Dogs Training Blog

My German shepherd is almost two.She is fully house trained,but in the past two weeks she has started urinating and pooping in my house in the middle of the night.She gets no food after 8:00pm,and I take her out several times ,the last time being around 11:00pm.She is also limited on her water at night.So [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Dog going to the bathroom in my house?

Please please please answer my questions! I will give out ten points to best answer.[FAMILY PETS - NOT SHOW DOGS!!!!]1. What is the grooming routine like?2. I don’t want it to have very long hair, I like http://www.pups4sale.com.au/yorkshire_terrier_pups_03a.jpgshort haired Yorkies3. How do I Yorkie proof my house? Is there stuff I should make sure (especially [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Yorkshire Terrier Questions! It’s worth TEN POINTS!?

Control him and get the dog use to my commands and stuff.Mines mixed with something be he is a pupp but I want him to grow up and know who the king is. More: continued here

Read the rest of Open Question: Whats the best professional trainer that can train my dog how to be an protective dog and train me how to?

I have shih tzu and she sometimes does good on the peeing outside. however, when i am gone or something im not able to take her outside. therefore, i would like to train her to use a pee pad or something. that way when im not here to take her out, she’ll be able to [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: My dog uses the bathroom outside but i would rather for her to use it in the house on a pee mat or something?

I think they look like teddy bears!http://thebigthicket.com/images/babyyorkie.jpgMy parents want a lap dog when my German shepard passes away, and despite that I’m not a dog fan, I’d really like to own a yorkie. My parents say they’re not the best lap dogs because they pee alot when they’re scared and they bark alot.What are your [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Yorkie owners: What are the best (and worst) qualities yorkies have?

I’m planning on offering obedience, agility, conformation, behavioral issue training, home visits, and maybe rally and lure-coursing.I’m being told that you can’t make money as a dog trainer. Can anyone disprove this? What training do you offer? Would you mind giving a range of what you make? Is it enough to live off of? More: [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How much can you make as a dog trainer?

I think they look like teddy bears!http://thebigthicket.com/images/babyyork…My parents want a lap dog when my German shepard passes away, and despite that I’m not a dog fan, I’d really like to own a yorkie. My parents say they’re not the best lap dogs because they pee alot when they’re scared and they bark alot.What are your [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Yorkie owners: What are the best (and worst) qualities of a Yorkie?

I live in an apartment condo and found a note taped to my door asking me to control my dog’s barking. I adopted her a few months ago and have had no previous complaints, but do not want to annoy my neighbours. I know my dog has separation anxiety, but since I don’t know how [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How can I teach my dog to not bark after I leave my home?

usually go and play with my dog outside or take her for a walk. However, when i go up the road to my neighbors or parents she is alwayz trying to follow me. I don’t want her to get ran over and she has come very close to it several times. and it scares me [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How can i stop my pug from going into the road?

She is a very smart little dog and comes from smart stock, but she is resisting potty training. I take her out and she sniffs or plays for 30 minutes or more and refuses to GO outside. The minute I bring her in she sneaks around and potties on the carpet. I work. I cannot [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: I have a new 4 mo. old German Shepherd puppy. She is resisting potty training. What do I do?

my dogs are nuts. they bark at everyone by the fence, even if they’re inside the house. if they are inside and someone walks by the jump on the couch and bark. they jump on everyone that comes in the house. one is scared of firecrackers, rain, playing with soccerballs, balloons, ect. and one dog [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: how to train my dog ! help please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Jindo_Dog(read the whole article, its pretty short but very interesting)This is my cousins dog (species). They lost it last month and are still looking for it. After putting about a few hundred fliers, a family called them to report they saw the dog eating from thier trash can, but every time they tried to catch [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Finding my lost dog…..?

My 5 1/2 mth old german shorthair puppy is starting to develop bad habits. She pulls on the leash, darts at anything on wheels, and sniffs and eats every thing on the sidewalk. While outside, it’s becoming increasingly harder to get her focused on us instead of anything else!Our first approach was to target the [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How do I get my dog to focus on me when outside?

The word ‘correct’ seems to be taboo around the dog section, or even anywhere where people discuss dogs. Everyone has to do some version of a correction at some point in training – I’m wondering how everyone on the dog section does a training correction.When I first start out training a dog, I have their [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How do you correct your dog?