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Multi-dog households
Old-timers may recognise some of the people mentioned in the
acknowledgements in this article. This started out as a research project, resulting in 'Owners Experiences of Multi-dog Households.' That has been turned into this 'how to' article, with tweaks, eg this article is more bearish on littermates, less breed deterministic. Wendy has more experience and dog-related qualifications than I have, so she provided comments. One interesting pattern that emerged is that 'two camps' divisions were less important than experience. Also, tho' there were some cultural differences between Brits and US owners, they were not very marked. The research looked at both what made successful multi-dog households work, as well as why problems arose. If there is anyone still around who helped with this, thank you. http://www.infopet.co.uk/pages/0137.html Alison in Spain |
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:06:10 -0700 (PDT), canisfamiliaris
wrote: Old-timers may recognise some of the people mentioned in the acknowledgements in this article. This started out as a research project, resulting in 'Owners Experiences of Multi-dog Households.' That has been turned into this 'how to' article, with tweaks, eg this article is more bearish on littermates, less breed deterministic. Wendy has more experience and dog-related qualifications than I have, so she provided comments. One interesting pattern that emerged is that 'two camps' divisions were less important than experience. Also, tho' there were some cultural differences between Brits and US owners, they were not very marked. The research looked at both what made successful multi-dog households work, as well as why problems arose. If there is anyone still around who helped with this, thank you. http://www.infopet.co.uk/pages/0137.html Good article. I only vaguely remember this - when was the information collected here? Sally Hennessey |
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Yep, good article.
Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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On 16 jul, 21:22, sighthounds & siberians wrote:
Good article. *I only vaguely remember this - when was the information collected here? Sally Hennessey Think it was 2003, the work is on my old computer at home, and I'm in the library. I contacted a lot of people privately and badgered them ... and you were one of those people. You told me a lot about fencing, which you needed to know about with Sibes being escape artists. Melissa was also helpful on Sibes. Spitz dogs are not common in the UK, it was easier to find out about spitz characteristics from America, and with Rug having many spitz traits, that was very helpful. There's a two-year-old dog in Lagartera very like him, half border collie, half husky. Poor thing is kept in a small yard, fed kibble and stale bread, and never walked. Lady owner annoyed with him because he destroys things. I'm tempted to offer a free walking service. There's a lot of deja vu with that dog. Tilly and Conor, my littermates, also half spitz, are still going strong, btw, deaf, almost blind, but pretty perky for their age. Tobe, the newbie, would interest you if you met him, because he is predominantly sighthound, with a twist. Alison in a hot and dry part of central Spain Alison in Spain |
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"canisfamiliaris" wrote in message ... Old-timers may recognise some of the people mentioned in the acknowledgements in this article. This started out as a research project, resulting in 'Owners Experiences of Multi-dog Households.' That has been turned into this 'how to' article, with tweaks, eg this article is more bearish on littermates, less breed deterministic. Wendy has more experience and dog-related qualifications than I have, so she provided comments. One interesting pattern that emerged is that 'two camps' divisions were less important than experience. Also, tho' there were some cultural differences between Brits and US owners, they were not very marked. The research looked at both what made successful multi-dog households work, as well as why problems arose. If there is anyone still around who helped with this, thank you. http://www.infopet.co.uk/pages/0137.html Alison in Spain That looks interesting. I hope to read it soon. I still have the original research you did for the Think dog course and was reading it recently. You put a lot of work into it. Say hello to Wendy ! She was a great help when I did my Think cat course in 2003. Sarah Whitehead seperated from COAPE and took Think Dog with her and her company is Clever dog co . There are three Think dog courses and I am half way through the second one. I started last December and have two modules to go . It's been the year from hell and I don't think I will be able to finish it in time. ( Alison in wet soggy England ! |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:48:56 -0700 (PDT), canisfamiliaris
wrote: On 16 jul, 21:22, sighthounds & siberians wrote: Good article. *I only vaguely remember this - when was the information collected here? Sally Hennessey Think it was 2003, the work is on my old computer at home, and I'm in the library. I contacted a lot of people privately and badgered them ... and you were one of those people. You told me a lot about fencing, which you needed to know about with Sibes being escape artists. Melissa was also helpful on Sibes. Spitz dogs are not common in the UK, it was easier to find out about spitz characteristics from America, and with Rug having many spitz traits, that was very helpful. There's a two-year-old dog in Lagartera very like him, half border collie, half husky. Poor thing is kept in a small yard, fed kibble and stale bread, and never walked. Lady owner annoyed with him because he destroys things. I'm tempted to offer a free walking service. There's a lot of deja vu with that dog. Tilly and Conor, my littermates, also half spitz, are still going strong, btw, deaf, almost blind, but pretty perky for their age. Tobe, the newbie, would interest you if you met him, because he is predominantly sighthound, with a twist. Alison in a hot and dry part of central Spain I remember now...and now that you've mentioned your dogs' names, I remember you! How pathetic...I'm usually not one of those who remembers dogs' names but not their owners' names. Is Rug still with you? That would be a perfectly descriptive name for a lot of Borzoi. How old are Tilly and Conor? We are sighthounds only now, no Siberians. The Borzoi hair is actually worse than the Siberians' was, but Borzoi activity level suits us better. Do you have any idea what Tobe is mixed with? |
