made me think

after jude mentioned about the thunder storm and marley being scared. it reminded me wat Merseyside police told me they did with thier pups.

they got one of them noise CDs and played it to them once their ears where open to get them used to all types of noises. i also bought one and have used it with all mine, none are scared of fire work, storms, bangs ect. now this could be for several reasons, them being working dogs so i dont baby them if they show any form of fear, i get them used to bangs ect, genetics, ect ect.

have any of you guys done anything similar toward training your dogs

ive heard of the noise cd's ... ive never bothered with one for fred.... hes used to my mouth, thats noise enough :2431:

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in all seriousness tho some of the things we do with our workers as pups to get them sooo used to things is mad to some but works i guess.

i will have umbrellas, bottles with pebbles in, carrier bags the list is endless and throw them round the dog wen they are on the rag and also get them to rag on them.

get a pan and bang at it all sorts really but my dogs flinch at nothing also i think genetics has a lot to do with it as my Eng bred girl was a wufftie woo where as all my workers are strong minded and hard temperment so think it helps in some ways lol

fred flinches loads.... he pooped him self the other morning when tia came barging in the bedroom lmao lmao.... he jumped a mile.... hes terrible... but weve never mollicoddled him in this way... you'd think living in this house he would be used to it :2431:

awww bless him poor bugger lol

one thing that gets me is the amount of times pup hits his head and i mean HITS! im surprised hes not damaged himself, mum said were theirs no brains theirs no feeling :2445:

he has broke his tail nearly sliced his same tow off twice, nearly lost his eye twice fighting with kier so had a scar for a while hes not normal lol

freds exactly the same faz.... hes always banging his head.... he must have done some damage by now lol.... .. when hes headed for a wall now, you can see his eyes flickering :2445: :2445: he knows whats going to happen ....

'where theres no sense theres no feeling' :nhy:

The thing is we never have mollicoddled Marley with noises, we live near a main road and the pub where theres deliveries every day. He is jumpy though with loud bangs and screeches.

same with fred jude.... sometimes its just in them if you kwim

my molly is scared of thunder storms or fire works. i played a noise CD with tess plus when sue has looked after her she was outside and got used to the noises. will be playing cd with sam the man and try and de-sensidise molly.

fredsmum wrote:

freds exactly the same faz.... hes always banging his head.... he must have done some damage by now lol.... .. when hes headed for a wall now, you can see his eyes flickering :2445: :2445: he knows whats going to happen ....

'where theres no sense theres no feeling' :nhy:

mine seem ok with most noises tbh, but if someone knocks on the door they all jump up and bark like mad and rush to the door but Bailey ALWAYS falls over :2431: arse over tit evry time, i think the other two make him jump when they bark

I have said it before and will say it again, Jason is wasted on us. He should have been a working dog for sure. He has zero fear of noises, fireworks, high speed trains going by, farmers bangers (used to scare the pigeons from the corn fields in spring) which are as loud as a shot gun, thunder storms etc he actually runs towards the noise in question!!

but had he been a police dog hun, he may not have had all the love and comfort you give him :nhy:

Oh I know, your dead right..I could not bare to part with him and so glad he is my baby and part of our lives. He enjoys his training and 'needs' to be busy....otherwise he gives himself a job!

We have had security blokes asking to take him off us...I told them thanks but naaaa thanks :2431: in a polite way of course!

Sorry, i have gone off topic, sort of, whoops!

:2431: dont worry about going off topic hun, im sure if we stray too far off, karenliver will remind us lol....

i should imagine youve had plenty of people after him, hes not only smart, hes very handsome hun :love:

i remember c.i.d and police outside a house fussing and asking about fred....i thought...you wouldnt want him, he may look the part but hes stupid :2445: even so, i kept a firm hold of the lead..not when he jumped up one in a suit though :2431:

Mine are all different with noise, have played the CD and they take no notice of it, as if it doesn't give off the same atmosphere as thunder and firworks


Bryn is Ok with those types of noise, but then something silly scares him


Hazel never used to be scared of fireworks and thunder but the last couple of years she has started being worried and is Ok so long as she can duck under the coffee table.

Misty just bloody barks through it, like she barks at everything

fredsmum wrote:

:2431: dont worry about going off topic hun, im sure if we stray too far off, karenliver will remind us lol....

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Awww Fred im sure your not stupid :love:

[/quote]:2445: Awww Fred im sure your not stupid :love:[/quote]


he is

but i love him all the same :san42: ... hes my little dufus

fredsmum wrote:

but had he been a police dog hun, he may not have had all the love and comfort you give him :nhy:

even as police dogs they have loads of love ect, most the guys i know are as soft as shit :san42: :san42:

sange this is what i thought bout the fireworks storm thing its the ampmoshere that sets some off

you know what i mean fazbo... a pet dog will always be treated differently to a working dog in some way, thats what i meant

:2431: i know wat you mean :2445:

mine are eating ice lollys as we speak i made them for them :2445:


no its a stressful life for them and their handlers got to have the right type of dog for the job

exactly hun

what you made your ice lollies with?... dont say water lol.... do you put any flavouring in? :2445:

I think I own the forum wuss!! :2431: :sadd:

he ran into his crate this morning to hide from Kala who was biting his feet ears and legs and then swinging from his tail!!

she ran straight in after him and jumped on his back!! :2445:

:san42: :san42: :san42: poor marley i LOVE that dog

no i just used water with these ones but will flavour the next ones with bovril or summet i think

ooooh bovril ice lollies,i will ahve to remember that

awwwwwwwww bless marley... hes lovely bless him.... i sooooooooo want him...

*wonders if jude would notice if i swapped dogs*

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yea well it was spur of the moment last night wen i did them i put drinks bottles full of water in the frezzer and they have loved ripping them open and crunching the ice :2431: :san42: keeps them busy too in the heat as they cant go out

ki is shattered and fast asleep in the sofa now :san42: