USACTC REGIONALS -BEST OF WINNERS!
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR
USACTC NATIONALS/WILLIE TOOK WINNERS DOG
MI TOIS WILD BOY WILLIE AND I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND
Bailey emailing home from Canada
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Best in Show
Hello,
I am behind on my blogging, but great news. Last weekend Tux took a Best in Show and Willie took a reserve Best in Show. We ended the year with multiple wins and Best in Shows and we have started 2012 off with a bang. I will add more photos but here is one of Tux with his BIS
I am behind on my blogging, but great news. Last weekend Tux took a Best in Show and Willie took a reserve Best in Show. We ended the year with multiple wins and Best in Shows and we have started 2012 off with a bang. I will add more photos but here is one of Tux with his BIS
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Training tips for your Coton de Tulear puppies
I have added a new page on our sunnybrooks Coton de Tulear website on training tips. Here is a section. I hope it is helpful for anyone that is not familiar with training dogs.
Training your Coton de Tulear Puppies
Training your Coton de Tulear is an important part of owning a Coton de Tulear dog.. As Coton de Tulear breeders we want to try and help you in all areas concerning your coton de tulear puppies. I hope some of the ideas and tips for training your Coton de Tulear puppy will be helpful to you.
When you are starting the process of training your Coton de Tulear, there are a few things to remember.
Dogs are pack animals. Their ancestors ran in packs and had a leader called the Alpha. So our Coton de Tulear dogs are genetically set up to be a social animal and follow a dominant the leader.
Your job is to be the Leader and to take that job as pack leader for your Coton de Tulear puppy. This is important so your dog does not feel the need to take over as the leader and become unhappy and not well trained. Our dog’s ancestors lived in dens. These dens they kept made it possible to keep their living area free of waste and clean. In order to you’re your Coton de Tulear safe and more comfortable, you really should consider crate training with a wire crate to be her safe place, her den. We like wire crates as they can see more and have a nice air flow. This is not for your dog to live in or spend long hours in, it is to have a safe place while you're at work or away, it's a good idea to keep himin a small area or his crate. We give appropriate toys for the dogs age so he has something to chew on or play with. This give him something to do and stay busy. We also leave a radio on for our dogs when we are gone. When I had horses , which was most of my life, we had a radio on in our barn 24/7.
When your new Coton de Tulear puppy arrives home, we suggest giving him a few days to just settle in. Then you can start by putting on a small collar and letting him get use to this. (never leave a collar on in a crate, they could choke or worse). They may scratch at the new collar for a few days or more, this is totally normal.
Training your Coton de Tulear Puppies
Training your Coton de Tulear is an important part of owning a Coton de Tulear dog.. As Coton de Tulear breeders we want to try and help you in all areas concerning your coton de tulear puppies. I hope some of the ideas and tips for training your Coton de Tulear puppy will be helpful to you.
When you are starting the process of training your Coton de Tulear, there are a few things to remember.
Dogs are pack animals. Their ancestors ran in packs and had a leader called the Alpha. So our Coton de Tulear dogs are genetically set up to be a social animal and follow a dominant the leader.
Your job is to be the Leader and to take that job as pack leader for your Coton de Tulear puppy. This is important so your dog does not feel the need to take over as the leader and become unhappy and not well trained. Our dog’s ancestors lived in dens. These dens they kept made it possible to keep their living area free of waste and clean. In order to you’re your Coton de Tulear safe and more comfortable, you really should consider crate training with a wire crate to be her safe place, her den. We like wire crates as they can see more and have a nice air flow. This is not for your dog to live in or spend long hours in, it is to have a safe place while you're at work or away, it's a good idea to keep himin a small area or his crate. We give appropriate toys for the dogs age so he has something to chew on or play with. This give him something to do and stay busy. We also leave a radio on for our dogs when we are gone. When I had horses , which was most of my life, we had a radio on in our barn 24/7.
When your new Coton de Tulear puppy arrives home, we suggest giving him a few days to just settle in. Then you can start by putting on a small collar and letting him get use to this. (never leave a collar on in a crate, they could choke or worse). They may scratch at the new collar for a few days or more, this is totally normal.
need live feed
I have added a new live feed which shows me who is visiting. Thanks for all the hits. It is amazing to see just who is visiting and the return visitors. This is pretty cool. It is different than the feed jet, but well worth it.
Are Flexi Leads too dangerous to be on the market?
