Hey! I'm excited to welcome you to the community! Please leave a comment and tell us where you are from. Thanks, Nick P.S. Don't forget to watch the onboarding so you can make the most of the group.

Today I rescued this dog from the pound. He has some behaviour issues that meant he was two hours from being put to sleep. I’ll be training him and sharing updates here and then eventually rehoming him. He needs a new name though. Hit me with your suggestions.

Tell us about a content creator you really like - doesn't have to be dog related. I'll start. I always enjoy GeoWizard's missions - https://www.youtube.com/@GeoWizard Also, enjoy Joel Ashton's Wild Your Garden content - https://www.youtube.com/@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

What are you all up to this weekend?

We went out to Buckland Abbey today for mother's day, meeting with my various siblings and my neices. It was really lovely actually but we got soaked to start with walking around the estate in the pissing rain 🤦‍♀️ Aster wasn't particularly great today if I'm honest. Had her barking hiccups at a lab in the carpark 🙄 my brother and sister-in-law brought their two bonkers spaniels which tore around like complete dorks just generally being a nuisance. Honestly, I love my bro and sis in law but they have THE most irritating habit of just doing this weird whistle to "call" their dogs back, LITERALLY the entire walk. The dogs NEVER return on it. It's like a weird wanna-be tongue-against-teeth farmer's whistle but like, less than 1/4 of the power when it's done properly. Once you tune into it you want to throw yourself into Mount Doom. It's the most poisoned recall cue I've ever heard. Well.... I'm not sure it was ever a cue because there is zero association there with (hideous) whistle=come back=something good. Then my brother made the very predictable comment of saying "not very well trained is she?!" When I called Aster and she didn't come (which I followed up by going and getting her and putting her on leash for the rest of the day as punishment). Standard. Anyways, we are still building the key search indications which are really getting good. I introduced a start of the search by just having her move into the (very easy) search from the next room.