Dogs Training Blog

Please help! After two long years of being on a waiting list for a dog, we have been notified by breed rescue that, at long last, our number has come up and … WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little [...]

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It’s for an 8 week old Jack Russell pup (male), I don’t know what crates are but on yahoo answers and other sites alot of people recommended a crate to help the dog sleep through the night and toilet train it.I am just not sure what it is.Thanks. More: continued here

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Hey, I am full up, but I believe this little fellow, a blonde, well fed, well trained little corgi mix, about 20 lbs, approached me and my dogs toniight – he was wearing a blue collar, but no tags. I believe he was dumped on our country road – can anyone help???I don’t think the [...]

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Now i know every dog is a good exercise companion but I once had a jack Russel terrier mix and she was real loyal dog and good watch dog for the house but she could not keep up with me, im a distance walker and she would get tired too soon, she got stolen from [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: What dog breed are well known for being loyal, exercise companion, good protectors a +?

What dog–related website do you feel is the best/most useful? And no, I don’t mean either rescue ones (they’re online angels), or breed specific info. But in terms of resources about dogs (training, health, ownership, legal issues, traveling with them, sports–any of those categories), do you have a site you’d recommend? If so, provide the [...]

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Alright so I’ve been training our miniature dachshund to do “tricks.” She knows sit, stay, come, speak, leave it, which one, roll over, beg, dance, fetch, and that’s it so far. I’ve taught her the verbal commands but I’ve also taught her hand motions to go with them. She responds to the verbal commands or [...]

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I do. I live with one and the little b*t*h just gets on my nerves. The dog i am getting will never be aloud to do this. It is a sign of bad training in my opinion. More: continued here

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When clicker training are you stuck to the clicker forever or just training. For example once my dog is trained will i still have to use the clicker. More: continued here

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how can i get my partner to help look after our dogs and train them? he wont walk them, he wont train them, he wont feed them, he wont give them fresh water. i have told him he needs to look after them aswell but he still wont do anything with them. they are both [...]

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Read the rest of Open Question: My dog is house trained, so why did he pee on my TV when he seen obama on it? ?

In the last few weeks I’ve had a number of emails from potential clients asking what “methods” I use for training. Well, I just responded to another one of those emails and thought it’s time to put my response in the blog.So, here is the text of the email with just the name removed. [...] [...]

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alright so i have a wiener dog about a year old and she just will not stop peeing in the house, she has a doggy door, i have tried pee pads, she poops everywhere as well. even when we have company over they try and pick her up and she pee’s everywhere. please help me [...]

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In the last few weeks I’ve had a number of emails from potential clients asking what “methods” I use for training. Well, I just responded to another one of those emails and thought it’s time to put my response in the blog.So, here is the text of the email with just the name removed. [...] [...]

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I just got my new black lab pup yesterday (10/4) yesterday was sorta tough but now she’s getting more and more used to me and the home. She’s getting her shots for 9 weeks on wednesday. We’ve been outside on the grass already, she hasn’t had contact with any dogs. She keeps trying to catch [...]

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