5 month puppy...how far?

[Al Fowler]

This is bringing back memories when i first took our dog out for a walk on my own. I was 12 and Henry (our dog) wasn’t very old.
I took him to the local lodge/park/woods and we had to cross and cattle grid. I accidently slipped and got my foot stuck down in the cattle grid, and with my wriggling i eventually accidently let go of the lead....the little pup came bounding back to me and decided that whilst i was unable to get away he would pounce on my head and start to chew and lick me.
Managed to slip my wellie off and get out in the end....scared for life from that day!

[IainR]

Re sheep, we just take them in the field on the lead and walk them around and just say no everytime she pulls towards them, that lays the ground work, main thing is work on them walking to heel first, then once they show no interest on the lead try letting them off. If they do go for them then we do go over the to with them, only done that once to Bella and she's neevr moved near them. T'other one will look and always watches sheep, but we think she was an ex farm dog, never chased though.

[Bob]

what do you do with sheep? Do you have to scare her?

On the farm we would get fairly regular requests for a dog to be "tupped" - basically shut in a pen with a angry testosterone fuelled, fully armed(horned) tup which would then batter the dog around until the dog decided that sheep weren't such a good idea after all.

Usually quite effective

[ratfink]

On the farm we would get fairly regular requests for a dog to be "tupped"

she is only little - she might break - looks like i need to actively seek sheep fields so she gets to know what they are and that they're out of bounds



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[jumbly]

Oh, she is so cute!

[Bob]

Last reply got lost somehow :-)

Don't let my wife see her, I'll get pestered for evermore for another dog!

The main issue is that she will see sheep as something to play with, of course the sheep will run away from what they see as a predator and this just reinforces her ideas. Keep her on lead round sheep, it's coming up to lambing time and ewes with lambs can be quite aggressive and feisty!

[Graeme]

Good luck catching her when she decides to play silly buggers!
I'm in the enviable position that it's me who wants another dog and not my wife, she's got a baby to look after.

[hopey]

Good luck catching her when she decides to play silly buggers!
I'm in the enviable position that it's me who wants another dog and not my wife, she's got a baby to look after.

Tell her it's company for Barney, then it's not as bad for him when you are out!

[Graeme]

The only place I'm allowed to go is running!

[ratfink]

Good luck catching her when she decides to play silly buggers!
I'm in the enviable position that it's me who wants another dog and not my wife, she's got a baby to look after.

don't you have to look after the baby then?

here's hoping i don't have to chase her too often!