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i have a teacup size maltese and what i do is keep it in a small area with his cage and a wee wee pad in the front with the cage open and on the side of the wee wee pad is a thing to block it from coming out. This is good for potty [...]

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How do I train him to stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????He does not like young black males. Females, children and older males are fine. BUt he will go after young adult males. So if one gets near our property, we have to bring the dog inside.water bottle does not help this. I am trying to save up money to [...]

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I bought several treats for my puppy, but he doesn’t like any of them! The first thing I’m trying to do is to house train him, but when he goes on the puppy pad I don’t have any positive reinforcement to give him. Any one have any ideas? I just got him today and I’m [...]

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I am planning on getting a maltese puppy soon so i need answers fast!1. i live in a small apartement, so do maltese dogs need a lot of walking since there small? how many times a week?2.How do i potty train my maltese puppy? should i use newspapers or wee wee pads for the puppy [...]

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Like a dog can be trained, will that work with a cat too. My friend at school says it can be done if you take a stray type cat, feed, house it, but antagonize it along the way. will this work? More: continued here

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There is this dog that belings to our amish neighbor and they are very nice, except they mistreat their animals. They have a small dog who is in fact my dogs sister. They dont feed her anything but they do give her milk because they have a lot of it and sometimes scraps from the [...]

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I have been looking every where for a rental home in Laramie WY. We recently drove the 6 hours to check out a couple houses for rent, both were advertised as being “clean, nice, or newly remodeled”, the first was an old trailer, that was probably condemned at least 10 years ago and the second [...]

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I’ve seen all sides to this, negative, positive and neutral opinions. Some people are saying that is careless to breed these dogs.My opinion is that, lets face it, not all pups come from “meant” breeding. Kinda like us humans “accidentally” getting pregnant.Also, i inform you, i have a dog of this breed. She’s very loving, [...]

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I have been looking every where for a rental home in or close to ( in the country would be fine) Laramie WY. We recently drove the 6 hours to check out a couple houses for rent, both were advertised as being “clean, nice, or newly remodeled”, the first was an old trailer, that was [...]

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Ive read online that many people think his methods are outdated? Don’t they get that these are dogs, animals which live by their own instincts? Don’t you think his methods are right on ? What kind of training is considered new and cutting edge? He gives dogs what they need not what humans want for [...]

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I have a one year old chihuahua who is trained to use puppy pads inside of my house. Since my house is pretty big there are about three pads around the house that she always knows are available (1 upstairs, 2 downstairs). My mom decided yesterday that it is time for my dog to start [...]

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I have an eight week old puppy, spaniel mix. I got him when he was 6 weeks so I kept him inside for the first week and had no bother with him except for the urine and faeces. I was getting along well with the toilet training but I decided that he would be better [...]

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My 3 1/2 yr. old daughter is asking for a dog.I was thinking of getting her a Pomeranian but I know they bark alot. How do I train it not to bo so barky & is there a better breed for a child this age that does not get to big. not over 11pounds. Any [...]

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I’m looking around for good dog related books. Training, behavior, fiction, anything! I found one today that is pretty neat – it’s called “Canine Body Language” by Brenda Aloff. It has really good pictures and descriptions of body language from play bows to facial expressions and dominance vs aggression. VERY informative for me….Anyone else have [...]

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