When we moved here next door's dog - a Retriever Greyhound cross - was perfectly behaved. Too perfect - shy, retiring, never said a word and hid behind shrubs to peer at us as we came and went. Not any more.
Our pair are allowed outside to run around, chase each other, run up and down the perimeter if someone goes by on foot or bicycle and they bark to warn people off their territory or say hello and greet them, depending on who it is. They spend hours watching the boundary between us and the neighbours in case Aiko appears and now she and they run up and down on their own side of the fence between us and she barks at passersby too. She also comes to greet me and have a sniff and a stroke when I go round with eggs. Poor thing gets told off for doing doggy things and has never been allowed to greet my pair in person.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! What sort of people think it's a good idea to give their dog a squeaky toy to play with in the garden on an otherwise peaceful Sunday morning ... hitherto nothing but the sound of birdsong in the air ...... I've been driven indoors!!!
You'll like our dog, she kills squeaks in minutes. Bought a squeaky toy that said it can't be broken. She'd killed the squeak in under a minute and lost interest. A little later she regained interest and tore the toy to pieces. Supposedly the squeak still works even when punctured, what about torn to be shreds? Plus the toy read described as well no tough dogs couldn't rip it, she did and left it's innards all around the dining room.
She's a border terrier btw, at one time thought as among the top ten breeds for intelligence. Now something like 28th out of 148 or so.
Anyway, if we lived next door to you there would be no squeak issue. If we knew you neighbour one visit from us with our dog and your squeak issue is over, she finds toys and food belonging to other dogs even if the home dog had lost the toys.
It's not always the owner's fault. My cousin had a border collie who had loads of toys. He rarely played with squeaky ones until he thought she'd been on the phone too long. Then he would dig one out and attack it right beside her.
Your friend was lucky. Our dog when a puppy used bodily functions to punish us for it's perceived neglect. Seriously it was house trained quickly but several months after never having an accident she did a 2 in the middle of the dining room then pulled a cushion off the chair to position in line with the 2 and the door. Then she lay on the cushion looking at the door, looking as if she was pleased with herself. All we did wrong was leave her while we got our young son to bed. I left her foot just 20 minutes!! There have been other cases, enough to know that they're punishment.
Dogs can certainly let you know when they aren't happy with you. The first dog my parents had, a toy poodle, used to get all the cushions off the chairs and pile them in the middle of the room if he was left but not told he was being left. If we told him we were going out he was fine.
You'll like our dog, she kills squeaks in minutes. Bought a squeaky toy that said it can't be broken. She'd killed the squeak in under a minute and lost interest. A little later she regained interest and tore the toy to pieces.
Mmm. Ours does that. Greyhound. near or at the bottom of any list for intelligence. (Although we like to tell people she's not thick, just differently focused.) If you give her a squeaky toy she will utterly destroy it - not even food will distract her until it is dead. It's not intellect, it's prey drive. Not all greyhounds have it. Not only greyhounds have it. People underestimate how dangerous even quite dopey dogs can be
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
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I hate sticky weed, the smell of Herb Robert and the gap between the metal plate my neighbour thoughtfully placed along my chain link fence to stop his weeds coming through and the fence. It mostly works but my fat fingers struggle to get into the gap between the metal and my chain link to pull out the persistent intruders.
Oh, that feels so much better - I also miss not having anyone on hand to moan too so thank you all.
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First news item - Chelsea won something. 2nd item, Boris got married. Can we please have something that can be remotely described as Newsworthy - important or gob smacking - even Amaaaaaaaaaazing might do it
We got the kids paddling pool out today and it got filled from the water butt. D'oh!!!
I got the hose out but the back garden tap wouldn't hold it as the press on fitting screwed into the brass tap wouldn't hold the hose. I have ahozelock type end to the hose and this tap had something similar. Our hose is a cheap one from Tesco's but we know it works well with hozelock type quick release tap parts. So I kind of understand but the hose reaches from the garage tap that does work. It would have meant holding it up to make it or filling it bucket by bucket from the hose. But no, empty the water butt.
My sister-in-laws Jack Russell cross would kill any toy with a squeak in it. He wouldn't stop until the toy was in tiny pieces. We were looking for toys for my niece's Staffy and ask in the shop if they had any 'Staffy proof' toys. The assistant looked at us pityingly and said "There is no such thing as a Staffy proof toy"
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When we moved here next door's dog - a Retriever Greyhound cross - was perfectly behaved. Too perfect - shy, retiring, never said a word and hid behind shrubs to peer at us as we came and went. Not any more.
Our pair are allowed outside to run around, chase each other, run up and down the perimeter if someone goes by on foot or bicycle and they bark to warn people off their territory or say hello and greet them, depending on who it is. They spend hours watching the boundary between us and the neighbours in case Aiko appears and now she and they run up and down on their own side of the fence between us and she barks at passersby too. She also comes to greet me and have a sniff and a stroke when I go round with eggs. Poor thing gets told off for doing doggy things and has never been allowed to greet my pair in person.
She's a border terrier btw, at one time thought as among the top ten breeds for intelligence. Now something like 28th out of 148 or so.
Anyway, if we lived next door to you there would be no squeak issue. If we knew you neighbour one visit from us with our dog and your squeak issue is over, she finds toys and food belonging to other dogs even if the home dog had lost the toys.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Oh, that feels so much better - I also miss not having anyone on hand to moan too so thank you all.
I got the hose out but the back garden tap wouldn't hold it as the press on fitting screwed into the brass tap wouldn't hold the hose. I have ahozelock type end to the hose and this tap had something similar. Our hose is a cheap one from Tesco's but we know it works well with hozelock type quick release tap parts. So I kind of understand but the hose reaches from the garage tap that does work. It would have meant holding it up to make it or filling it bucket by bucket from the hose. But no, empty the water butt.
In really need to supervise people sometimes.