Marley 2 months on
Posted: 09 Aug 2013, 21:45
Just a brief update on Marley.
We really enjoyed our break to Pembrokeshire and Marley loved the cliff top walks and most of all playing on the beach.
He wasn't very good at recall (but to be fair to him we hadn't taught him how).
We joined our local dog training club but often left frustrated as Marley did not want to sit nicely and listen to the lady whilst there were dogs to be played with.!!
To cut a long story short, Marley was castrated a few weeks ago (we thought it was good to do it while it was hot and sunny as he wouldn't want to run about too much anyway). We had been waiting for him to cock his leg... but no... he still wees like a girly!
He's recovered without any problems (after a few sickly days which we put down to the metacam). We were told it may take months before it would calm him down.
We have now ditched the halti as Marley really hated it and often refused to walk Result: No one was happy.
Thanks to our vet we have now found a "personal trainer" for Marley. We do one-to-one training with her. One hour of fun!!..... and even after only 2 sessions he is walking much better (by using distraction with toy or squeaky ball rather than telling him no for wanting to say hello to every-one). he's having fun and we're happy because he doesn't jump up at people (result... we're all happy )
I think I might get known locally as the mad woman with the squeaky toys and balls... but on the plus side that is so much better than the one with the out-of-control dog!!
It's sooo lovely to be able to walk anywhere without hoping you wouldn't meet any-one. We now love meeting people and even our neighbours commented today that he seems much calmer
to Lisa our lovely dog trainer. You're giving us the Marley we always knew he could be (he only needed for us to be shown how to teach him)
We really enjoyed our break to Pembrokeshire and Marley loved the cliff top walks and most of all playing on the beach.
He wasn't very good at recall (but to be fair to him we hadn't taught him how).
We joined our local dog training club but often left frustrated as Marley did not want to sit nicely and listen to the lady whilst there were dogs to be played with.!!
To cut a long story short, Marley was castrated a few weeks ago (we thought it was good to do it while it was hot and sunny as he wouldn't want to run about too much anyway). We had been waiting for him to cock his leg... but no... he still wees like a girly!
He's recovered without any problems (after a few sickly days which we put down to the metacam). We were told it may take months before it would calm him down.
We have now ditched the halti as Marley really hated it and often refused to walk Result: No one was happy.
Thanks to our vet we have now found a "personal trainer" for Marley. We do one-to-one training with her. One hour of fun!!..... and even after only 2 sessions he is walking much better (by using distraction with toy or squeaky ball rather than telling him no for wanting to say hello to every-one). he's having fun and we're happy because he doesn't jump up at people (result... we're all happy )
I think I might get known locally as the mad woman with the squeaky toys and balls... but on the plus side that is so much better than the one with the out-of-control dog!!
It's sooo lovely to be able to walk anywhere without hoping you wouldn't meet any-one. We now love meeting people and even our neighbours commented today that he seems much calmer
to Lisa our lovely dog trainer. You're giving us the Marley we always knew he could be (he only needed for us to be shown how to teach him)