Crag Puppy Basics?
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I just added a furry and sometimes poopy member to my family. I'd like to take her outdoors and climbing with me as soon as she's ready. |
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follow your vets advice, with my personal belief that anyone who plays in the dirt ends up with a much stronger immune system than some gym rat that mommie sanitized from the big bad world. |
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Thanks Mark, I'll look into it. I've never had an opportunity to start so young. For the first time I can actually have a well behaved dog rather than the more typical good bad dog. |
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Declawing, ventriculocordectomy, diaper, muzzle, short leash and full harness so you can hang it in the air so it doesn't dig the ground all up, and maybe a shave. And then you will need a pretty bag to put it in because it will be so ugly. |
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M Sprague wrote:Declawing, ventriculocordectomy, diaper, muzzle, short leash and full harness so you can hang it in the air so it doesn't dig the ground all up, and maybe a shave.What type of aftershave do you use? |
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orange sauce. You could use mint. |
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You never know what you are going to get (personality of said dog.) |
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M Sprague wrote:orange sauce. You could use mint. I almost forgot the most important - shock collarYes I strongly advise putting a shock collar on Mark until he learns to behave appropriately around canines. |
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Don't expose her to other dogs until she is immunized for parvo. Ask your vet about the schedule. |
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Congrats! Agree with what Buff said about socialization classes - it's worth it for the entertainment value alone. Socially, the earlier you expose the pup to various things she'll run into at the crag will go a long way towards her not getting freaked out by it later on. Things like seeing people with helmets on, people walking around with gear dangling from their waist, seeing people hanging in mid air from a rope, even people wearing big backpacks, sunglasses or hats...all little things that people don't think of as odd, but can freak a dog out if they've never seen it. A guy coming down the trail with a helmet on, dark sunglasses, noisy jangling gear banging around on his waist probably seems like a freaky outer space creature to a dog that's never seen anything like that. Socialization. |
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Eric Engberg wrote: Yes I strongly advise putting a shock collar on Mark until he learns to behave appropriately around canines.My last beast would have women running to pat and coo over him (a big Samoyed/wolf mix), so now I am jealous. |
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Steph Davis wrote a bunch about her dog, and made a great point that stuck with me. To have a really great crag dog, on the first year, plan on spending more time on the ground with your dog at the crags, than climbing. The following years will be made infinitely better as a result. I have an 8 month old Bernese Mountain dog and thus far he's been amazing at the crag. Loves attention, loves people, loves dogs. Cragging in groups of 3 helps to have someone to constantly be around helping correct behavior and encouraging your pup. |
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Soak PAS in bacon grease to train it to go for the crotches of trad newbs. |
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David Sahalie wrote:Soak PAS in bacon grease to train it to go for the crotches of trad newbs.+1 For real though, don't play tug-of-war with anything that resembles a climbing rope. Our recently adopted mutt had to unlearn some bad habits before he would respect our climbing stuff. |
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I think one thing is important; you don't want to be screaming at your dog at the crag. They should be to the point where they recognize gesture commands, or at least respond to a quiet single vocal command. If you consistently use the same gesture while teaching them the voice ones you can give them commands while not disturbing those around you. |
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don't forget to teach it how to tie an edk. |
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She is absolutely adorable! I love to get a fur fix at the crag. |
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My friend started training his crag dog early by taking it on walks to the local crags on his rest day. He would take him up their and just hang out for a bit to see how it acted out there. The dog got a good break in on what it should and shouldn't do well before he came out to climb. Seemed to work really well for him, his dog is awesome at the crag now. |
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Buff Johnson wrote:don't forget to teach it how to tie an edk. make a doggie coat with patches: Belay Police & STFU NoobI might have to make this coat. |
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A good crag dog
A good crag dog even goes ice cragging! With the proper gear of course Synthetic puffy underneath, and a warm down belay jacket over top. (All hand tailored to fit Zowie - AKA BlackNasty Gangster White Paw) |
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Do you just anchor your dog to a shady tree while you're on the rock? Our guy is almost a year but isn't ready to hang out off leash yet. |