Dogs Training Blog

I never thought about training classes before until one of my friends told me they were going to puppy classes and that their puppy was graduating next week. I thought that maybe if I did get a dog, it’d be best if we took some classes so I made sure I could handle the pup!So [...]

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My dog is pretty stubborn, and whenever I ask him to do something I’m training or old like sit he tends to just look past me like I am nonexistant, or makes a game out of it. It really frustrates me, not so much when he makes a game because then I just play because [...]

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We have 7 we dogs six of which we rescued, 2 horses who came from bad homes, one of which used head boarding on a perfectly good horse, and 6 cats who once again we rescued. However one of our dogs, Kia, is very dominate aggressive. I would not be turning to an Ecollar if [...]

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I’m ready to give my dog a companion. (he’s a mini poodle) SO I’m interested in the following dogs: Lhasa apso, miniture poodle, shih tzu or shih tzu poodle mix. I’m worried of i get a shih tzu or lhasa apso they’ll be wary of strangers. I researched them and they aren’t known to be [...]

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Hi, I adopted a puppy the other day and it’s due to come home next Monday. I am really looking forward to having a new member of the family, that I bought a dog magazine which had an article about training your puppy. In the article it said how house training should be done during [...]

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ok.. so my dog is a little over a year old and i still can not train him to not chew up my house.. so i have him stay in the kitchen/dining room section of my house. eventually i want him to be able to wander throughout the whole house. but right now i would [...]

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Why is dog grooming course’s in N.Ireland so expensive?, all I’ve seen are well over £1000 and I really want to train to become a dog groomer but could not afford to pay that much. Can anybody help me find a way to get trained up in dog grooming for a lot less.??? PLEASE More: [...]

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I answered all the questions, but then it came up with that annoying ‘We’re taking a breather’ page, so I’m posting them here, in hopes that some other people will answer as well. To whoever posted this originally, thanks, it was interesting.1. Have you had a good day so far?Pretty good…2. Are you single?Yeah, sort [...]

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i’m looking for a dog to run with in the morning and a best friend who i can take a responsibility on. i want a medium sized dog and i want the dog to not bark a lot and be easy to train as a puppy or as a young adult. i live in nc [...]

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i have 5 and half month old basset hound female.when she gets older and mature enough i am taking her to the dog shows, and i want to evaluate her hunting skills and reaction to the gun. if i decide one day to breed my dog i want her to have those grades on her [...]

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I have two squirrels that i fostered but now they are old enough to be let free they don’t want to leave. They keep climbing through the dogie door and back into my room into the big bird cage that i have. I don’t know why they keep doing that but i cant get them [...]

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I have a 7 year old English Bulldog that I have had for 5 years. Yesterday i rescued 14 month old English Bulldog. When i got her home I realized she is not house trained (even though the bulldog rescue told me she was). Or, if she is house trained maybe she is marking around [...]

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My 9 month old male schnauzer just doesn’t get it! I have spent countless hours trying to train him but it never registers in his head. He gets afraid too fast of any object that makes noise or moves.He fears vacuum cleaner, music, and even the phone ringing. He smells everything too much for no [...]

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two dogs are barking at every single thing be it a creek in the house or them seeing someone outside(neighbor who is always there. Or be it a car driving by.they both are always whining and freaking the F:{?* out when we are in the car and it is slowing down. and no matter what [...]

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