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

Is Bailey a swimmer in general? Crumpet was always a bit nervous of water when she was younger but loves a swim now. We encouraged her to come and paddle about with us when we were at the beach one day and I think it showed her that it was alright.
She doesn't really chase the ducks in Crystal Palace Park but does sort of bob about with them, the extent of her athletic ability.
Hopefully the Egyptian geese have their little ones there again this year!

I want to fully send Bailey into all water. However, she’s a puddle jumper and avoider.

Dexter is the same

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Opposite problems here. While I decided to walk around the giant puddle my little idiot tried to walk through it, stopped at about 10cm deep then marooned herself on a log.

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When training Ada it's been 99% positive reinforcement. The 1% I've saved for extreme situations like when she tried to chase sheep and I didn't have a good enough hold of the long line. Which was a stressful couple of minutes. After that I deliberately sought out sheep (with her on the lead) and very very firmly told her off whenever she showed the slightest interest in them. Like even looking at them for more than a second or two. I think I could pretty confidently walk her through a field of sheep now without stressing. Though would have her on lead anyway.
She's shown relatively little interest in ducks, but would do something similar if I thought there was a risk.
Of course she's not really wired for hunting so this is possibly irrelevant to you. All the sighthound people I know have gps trackers for when they disappear after a squirrel ...

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That’s great work.

Just to clarify : in water no killing of ducks pls.
Is what I want! But ask me how much I want it after cleaning up…

I guess important to make sure the going in water is not connected to ducks at all. E.g. Get a floating dog toy and reward fetching that. But going to a beach is probably better than ponds in parks. Personally very happy for her never to jump in a park pond again which are invariably really muddy (happened once on Clapham Common. She clearly regretted it straight away - she's not very keen on getting wet)

Funniest post in here for some time. Great picture.

They should build a pub next to it called the Dog and Ducks.

Any owners of smaller dogs interested in a harness or fleecy coat thing Bailey has clearly outgrown?

Water obsessed but bird sparing you say?
Nature will take its course.
Every walk by the river goes-
OK today I’ll just walk.
Can I please just have a little dip.
Fuck it…,

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Currently, as the Thames is even more full of shit, the game is keeping her entertained/ distracted/ avoiding the river altogether.

She looks great!

Things I have found myself thinking after watching gundog videos (yeah I know) :
“Those dogs are great”
“The people doing the training really know what they’re doing”
“Maybe I could go away for a week of residential training of Bailey”

Professional gundog training doesn't work like that. It is based on total consistency from puppy to retirement, a week is nothing. Any less than promising students are sold on as part-trained pretty rapidly.

Yeah I was watching a video on sheep dogs being trained and they were like "that one won't make it, his tail is slightly too high which means it's too much of a game for him"

I live in a cottage on a sheep farm, that's exactly how it works. It's even more ruthless in trialling circles, either sheepdog or gundog. Incidentally, the dogs produced are for competition and not necessarily a lot of use in a working situation where initiative is needed, not an automaton.

Wait, hang on, let me unwrap my chips first. Then you can piss on them.

I already wiped my hairy arse on the wrapping. There is a sweet spot between 'bloody hell FENTON!!!' and robotic, where dog and person that overfeeds it will both be happy. Thirty odd years of dogs and I am still striving.

On the flip, most assistance dogs don’t really start training till 12-18months it would seem.
I’m pretty sure if you invested a block of time you’d get some reward, and at least some time away ;-)

How dare you imply I’m doing this to get away from everyone!!!
Dog comes from “good working stock” and I want/would like to do the things it has a breeding for.
Like eating sheep poo and catching dead birds from the sky.

Is there an "on here" approved drug dealer for dogs? Looking for flea treatments, worm tablets, etc and so on.

I am absolutely poised and ready to rip your throat out, once I've caught this pesky rabbit.

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In our dreams we can all be the dog we want to be.

Sleeping on the job

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