cheekychinchilla
Gold Member
Your pooches are absolutely beautiful!! 
And I love their names! I really like human names for dogs
It's odd that Ellie could be trusted off lead, except for other dogs approaching her! She used to be very good off lead, but I had to stop letting her off because I could never guess if a dog would come over. She's never attacked a dog, but she flies between dominance and screaming like she's being murdered! So yeah, can't let her off any more She has a really long Flexi though and her recall on that is really good. She's going deaf and blind now, so that's adding in some problems. I bought mini squeaky balls to use as a recall noise, but she couldn't hear them. And while I was on holiday I bought a beautiful hand carved whistle made from reindeer bone and she can't bloody hear that either!!
Dave is very good with other dogs off lead, but can be a bit lead aggressive. His trouble is that if he is off and sees another dog or person he will run any distance to get to them. We hadn't had him long, so I didn't know what he was like, and he did this to me in one of the local parks. But he ran out across a main road at rush hour!!! Luckily the road has speed bumps! But I couldn't see him coz the park's lined with hedges and trees and I just heard tires screech and the woman who was walking her dog on the other side of the road scream. I've never felt so sick or run so fast in all my life!! So now he is only trusted when I know there are no roads nearby or that he can't get to them. Little git! He just switches off when he sees another dog. Stupid creature!!
Dogs eh?! I'm glad your two are well behaved. I know labs can be hard work, so you've obviously done a very good job with them.xx
And I love their names! I really like human names for dogs It's odd that Ellie could be trusted off lead, except for other dogs approaching her! She used to be very good off lead, but I had to stop letting her off because I could never guess if a dog would come over. She's never attacked a dog, but she flies between dominance and screaming like she's being murdered! So yeah, can't let her off any more
She has a really long Flexi though and her recall on that is really good. She's going deaf and blind now, so that's adding in some problems. I bought mini squeaky balls to use as a recall noise, but she couldn't hear them. And while I was on holiday I bought a beautiful hand carved whistle made from reindeer bone and she can't bloody hear that either!! Dave is very good with other dogs off lead, but can be a bit lead aggressive. His trouble is that if he is off and sees another dog or person he will run any distance to get to them. We hadn't had him long, so I didn't know what he was like, and he did this to me in one of the local parks. But he ran out across a main road at rush hour!!! Luckily the road has speed bumps! But I couldn't see him coz the park's lined with hedges and trees and I just heard tires screech and the woman who was walking her dog on the other side of the road scream. I've never felt so sick or run so fast in all my life!! So now he is only trusted when I know there are no roads nearby or that he can't get to them. Little git! He just switches off when he sees another dog. Stupid creature!!
Dogs eh?! I'm glad your two are well behaved. I know labs can be hard work, so you've obviously done a very good job with them.xx
