Thanks for that. He’s actually improving pretty quickly. You can see that he knows he’s not meant to be doing it as he has a gentle little nibble. But every now and then he gets caught up in the moment and CHOMP!
Glad to hear. 
He’s still just a pup.
One of the ideas I saw I thought was very good (&fun!)
The click part is obviously linked to clicker training. I had friends who did this with their border collies and they swore by it.
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The ooddles do get bitey. Need to stamp that out early!
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What I did is ‘cry out’ whenever he bit. He’s very sensitive, and picked up that it can hurt pretty quickly.
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That method was also mentioned by many, along with a deep growl/bark which many seemed to find successful.
I can imagine that a sensitive dog wouldn’t want to cause you pain.
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Lovely stories.
The dog named Tula (the penguin protector) there was a movie made about her, but I don’t know what it’s called, if anyone knows the name, please let me know, would like to watch it.
They made a doco on Bear (koala finder) which I watched, was good.
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Oddball?
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That’s what we’re doing plus a little bit of redirection. Shoving a chew toy in his mouth instead. It seems to be coming along pretty well.
I’m amazed at his toilet training. Hasn’t pooped inside once and has only done number 1s once in about the last 10 days.
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That’s what I call good bladder control!!
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Inside!
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What about a greyhound?
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They adopted one a couple of weeks ago 
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These dogs are incredibly smart - easy to underestimate.
From when Ziggy was a little pup, I used ‘Hey Ziggy’ to get his attention. Now it’s like saying ‘hey google’ or something - he sits and listens, trying to pick up words I’m saying - and I speak to him like I would a 3 year old and he hes that level of understanding - give or take difference between humans and dogs. I also think that with these type of dogs - positive reinforcement works much much better than negative enforcement.
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I’ll agree that positive reinforcement & training is always better.
So great to hear how beautifully Ziggy is coming along.
It never ceased to amaze me how much English our Dobe understood. 
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I’ve even taught him a sign language now. We have about 12 different signals that he knows, which saves me yelling across a field
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Fantastic! You’re obviously doing a great job. We used to occasionally go to field dog retrieving trials where they would use hand signals for dogs at a great distance- just fantastic to witness. I did laugh at one trial where the dog wasn’t going where it should so the guy shouted very loudly, “in the water!!” and the dog turned and jumped straight into the dam. 
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It has been nearly 15 months since we found out that Marshall our black lab had mast cell cancer, and he was given three months to live. He had major surgery and then chemo, and for the past 12 months it has been lots of drugs.
We thought we had lost him last weekend, when he stopped eating, and had severe vomitting and liquid crap, and would not drink any water. He was cold, shivering and I took him to the Vet. So after three days on a drip and lots of care, he is home !!!
He ate okay this morning and is drinking again, and wagging his tail. We have stopped all cancer drug treatment, as it seems this is affecting his system, so the cancer will probably get worse, but he will be a lot happier for the rest of his days.
It is hard to be sad when you see those big eyes.
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@Bacchusfox he is beautiful. I am sorry to hear that he’s not been well but you’ve been so caring & diligent which has given him another year+ of shared love and family life.
I hope he remains well now for as long as possible.
He has such soulful eyes & a truly beautiful face.
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OMG those eyes!!! Dad stop taking photos of me… please…
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