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14/09/2025

She’s just too funny 😆

11/09/2025

Sighting of a sea horse at sandy bay 😂

06/09/2025

I’m getting A LOT of enquiries about dogs that have had fights with other dogs in the same household.

I’m gonna be honest here - these are not my favourite cases to work with and I don’t take them all on. Why? Because sometimes the prognosis is not good and quite a lot of the time owners are unwilling/unable to put in the management/prevention to make it work.

So, how does it end up this way? Often, owners are choosing the wrong puppies to begin with - if you have a dominant female getting another dominant female is probably not a good idea, same with 2 males. Personalities and breeds should be chosen carefully if you want them to get on.

Next, most people make the mistake of “too much too soon”. You shouldn’t just leave your puppy unsupervised with an older dog and expect them to “sort it out”. You also shouldn’t allow inappropriate behaviour from either the existing dog or the puppy. Allowing your puppy to pester the older dog teaches the puppy NO social skills whatsoever. Your puppy is going to think they can behave like this with all dogs and they are going to get into trouble. YOU MUST intervene to protect your older dog. They should not have to put up with being pestered or bullied.

Finally, when I got my 2 huskies (within a day of each other - bad idea!). They spent a lot of the time one in a crate one out. If they hadn’t the youngest probably would have got hurt. It was hard (tough!!! If you don’t have the time to do it properly - don’t do it)
When I got Betty a year ago she was NEVER left unsupervised with the older dogs, I intervened if she pestered them, she was tethered in the living room at times so she couldn’t climb on them. Again, hard work but now everyone gets on great and they’ve never had any fights.

05/09/2025

The reality of living with this breed

They are air scenting because they can smell a horse on the beach at Cambois the other side of the estuary - can you see it when I pan the camera in that direction. Nope probably not!
Luckily I saw Roo air scenting and got Nala on lead before she picked up on it or it may have been too late.
Notice the other 2 dogs are oblivious - or don’t care. The huskies would hunt them down given half a chance.
It always amazes me what they pick up on and at what distance - they often alert me to things several miles away and even seals in the sea that I haven’t necessarily noticed. Very different to most common pet breeds.

Always be aware of breed traits before choosing a breed. The things they were bred for are more often than not the exact things people struggle with in their pet dogs 😁

31/08/2025

Anyone who owns a pet gun dog and is interested in “gun dogging” and tapping into their potential, this is a good place to start. A highly supportive group, fantastic trainers, a great way to have fun and build a bond with your dog as well as get “control” over them while meeting breed needs by allowing them to do the things they were bred for. It is likely your gun dog will do things that they are bred for (such as hunt) whether you like it or not, you may as well teach them to do it with/for you 🤷‍♀️

31/08/2025

More gundogging this weekend 😁
Betty loved it. We really do have to work on sitting still though 😂

25/08/2025

Had a fabulous morning yesterday playing “gundogging”. The puncture didn’t even spoil it but was very lucky some men were on hand to help out or I could have found myself camping on the Emblehope estate 😬

05/08/2025

That’s more like it! I tried to do this a couple of months ago and it completely went to pot 😂 but showed me what I needed to work on. Still need a bit more steadiness when walking away from her and throwing the retrieves but looking much better 😁
What we are practicing here:
Impulse control
Wait
Come
Stop
left and right (lost and away)
Retrieve

16/07/2025

Remind you of anyone Leanne Webb 😂😂😂😂

11/07/2025

28/06/2025

Update on the little fella for those asking. He had his 6 week post op X-ray on Thursday which didn’t go great. He stopped breathing twice under anaesthetic 😢 and needed some help to get going again.
I’m pleased to report he’s been fine since he’s been home, but the surgeon said because he’s been fine previously under anaesthetic he could have a thyroid or heart issue. Bloods have been done and he definitely has a thyroid problem - which he’s just started meds for. He may need further scans to check for heart issues - we need to keep an eye on him. Honestly, aren’t these dogs such a worry.
On a side note, I’ve just read that early neutering can cause hypothyroidism 🥲. Obviously I didn’t know any better when I got him neutered almost 11 years ago but safe to say I’d never ever neuter a young dog again unless it was for health reasons 😥
Love him so much. He’s literally just the best boi. So wish I could turn back the clock and do things differently
Honestly:
*get them from a good breeder who health checks as a minimum
*neuter as late as you can
*don’t feed them s**t- feed raw if you can. If it’s super cheap there’s probably a reason why
*put as few chemicals in them as possible (I’m talking unnecessary monthly worming/flea/tick and yearly vaccs )
*be careful with those young joints (stairs/jumping off furniture/ball wanging)

If I had this time again 🙏
Breaks my heart

EDIT: I’m going to be super honest here. I fed my 1st dog the worst food ever (Ba*ers) and she lived to 14 1/2. I was lucky. If you want them to live for as long as possible, you really need to do the best you can 🙏. Roo definitely won’t live for as long as I would like, despite everything we do and probably because of some of the choices I made early on in his life - obviously at the time I thought these were the right choices