Dogs Training Blog

I have a 15 month old English Shepherd mix. The ES is particularly noted for its strong guardian instincts. Normally this has limited itself to quiet “mom, something’s weird”-type wuffs or barking at the door if someone shows up late at night. However, last week while on a very late night walk I stopped to [...]

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I am diagnosed with depression and I have found that animals really help elevate my symptoms. I find them to be very therapeutic and would like to share this with other people. One of the issues is I live in an apartment because I am on disability and probably always will be. They don’t allow [...]

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Hi, I don’t know much about kennels but there are two pure bred mini poodles that are around 4 years old that need a home and have been in the kennel their whole lives I believe. They have had human contact and such but the majority of their lives are in the kennel. That’s about [...]

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I have a 1 year old male pit bull and he very trained and nice. I 24 and thinking about moving back with my mom so that i can go to college but she says that i have to get rid of my dog. i been giving her the facts and she said well that [...]

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I’m in a wheelchair & have a lot of love to give!!! I’d be willing to train, groom & exercise a dog…But he/she would have to either be patient or lazy because I can’t push my wheelchair fast in my hilly neighborhood & I have a yard but it’s mean to make a dog get [...]

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I have a Jack Russell and I just got him neutered. He is 11 months old and he is pretty well trained. I am not able to spend every waking minute with him but he recognizes me as his master. He does several tricks and listens to my commands.When I brought him home from the [...]

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i want to know what groups and breeds would be the best suited for narco/cadaver/search & rescue work…. ive heard of bloodhounds and german shepards but are there any other breeds i can consider? More: continued here

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I have a 3 month old german shepherd puppy.I take him out every 1-2 hours.While I sleep, to avoid him peeing in his crate(I have a heavy sleep, I won’t hear him cry), I let him pee inside a limited area in the house and clean it up when I wake up.I’ve been doing this [...]

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My dog never messes in the house, but I always keep him in my room with me at night so that I can keep an eye on him. I’m afraid to let him roam the house at night in case he pees on the furniture or something. Is there anyway to know that your dog [...]

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We can be sitting in the living room and if she’s in the kitchen alone she’ll cry and bark.When she gets out, she gets all quiet and curious.We’ve had her for about 12 days and she doesn’t really get to “taste” the house along with us, only the kitchen area. Should she spend more time [...]

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Ok, today my 3 cousins came over today after I came home from school (they were already out of school at 2:30 and 3:00 elementary and middle school doens’t end ti’ll then). Anyways, I was looking at the classifieds as I always do and I was looking at dogs. He saw puppies for free which [...]

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I’m getting a dog soon and am reading up on clicker training, it looks great.Has any one had success training their dogs using clickers? Is it good and effective?Do you have any pointers? More: continued here

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PLEASE READ, I REALLY NEED YOUR HELPI am moving to Minnesota next week(I live in Cali), and I have a 3 year Old Pit Bull named Ozzy. I have posted this once, so you might remember this.I saved Ozzy from the shelter. When I got him he didn’t know any obedience training.I taught him everything [...]

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ignoring them when they do something wrong? Like, when someone would ask you a rude question, you could say “Oh, time to go” and leave. I know this method is used to train dogs, and I was wondering if it could be applied to humans. More: continued here

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