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

And also everything everyone else has said. Particularly looking for the signs they're getting into that excited state and distracting them before they fully lock on to their target. I find chicken works well. Shouting 'chicken' is my emergency recall word as it works better than calling her name.

There's a woman in our local park who shouts 'Cheese!' every time her dog runs off or is out of control. It doesn't work but is generally very funny to watch. A bit like Partridge Dan but with added desperation.

I’ve three stages of recall with Shadow at the moment, her name/ leave/ this way, whistle & high value, constant whistle mega high value.
They are definitely not all fully secured in all environments but they are getting better quite quickly, with the odd exception. Still on a long lead at the moment. Was bit worried yesterday as was first time I’ve seen her really run, with the long lead felt like she might injure her self.

I need to ask how I’m supposed to handle her interacting with other dogs, particularly in queues for places. As almost guaranteed to have another dog in the queue.
The general rule is she isn’t really supposed to socialise much, which makes me feel a little sad (probably unduly) and also feel very authoritarian in the coffee shop queue.

Sounds like she shouldn't be off leash if she's going up to runners and ignoring recall.

Have you tried leaving the leash on and letting her run without you holding it?

My sprollie never got the recall thing. 15 fucking years of 15 metre lead. We tried everything but he was only motivated to chase, hunt and generally run away. Probably what he did for his first 2.5 years in N.I. before we got him.
We even tried a Crufts award winning trainer for 18 months and he was beyond help according to her.

I feel like such a whopper walking into town with her in a friken baby sling thing.

Pics or stfu.

1 year is a long time in dog.

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Awww. What mix/ breed is that?

Deerhound lurcher. He is 100% big idiot and mostly currently channeling awkward adolescent horse energy.

How time flies.

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Glad it’s not just Dolly. I think it’s fending for herself in a field for 6 months, she knows the world is made of food.

I have no idea how long he was a stray. Alf would be an arse at this time of year. He would pull everything blackberry off every bramble, eat every sweet chestnut, acorn, fallen apple, piece of roadkill, chase every cat and fox in the garden and grab any hedgehog he could snaffle. He was pretty awful with big dogs some of the time and great the rest of the time. But in the house he was quiet and obedient but hated thunder and fireworks. I built a system whereby he could run in front of my bike and he absolutely loved that. He'd have done that to his last breath.

Arf! Love it.

Tried to sit down during a fierce case of the zoomies and got into a frank exchange of views. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DATqt-DNlpJ/?igsh=MTRzcDV0eDd1aHZvbg==

This is a puppy that was at death’s door little more than a week ago? Amazing!

Two weeks but yeah!

From this, to that^^^

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Bloody hell you have pretty much described Dolly. Other than the fact she loves all the dogs ever! And there’s no way she’d stay focused on running with the bike, unless I was chasing something that is. She has now learnt to jump up at the blackberries and pul the stem to the ground, put her foot on it and scoff away. Being from a farm she’s chilled with bangs as well. If it moves and she can catch it she’ll eat it, if it’s dead she’ll eat it, if it grows she’ll eat it. Basically if you can see it she’ll eat it, but she will sit next to you while you eat and not even look at what you are eating, put it down on a table, chair or wherever and it fine, but put it on the floor and it’s gone.

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I feel like Dolly is my spirit animal. I can’t reach the countertops either.

This little guy has been taking up all my time the last few days

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Puppy in a sling with a Nails hoody. Balancing the softie/tough guy look nicely.

Owen has a nemesis, and his name is Barry*. Little welsh terrier dude, they used to play quite nicely but at some point in Owen's nascent adolescence (maybe at 9 months old) Barry absolutely flipped and now Owen cannot be allowed to go un-aggressed. He will run the entire length of the park if he happens to catch sight of Owen whilst off-lead, growling his little head off. Normally his owners will clock us first and put him on lead, at which point he'll run to the extent of his lead's length and growl and bark. It's generally mildly entertaining when Barry's on lead, but if he manages to find us when off-lead it's pretty grim. Owen is naturally submissive so goes down and the little cunt gets all up into him/over him with horrible growls and barks. At this point I grab his collar and basically drag him off, looking at his owner's with mild exasperation. When this happens, The bloke owner is very apologetic and that's all fine, I don't need apologies, dog are dogs etc, but a bit more urgency would be nice. It happened this morning with the lady owner and she just ambled across. When I offered her the still-growling and trying to attack Barry, she just said 'I really think we should just let them sort it out between themselves'. I very nearly lost my shit, but the presence of some other owners I like made me keep control. That is a totally dick-ish thing to say, right? He's a puppy. He has never shown any aggression to anyone or anything. When other dogs aggress him, we usually get at least 24 hours of stress at home, panting, obsessive licking and often barking overnight. The last thing I want to do is let him get stressed/scared to the point of agressing back at Barry. Nor do I want to let Barry's aggression go unchecked, I've seen the damage Welshies can do when they get stuck in (our trainer has a massive scar on his chest from his little cunt). And lastly, Owen's a big idiot. I have done everything possible to keep him from any aggressive behaviour - you just can't have a big dog with those sort of behaviours. TBH if Owen acted like Bary was he'd be muzzled and on-lead at all times. I totally get that this must be really annoying/upsetting for Barry's owners too, and she'd love it if they just 'sorted it out themselves', but it's massively unreasonable to expect me/Owen to accept that. I know also that there are other scenarios when that is best (yappy puppy being 'put in their place' but a dependable older dog or - something I have encouraged - annoyingly sniffy adolescent being told off by a reliable older dog) but this doesn't feel equivalent to me. Maybe I'm being unreasonable?

• - no names have been changed. Barry is a cunt and will never read this.
  

Let them sort it out themselves, aye nae bother.

I’ll just get a fuckin big vet bill because your dog is a clown.

Pickles has a nemesis too. Some kind of Shih Tzu cross from a rescue. Pickles often rolls over when saying hello to other dogs, especially if they're ones she really wants to be friends with and this Shih Tzu takes that as a sign to jump on her and growl for dominance. He's fine with bigger dogs apparently ones that are submissive he takes his chance with. I saw the owner a couple of times then not at all for at least a couple of months now it feels like they live at the park, they're there almost every time I go and it's annoying because Pickles still wants to befriend it but I don't want to terrorise this person out the park.

Isn't small dogs getting aggressive with big, much shyer dogs a bit of a classic? I remember a friend's small/medium dog would apparently snap around a totally intimidated massive St Bernard that was at least five times his size. I never saw it, only heard the reports.

Was Owen smaller when they started to become acquainted? I could imagine his growth triggering a change in Barry's behaviour.