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  1. colettedb

    Riley and Peggy

    Hello you have beautiful dogs
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    august has arrived

    I have the time - I just don’t know how to do it my daughter did my avatar lol
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    august has arrived

    Good morning- august slept from just before 2am till 6.15 - she made a big fuss for company as I was sleeping on mattress outside puppy pen. She woke in the night for a poop and went back into the vetbed and self settled. She didn’t sleep in her crate - she seem to like going in and taking her...
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    august has arrived

    After a very long trip in horrible traffic august is home and seems settled so far. I will let you all know how the next few days go and may come crying for advice
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    New Puppy Owner

    Hi Andrew Very exciting time for and your gf - I hope Marvin is settling well and soon let’s you know when he needs a toilet break
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    Any ideas what could be wrong with my dog

    I am so sorry you are going through this x
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    Preparations

    Puppies had their first vaccination and microchips done this morning - they will probably feel grotty for a few days
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    Preparations

    :)Thanks Joanne that was an interesting read. I have mainly been reading and following Pippa Mattinson’s training info on the Labrador Site and get the training emails. I will concentrate just on basic positive reinforcement training and stop listening/reading articles about the alpha/dominant...
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    Preparations

    I am aware that august is an alpha dog so the training needs to be adjusted to her temperament but not sure if she would be considered dominant or independent so will chat with my D-i-L later. I have seen that there is a difference in the way training should be handled, but not much information...
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    Preparations

    As we get ready for august to arrive I keep going through suggested lists online in case I have forgotten anything. I known this is daft as I have been buys bits every week for past 7 weeks and have loads. I think my main concern is ‘knowledge gaps’ and keep trying to find out more info to make...
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    New puppy

    I made a mistake about breeding- ooops - their maternal grandmother is goldador from kc reg lab and golden and grandfather is kc lab - their mum is therefore 3/4 lab and no registration and father is kc lab. Not that this makes much difference but thought I should correct myself I got some...
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    New puppy

    So my daughter put avatar up for me that is when she was new to world once she is home I will get an up to date pic up. Had a video this morning of august jumping onto a storage box - other puppy trying to follow but couldn’t manage yet. She is definitely the boss of the litter and they think...
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    New puppy

    Thanks everyone for the responses yes her name is august (with a small a ‍♀️) I have had dogs before but not had a dog for 10 years as we moved into a flat. After loads of research I decided it would be no problem for dog or for us. I wanted a GSD and my daughter wanted a staffie lol - my son’s...
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    New puppy

    :p:D
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    New puppy

    The puppy not my daughter
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    New puppy

    I tried to upload an avatar pic of her but it said something wrong lol I will get my daughter to try this evening she is a yellow Labrador and I got my first pick so we are chuffed
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    New puppy

    Hi I am Colette - on Saturday our puppy will be 8 weeks old and will be coming home - we have spent last few weeks getting everything ready and just a few bits left to do
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