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Not that I really regret it but we taught Ollie to sit pretty and "swim" (move his paws up and down while sitting up on his bum). Now he does it every time he wants something (mostly food). It works for any guest in our house as they can never resist. The problem is he has good balance and...

Thanks for the reply's and the link, it was a good read. Smkie you are right, he does know when we are upset, even if voices aren't raised he always seems to know. I'll give Olie an ear rub for you when I get home :) So now that I know when he sits down behind me he is afraid, how do I...

Ollie has never had a hand laid on him. He doesn't know what it is to be hit. What are calming signals?

Thanks for the quick reply. What you said makes sense, I never thought it would be fear though. Maybe we can end some arguments early for the sake of not frightening our Dog. Come to think about it he stands behind me in other situations as well. If I am out for a walk and run into a...

Hi all, It's been a while since I've posted on these forum. We have a 3 year old Coton dog named Ollie. Ollie seems to listen to me as I was the one that pretty much trained him, taught him tricks etc. since he wasa puppy. My GF is the one that spoils him more (though I spoil him more...

Neat? The dog is neat or the fact that they don't shed, lol :)

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I know this thread is a little old but I figured I'd add a reply as a Coton De Tulear owner myself. I am extremely allergic to dogs, if I touch most dogs and touch anywhere on my face it gets itchy and my nose starts to run. With our Coton dog (Ollie), I am fine as he does not have fur, he...

I am not saying this dog is form a puppy mill, but when we were looking for our dog we came across a few (even spoke to some) that were clearly puppy mills on that site. And even though we wanted to save the dog, we did not want to support them in any way.

You have to watch with sites like petfinder. Unfortunately a lot of the dogs on there come form puppy mills. :(

Never heard of them before, but I know my GF will flip when she sees those pics. It's a beautiful dog. Any more pics?

So fluffy, what kind of dog is he?

Thx, the cotons are known for their black eyes, nose and mouth, and white coat. It relaly does feel like coton, it's so soft, and best of all I am not allergic to him at all (and I have really bad allergies to dogs and cats.) he was about 8-10lbs in those pics, he is 15lbs now. I'll...

Like I said, I really appreciate all the replies to this thread. I will keep you guys updated with the training, what we are doing in class etc. and feel free to offer comments/ suggestions etc. thanks again :)

So basically, there is more then one method for training agility. Some methods work for some dogs and not for others. Like everything in life there is always more than one way to go about doing things. :)

It's been a long day... We have so many pictures, I will have to upload recent pics as he's much bigger now. It seems so long ago that he was that small, even though it's only been a few month's.

This is form the first day he was home got him home 8 weeks old He looks like a little stuffed animal in these pics. Mini Polar bear pose...

here are a few pics form when he was smaller. I haven't uploaded any recent pics yet.

youtube uses flash player? never knew that. I have a few pics hosted somewhere, let me go find them.

I completly understand what you are saying. I am very blunt and like when people are straight with me. I don't feel like anyone is picking on me, just giving me the facts form their own experience, and that is exactly what I want. I don't know what kind of a dog Ollie is, he seems to run...