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Michelle, Thank you great input:) DioAndronikos, all the things added by Michelle will help create self esteem and confidence in Betty, she may very well not know HOW to play who knows what her background was like, coaxing and gaining her trust is your key to help her as much as I know you want to, you will get there, you will be posting about how far
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Hello Laura, am not going to add to ma pals upstairs and you also know my thoughts about the slightly wee crate so I won't hash over that, from your description I would say it was a bit of both re the panting, a good indication it is stress related is that his "smile" will have a tightness about it like the joker smile from batman yes
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Hello, firstly my apologies for my lack of eloquence as I seemed to instigate a defensive response the fault is entirely mine I should have been more specific:) Shelagh, thank you:) Ok, the biggest thing for you here is to have patience, I think you are doing great, fearful dogs or animals are a different kettle of fish and I think Shelaghs observations
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Hello my friend, what is it you are specifically looking for?
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Hello Razz, crikey be careful what you wish for eh?:) Just take your time and observe with a blind dog I would encourage his nose as much as possible and use sound cues either clicking or whistling or very specific one word commands so that he responds to your voice and comes to your voice when asked,lot of work and lot of patience required, encourage
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Hi Annette, I found Bruce fogles " a dogs mind" to be very interesting If you go on Amazon and type in dog psychology or dog behaviour you should get a good list.
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Hello Wiganlass, welcome to our forum hope you feel it can be of some use to you and you feel comfortable enough to join in, you will find lots of learning posts as well as just some fun ones, there are many on here who have a huge basket of knowledge and experience and although we can be a little blunt it is not meant to cause any offence, so again
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Hello Annette, just a suggestion but you could also re direct with stock flavoured ice cubes or stock jelly moulds like jellied vodka shots(although that one is left as a redirection tool for humans!) keep being eagle eyed and see what the monkeys think about them, just watch the salt content if you are not making the stock yourself and it is from a
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Ha ha ha , Carney writted the same time as me so her last bit is very similar to what I would do also.