Hi, i'm new here and just thought i'd join this board for a bit of fun and to share knowledge - you know how it is...

Anyway, i'm not entirely expecting a warm welcome but just thought i'd let you know i'm here!

Hi

A warm warm welcome to a warm warm forum ;)

Cheryl

Hi and welcome to Champdogs, our bark is (usually) far worse than our bite We just have a severe intolerance to Trolls:rolleyes: Hope you like it here.

Trolls? Sorry, I haven't heard of that before... I imagine short hairy men when I here that but last time I looked I wasn't one of them!!!

:D its a term frequently used to describe people who join a site to cause trouble.

not short, hairy men then *wipes brow* well that's a bonus at least

Hello, welcome to CD :)

Hello welcome to champdogs :)

I guess you have been looking at the board for some time, hence you were unsure as to whether you would receive a warm welcome? So am unclear as to why you did not know what a Troll was, considering recent events

Hello Tartan Tale, Is there any reason for your not expecting a warm welcome?  In my experience, everyone here gets a warm welcome unless they deliberately do or say something to wind the other members up :)

Welcome!  I think with your way of speaking you will get on just wel with the huge majority!

Welcome :D

Welcome tartan tale,

Hope that you enjoy the site. :-)

Well - that was a warm welcome and i apologise for my rude late reply to you all!

Hello and welcome to Champdogs. :D :D

Welcome!  
Ultimately your pup will learn to walk nicely on the lead with encouragement. 
Meanwhile, don't forget he is a puppy and don't over-exercise him!

Margot ;)

Thanks for the reply to my mysteriously disappearing post! It's not so much walking on the lead that's the problem it's the way that he gets all stupid as soon as something moves within his eyesight!!! (Bless him!)

What breed/type is eh as tra9ning needs to be tailored to suit a dogs natural drives and instincts which can vary considerably with the selection for traits that has amde our dogs.  With training in many things one size does not fit all, though some areas are universal.

He's a Bloodhound. I think the original post I wrote yesterday made him sound worse than he actually is due to the fact that someone advised me to use a correction collar

He walks very good on a lead to be fair to him and he loves being off-lead - and before everyone shouts at me I know that you shouldn't let a puppy off-lead but we do and it's on private property anyhow!!!

Who told you not to let a pup off lead?  In an independent breed I would always advise letting pups of as young as possible when they won't hqave the confidence to go too far and they can then learn what the recall means before they decide to explore by themseleves.

I would hazard a guess that with a heavy breed like yorus is for a pup not to ahve too much free running excersise charging about, but beign off lead and a little training is really good for them.

Isn't that funny.  Over here in North America we tell our prospective puppy buyers that bh's can never be off lead, ever!  My two are very well trained but if they get on a strong scent after a rabbit or cat or something they would be GONE!  Maybe it has something to do with population and the fact that you are an island.  As a matter of fact, if you don't make sure that your owners have a fenced backyard members of the breed club give you heat!

Why shouldn't you let a puppy  off-lead? How else will they learn to come back to you  in strange places with distractions?

I didn't say I agree with not letting puppies off-lead! Good grief! I was stating what some people say - e.g. a local trainer and have seen it written a few times on the net. I suppose I was expecting everyone to have a go at me - but how wrong I was!

His recall is really good and I slightly disagree with not allowing him to have too much free running exercise. He's the fourth bloodhound I've owned over a period of years and from personal preference I think having him with more off-lead exercise is better. (I suppose that's what you get when you ride horses for your dog's walks ;))

But on the same note I would like to state that Windsor does not get as much exercise as our older boy and nor does he come out with us when we ride our horses! (Although it is very tempting to do so just so we can get some prolonged peace and quiet :D)

Sam on here is our bloodhound expert, but it is generally agreed that organised walks for pups should be roughly 5 minutes per month of life, so 15 minutes for a 3 month pup, 20 minutes for 4 months, half hour at 6 months and an hour by a year, after that as appropriate for the breed (mien as much as they can handle).

Now some people feel that is per day and others per walk.  With my own medium size sturdy breed I would say per walk.

The rest of the excersise should be that obtained by mooshign at home.

You need to remember that pups grow at a phenomenal rate (in my own breed a 12 ounce pup witll be around 10 pounds at 8 weeks and about 18 pounds by 12 weeks) and damage to bones can occur easily if excersise nutrition and genetics are not just so.

I really like the whole 5 minutes per month of life - rounding it off, Windsor is just approaching 4 months and he has a little over 20 mins exercise per day so I'd better cut down on that!

Although, even if he does get a little over the average of exercise I feel proud that he's not being pushed to the limits as is a puppy foxhound of 4 months I know who is made to go on hunts!

Needless to say, he ends up walking with those who follow on foot.

Brainless has it about righ for excercise although I tend to give slightly less for under 8 months & dont take any of the un der 8 month pups out with the adults as they run too hard for puppies. As for the foxhound you mention, well that seems very odd I have never known any pack hunt a hound under 12 months as they are usually out at puppy walk for these formative months. Very odd! Which pack is it?
also, how did goldy turn into a liver & tan in photo no. 5????