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Dogdragoness

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I just got kicked off a FB group about ranch dogs and horses because I disagreed with someone about docking tails on ACDs ... whatever ... it just tells me they didn't want to admit I had a point. Also my shoulder (the one the horse kicked me on) has been hurting like hell for the past few days and hurts every time I do strength training with it., boo. :/
 

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Checked my bank account last night to make sure everything was okay for my credit card payment to go through... oh, no, no, no. Everything is NOT okay.
Apparently I had no right to go to the grocery store and spend $30 buying food. I should have just continued to not have any food to eat.

I had to ask my parents to lend me some money. I already owe them a crapload of money. F*ck.
 

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I'm sick and the dogs are sick.

Proud of Rigby for waking me up and bugging me to take her out.
Slightly less proud, but proud nonetheless of Cobain for holding it and not exploding on the floor. (He refused to go when we went out the first time).

I guess it was a good thing I didn't get a call back from the interview I had earlier this week. They said Thursday would be the training day.

Ugh...

Nap now.
 
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My friend has also couple questions???

She would like to know are others still interested in this?:
My friend would still like to discuss about dog training here. She would also need advice in it.

However, part of our messages/threads (not all of them) have started to become monologues. My friend thinks it's so boooring...
For example, she just noticed that it has been A MONTH since someone else has written in this thread: http://www.chazhound.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270260&page=2
although we have put new questions there. Are others still interested in discussing about it?
 

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Sometimes I annoy myself with the things I dont thing through lol.

I just got ingredients to make some new and expanded products, mostly more bath bombs and truffles and bubble bars. I was collecting ideas and recipes to make samples so I could try them and THEN remembered.....I have no freaking bath tub. DH pulled it out back in January as part of the bathroom remodel and well, yeah, its going to be awhile before the new one gets hooked up (and in the meantime the giant box its in is just sitting in my bedroom)
I will selflessly volunteer to test your products. :p
 

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Sometimes I annoy myself with the things I dont thing through lol.



I just got ingredients to make some new and expanded products, mostly more bath bombs and truffles and bubble bars. I was collecting ideas and recipes to make samples so I could try them and THEN remembered.....I have no freaking bath tub. DH pulled it out back in January as part of the bathroom remodel and well, yeah, its going to be awhile before the new one gets hooked up (and in the meantime the giant box its in is just sitting in my bedroom)

Totally up for bath bombs and bubble bars here ;)
 

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Dammit King, why do you make your games free if you have to pay for every little thing and the waiting for more lives thing? That sucks! If you are going to advertise free games than you should MAKE THE FREE!!
 
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My friend has also couple questions???

She would like to know are others still interested in this?:


For example, she just noticed that it has been A MONTH since someone else has written in this thread: http://www.chazhound.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270260&page=2
although we have put new questions there. Are others still interested in discussing about it?
I'm trying to figure out how to word this so here it goes:

The reason you aren't getting the replies you seem to want is that no one really knows what to tell you. No one is replying because no one has anything left to say. Almost all advice or suggestions you've been given have been brushed away as something that won't work or you want even more detailed, step by step instructions.

The issues with that is that step by step instructions, over the internet, to a dog we don't know are very difficult. Dog training is fluid, it changes depending on the dog, the handler, the environment, the wants, the skill level of all involved etc. Someone could give you the most detailed step by step instructions around but that doesn't guarantee anything will work, you still will probably have to tweak and adjust based on you and your dogs.

And that takes us to the other issue, you're asking for something that this forum just isn't going to supply. We are discussion based, we like to bounce ideas off of each other, ask for suggestions and have conversations. This forum isn't going to act as an instructional pamphlet and trying to force everyone on here to do that has just resulted in no one replying to your threads.

You've been given a lot of good advice on how to teach a drop, I would suggest rereading that thread and really trying some of the suggestions. Don't assume they won't work for your dog, try them, pay attention to what she's doing and adjust from there. Take a video or yourself and her during a training session and watch it after. You could even post that on here so that people can give better advice because they can see what and how you are training. Try Allie's advice and go to some real life classes with her, talk to a trainer in person who can watch and help you.

My last piece of advice is instead of trying to force and create topics like you've been doing, join into some of the existing topics. Talk on some of the other threads, add your experiences to other threads people have made.

Let us get to know you and your dog.
 

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I'm trying to figure out how to word this so here it goes:

The reason you aren't getting the replies you seem to want is that no one really knows what to tell you. No one is replying because no one has anything left to say. Almost all advice or suggestions you've been given have been brushed away as something that won't work or you want even more detailed, step by step instructions.

The issues with that is that step by step instructions, over the internet, to a dog we don't know are very difficult. Dog training is fluid, it changes depending on the dog, the handler, the environment, the wants, the skill level of all involved etc. Someone could give you the most detailed step by step instructions around but that doesn't guarantee anything will work, you still will probably have to tweak and adjust based on you and your dogs.

And that takes us to the other issue, you're asking for something that this forum just isn't going to supply. We are discussion based, we like to bounce ideas off of each other, ask for suggestions and have conversations. This forum isn't going to act as an instructional pamphlet and trying to force everyone on here to do that has just resulted in no one replying to your threads.

