Dogs Training Blog

I am going to meet the Navy recruiter next weekend. I am interested in doing a career in either law enforcement or legal. I would like to train and work with the dogs that do the bomb and narcotics thing or in legal I would like to do something in administration for the JAG officers.As [...]

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What I neeeed is a dog that….- stays small- doesn’t have a high chance for things like back problems- will behave around children and other dogs- is easily trainable (well, not tough to train)Whatever information you could give me (best answers goes to answer with most info of course, but anything is great).I know about [...]

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my husabnd and I bought a 9wk old lab pup. He’s house broke / crate trained. Usually when he is put in his crate he cries for a min. or two and then settles down and goes to sleep. We’ve had him 3 days now. We had him at his grandparents house where another dog [...]

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I’m going to start doing questions of the day or when im busy questions of the week so whoever answers first gets the ten points. Questions will be random so be ready for anything. and has to be the exact answer. and if no one gets it i will add on more hints so check [...]

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Does anyone know if and how I would be able to ship a dog on a train? I recently bought a puppy from a breeder in Northern Michigan and I live in Southern Indiana. Someone told me I should check in to maybe shipping the dog down to me by train. More: continued here

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I have a 6 month Shih Tzu/Chihuahua pup and I’ve been trying to potty train him the last 3 months. My parents aren’t helping me at all and I’m in my last year of high school. He has a kennel and he can last through the whole night without going potty, but during the day [...]

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ok. so in training my dogs to be therapy dogs.what are some different things I should work on? and please tell me how to do it and all. my teacher is bringing me her Delta Society book sometime this week but I want to get startedso any and all advice is greatly appreciated More: continued [...]

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OK first off I let my little girl pick out the pup for her fifth birthday! There were plenty of pure breeds of both types there but she chose her! So please don’t tell me that I am A bad person for getting A mix. Both breed are good with little kids I do know [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: I have A Shetland Sheepdog-Mini Australian shepherd mix I would like to know the fallowing?

I was planning on giving 2 weeks notice tomorrow, but I just saw they posted an ad for my job in the newspaper today. I know for a fact they weren’t looking for additional help and whoever they will hire will replace me. There is minimal training involved (I walk dogs and pick up poop) [...]

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We have a new puppy, 3 months old, who is not potty trained yet and I wondered if her having accidents could be the reason why I caught our dog, who is 100% house broken, peeing on the carpet today!!! I yelled, “hey, what are you doing?!?!” I wondered if her seeing the new puppy [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Could having a new puppy, who is not potty trained cause your potty trained dog to be having accidents?

A couple of months ago, my brother was working his new job as a mail delivery driver. It was his 1st week on the job, and he came to a house where he needed to deliver the package to the front door. He got out of his vehicle, and went to the front door, but [...]

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I know that the farthest training you can give to a cat is potty training. (I’ve heard that they don’t or can’t learn commands like sit and down, unlike dogs) But can cats remember and respond to their names? More: continued here

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he almost never has the patience to learn anything. I just want my dog to know the basics, sit, stay, come. Are there any tips or tricks you know, or any websites with free training guides? I’m thinking about enrolling him in classes but that’s more of a last resort (He’s very scared of new [...]

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I have to beagles and love taking them to the beach. they are good trained and love walk abouts.So we get to the beach and say ‘sit’ they take a second or two and sit and then i let them of the leash but say ‘stay’, they stay then i say ‘of you go’ and [...]

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