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On 17 jul, 13:55, "Alison" wrote:
*Say hello to Wendy ! She was a great help when I did my Think cat course in 2003. * *Sarah Whitehead seperated from COAPE and took Think Dog with her and her *company is Clever dog co . *There are three Think dog courses and I am half way through the second one. I started last December and have two modules to go . *It's been the year from hell and I don't think I will be able to finish it in time. ( Hi Ali, Wendy is a lovely lady, funny, open-minded, and tough, at the same time with lots of heart. I did a Bruce Fogle review for her http://www.animalcarecollege.co.uk/page.php?page_ID=32 which is a longer version of a review here (you need to scroll down to finf it) http://www.infopet.co.uk/pages/2037.html As for Sarah Whitehead, well, she has recently brought out two books, Good Dog and Clever Dog. I shelled out good money for Good Dog, as this is an intelligent, dog-savvy lady with a lot of dog sense, and was disappointed. There is a big gristly gobbet of undigested oversimplified behaviorism bang in the middle ... and I know the lady can cook when she wants to. So I wrote this http://www.infopet.co.uk/pages/2033.html which is more about the misuse of behaviourism in dog training, and an unravelling of some of the tired old behaviourist platitudes that people spout. It does dogs no favours to have such a polarised debate, oversimplified crap on one side and on the other ... Her Clever Dog has sold much better than Good Dog. Maybe she will rethink her stance on training. Hope so for Dogs' sake. If you have the stomach, please read the Sarah review. It probably goes against everything you believe in, but check it out and let me know what you think. Take care, Ali in Spain |
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On 17 jul, 18:57, sighthounds & siberians wrote:
Is Rug still with you? *That would be a perfectly descriptive name for a lot of Borzoi. How old are Tilly and Conor? *We are sighthounds only now, no Siberians. *The Borzoi hair is actually worse than the Siberians' was, but Borzoi activity level suits us better. *Do you have any idea what Tobe is mixed with? ----- Rug died in 2008, general failure of everything due to age, I think. He was frail for a long time, so there was plenty of time to tell him what a wonderful dog he was, and say goodbye. Tilly and Conor will be 13 in October. Tobe has been described as 'a dog with many fathers'. Almost certainly he has a lot of podenco in him, and they are all-purpose hunting dogs. He may also have some rat terrier. What surprised me is that he is an obsessive retriever, and a velcro dog ... in that he pads round the house after me if permitted, and wants to be right next to me when I sit down. Except as he was a stray and had no owner for a long while, he is also capable of independent forays on his own. If he gets bored on our land, he just goes home along and barks at the door of our house in the village to be let in. Plus he doesn't fret if you shut him up alone. He was thrown out of a hunting dog stockyard for being dog-agressive, ie he had to fight bigger dogs in order to eat, because the owner didn't give them individual bowls and supervise feeding. I can find some podenco links, but think Ibizan hound, working line, then give it a curlier tail and drop ears, scale the size down, and you have Tobe. Alison in Spain |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:01:51 -0700 (PDT), canisfamiliaris
wrote: On 17 jul, 18:57, sighthounds & siberians wrote: Rug died in 2008, general failure of everything due to age, I think. He was frail for a long time, so there was plenty of time to tell him what a wonderful dog he was, and say goodbye. Tilly and Conor will be 13 in October. That's a good age. Only a couple of my Siberians have made it to 13. Even my whippet littermates didn't get much past 12. Tobe has been described as 'a dog with many fathers'. Almost certainly he has a lot of podenco in him, and they are all-purpose hunting dogs. He may also have some rat terrier. What surprised me is that he is an obsessive retriever, and a velcro dog ... in that he pads round the house after me if permitted, and wants to be right next to me when I sit down. Except as he was a stray and had no owner for a long while, he is also capable of independent forays on his own. If he gets bored on our land, he just goes home along and barks at the door of our house in the village to be let in. Plus he doesn't fret if you shut him up alone. It's such a different culture/lifestyle to be able to let the dog out for a long jaunt on its own. Of course that also requires a dog that would come back, and not attack livestock, etc. He was thrown out of a hunting dog stockyard for being dog-agressive, ie he had to fight bigger dogs in order to eat, because the owner didn't give them individual bowls and supervise feeding. I can find some podenco links, but think Ibizan hound, working line, then give it a curlier tail and drop ears, scale the size down, and you have Tobe. Facebook has a worldwide sighthound group, so I have some idea what podencos look like, though there are different sizes. Does Tobe have a wiry coat? Do you see a lot of Ibizans where you are? Alison in Spain |
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"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message ... I remember now...and now that you've mentioned your dogs' names, I remember you! Alison used to post here as Roo as there was already another Alison here. The Other Alison ! |
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