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It's good to be able to take Baby Miles out for an off-leash run in the forest, watch him having fun, take pictures, and forget the troubles of the world for a little while :) 1 year 9 months old. The boy is growing up.

A Ridgeback!!! I have one.

I would probably try to just spend more time in the garden then... Play, or just hang out doing nothing. Hopefully weather there is still good. Eventually she will pee, and when she does - big celebration, treats, Good Girl! and everything else.

Quality of encounters over quantity when starting to socialize a puppy! Baby Miles was lucky to be exposed to remarkably patient and tolerant adult dogs during his early socialization phase. Today he started repaying his debts by showing the same remarkable patience towards a 5 m.o. puppy whom...

Unfortunately, it seems that Baby Miles is not a big fan of people wearing masks. 90+ lbs (41 kg) extra confident 1.5 y.o., to whom "not a fan" does not mean "let's hide somewhere". It means "I must make the mask go away". Not great these days. :mad: The good thing is that this reaction is...

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LOL lovely!! If it was me, I would not make her wait so long. She sits (but touches the floor) - you give her treat. That's "sit". The way it seems to work in the video - the treat is a result of sitting AND then reaching out and snatching it. If you want her to wait and focus on you - that's...

Our first Ridgeback boy would go out of his way not to step in puddles after the rain. Water was evil. Baby Miles, on the other hand, has become quite a swimmer this summer. Checking emails while drying on the dock :D

Very sorry to hear. We lost our 1st boy suddenly at 8 years and 2 months too. Very sad. But remember the love you shared, things you did together, places you visited, good times.. he will be watching over you. Every day is precious, tomorrow is promised to no one.

Like Hemlock, I also think that him being shy and timid can be the trigger. Being on leash in the area where dogs usually run free can be a trigger as well. "Unprovoked" is human perception, which may or may not be accurate. If an approaching dog scares him, and being on leash restricts his...

I am afraid there is no such thing as a good dog either. But - I think there may well be a wrong dog and a right dog! Also - “strong pack leader” examples seem to mostly deal with forbidding. A tiny switch would change things - instead of training the dog to NOT DO something - train her to DO...

Love it!

So happy to have discovered this tiny "beach".. It's really just an area where folks get their kayaks and paddle boards into the water, and in high tide it becomes really small. But we can let Baby Miles off leash there, which is huge! No-one complained so far, God bless the locals, they are...

That was my reaction too

We have an XXL, and it does take a lot of space... It's covered by a blanket, there is a bunch of stuff comfortably sitting on top.. sometimes stuff even ends up inside. Miles doesn't particularly care about the crate. When he was a baby dog, every now and then he would go in for a while. Now...

Lovely long post, and lovely little dog! Great! As for leaving alone, my 2 cents - what would I want the dog to do while he is alone? I only have 1 good answer - sleep. So when training for "home alone", what worked for us was to take him out on a long or eventful walk, come back, and then...

Training is great. But if just an energy burn is needed, and humans have no energy of their own to go for a run - technology comes to the rescue for us.

A kayak launching area in one of the nearby town which is completely under water at high tide, but becomes a nice tiny beach at low tide where Baby Miles can have his fun stealing crocs and running with other dogs.

i would agree with Judy, at least for the near term... any time you want to take Rosie out to the garden - text your neighbor to make sure Charlie isn't there.

If you were a small dog, this is how you would see Baby Miles :D