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Likes: Playing,Eating, Walks, Looking for Cats, Going out in the Car, The Hose pipe, Agility, Obedience Training.
Pet-Peeves: Getting kicked out her bed by Tyler , any strong sprays i.e room sprays or deodorants and the vets!!
Favorite Toy: Her ball on the rope, squeaky toys, Tennis ball launcher,
Favorite Food: Mini Sausages, Hupple Hotdogs, Scraps of Human food!
Favorite Walk: Woods, open fields, The Beach.
Best Tricks: Beg, wave, spin, crawl, Fetch the Handkerchief from my pocket when i sneeze, Touch ( my hand ), Stand, Circle around me, Circle of 8 through my legs, Roll over, Speak.
Arrival Story: I've owned Missy since she was an 8 week old baby. She was the smallest and most adorable puppy ever and her first ever outing turned almost into a day trip with all the attention she received. She attended Puppy Parties and Training classes through her puppyhood and excelled at her training, quickly working her way up to Teachers pet. But don't be fooled, underneath all that scruffy, cute look is a true Terrier who is feisty, stubborn, boisterous, very Vocal, exciteable and who has the heart and courage of a much larger dog!
Bio: Missy has the sweetest temperament and loves people, her ears go flat down on her head and her tail wags like there's no tomorrow. She's very strong willed at times and highly strung but it all adds to her character. As a pup i socialised her so well attending puppy parties every week and puppy training classes, she was so good with everything.....until she was attacked at a year old by another JRT this resulted in her being unpredictable with other small dogs esp bitches but she loves Tyler( My other dog )to bits. She's a very much loved and spoilt princess!!
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I didn't write the other day about a very successful walk i had, but my Talking Agility friends know all about it!
On Tuesday we bumped into Tara the Staffy out on our walk. Mum expected me to go mad, so she let Ty off so he could approach Tara without me having to get close, but there was quietness...mum looked down and i was just standing there! So we approached Tara and her mum and i still didn't react, mum thought OMG! and the next thing we know we are walking along with Tara and her mum. I only went for Tara once, when she suddenly rushed past me but other then that i didn't growl, lunge, snap, or bark! At times Tara and me were sniffing the same blade of grass our heads nearly touching and Tara sniffed my butt BOL. That is something MANY dogs don't get close enough to do. Anyway i got heaps of praise and felt quite happy with myself :D
Today, mum turned around to find Cassie the GSD and Tillie the JRT following! Now i've had issues with Tillie before, as many of you know JRTs and other small dogs are my WORST nightmares! I started stalking and dragging myself through the leaves as mum tried to pull me away from staring at them. Anyway they got closer and Ty and Cassie ran over to each other, Title was on lead too as she is quite fearful and will bark, bark and BARK at any dog that approaches her butt. Now of course this started me off too, i was growling and lunging but their owner said "are you walking along with me" so next thing we know we're walking with them. Mum thought i would calm down after a while and do you know what?? I did!! It took me about 15-20 minutes before i stopped eyeballing her and trying to lunge over to her but Tillie barely reacted to me ( she was more concerned with Ty BOL ) and mum just kept telling me to heel. On the way back Tillie came off lead while Tyler went on ( he gets a bit annoying to Tillie after a while ) and i wasn't reacting to Tillie being off lead. And do you know what? She came up behind me, trying to sniff my butt but as she's nervous she couldn't quite bring herself to do it BOL. Then we was walking INCHES apart, literally Tillie's head was roughly next to my chest...it would have been so easy for me to just turn and snap at her face, i was on short lead but i never. I had calmed down enough to ignore her. Mum is SO happy yet again!!!
She's not silly enough to think i'd be ok off lead or even that i'm ok with other dogs now. Both mum and Tillie's mum understood that if i wasn't under control i would have had Tillie in a flash but at the same time walking with other dogs is helping me to re-socialize and learn that dogs are not all out to get me. This time last year, you could not have me in close proximity to other dogs without me going crazy, it seems i'm calming down much quicker then i used to.
Mum remembers taking this for me before but can't remember my results, so she took it again BOL.
DogAge calculates your dogs real age based on there health, personality, household, nutrition etc. It's very imformative actually but a little too "simple" in some areas for my liking.
Anyway here's the results from Missy's test..
Missy's DogAge is 27.1!
That's 10.9 years younger than the average DogAge for Missy's breed.
Here are the DogAge benefits...
Ideal weight Spayed Healthy teeth and gums No general health conditions No canine disease No infections No parasitic conditions Proper nutrition Good training and well behaved Safe yard Leash use
And here are the DogAge costs...
Missing vaccinations - Mum is not a believer in yearly vaccinations, so answers that question. At risk of heartworm, fleas, or ticks - Mum has never treated us. Never been treated for ticks as they are not a common problem in our area, never had fleas and never had heartworm ( again pretty rare ) Mum is not someone who uses preventative treatment for the sake of it. Smoke in the household - Bad Mum!! Although she wants to pack up in the new year :D May be lacking proper nutrition - Kind of confusing since they listed i was getting proper nutrition above! Not enough exercise - Maybe true, although mum thinks she gives us the right amount. We do get walked daily in numerous weather and i love playing with my tennis ball launcher. Aggressive behavior - Well we all know about this one :( My aggression towards other dogs is a stress to me and like human stress, it's no good! But we're working on that one ;)
So all in all, not bad. The things they outlined as "bad" are actually pretty minor.
I had a pawsome time at my training class yesterday :D Mum actually really believes that since i've had my anal glands emptied i'm a changed pup! I'm more alert and not so depressed and yesterday during training i was great.
We missed a few weeks classes due to the weather and also because mum had got a little dis-heartened about my behaviour there. There was a couple of weeks i went where i would not ignore the other dogs and was going mad! She expected me to play up a little this week to be honest. We sat away from the other dogs and mum asked me to sit in front of her and "watch her", i sat there for nearly the 15 minutes we was waiting for classes to start, not taking my eyes off mum. I did not react once to any of the pups coming in and playing even when one dog escaped quite closely to me! So then i got bonus treats, when mum gives me about 4-5 treats in one go. A lady came over with her Border Terrier pup and complimented mum on how good i was...she stood and watched and even when mum explained i'm not keen on other dogs and that's why we were doing the work we were doing, she still said i was brilliant :)
Class was fantastic! I did all my commands perfect and then we had to stand in a line and weave all between the other dogs one at a time. I weaved lovely ( and VERY close ) to the other pups and then this dog ( can't remember his name BOL ) got too close and pawed me hard on the back!! But because mum had my focus, i didn't see him until i felt him and i got scared :( He was very heavy on my little back and i was minding my own buisness. BUT i didn't snap! There was another kind of reactive dog in our class this time, a SBT and his owner was actually crying in front of us all. Her dog was not all that bad to be honest..mum says i'm much worse. But she could so relate to how this poor girl felt, she's often nearly been in tears through me. Anita asked me to walk around again so we could show the girl how we work together...and how mum controls me.
The only time i snapped out is when an ememy of mine ( i've never liked this dog ) escaped from his lead from one of the other classes and ran through our class. Actually i didn't even snap out when he was running free, i snapped out at him when he was on lead and walking behind us BOL. Anita came over and said "What a little madam" she said the reason i snapped out was because i didn't like his "manners" and the fact he was invading MY space behind me. Mum gave a very loud Leave it and i stopped imediantly which is great progress!
Then to round off the class i had a go at my Agility which i enjoyed :D
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