Dogs Training Blog

will the rottweiller in the dog be a danger to my child? More: continued here

Read the rest of Open Question: getting a boxer x rottweiler as family pet. any advice on training and having a young child around?

I’m a dog guy, I have been for a while now, but have never had the pleasure of owning a pup. Now that I’m an adult, on my own, and have the home and back yard for a dog, i’m looking at getting a boxer or boxer mix puppy.The only problem I have now is [...]

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Do you think it would cause problems to teach my dogs both in different languages? I mean, teaching my Chi in Spanish and my spaniel in German for instance….if I kept them separate while training it should be fine right? What do y’all think? More: continued here

Read the rest of Open Question: Do you think it would cause problems to teach my dogs….?

i want a dog that can be easy to train, has a good length of hair, is not prone to a lot of serious sicknesses, loves to play, is one of the smartest kind of dog you can find, and can be a great companion.when you answer can you explain why so i know it [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: what can be a better kind of dog for me?

I took my dogs to the puppy park. They go there every day there is nice weather to play, and generally they have a good time.Today there were two dogs that I had never seen there before, thatt, as soon as my dogs entered the park, surrounded one of my dogs, and both started humping [...]

Read the rest of Resolved Question: Puppy Park Etiquette, what do you think about this situation?

I have a one year old neutered male pitull terrier. He is so good around people in the house and would never actually hurt someone.. but right in the back of my house is an elementry school. My dog is constantly barking at the kids when we go outside and I really don’t want to [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: help with my dogs aggressive behavior!!?

I was thinking about training my pup to listen to commands in German because it sounds fun lol, of course she will know the English commands as well since my husband does not know any German but I was wondering if anyone on Y!A has ever done this and if they encountered any problems, o [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Have you ever thought about training you dog in a language other than you main language?

has anyone used that spray you use to potty train a puppy?does it work?what brand?if not what other methods were you succeful to(its an inside dog)so we are using puppy pads More: continued here

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My 2 yr old male maltese has just started biting a few months ago. It has become a huge problem when we have company. It usually starts when company knocks on the door. He freaks out and barks uncontrollably (most dogs do it…were used to it) and when we let the visitor in he jumps [...]

Read the rest of Resolved Question: How can I stop my 2 yr old male maltese from biting!!? PLEASE PLEASE HELP?

i have a little pomeranian and i think hes partially deaf but if you yell he can hear you and hes been barking uncontrollably at times and he just barks for no reason and no one can get him to stop and no one knows why hes been doing it and i need help with [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: okay i have a problem with my dog?

I rescued a Cocker from this silly woman that pulled him out of a shelter and then had nowhere to put him. I decided to get involved because I wanted to help but it turned into a saga. He had some issues like biting at certain times, etc. There was no option other than to [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Help! No place for foster dog! ?

My 16lb Dachshund/Chihuahua mix needs a job. He’s to little to herd cattle, not tall or fast enough to do agility (safely anyways , but he loves to work real hard. I am training my 75lb cattle dog mix to pull (Dryland mushing, or Urban Mushing, i.e scootering, bikejoring etc, etc.) and I thought maybe [...]

Read the rest of Resolved Question: Do they make X-Back harnesses for dogs THIS small?

do they need training or will they naturally defend they home? More: continued here

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i have a beagle hound mix, and as a fun kind of thing i would love to teach her how to track, u know i hide something she finds it, i give her something to smell she finds it, and such. i’ve got a lot of extra time, and i don’t want to spend it [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Training a smelling dog?