels and they have been fine, I think its just a question of looking around for one that you feel is OK. As for bad things happening in boarding kennels, well it would hardly be in the kennelowners best interest to…
Im still looking guys....anybody out there to help me?
Hi there,
Im sure your kennel is fine, and there are some great kennels out there, but ive heard of so many bad ones, that it has turned me off, thats all.
I always feel that a good boarding kennel is by far the best solution.
And I for one do not believe all the horror-stories of dogs ruined in kennels. Mine are as happy going as they are when I pick them up again.
that would be so great, however i think we are already friends, so should be okay to message me privately.
Thanks a mill
Caroline
Hello all,
I am in a bit of a dilemma. My partner and i had some holidays planned from the 14th until the 21st, and since we take our guy everywhere with us, we thought it would be nice to have a break! However our dogsitter (partners mam) is not a…
I, like Michelle, advocate exercising my boy's mind as much as I exercise his body - more so in fact. It would be like us going on a marathon and then sitting in our armchair the whole time afterwards without doing anything at all. Very boring.
Sinc…
Mental exercise is far more important than going for walks.
My guys can be as lazy as they wish or as active & i am happy to have that option if anything should happen,they dont demand exercise.
We do live on an acre so they will happily self exer…
I have always had set exercise routines with my Irish, which involves free running exercise totalling approx 2 hours daily. I have found this keeps my dogs happy and healthy. Now that I work at home, my dogs have their first walk/run when we get up…
Hi,
Just read Jennifer Martin's reply on Pepper's pulling on the lead. My experience: Yes, stopping and turning into a lamppost as soon as they pull is hard work (took us about six months). It may take longer that other methods (never tried andy ot…
Hi Caroline,
Just read your email and there is one thing that I find useful when our Setters are too exhuberant for our arms and that is to turn your rope slip lead into a figure 8. One loop of the figure 8 goes over the dog's neck as usual but the…
The thing with extremely long walks you touched in this discussion my well be true - at least I can speak for humans :)).
I find that Gina is the happiest dog after our 1 1/2 hours morning walk and run on the beach. But we always interrupt and do s…
With my training of Rio, I am following the method, that the moment he starts to pull on the lead, I stop and call him back to me, he turns releasing the pressure off the lead, I praise him and then and only then walk on again on a loose lead, in th…
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- How many Irish Setters do you have?
- 1
- How long have you owned Irish Setters?
- since April
- About Me:
- Hello, am irish, living in Switzerland, and my life changed back in April when my partner and i decided to get a dog......irish setter to be exact!!!!!
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 1:03am on October 19, 2009,
Cornelia Hahn said…
- Hi Caroline,
Welcome to this page and to the club of pulling Irish Setters. I'm in the northwest of our little country - where are you at home?
Enjoy the site!
cornelia
- At 4:35am on October 15, 2009,
Esther Siegrist said… - Hi Caroline
where do you life in Switzerland? I've read your blog about the problems whit your little boy on the lead.
Regards and welcome on the side
Esther
- At 4:34pm on October 14, 2009,
Fran Griffin said… - Hi Caroline. Can you email me at the following email address, and I will send you the handouts I mentioned.
acorndogtraining@talktalk.net
Thanks,
Fran
- At 12:22pm on October 14, 2009,
Nicole Wilson said… - Hello Caroline and welcome here. Seems we've done it the other way round - I'm Swiss and I live in Scotland ;-)
Good luck with your pulling boy. Mine still pulls (after three years - but don't tell anyone!). I'm sure you will get there, it just takes time and a lot of patience.
Best regards from Scotland,
Nicole
- At 12:15pm on October 14, 2009,
Susan Stone said… - A setter that pulls??? Nooo, never heard of that problem...;-))
No seriously, the first years can be hard work and you really need to know what you are doing. I suggest you find a good training school - if you tell me where you are I may be able to give you contacts. Have you been in touch with the swiss setter & pointer club? They run training courses too.
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