You've been given a lot of good advice on how to teach a drop, I would suggest rereading that thread and really trying some of the suggestions. Don't assume they won't work for your dog, try them, pay attention to what she's doing and adjust from there. Take a video or yourself and her during a training session and watch it after. You could even post that on here so that people can give better advice because they can see what and how you are training. Try Allie's advice and go to some real life classes with her, talk to a trainer in person who can watch and help you.

My last piece of advice is instead of trying to force and create topics like you've been doing, join into some of the existing topics. Talk on some of the other threads, add your experiences to other threads people have made.

Let us get to know you and your dog.
This. Linds to the rescue!
 

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I'm trying to figure out how to word this so here it goes:

The reason you aren't getting the replies you seem to want is that no one really knows what to tell you. No one is replying because no one has anything left to say. Almost all advice or suggestions you've been given have been brushed away as something that won't work or you want even more detailed, step by step instructions.

The issues with that is that step by step instructions, over the internet, to a dog we don't know are very difficult. Dog training is fluid, it changes depending on the dog, the handler, the environment, the wants, the skill level of all involved etc. Someone could give you the most detailed step by step instructions around but that doesn't guarantee anything will work, you still will probably have to tweak and adjust based on you and your dogs.

And that takes us to the other issue, you're asking for something that this forum just isn't going to supply. We are discussion based, we like to bounce ideas off of each other, ask for suggestions and have conversations. This forum isn't going to act as an instructional pamphlet and trying to force everyone on here to do that has just resulted in no one replying to your threads.

You've been given a lot of good advice on how to teach a drop, I would suggest rereading that thread and really trying some of the suggestions. Don't assume they won't work for your dog, try them, pay attention to what she's doing and adjust from there. Take a video or yourself and her during a training session and watch it after. You could even post that on here so that people can give better advice because they can see what and how you are training. Try Allie's advice and go to some real life classes with her, talk to a trainer in person who can watch and help you.

My last piece of advice is instead of trying to force and create topics like you've been doing, join into some of the existing topics. Talk on some of the other threads, add your experiences to other threads people have made.

Let us get to know you and your dog.
Hooray for saying what I was trying to figure out how to word.

My vent -

It is so humid here, I think the carpet is retaining moisture. OMG I'M GOING TO DIE AND IT ISN'T EVEN SUNNY OUTSIDE. On the plus side, my skin isn't dry for the first time since winter. But HOLY CRAP.
 

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Neighbor dog please shut up. Please stop barking. Please. I have a migraine. I am noise sensitive. I've had the migraine three days. I'm begging you to PLEASE stop barking.

The dog barks LITERALLY all day while the owners are at work, non stop, from 8AM to 6PM. It wears a bark collar. When I sit at the computer, the dog sits and barks, and is maybe 20 feet from my head with only a wooden fence between us. It's a Maltese (mix?) and it wears a shock collar.

Bark-yelp! Bark bark bark yelp! BARK BARK BAR--yarp yelp!

All.
day.
long.

eta: oh my god this worked it shut up bliss
 
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Mu and Murphy caught an immensely stupid squirrel today. Instead of eating it they jacked around and it bit Mu twice. My dad had to chase it down and kill it with a shovel which ohmygod I'm glad he was there but I can never unsee that.
 

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Neighbor dog please shut up. Please stop barking. Please. I have a migraine. I am noise sensitive. I've had the migraine three days. I'm begging you to PLEASE stop barking.

The dog barks LITERALLY all day while the owners are at work, non stop, from 8AM to 6PM. It wears a bark collar. When I sit at the computer, the dog sits and barks, and is maybe 20 feet from my head with only a wooden fence between us. It's a Maltese (mix?) and it wears a shock collar.

Bark-yelp! Bark bark bark yelp! BARK BARK BAR--yarp yelp!

All.
day.
long.

eta: oh my god this worked it shut up bliss
geeze : /, you'd think it would learn not to bark after being shocked.
 

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geeze : /, you'd think it would learn not to bark after being shocked.
At this point, I think the barking is more rewarding than the punishment. :/ That is one thing I will agree with...better to only use one hard correction than a ton of annoying, little nags that teach nothing and just frustrate the dog (and John Q Public, because the dog "doesn't get it").

Maybe the owners don't know it is barking, thinking the shock collar "fixed it"?
 

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At this point, I think the barking is more rewarding than the punishment. :/ That is one thing I will agree with...better to only use one hard correction than a ton of annoying, little nags that teach nothing and just frustrate the dog (and John Q Public, because the dog "doesn't get it").

Maybe the owners don't know it is barking, thinking the shock collar "fixed it"?
They know, lol.

A few days ago it was barking at me and Elsie when we were in the yard, and Elsie jumped at the fence and woofed, and I said, "Elsie SHUT UP I don't CARE if that horrible dog barks NON STOP EVERY DAY WHICH IT DOES, YOU DON'T JOIN IN!"

aaaand then there's this quiet, "Okay, let's go inside," from the other side of the fence.

Whoops.
 
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They know, lol.

A few days ago it was barking at me and Elsie when we were in the yard, and Elsie jumped at the fence and woofed, and I said, "Elsie SHUT UP I don't CARE if that horrible dog barks NON STOP EVERY DAY WHICH IT DOES, YOU DON'T JOIN IN!"

aaaand then there's this quiet, "Okay, let's go inside," from the other side of the fence.

Whoops.
Bwahahaha that's awesome.
 

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