Dogs Training Blog

I’m going to college this summer and I want to bring a dog with me. I want a dog that doesn’t shed a lot. That is easy to train. Quiet, like a Saluki. One that could be taken for a daily walk. Doesn’t bark at every thing or chase small animals. I was thinking a [...]

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and she doesn’t come when called. She does at home, we’ve only had her for 3 weeks, she was with a foster family since she was 4 wks old, anyways we’ll be going to puppy classes at the end of the month, but it was really embarrassing calling her and she didn’t come at the [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Hi! I have my 1st puppy (4 1/2 mos) & we took her to the dogpark yesterday,?

I’m asking this question for my friend.She wants a small dog that doesn’t shed, is easily trained, doesn’t bark a lot, and is good with children. More: continued here

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just wondering labs like water huskies dont my, dog got the lab in him.if you trained a dog or got him used to water when he was little would he like it growing up? More: continued here

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I just got an 8 week old puppy and i would like to know how i should go about training it because ill be gone for about 8 hours a day on weekdays and i don’t think its healthy for him to hold it in that long but i want him to get trained what [...]

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Okay so i have a golden retriever thats 4 months old now, and hes soo wild. He jumps on me and bites me everything. We’re going to send him to a PETCO Dog training and obedience school next week and we’re praying for it to work. Please help me if you have suggestions. More: continued [...]

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every time i get on the sofa to sit down he jumps up with me it was cute before but now it’s not so cute and he’s trained too. More: continued here

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When everyone is at school or work we put my dog, Daisy, in the laundry room. We put a puppy pad down to use the bathroom on and she does just fine. When we are at home though, she goes everywhere else but the puppy pad.My friend suggested that maybe she is scared that we [...]

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My family is hard to convince, my mom is a big softy so she usually gives in on these things when she feels bad but she is stubborn with this. She doesn’t like pets and we already have a lot. We have an old mean cat, two very play-full dogs, a fish, and a lizard. [...]

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I have to have to be gone 7-8 hours and i don’t want to make my puppy hold it for that long in it’s crate. Would it be alright if I put my dog in the laundry room with a puppy pad( she’s already been doing that) and then take her out when I’m home? [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: would it confuse my puppy to let her use the puppy pad when im gone, but go outside when im home?

Audrey is short hair. She is an indoor/outdoor dog. She sleeps inside and is outside when we are not home for longer periods. Sometimes I leave her inside for maybe an 1 – 2 hours but never want to leave her for too long to avoid mischief).She loves to play outside but some days she [...]

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Ok, I’m 19 and my girlfriend is 20… we have been together for a little over a year and a half.About six months ago my girlfriend got a puppy. Too this date the dog is hardly trained and always whines and still pisses on the carpet. Not just piddling either, full on pees and shits [...]

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I currently have a year old female Husky and a two year old male Pomeranian. They grew up together and always played nicely up until recently. She has become territorial of certain areas of the house and lunged at the Pomeranian a few times. When she sees him her fur starts to raise up. We [...]

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