there you go again, spouting your rubbish,

NOT EVERYONE on this forum is a pet owner...most of the pet owners are pretty savy also.

you go on and on and on and on about these training manual's, and newsletters but never give us any links to them or tell anyone who you work for, why not?

Labman, why don't you just accept defeat and crawl back into your hole? no one is interested in listening to the awful 'advice' provided by trolls such as yourself.

Labman - the 'recent' newsletter advice you highlighted (coming from some puppy school) is all over the interent. You put it on there yourself as far back as 2007. That is not recent, is it? Why say it is? How credible is your advice?

Here is some good advice about the number of meals a puppy requires:


http://www.dogsey.com/showthread.php...24#post1826124

Hi Vics as I general rule I feed ..
Age 4-12weeks = 4 meals
Age 3-6 months = 3 meals
Age 6-12months = 2 meals, then many dogs prefer to continue with 2 meals when adults.

Because Puppies have small tummies it is better to give them small frequent meals which won't distend their tummy and cause them to regurgitate the food.

Home cooked mince is good because they can`t separate it out

Yeah tried this today and he loved it.

Definatley not going to give him cottage cheese again, it gave him some loose stools last night which absolutely stank !!

Going to continue with the cooked mince and maybe try a few spoonfuls of butchers tripe mix to the dry kibble and see how it goes!!!

You don't want to be giving him foods that are high in calcium anyway.

The absolute level of calcium in the diet, rather than an imbalance in the calcium/phosphorus ratio, influences skeletal development. Young, giant-breed dogs fed a food containing excess calcium (3.3% dry matter basis) with either normal phosphorus (0.9% dry matter basis) or high phosphorus (3% dry matter basis, to maintain a normal calcium/phosphorus ratio) had significantly increased incidence of developmental bone disease. These puppies apparently were unable to protect themselves against the negative effects of chronic calcium excess. Further, chronic high calcium intake increased the frequency and severity of osteochondrosis.

http://www.amstaff.net/HD1.html

The above refers to giant breeds, but care also needs to be taken with breeds like Labs who are equally prone to joint disease. So, no cheese (very small amounts for treats won't hurt, but not as regular additions to kibble), yoghurt, milk, etc.

I buy the Tesco "value" (ie cheap) frozen mince from the supermarket for mine. Fry a little from frozen, add water and pour it on my dogs kibble. They absolutely love it.

At what point are you going to accept that you are NOT the fount of all knowledge and at least 95% of what I have read written by you is absolute rubbish at best and dangerous at worst. You keep going on about these 'professionals' at your guide dog school - you are aware that in the rest of the western world American guide dog schools are considered to be a joke and the training poor at best?

You also miss the point that many of the people here are not 'ordinary dog owners' and many of them have tons more experience than you will ever have and provide good, useful advice to people who need it.

Just a quick read of your profile points out the level of the training you do and the methods you use and one only has to read a couple of your posts to know what rubbish you spout so please *DO STOP* writing like you know what you are talking about and giving out bad/dangerous advice.

Labman what many people are saying is reject your advice which is frequently very poor (eg failing to feed puppies the correct number of meals/leaving them shut in crates for most of the time on wire mesh without bedding or water/using 'training' devices like a mouse trap which could cause serious injury to a dog/forcing a small puppy to submit by lifting it up by its middle leaving its legs unsupported and continuing to do this for 15 seconds at a time until it ceases to struggle).

When will you learn Labman that people on this dog lovers forum are not impressed with your methods some of which breach the guidelines of your own animal welfare organisation The Humane Society of the United States see below
quote..
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals...ssentials.html
The anonymous organisation you keep quoting which advocates such inappropriate methods of caring for puppies should be reported .