Dogs Training Blog

Would you consider it to be animal abuse if someone went away for the weekend and left their new puppy loose in the basement and forgot to tell their kids? The puppy was in the basement for 14 hours before they realized he was there. They also house train him by leaving him in a [...]

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I have decided on a name for my new Black and Tan male Doberman Puppy. I decided to go with Striker. What does everything think of this name? If anyone has any better ideas let me know. Also a question for the experienced Doberman breeder/owner. This is not my first dog but it is my [...]

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Just a minute ago, I saw my German shepherd attacking a yorkie that lives in the neighborhood.What I don’t understand is, my GSD is very submissive in nature… She can play with larger dogs without problem, and I saw her playing with a dachshund and a Pomeranian before…Today, this yorkie who used to play with [...]

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i have had 6 pets in my adult life…30 years old, got started at 19.cat 1: Poops~n~Bites : died of cancer at age 6 (after surgeries, cryogenics, chemo). She crapped on the carpet every day of her life UNTIL one month before she died. And although a lover she would bite you when she felt [...]

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I have a 13 mth old lab who is completely house trained since the age of 6 mths. Once in a while though, I find pee on my sofa though! I have no clue when he does it, obviously always when I am not looking. I was just wondering if this is a house training [...]

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Hi! I have a 3 1/2 month old Puggle that is a wonderful dog. My wife and I have had him for about three weeks now and are working hard on crate/housebreaking him. My wife is home with him all day and has him on a strict every two hour potty break. We’ve gotten him [...]

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We just got a 8 week old puppy from a lady who was giving away her litter. The puppy is a mix of English Pointer (on one side) and the other being a Boxer/Chow mix. None of us have ever raised a dog before (its me, my dad, and my sister) and we were looking [...]

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We have a one year old lab/pointer mix. She keeps chewing up one area of our carpet. We got it patched and she did it again!!! She usually does it when we are gone… shes really usually very good so we do not crate her (we have another puppy but he is crate trained) Its [...]

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Eventually when I get my own place, I would like to get a puppy. Right now, my mom and I have a male wolf dog and 2 cats. From what I have learned, a wolf dog is a gorgeous and lovable, yet rambunctious breed that I could not actually handle on my own. I’ve always [...]

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how do i train my bichon frise dog to dance as i saw dogs dancing on the underdog show last night More: continued here

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I have had dogs all my life, but this one is very hard to train. She is especially hyper and destructive. Anyone work with there dog successfully and now you have a well behaved dog? I would love to hear how you did it, and at what age did the pootch start settling down?lol I [...]

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i want to train her she sleeps with me at night but goes to the bathroom she usually stays outside all day and as soon as i bring her in that’s the first thing she dose is pees its like she thinks the house is her bathroom i love this dog to death but i [...]

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My wife, my 1 year old son, and I just moved into a house with my mom and her 4 year old terrier mix. It’s not a “kid-friendly” dog based on behaviors we have seen, so we have set ground rules to have the dog outside when my son is inside, and vice-versa, unless it [...]

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a neighbour whos daugher has a pet rabbit ,next doors lurcher dog has got through the a hole in the fence which there other 2 dogs ( both staffy cross ) have made a hole in , the lurcher has pulled the rabbit hutch apart and got hold of the rabbit taken it back to [...]

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