Dogs Training Blog

I will try to make this as short as possible, because it is a rather long story. My little girl took in two feral kittens a while back, they were so wild, at first I said NO WAY! I’m more of a dog person , but, have a big heart, and kept them for a [...]

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I can see leaving pads or newspapers for a puppy if you are going to have to leave for an extended period of time where you wouldn’t expect the pup to be able to hold it for that long.But other than that, what is the point of pee/training pads? Isn’t the goal to teach the [...]

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Okay we have 2 dogs (these are my first dogs since living at home) Zack is a toy poodle and Sasha is a JRT mix. I love them both the same amount (which can’t even be measured) but in different ways. I’m afraid that I’m showing favortism toward Sasha because she loves to be cuddled [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Showing favortism it seems and i don’t mean to. Can you give me some advice to help me and my dog?

I’m getting a dachshund and I really don’t want to use wee wee pads because it has been my experience that they don’t work that well. I saw a dog box with litter for dogs at the pet store and I was wondering if it would really work. Does someone have any experience in this? [...]

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When my kids come home from school with their babysitter my female Boxer goes nuts. None of them can control her and the kids get scratched, etc. If my wife and I come home she never does this so we can not give that training to her. Any ideas on what my kids can do [...]

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i have a mini pin jake and we adopted a dog sammy about 3 years ago from the shelter. and ever since we got sammy jake and sam always started peeing! is it teratorial or something? how do we train them to stop they always pee in the house and it causes stress in the [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: why do my dogs pee so much in the house? please answer!?

I was given a dog, a hound, and he became very useful on my property. He’s got an excellent family tree and his brother, Orthus, is quite a legend. He was trained to guard my property: he let no one to leave, and let some people enter but not the others. I was very pleased [...]

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my family have just bought a 5week old jack russell/ border terrier cross (3/4 jack 1/4 border), we don’t get her until she is no longer feeding from her mum as standard, but when we do have her i will be in charge of training n general maintenance.I’m hoping to teach her the basics like [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: tips on dog/puppy training? (actually a few mini questions)?

So my husband and I are considering adopting a dog. We were going to go and do it today, but after giving it some more thought (even though I’ve thought about it since we moved back in June), we decided to think about it some more, and make the final decision in a month.Of course [...]

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hi i want to bath my 8 week puppy she really does smell as i use training spray and it smells like stale pee and she sits of the pads so she stinks! how would i do it do i just make sure the water shallow and the water luke walm? im using johnsons baby [...]

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We have a pomeranian who just turned 11 and we have been slowly changing her routines in preparation for our baby coming in a few months. She tends to be very jealous, so we have been working on not immediatly responding to her begging. This has been going well. We also know have her trained [...]

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i want a dog, but my mom wont let me!I want to prove to her how i can look after a dog…I want to know what is the best training for a dog and how… More: continued here

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He is 7 weeks, when should i train and how?He likes to bite fingers and toes. I use a stern “no” when he does this but that doesn’t always work. Am i expecting to much to soon? More: continued here

Read the rest of Open Question: Dog owners please HELP? How do i train my Toy Poodle?