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what do you feed her?

i never thought of that, i have 4 kongs!!! i could try that, i elevate his food already, im trying to do every thing right, he also does this little hop when i have food like he wants to stand on his hind legs and im like NOOOOOOOO  im teaching him to sit befor he gets food, but he gets so excited and starts to bounce.. ehhh

what about fly off? they sell it at petco

really? yeah i read that to, that landseer's dont normaly get as big as newfs, im new to owning newfs, and my dog is a bit of an odd ball, a landseer is a white dog with black markings, and the newf is mainly black with small white markings on toes, chest or tail, well my dog has to much white to be a black newf and to much black to be a landseer, his dad was pure black and his mom was a landseer, so im not sure what that makes him





see what i mean? but other than the color he fits the standard perfectly,

the dog trainer at my work says im not firm enough with cosby and that he sees me as a posession, hes very protective of me and even bites people that touch me, ive been correcting the things i use to let him do, i dont let him lay on my lap any more, or lean against my legs when i stand, and ive been controlling him when we go on walks and its helping a bit, i dont know if the agressive behavior towards the puppy is becuse he sees him as a threat, but i deff. am firm with him when he starts to stare at him,(its the same stare a border collie gives to sheep, you know the one) i say "NO" VERY LOUDLY i grab is head and have his face lookin at me or i turn him around or put him on his side,

and mean while when all this is going on rota doesnt even notice that cosby means business rota just prances towards him hapily and i have to push him back, i will try the spray bottle thing,

when cosby bit rota it drew blood, it mad a few scabs on his ear, and hes goin to the vet tomorrow il ask about infection and all that to be safe,

thanks for your advice, i have to make this work, i cant have either dog getting hurt, this really sucks

my aussie nips, hes actually bitten people pretty badly, and hes bitten me badly befor to, i took him to obedience lessons but still the nipping continues, hel jump up and bite your arms or your legs but only when hes really excited, my advice if he sits on command have some treats ready and in the situations when he would nip you have him sit instead and give him tons of treats, turn the sit command in to just as much fun as the nip, im sure he thinks its a game, make some thing else more fun

it didnt seem to, i think just the sound scared him he was a bit nervous, but he tryed to "bite" the water,  id make sure the beach your gonna take him to allows dogs most of them dont,

rota has his first vet appointment friday