Homework

Well today was the first obedience class (no dogs allowed) seems like there will be a motley crew joining Ledger including a couple of collies, an alsatian, a retriever and a dogue de bordeaux any way it was an intro session to give hints for the socialising dos and donts for next week and we all got some homework

Figuring there could be some 'interesting' responses I thought I would open two of the questions out to the group.....

Firstly we have to list the top 10 things that you dog will work for liver brownies appear to be the number one for Ledger but he isn't so fussed with toys so what can you 'bribe' your dogs with?

Secondly we have to tell the group about the breed obviously there are all the usual sites to check out but does anyone have a particularly unusual/interesting/humorous fact that I could throw in

Buddy hearts pnut butter, will stop what hes doing and watch up put it in his ball/bone. and chicken, and biscuits, and treats, ok, so food works with the boy!lol.

Humourous, well makes me chuckle, if theres glass doors, he'll always try to go thru the one that im not holding open for him, then look at me as if to say, "yeah, what you looking at!?!" should've been a blonde.....

dunno if thats what you were after. hpoe the classes go well, we got a one on one in a month that i need to do prep for!!

I don't have anything all that funny to throw in, but baked beef hearts are one thing my boy goes crazy for. I usually do raw when home, but the baked works better when we are out and about. On the toy side of things, anything with a squeaker. On the non-toy/non-food side, any paper or box he can shred (especially paper bags).

Bandit was never food orientated & neither is Dempsey outside of the home.

The breed is known to be gentle but fearless. If they want a humerous anecdote, then here's one....

A well known breeder from many years ago, just after the war, had a staff that insisted on sleeping in an old chicken coop. Now at this time eggs were still rationed. One morning the guy went to bring his dog in for his breakfast, but could hear someone crying. When he got to the chicken coop there was a guy with his arm inside the coop, crying his eyes out, "Please get him off me!" he pleaded.

When the owner looked, he could see that the man had obviously been intent on steeling eggs, and hadn't known that the dog was there. The dog's huge mouth was around the man's arm & he was just sitting there looking pleased with himself.

When the police arrived the owner told the dog to "leave" and he did so quite happily. Although the guy's arm was wet with drool, there wasn't a single tooth mark on his skin!

Suki is in love with steamed sweet potatos. No amusing breed stories though.