Hi my name is Dennis and I work for the PD in Kansas . I dont work K-9 , however, I have 2 wonderful GS's - one a working line , very high drive , 15 mo old and the other a shelter rescue 17 mo old. I dont have a problem so much with the to guys- its my girlfriend. She treats the two guys like babies and talks baby talk to them. They love it and follow her around like she is Mary Poppins. They do commands for her but they act up a lot more for me when she is around. She has made up little songs for them that she sings for them. She dresses them in Tartan plaid coats from Eddie Bauer and gives them Teddie Bears to play with. What I dont get is that they love this stuff. The have turned in to a couple of unmanly dogs. They listen to a CD of Ocean Waves crashing on the Beach at bed time. They are getting their pictures taken with Santa this weekend to raise money for our local shelter ( a good thing). When my fellow cop friends come by my house on their beat and see my dogs on my front porch dressed up in these sweaters and jingle bell colars and Holloween outfits , they have quite the laugh. So My question is - will all of this be detrimental to their development, and why do they act like idiots and not mind as well when she is around. But they mind her? Now she is doing "doggie massage" with them- next it will be a do psychic. Ha. Nice to meet you all. Will post pics soon- much to my chigrin.

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Hello we are retraining(he hast worked for 2 yrs ) our mal and we are really having a hard time with him, see the problem is when he bites the sleeve and we slip the sleeve to him , he will not hold on to the sleeve after. he drops it right away. so my question is how do we correct this? thanks alot guys Erin END