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

I had this when we started walking my puppy - he sort of didn't know he had to move and just used to sit like a little anchor.

I used to carry a handful of really little treats, like large crumb sized, and drop them in front of him so he had to keep moving to hoover them up.

I remember doing this a few times, but not that it escalated into being a big thing though, I'm sure it probably is a function of time

@owl Can confirm that this works a treat. Unfortunatly the rest of the pack have gone out in the car.

Will def try. It's a bit tricky when you only have a small window in which to nip out and buy milk or whatever though. I've heard comedy horror stories about people having wheel refusenik labradors abour in a pushchair and stuff. I'm not gonna be that guy.

Gah! Could you carry them to a bus, go a couple of stops then walk? What I'm getting at (similarly to snotty's suggestion above) is you want to find whatever you can to break whatever association is happening and help reinforce the experience of happy and easy walks just the two of you.

Thanks man. Yeah I'm sure we'll get there. She's a super good girl really.

That's a good shout.

Definitely a 'give it time' thing. Is it usually near your house? They can be very stubborn about the transition between home and outside. I frequently had to carry Ada to the end of our road, after which she'd happily walk. This didn't last beyond a few months old so I wouldn't stress too much about it.

Harness with a handle good for this - not quite as comfortable to be picked up that way for them, so less likely something they'll get really attached to. Whereas can imagine carrying them close to your body is somethjng they might be less keen to give up on.

Oh man Pickles used to be a nightmare sometimes up until maybe a year old. One day she'd refuse to go to the park, the next she'd refuse to leave. Sometimes she'd pull so hard I had to get a harness with a clip on the front because traffic light training wasn't working. Other times we'd be going to the park and she's just fully stop and sit.

Well, young dogs are not unlike young people. They just go through phases. Once Margot has a routine she likes, she'll be predictable and happy. She's just trying things out at the moment. Enjoy it while it lasts. When she gets to middle age, she'll be as boring as a middle-aged human. :)

New addition to the extended family(mother in laws) 12 week old Yorkie terrier/shih tzu/poodle mutt and my 16 year shorty short Jack Russel.

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Thanks all. Yeah that's true - good perspective Oliver. Today has been trying tho! I've tried to get to the shops twice and failed. Wife's on her way home with two hunry kids and there's no food. I'm trying to catch up on the work I missed and the dog's going batshit. Ahhh.

Ewok pup!

Yeah he is a doll. My Aunt had a pure bred Yorkie with a fine coat. He is more fluffy and is less yappy then my past experiences with Yorkies. I'm so glad our jack Russel has taken to him so strongly. We have a cat who is almost 2 years old that tries to intimidate the puppy and our jack hovers around him as if he was his guardian. In time our cat will learn to accept him into the fold the same way our jack has accepted him.

Why is there so much human poo in my local park?
Is it :
delivery drivers
no open community toilets
perverts
all of the above
none of the above?

How do you know it's human poo?

perverts

Sounds like there's at least one.

He is a bona fide scientist.

Any recommendations please for dog lights (or bicycle lights that fit a collar/harness)?

I’ve got a headtorch, but spotting a black dog on morning/evening walks is proving difficult. Our Pets at Home lights lose charge after a day and I invariably forget to recharge them.

@inchpincher I saw that you’ve used an Orbiloc – would you recommend?

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Look at lights for runners, I have some flashing armbands from Lidl which do the job. Much easier to see a dog that's flashing than using a torch imo.

Because:
1) science
2) keen fan of the bristol stool scale
3) faecally obsessed parent of children
4) faecally obessed dog owner
5) scat fan

Which has meant when Binface finds a barrel aged 17 day old fox poo (happens less now) the difference in her expression, her mood, the size of the scat, the smell, and the distinct lack of fibre in the shitter's diet allows me to determine quite quickly she's got a human shit in her mouth. And the fact she finds them in bushes surrounded by other human detritus.

We both have a similar level of published work.

this is good thanks for the lidl runner band tip.

Druggies

Sally has only eaten one shit in her life, and it was a huge human one (identified by having used tissues around it). No idea why it was more palatable than fox/other dog/her own shit. Maybe heroin residue.

Good shout!