I'm not a believer in dressing up dogs, cats, or any pets. I think it's unkind, disrespectful, and they hate it. You?
BBC News - Halloween: Pet owners warned against dressing up animals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63414720
I agree, my dog has a coat for horrible days only.
I agree - Fleur had a little 'Barbour' jacket for walks on cold days, but we would never have dreamt of 'dressing her up'
I don't put a coat on Dageus but I always have towels in the car, if it's a cold wet day I set out the kitchen towel and the hair dryer ready for use the moment we get home.
I would have thought that finding a coat big enough for Dageus would be something of a job - I doubt even mine would fit him!
Mike :grin:
Dressing up pets and colouring their fur shows something is definitely lacking in their owners lives..
... and putting them in wedding gear to marry them to another pet is the strangest thing..
I have noticed that owners who do this usually have much work carried out on their own bodies..
'Teach your cat to roll over when you say Boo'. You've got to be joking. Paul is our cat's slave so it is more likely that he would do the rolling over!
Quote from: Sheila on October 28, 2022, 09:19:57 AM'Teach your cat to roll over when you say Boo'. You've got to be joking. Paul is our cat's slave so it is more likely that he would do the rolling over!
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Quote from: Scrumpy on October 28, 2022, 09:14:17 AMI have noticed that owners who do this usually have much work carried out on their own bodies..
I've had a lot of work done on mine. By Father Time :sad:
Basset hounds are even more disobedient than cats, so telling our dog to do anything except eat is a waste of breath. She has a' I've ignored you once, why do I have to do it again ' look .
A dog who knows her own mind!
Mike :upvote: :upvote: :upvote:
Lottie will 'sit' when asked to do so.. then is 'off' when you turn away..
Bertie prefers to sit and plod along.. Never goes faster than walking pace..
Fleur was extremely obedient - she obeyed every instinct, especially if food was involved!
Dageus spent the first 4 years of his life in obedience classes once a week. He loved it and was a really quick learner.
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bless him - we did try taking Fleur to obedience classes - not a good idea - to be fair, not her fault - mine. My poor hearing meant I never really had a clue as to what was going on, so we scrubbed the idea after about 4 sessions
Quote from: Michael Rolls on October 28, 2022, 12:17:11 PMbless him - we did try taking Fleur to obedience classes - not a good idea - to be fair, not her fault - mine. My poor hearing meant I never really had a clue as to what was going on, so we scrubbed the idea after about 4 sessions
We went to a proper Dog Training Club that's been around since the 60s, it's still going and have dogs that go to Crufts Obedience trials, also a team of collies for the Flyball.
A lot of the newer places are just puppy training and a few basics, they don't take it any further.
this was run by a young lady (whom, to be honest, I could not stand) but what she had achieved with her own dogs was very impressive. She told one of her dogs to fetch (with some modification I cannot remember) and the dog, a collie of some sort, on command went to a closed cupboard, nosed the door open, extracted the content, and dropped it at her feet - all on one word of command (I don't think Fleur was impressed at such subservience!)
The training lady flinched when I walked in with a basset, I am sure she only passed because I promised to not bring her back. She led the other dogs astray.
My Beagle Granddogs are in charge of the house. You cannot train a Beagle :grin:
1955Vintage...
Love your Basset...
years ago my first wife and I lived in a flat which was part of a large house with a large garden. Next door was similar and they had a Basset called Grommet. The couple who owned our house lived downstairs (would you believe, their surname was Royce!) and their daughter had a son, Johnny who was at the just about walking unaided stage - but not always. It was summer time and the folk next door were friends so Johnny, Grommet and up to half a dozen adults would be in the garden. When Johnny's balance betrayed and he sat down with a bump, Grommet would wander over to him and Johnny would get back to his feet by hanging onto one of Grommet's ears!
Lovely lol. My mum said I learned to walk by wrapping my fingers in one of the Old English Sheepies fur and toddled along what ever direction the the dog was going in at the time, :smiley:
lovely!