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hi there - im dawn age 43 and live with my wife and my son - we have a 4 yr old neutered staffy gizmo - and his "sister" jessie j who is 1 yr old staffy cross. when gizzy was 3 yrs i thought how nice it would be for him to have a sister !!! lol no comment --- we had completely forgotten what a new puppy was like  . luckily gizzy was very gentle with jessie but we have had problems with her such as - snapping at the cats - dominating poor gizzy - and now as she is in the kitchen on her own at night she has started soiling again. a few things i would like advice on is ,,,,, gizzie used to be good offlead but now they both stay on it due to ignoring me which means they dont run off steam much plus as i have a foot injury at the moment im struggling to walk them 20mins max ,,, any ideas? ive done a diy obstacle course in the garden for them but would love to let them run on the field like the other dogs ---- also do we continue to keep jess in the kitchen at night or allow her upstairs with us?? didnt really want that though.

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Hi and welcome from me and Daisy   you could try using a training line, then they can run around but you can still get hold of them   

Like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOG-HORSE-TRAINING-LEADS-5FT-10FT-15FT-20FT-25FT-30FT-40FT-50FT-65FT-80FT-100FT-/140987430180

Sazzle wrote:Like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOG-HORSE-TRAINING-LEADS-5FT-10FT-15FT-20FT-25FT-30FT-40FT-50FT-65FT-80FT-100FT-/140987430180

they already have extendables which i hold 1 in each hand --- if i had long lines they would just wrap it round me lol but thanks x

You just let them trail on the floor rather than keep hold of them   

Hi and welcome from us and Suki. Have you tried mental stimulation games or having them sit and wait and then run toward you to burn off energy?

hi there - in the house or garden they do as they are told - well as long as treats plus vying for attention --- but on field they behave until they see another dog then ............ as my foot isnt good i cant run after them plus jess follows what gizzy does lol -- so unfair bcos other owners let theirs off and leave them to it while im the 1 whose too conciderate of others and whose dogs lose out  

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Welcome from me and Alfie. No advice Im afraid, Alfie is on lead all the time too as no recall and not dog friendly.
Is your other dog upstairs and Jessie left in the kitchen? If so she may feel a bit left out?

hi - yea gizzy sleeps on his bed in our room and jess is in the kitchen due to still accidents at night. we didnt really want 2 dogs in our bedroom due to snoring and wind lol and we was thinking of allowing both free run downstairs at night - but then gizzy would be confused and as we have a dogflap they would prob go outside and bark lol so up for debate at the mo ---- oh took them for a walk and kept gizzy on lead but jess off and she kept by me !! then as leaving bumped into a friend/dog gizzy hasnt seen in a year so threw caution to the wind and let gizzy off ----- all 3 walked nicely and did as told even when ran into 3 other dogs they played then followed us -- just wish i trusted them to do it on my own

Its a tricky one, obviously its up to you if you want 1 or 2 in your room, although maybe she could then let you know when she needs to go out. Alfie sleeps downstairs, just personal choice but prefer upstairs to be dog free and don't want him jumping on the kids at night.
That was a successful walk then, its all good practice.

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I can sympathise with the bedroom sleeping.. We tried it with Flo but it was like trying to sleep Next to an airport.

Not sure what advice I can give with the walking other than reward and treat. If Flo gets fixated on a dog in the distance, we distract her with her stick. It can be a long haul with training but if your consistent, it will pay off 10 fold.

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hi all and thanks for your welcomes xx - gizzy is up and about in the garden and jessie is snuggled next to me as making up for kitchen time xx foot hurting bad today and mrs in bed with flu so unfortunatly no walk today but will get them practicing on the diy obstackle course later

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