Many people are now telling their horror stories about flexi lead accidents.This is mostly because retractable leashes can be rather dangerous. I read the instructions and safety info when I bought my Flexi leash, but chalked it up to an overzealous legal department protecting the product from lawsuits just in case. Here’s the stark language with which it begins:
“To avoid the risk of eye or face injury and cuts, burns, and amputations to your body or the body of another person from the leash cord/tape or all belt and hook, read and follow these Warnings and Directions for Use before using your Flexi leash.”
If you’ve never had a problem with a retractable leash, you may be interested in this story I found on the Consumer Reports website.
Heather Todd didn’t bring a leash with her the day she took her pooch Penny to a pond near Boston in 2005. So she borrowed a retractable dog leash to help keep her Labrador retriever in check. But it didn’t. The 90-pound dog suddenly took off running and dragged Todd across the sand.
When she came to a stop and recovered her wits, she spotted something lying on the sand. With horror, she realized it was a human index finger; with greater horror, she realized it was her own. The cord of the retractable leash had looped around her finger and pulled taut when Penny bolted.
“It just cut it off like a sharp knife,” Todd says.
Horrible! Imagine seeing a finger on the ground and then realizing it’s yours. This woman — a nursing student — took her finger and drove to the emergency room (!) but doctors could not reattach it.
The article goes on to cite Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics of 16,564 hospital-treated injuries associated with leashes in the previous year. Nearly a quarter were finger injuries. The leashes aren’t broken down by type, but as the article states, such amputations were likely the result of retractable leashes.
I had little idea retractable leashes were potentially so dangerous. Many people who commented on the Consumer Reports article were adamant the leashes should be banned. But I’ve been using them with Jake for nine years and with my previous dog, Joe, for 13, and not once have I had a problem. So unless I can’t get the image of that poor woman’s finger out of my head, I will continue to use the leash in wide-open parklands we’ve been going to forever. (Some caveats, though; I would not use it around traffic or where there are lots of people. That’s probably where things start to get a little dicey. And I use the all-tape (no cord) Flexi, which makes a very durable leash.)
This is an article that I found on dogster. I myself had the flexi lead fall out of my hand many years ago. My coton took off and the leash behind her. She was scared to death as this thing seemed to be chasing her. It took me many minuets to get things under control. When I finally did, my dog was so upset, I never used another one. I did not know that their have been so many accidents with injury, so I thought I would share so you can decide what you think. Food for thought.
“To avoid the risk of eye or face injury and cuts, burns, and amputations to your body or the body of another person from the leash cord/tape or all belt and hook, read and follow these Warnings and Directions for Use before using your Flexi leash.”
If you’ve never had a problem with a retractable leash, you may be interested in this story I found on the Consumer Reports website.
Heather Todd didn’t bring a leash with her the day she took her pooch Penny to a pond near Boston in 2005. So she borrowed a retractable dog leash to help keep her Labrador retriever in check. But it didn’t. The 90-pound dog suddenly took off running and dragged Todd across the sand.
When she came to a stop and recovered her wits, she spotted something lying on the sand. With horror, she realized it was a human index finger; with greater horror, she realized it was her own. The cord of the retractable leash had looped around her finger and pulled taut when Penny bolted.
“It just cut it off like a sharp knife,” Todd says.
Horrible! Imagine seeing a finger on the ground and then realizing it’s yours. This woman — a nursing student — took her finger and drove to the emergency room (!) but doctors could not reattach it.
The article goes on to cite Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics of 16,564 hospital-treated injuries associated with leashes in the previous year. Nearly a quarter were finger injuries. The leashes aren’t broken down by type, but as the article states, such amputations were likely the result of retractable leashes.
I had little idea retractable leashes were potentially so dangerous. Many people who commented on the Consumer Reports article were adamant the leashes should be banned. But I’ve been using them with Jake for nine years and with my previous dog, Joe, for 13, and not once have I had a problem. So unless I can’t get the image of that poor woman’s finger out of my head, I will continue to use the leash in wide-open parklands we’ve been going to forever. (Some caveats, though; I would not use it around traffic or where there are lots of people. That’s probably where things start to get a little dicey. And I use the all-tape (no cord) Flexi, which makes a very durable leash.)
This is an article that I found on dogster. I myself had the flexi lead fall out of my hand many years ago. My coton took off and the leash behind her. She was scared to death as this thing seemed to be chasing her. It took me many minuets to get things under control. When I finally did, my dog was so upset, I never used another one. I did not know that their have been so many accidents with injury, so I thought I would share so you can decide what you think. Food for thought.
Monday, January 23, 2012
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