I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

One you already own, or a new one?

Already own, its my partners dog (1o year old beagle called doris). Her mum was looking after the dog (in america) but not longer can. Our only option is to bring Doris to the UK.

My sister brought a dog back from the US when she lived there, but that was ages ago. Since then she's lived in Malaysia and brought dogs back from there - last time about three years ago. Happy to ask her for info.

That would be great if you could get some info. Been doing a lot of googling, but hard to find actual costs for travel and paperwork.

Great thread, marking it for inspiration. One day I'll have a dog, currently it's not possible in this circumstances.

My one eyed boy

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And little princess

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We got Hazel at the end of Nov and she was seriously ill for a few days right afterwards - long story but she's all great now!

Here we are with Liam (the teddy) 3 weeks ago

And now, shaggier and in need of a trim!

Crazy how fast they grow, but hope the Brompton Basket can handle her fully grown.

We're at 13 weeks old now and have mastered: sit, down, paw and today we working on bang-bang.

So now, tips on toilet training?! The great poo-rug incident of 2016 occurred last night. (After I told Nic just hrs before, to put the rug away after having guests over!)

Have been in touch, but she's away at the moment. Will let you know when I hear back.

She looks cute, glad she's better.

No great tips on house training other than the obvious:

Lots of pads of newspaper, gradually reducing to one by the door where you want her to go out to do it
Pre-empting and taking her out after eating
Getting a routine ASAP
Learning the signs of when she's about to go and then watching out for them
Not having huge expectations while she's so young
Lots of praise when she gets it right
Once trained, she will still have occasional accidents

For what it's worth I've found dogs harder to house train than bitches; dog flaps give a false impression of being trained (once they're in a house with no flap, they shit everywhere...); crates accelerate house training; blue roll from a catering supplier saves a fortune otherwise spent on kitchen roll...

Good luck!

after a bit of advice.

Rudy has always been very social and friendly with other dogs, never scared of dogs bigger than him always playful and outgoing with all other types of dog in the park. Around the end of November he was playing with a bigger dog in the park, and the bigger dog just flipped out all of a sudden and started going for him, gave him a bit of a nasty bite, but no serious damage. Owner was very apologetic, and obviously quite shocked by his dogs behavior. Think the other dog was still quite young.

Rudy was obviously quite shaken up by it, and has since been very scared of dogs bigger than him (pretty much all other dogs), and if a dog runs over to him being friendly or otherwise he runs off scared. In the last week or so he has started barking a lot at other dogs which he never used to do.

Anyone got any advice on how to get his confidence back, and reign in his barking (assuming both are connected?)

For reference he is fine at home and still very playful and outgoing. We also noticed at the weekend that when me and my girlfriend take him out together, he seems a lot more confident in the park than when it is just one of us with him.

Have looked on the web and doing the obvious things like re-assuring him when other dogs are around, and giving him praise and treats when he sees other dogs and doesn't bark. Any other advice appreciated!

Do you know anyone locally with a confident and stable dog that you trust?

We have some neighbors on our street that also have daschund, but he has always been a very shy dog (his owners treat him like a child)

My sister has two very friendly labs that Rudy has always gotten on with in the past, and has offered to have Rudy for a few days to see if it helps, she is an hour drive away though so regular visits are tough.

Seriously cute Schnauzer

many thanks

try and meet your sister and her dogs on neutral territory, if he is becoming fearful/shy to other large dogs you need to be gently reintroducing him. forcing the interaction can exacerbate his reaction

does he have a favourite treat/ reward?

if so, start at a long distance. feed him treats, let him notice the other dog and then keep feeding him treats as long as he is calm. if he shows signs of anxiety (yawning, barking etc) move away. it can be useful if you chose a location where there are things that can block his line of sight to the large dog. you may find yourself turning into a pez machine, continuously dishing out treats!

there are various videos and training systems online - look for shy/timid dog training

Sorry to hear about Rudy's experience there. Your picture with him in your jacket is one of my favourite dog pictures ever, and that's saying something considering the number of pictures of dogsballs.

Sorry to hear about that too. We had a confidence issue with our dog when we first got him. He's very small and was frightened of any dog despite coming from a breeder at 18 months and having lived with 25 other dogs. Introducing stable dogs into the home environment once a week over a couple of months and finding similar size dogs in the local park to walk with got him over it. It took 6 months though, there were times I thought it would never happen.

Toilet training takes a while too, you develop a routine and read the signs. Rewarding successful efforts with treats is a good method.

Thanks for the tips.
That is basically what we have been doing when we take him to the park. We have two parks in close proximity to our house which we take him to for shorter walks, and he is noticeably more anxious in the park where it happened.

We are going to avoid the park where it happened for a while, and mostly take him to the other park where he seems more relaxed and interacts with other dogs better for a while, and see if that helps.

Thanks.

He is allways very confident and friendly with other dogs indoors, it just seems to be open spaces where he suffers. We will try and get other dogs inside the house with him more though!

We are actually considering getting another small dog, either another dachshund, or possibly a small rescue dog, so that Rudy has more company in the house. We need to give it a lot more thought first though. We are thinking a rescue dog may not be a great idea if Rudy still has confidence issues a few months down the line. He is only just over one, so we wouldn't get another dog until he is around two.

Thanks! He still fits in a jacket, but is way too excitable for that these days! (He still gets cold very easily though!)

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no problem

both our dogs need additional training and we have recently started working with a trainer to help us.

timing of treats etc is critical to ensure you are training the appropriate behaviours rather than the dog demonstrating a behaviour to trigger a reward from the handler. we have gone right back to basics including crate training so that we can get our dogs to exhibit more self control. we have tried a few different trainers and behaviourists though some just made things far too complicated and resulted in very little change.

our dogs were going mental when anyone came to the house, but now when the doorbell goes they run to their crates instead. it seems often it is easier to train a new response rather than trying to modify an existing one.

gah, rudy and hazel can be friends!
Hazel is a scaredy dog and is still hiding between our legs at puppy socialisation classes and in the park if we meet some local dogs.

Good advice from DJ. Also, when a dog approaches and you are both with Rudy, does one of you greet the dog so he can see that it is OK? Dogs pick up on so much from us, so if you are both even slightly nervous/anxious about what will happen or Rudy's reaction, that might increase his own nervousness. If you are both confident with the dogs you meet in the park, you are leading by example.

Tell me about getting the dogs to the crate when the doorbell goes...

Herbie loves people coming to the house (when we're in) and always wants to greet them at the door. It's fine if you know and like him, and are confident enough to ignore him until he sits, but if not, you've got an excitable 50 kilo dog wanting to introduce himself. The solution, for the sake of the visitor, is to crate him first, but that's not ideal and potentially reinforces the bad behaviour.