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

That's so sad, amazing work by your friend for reducing them! Potato is a great name as well, maybe Parsnip or some other root vegetable based name would suit the boy pup?
Crumpet was found when she was absolutely tiny as well and she's turned out alright for the most part. The only issue we've noticed, which our walker attributes to possibly being separated from her mother very young, is quite a poor ability to read other dogs' body language. Particularly when they're either nervous or unfriendly towards her. We think it could be down to not being taught those cues by her mother when she was tiny. I don't know if it'd be an option to get them introduced to a friendly older dog whilst they're still young or not but it might help avoid those sorts of problems. Massive disclaimer though, I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about.

Difficult to process how someone could do that but great work by your friend for taking them on.

A fun few hours in CP this morning. Met some lovely dog owners and Nori is hopefully spent for the day.

Most people have been pretty supportive about Nori being muzzled but some bloke took it upon himself to question why i had her on a lead and why she was muzzled. I get why you might question having both together but he was questioning the use of either. I tried to explain she was a new rescue in training and had unfortunately had quite a bad incident with another dog to which he replied something along the lines of "you got to let dogs be dogs". As i had dragged my partner out of bed to join me i decided this wouldn't be a good time to tell him to go do one but just as i was thinking it a giant of a man with 4 big dogs came over and told him to shut the fuck up. Several other dog owners then came and showed support, kind of a dog walkers assemble moment that i really appreciated. What was particularly great was whilst the humans went at it all the dogs happily played away including Nori.

We also met a lady with a boxer/staff cross that used to be pro dog walker. We discussed Nori's incident and she echoed what a few other people had said that if Nori wanted to seriously hurt another dog she would off. The fact that the other dog on said incident had no injuries to her was a good sign that she was just scared and being defensive when she pinned her. Her dog had done something similar and it was like she was describing my incident. I probably shouldn't listen too much to what's said in the park but we had some really positive feedback on her body language with other dogs which is always nice to hear.

Sounds like you're doing the right thing. It's just better for all involved to be overly cautious I think. Who cares what some random goon thinks? Crystal Palace park on a Sunday is always so chaotic, we tend to avoid it. Had a nice walk in the woods instead, much quieter!

Nori and i have had some really good times there but we're out the doors by 7am ish. We've been warned that later on it's a total shit show. Probably reads like that guy got to me but i was just a little surprised by him and thought it was nice other people stepped in!

Oooh I like the idea of another root veg name. The pups are coming over again this evening and I can't wait for cuddles and chaos.

That's a good idea about getting an older dog to show them the way. Another friend has two very nice dogs, I'll suggest that. Though I think one of her dogs is in the literal dog house right now for leaping into a river (an industrial, polluted canal) while out on a walk at the weekend and needing rescuing.

More on dognapping.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/woman-dragged-out-of-car-by-her-hair-by-as-puppynappers-attempt-to-steal-her-dog-b921506.html

They were so young that the blond one (Potato) still had her umbilical cord attached.

Just sickening. It's so good they were saved.

Willow is about four months old now! Growing up into a great doggo. She sleeps well, is doing great with potty and generally nailing the training. We are really trying to put the effort in and be consistent. Walking now about 20 mins twice a day, it’s all fields around here so she’s loving it. Almost got fetch down too, apart from giving the dang stick back :)

A couple of things still to work on.

She sometimes hates being left alone in her crate, more so when she suspects there’s stuff going on that we’re excluding her from. Like having a meal at the table (us that is), even when she has her own right next to her. She can be quite a vocal nuisance. We’ll just persevere with the good puzzle treats like cheese stuffed kongs.

Fear of travelling in the car is real. Trying little and often, getting better slowly.

Also, despite all our de-sensitising efforts, she has a pathological fear of the claw clippers. Brings out the bitey.

All in all going good.

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Great looking GSP, even though she looks possibly quite mischievous

What a cutie! Have you tried driving to every walk you take her on? We did it with Crumpet and it was amazing how quickly she got used to it. It feels very lazy driving to the other side of the park that's 2 minutes from your house. I think the positive association between getting in the car, being given some fun treats once she's in there then getting a fun walk when she gets out worked well for her.

There’s a keen dog eye... the mischief is real. She is smart, and if there’s no outlet, she misbehaves.

Good tip thanks. Hard mindset for us, since we have fields on the doorstep... but will try something similar, maybe with the super-high-value treats

Lovely looking pup.

On the question of sticks, no one who’s seen their dog pick up a stick by the end, run with it and catch it in the ground, and then see the damage it does to their mouth and throat, will ever throw a stick again.

Good point. Balls it shall be.

Scotty used to hate the car, probably the long journey in a small cage on the way over from Romania (was never keen on a crate either) but having a dog walker who picks him up in a car full of his mate's really helped, now he's even ok alone in the boot of a fiat 500, if a bit noisy after 20 minutes.

My dog has had this exact issue - separated from litter, then rescued, then in an accident and kept inside for a long time, has meant he's bloody terrible at reading other dogs' signs - "growling at me is it? must want to play!".

Going out with the dog walker a fair bit has really improved things for him though. Here he is looking goofy/noble:

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applied for a dug this week lads - but got kb'd sadly (due to another interested party being quicker)

this means, though, it's on like donkey kong

We were warned by the vet not to use tennis balls as they are harsh and wear the dogs teeth out. We didn't listen so our terrier cross hasn't got a pointy tooth in his head.

Any doggy GPS users in this thread? Anything forum-approved? Not needed one yet but the Garmin bike dweeb in me would like to see how much he runs around/rests, etc.

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I’ve got a Tractive one. It’s ok. I only really use it for peace of mind. I only pay for the basic subscription so don’t have much in the way of activity metrics available. Also the battery doesn’t last that long, but then I only use it when I’m taking him for a walk where he’s going to be off the lead a lot and roaming around. Not sure I’d be in a massive hurry to recommend it for anything other than what I use it for - a safety net just in case he does go missing. It does take a lot of punishment though - frequent submersion in rivers and mud! I think you have to pay a fair bit more for one that’s actually decent and useful for anything more than that.

Sally found a dead rat yesterday and took some persuasion to get rid of it while a few locals were rather dramatically screaming in shock. Less than 100 yards later, she chased a cat 20 feet up a vertical, branchless tree. Had to send her home with my partner and find a long enough branch to prop against the tree so the poor thing could get down, which took a while. It probably won't be wandering in the woods for a while.

Who was it on here whose dog found a half-eaten Ginster pie in a bush and every single day afterwards would rummage about in the Wonderful Shrub Of Unexpected Bounty?

Not me, as I haven't posted in this thread before, but all of our greyhounds have done this whenever they have found something interesting, assuming that spot is just where treats/decomposing animal matter/squirrels just materialise.... not the brightest of breeds.

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