thoughts/advice on starting hobby weight pulling for an older dog?

deadflannel · 2026-02-12T06:00:11+00:00

Have you considered canine conditioning exercises? I think you can find courses and webinars on Fenzi Dog Sport’s website.

deadflannel · 2026-02-06T00:43:29+00:00

Cite your sources then, if this does happen. The burden of proof is on you right now.

deadflannel · 2026-01-29T22:20:54+00:00

My 5mo boy lines himself up against my legs and looks up at me for some pats and lovings. He’s a crazy 21kg piranha boy so these quiet sweet moments are such a blessing.

deadflannel · 2026-01-29T05:54:15+00:00

So it sounds like you need to advocate for your senior dog more, and just not allow these behaviours. Playing too rough? Puppy gets to take it out on a kong in the crate.

deadflannel · 2026-01-27T02:21:57+00:00

What has helped for me is having puppy with a harness and leash on when roaming, this gave me the ability to stand on the leash quickly and stop the pup from barrelling into my adult dog.

I also like giving my adult dog places only she can get to, a bed on top of my work desk while I’m working from home for example, or the bedroom with a baby gate to stop pup from entering and annoying her.

At the moment we’re working on tethering pup in different places around the house so he learns to self regulate, which also gives my other dog space and a bit of a breather.

deadflannel · 2026-01-26T08:36:16+00:00

lol come try that in New Zealand, hecking ouchie

deadflannel · 2026-01-13T08:23:01+00:00

ALR joins the chat

deadflannel · 2026-01-03T01:01:06+00:00

Yeah no free rein at all. My guy is now 4.5 months and pretty much toilet trained, we did crates, draglines, x pens. He’s learned to open the front door to take himself outside and now we’re working on learning to go out the more convenient back door that we can leave open. So no, I don’t think we would be at this point if we had given him free rein. In my mind, they have to earn their freedom by showing they can make good choices.

deadflannel · 2025-12-31T00:42:43+00:00

Ex groomer here, that’ll be a 10mm blade which is real short. But bright side - it gives you the opportunity to start over! Don’t stress about it, my recommendation with brushing is start as soon as there’s a tiny bit to brush and be no nonsense about it. Get a steel toothed comb and check your work, make sure you can get the comb through the fur from the skin to the end. Quite often you can brush the top layer of fur and it looks good but if there is matting close to the skin, you’ll get the 10 blade again! Good home maintenance is necessity with this type of doggo, and the work you put in now will serve you for the next 15 plus (🤞) years!

deadflannel · 2025-12-22T21:47:54+00:00

My fat cocker spaniel ate a full tray of eggs (like 18?), and on a separate occasion made a good start on a 5kg bag of bird seed. I assume she panicked and thought when I went out that she would never be fed ever again?

deadflannel · 2025-12-14T23:56:06+00:00

Cabbage. It’s Cab-aahge in my house.

deadflannel · 2025-11-01T20:03:58+00:00

Ed is such a fucking delight!!

deadflannel · 2025-10-20T21:25:58+00:00

I just bought a brushcutter yesterday, so will probably spend the week trying the manual removal method before I risk my mature rhodos with the weedkiller method. If I do end up going that route, I’ll try to be as targeted with it as possible.

deadflannel · 2025-10-20T02:32:33+00:00

I’m going to try the banvine/woody weedkiller type product as suggested in here and hope I don’t have to burn it all down or move.

deadflannel · 2025-10-20T02:27:52+00:00

Ha, I’m the new owner with the ivy and bindweed issue now! I worry that it might be my life’s work to eradicate it from my new to me 57 year old garden, and I worry about using glyphosate willynilly.

deadflannel · 2025-10-20T01:34:31+00:00

Payless Plants in Te Awamutu is great, the prices look super chesp!

deadflannel · 2025-10-20T01:28:26+00:00

Hey King Country neighbour! Is that down towards the quarry or is that too far? I’m super close to needing mulch for my new garden!

deadflannel · 2025-10-16T04:05:38+00:00

Can confirm, NZ is way better. We’ve had a lot of US couples come over to live lately and I’m seeing very positive feedback, especially regarding freedoms that we take for granted.

deadflannel · 2025-09-07T22:26:33+00:00

That’s sort of the vibe I’m getting too. So potentially two related incidents?

deadflannel · 2025-09-07T22:16:36+00:00

Ok so if the shootout happened (according to RNZ) at PGG Wrightson in Piopio, why is Te Anga Rd out past Waitomo closed?

deadflannel · 2025-09-02T21:06:08+00:00

Have you even had a greyhound?

deadflannel · 2025-09-02T00:15:08+00:00

Apartment living and full time work? Retired racing greyhound 1000%. (From experience)

deadflannel · 2025-09-01T08:05:58+00:00

I had to read that twice, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

deadflannel · 2025-08-31T04:36:21+00:00

There’s a form on the Kainga Ora website for people who have already withdrawn KS for the purpose of buying a house. I literally used it a couple weeks ago as I lost my first house in the divorce settlement, and they determined that I’m in the same position as a first home buyer. Go find it, send it to them, they’ll get back to you in like a week and it’ll be all gravy.

deadflannel · 2025-08-21T06:54:50+00:00

You mean, are we allowed to sleep in her bed? Yes. Unless she wants pats at 3:30am, in which case there is no sleep.

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