Dogs Training Blog

I have a 2.5 year old male Alaskan Malamute.He got out yesterday and attacked my neighbors dog My neighbor has a great dane/boxer,he was not hurt.My dog weighs 80 lbs,I weigh 110.I use a prong collar even with that if another approaches I find it very difficult to control King.What can I do? More: continued [...]

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He is getting wild and crazy! I take him out, and he just runs at my cats and dogs(that are outside) the whole time that we are out there. He has gone to the bathroom in my house 8 times today. He had been doing very well with potty training…but not anymore. I am used [...]

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I have a 1 year old Lab.We rescued him from the pound.He was 4 months old then.When we brought him home we noticed he seemed very fearful.He seemed as if he had been abused.I would tell him to get in in cage and he would just cower.He has biten once.Our neighbor has a 6 year [...]

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i got a bunny from the fair and i want to potty train it. i need help on how to do it. i know your supposed to put bedding like a litter box type thing some where but i keep it in a cage mostly. i need help! because i have dogs so the rabbit [...]

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I’ve have friends in Oceanside that we are trying to stay somewhat close to. I live in Columbus, OH as of right now and love my location, but need a change. My daughter’s school, library and my gym are located a few blocks from each other. Our house is next to the market and my [...]

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My friends vet told her to use cheerios to train her dog. Sound like good advice to you? More: continued here

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for something like agility, competitive obedience, Rally-O, retriever trials, earthdog, or even Schutzhund or NVBK, do you want your dog to work only for you, or to work for any competent handler? Does the discipline you are training for matter? Does it matter if the training is simply for competition (ex. agility, Rally-O), or to [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: When training a dog?

There’s this dog we found recently, and so she’s not trained at all. We installed a doggie door and she used it all throughout the day, but then she wouldn’t use it at night. Why do you think the dog didn’t use the doggie door at night? (How do you fix this?) More: continued here

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My dog trains well and learns pretty quickly, but gets bored REALLY quick without treats. I’ve been trying to teach her how to heel for the longest. Usually when she’s walking with me, I’ll have a treat in my hand and tell her to “heel” while holding it close to my leg. She’ll walk beside [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How do I train my dog to “heel” without having a treat in my hand?

We were at Petco with our dogs (6.5 mth olds Pepper-cockapoo, and Bandit-lab/pit mix) walking around enjoying ourselves when we go to turn down an isle and there is a man with a full blooded brindle pit bull and a smaller baby pit bull in a buggy. The man’s pit bull sees and and tries [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Why would my dog suddenly try to attack another dog when he has never done that before?

I have 2 dogs, an 8 month old black lab and a 20 week old jack russel-bull terrier (weird mix ha ha ya I know!). We’ve only had them for a few weeks. The black lab is already house broken, but the little 20 wk old (Pablo) is not. I have used my usual training [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How come no matter how much I take my dogs out, they still pee in the house?

what if i got a dog from the pound that about 4 years old.can i still take it to obedience classes and train it? More: continued here

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here are mine:1. my career potential2. my dog3. my new niece4. the 2008 election5. my training for the 2009 pittsburgh marathon More: continued here

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I should add this, as it is very important – I’m divorcing my abusive husband, so our lives have been turned upside down, and also my new place has a carpeted bedroom, which is where he loves to pee. Our old place didn’t have carpet. What can I do? Take him out more? Close the [...]

Read the rest of Resolved Question: My dog has started peeing on the carpet? He’s 2 & this behavior is new. What to do?