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

Super cute!

Glad the training is working, she is probably better than you realise too, because the marginal gains are hard to follow when you are doing it every day.

Our Bosco still doesn't like buses too much and will cower a bit if ones creeps up on him, but is pretty much fine with everything else, occasionally barks at speeding or loud cars, which is quite amusing, because I am as equally curmudgeonly.

We have the benefit of being in the 'burbs, so have less traffic to contend with generally.

(reposted the dog, because it seems unfair to not see her as you load the page)

Thanks!

Luna’s a beaut.
Dora’s very nervy if dogs are barky, and will try and bolt. It’s quite hard work but we’re doing the same as you in a different context. All based around sit. Just sit and wait and praise and sit, and hope it will settle with time.

In other news, her face cracks me up constantly.

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Loving the puppy wrinkles!

Is she food/treat motivated? I had a dog before that wasn't and it made training so much harder. Luna is totally driven by food and so it was such a surprise when her nerves meant she forgot about treats. But now I can see she is starting to put her nerves to one side in favour of behaviour that will be rewarded. It's a fine line between reward and bribery though, and hard to resist the latter just for an easy life.

Toys> Attention > treats, but as a Lab food is never far from her mind.
(Though in reality a finger to chew is number one at the minute).
That balance between reward and bribery is a spectrum, and I think the age of the pup shifts your point on it. Dora gets far less in the way of treats than Calvin did, and that was a deliberate move.

Who said dogs don't look up?

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Another out of control bulldog type dog just came at daisy for fucks sake. Morons can't keep a dog on lead.

Some absolutely lovely dogs on this page, thanks for posting pictures of them!

Squirrel?

Bingo. Pasadena is littered with oak trees. It's chaos out here with this dog, who is half beagle and just loooooooooves to try and catch them 🙃

yesterday Benny suddenly realised the gigantic edible chew bone thats been knocking around the house for weeks from a doggy treat box some friends sent us is actually delicious and has been going to town on it.

unfortunately, my GF (who until she got to know Benny was afraid of dogs) took this pic and then tried to take the bone off him so she could move it off the rug as he was getting bits all over it.

Benny however was REALLY enjoying it and as such growled at her but not being used to dogs Emma thought he was playing so persisted and received a nip on the hand for her troubles. not hard enough to break skin but the shock of it had her in tears. luckily a nights sleep and she's feeling a bit better about things again.

he's only ever done this once with me about 18 months ago when he got hold of a dead seagull wing on a walk and I was trying to get him to drop it, he snapped at me and got the firmest telling off he'd ever had and never did it again.

have had to show her how to discipline him for that behaviour and break him out of that state BEFORE trying to take it off him.

it's annoying the whole timing of it as it's been mildly infuriating that he never really got on with chew toys as all his usual toys require us to throw/interact with which is a major pain in the arse when you're trying to get some work done and would be nice to have something he can chill out with and have a chomp as his leisure but if he's going to start guarding because of it that's not going to happen.

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I have two friends with cockerpoos who have bad problems with them aggressively defending objects and even people. Possibly a breed trait?

There should be a fair amount of info out there about food and object guarding. I think its a fairly common problem...but one that needs to be nipped in the bud as they are having a hard time stopping it happening now the dogs are older.

I thought this looked like pretty good advice: https://www.battersea.org.uk/pet-advice/dog-advice/dealing-resource-guarding

I've definitely heard about resource guarding in cockerpoos before. We hand fed our pup for a while to try and stop it becoming an issue later and she doesn't guard, instead she runs away with the thing. Tought her "trade" where she always gets a good treat in exchange but sometimes it's just not enough.

Our friend Cath's cockerpoo will latch on to a person and sit by them and if anybody else goes near, start growling and snapping its teeth. Also does the same with sticks, holes in the ground, crisp packets...

Sadly its got to the point that people stop meeting up with Cath because they are tired of her dog's behaviour.

There's so many about these days and they're such a mixed bag but I don't think a lot of owners realise their propensity for anxiety before getting them.

They are really intelligent and high energy dogs. I really don't get why common opinion is that they are easy beginner dogs.

Not a cockapoo but close enough - my mum's springer/poodle mix is very sweet and gentle until you try and get between her and something disgusting she wants to eat. I tried to get between her and an enormous pile of shit once and ended up with a wound full of shit and a tetanus shot for my trouble.

Agree with this, my mum's dog is lovely but mental.

Anyway here's today's photo

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cockerpoos

Tought her "trade" where she always gets a good treat in exchange but sometimes it's just not enough.

Not sure if it's the same thing, but our poodle won't ever let go of his ball - at the park, he gets to chase it exactly once when we go in, then he guards it from any other dogs and won't give it back. There's no treat that's a good enough alternative to trade with. He seems happy enough with it though, I just leave him to it and let him run around with his ball.

Yeah I think you have to pick your battles

My Spaniel will resource guard against other dogs - the boot of the car, me, a toy, etc.

She doesn't guard toys or things I want to take off her though, we did specific training around food guarding at home from the day we got her.

Inherently spaniel type breed dogs always want to trade - they have this bizarre sense of justice too where they think they did the work so they deserve a "wage"

Our poodle is very possessive of (and obsessed with) his ball to the point that we have to ration it. When he was a pup there were a few occasions when we couldn't get him back on the lead because he knew that meant leaving the park and no more ball. You will not catch a toy poodle that doesn't want to be caught. As it is we restrict it to small bursts as the longer he has it the more he wants to keep it and I've done a lot of drop training with him to combat it. However, as I'm sure you know, poodles can be stubborn af in completely random ways.

When it comes to high value treats he just runs around the flat whining looking for a place to 'bury' it, which is usually under one of our pillows or in a washing basket. Neither places you want a stinking bit of tripe sitting.

It's funny how different they all are. Both of mine are utterly food motivated, yet they will sit patiently and happily with other dogs to be given a treat. I wouldn't trust them in this way with their meals though - Reggie is fed in the kitchen and Luna is fed in the garden, and the door is only opened when both bowls are empty (which doesn't take long).

Luna won't share a ball with any other dog but Reggie and will warn off dogs that approach her when she has it. She will gladly drop it for me - on the ground or into an open palm - but if I try to take it from her mouth, she sees that as a game, is reluctant and wants a game of tug (zero aggression though).

In the house they both basically want what the other one has. Give them two identical toys, they will both drop theirs and go for the one the other has. It can go on like that for a long time. Reggie tends to give in to her youthful energy eventually.

It can be fascinating and frustrating in equal measure to see two dogs live and interact together and, happily for now, every day ends up with them cuddled up on the sofa together.