Chaser

Dear Buzz, Mango and I am sending lots of love and positive vibes all the way from Paarl, South Africa!!!!

I feel for you! I'm experiencing the same problems with my 14months BC. I tried everything until I read "The Dog Listener" by Jan Fennell. Al I can say is do yourself and your dog the favour of a lifetime by reading this book. Get it as fast as you can and start doing what she says. I've given this advise to someone else on the Boards and I wonder if they are reading this now? You might think that while reading it, that what she's saying doesn't have anything to do with your specific problems....but it DOES. I promise you this. I saw a very very big improvement with my BC within less than a week. I have now gone on to purchase the follow up book called "The Practical Dog Listener. he 30-day path to a lifelong understanding of your dog" ISBN number 9780007145706 I think it is important that you must read it in sequence. So don't try taking a shortcut by reading The Practical Dog Listener first just because it says it is a 30-day guide. I hope this book will help you and your dog to be happy together for years to come in a stress free situation. Best of luck!

As mentioned before when coming to this forum for help - we don't realy go 'big' in SA with dog accessories etc. and things are only now 'waking up'. It still is difficult to get certain things around here. And so I am looking at finding a nice strong, but thin leather leash of standard (?) lentgh to work my BC with. Can anyone please suggest a website I can browse to purchase something like this? All help will be most appreciated :-)

Hi There! I joined this Board in order to get help for my very unruly BC (2nd BC but totally different to my first). Imust say that I received help from all quarters, but something still niggled in my mind. I then got a tip to read the book: The Dog Listener by Jan Fennell You have NO IDEA how this book changed my life, my dog's life and our life together in the world out there. Maybe you've heard about the book/author and maybe not. If not, I truly hope you'll make the effort to get it and read it from front to back. It is very important that you realise you cannot go to the index of this book and look for your specific problem too read about it and get it solved. It doesn't work that way. Read it from beginning to end and start doing what the author says. I know you'll think:"But this has NOTHING to do with my problem!" STOP right there - I promise you it DOES and it WILL help and work. You must however give 100% and your entire family will have to work along with you. I saw a positive change within 1 DAY from starting and have had further positive results with extreme dominance problems etc within 2 weeks. Please, please, please get the book and read it. It WILL change your life and that of your beloved four legged friends forever. Please let me know how it went. Regards Chaser (Cape Town, SA)

My BC-bitch turned 1yr on 15 June. She had a 'flash-in-the-pan' heat about one and a half months ago. I think it lasted all of 2 days. The last 2 weeks she's been doing something very weird. Directly after she had dinner she'll jump my leg - whether I'm sitting or standing - and carry on as though she is a male that is mating with a bitch. She'll do it a couple of times over approx. a 15 minute period and sort of settle down afterwards. I've been wondering whether I should have her fixed? Will it help at all? When exactly is the right time? I never spayed my first BC who I never bred with and she lived to be 11 without any health problems at all. So I thought I'll follow the same route with this madam. But alas..... Anyone out there able to shed light on her behaviour and give suggestions on whether I should have her spayed?

Hi John, good question I'd say. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on something like that if it does exist. Mango, my BC is VERY vocal and after one year I've only managed to decipher some of her barks. The rest is driving me a bit scatty right now - but I'm working on it!

LOL - Zoë used to do it ALL THE TIME - I was scared the tip of her tongue would dry out and maybe 'fall off', but when she passed at 11yrs she still had all of her tongue :-> I think it is cute!

Sorry I'm a novice when it comes to certain things - what exactly is OCD?

Thanks I'll try it and let you know!

I'm from Paarl in SA and would really appreciate some help with my BC (Mango). She barks at my ceiling fan whether it is on or not. I've tried ignoring her, reprimanding her and walking out of the room - no go! Her barking at it is also not consistent. She may ignore it for 5 minutes before starting and sometimes she starts the moment she enters the room. She didn't have a bad experience as a pup. She is now 11months old. I'm kind of at the end of my tether with her as her temprament is totally different to my first BC and everything that worked with Zoë (she passed a year ago), is NOT working with Mango. Help help help!!! PS: She is not deaf - I've established that little detail - in fact her hearing is extremely good!

I have a PROBLEM with Mango barking profusely at my ceiling fan - before I go into details - anybody up for a challenge on helping decipher her behaviour...?