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She is 3 months old and the puppy training book says to swat the dog when they do wrong. I yell at her to stay and she totally ignores me and tries to growl and bite me when I pick her up or discipline her. She will only get the message when I swat her. [...]

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Hi, I am 14 years old, and I am having my first interview ever. You see, I applied for the SPCA and I am very nervous. When I applied, it says that you had to be 16 years or older to handle dogs. I actually always had an interest in training dogs- ever since I [...]

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I am anticipating purchasing this training system but am a little skeptical. I was wondering if anyone knew from experience if this is just another informercial scam or if it worked? More: continued here

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I go to an online high school. So, obviously, I’m at home all day. In other words, locked in my room for over half the day. But I try to balance it out. Every morning I go with my mom to drop off my brother at school. Then I walk around the neighborhood for an [...]

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My husband and I adopted a dog almost two weeks ago. The shelter said she’s a terrier mix but I think she has some beagle and maybe some lab too. When we go to the work during the day we put her in the basement. She scratched at the door but we kept trying this. [...]

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I NEED HELP. we have had her since the end of july and i still cant potty trainer she will not go outside and we have tried everything she eats one time a day we switched her dog food and that may be one reason but it is sooooo hard to get her to fgo [...]

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OK. I have a 4 month old male chinchilla, Bryson. He is my baby and I was so happy with the bond I had with him from day 1. Well, last night we had a storm and he was acting really needy so I took him into the bathroom and let him play around, but [...]

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also is there a way to make your dog attack an enemy thats not on the ground?like maybe when you lvl up his attacking enough? More: continued here

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I know that is, but her mama rejected her litter. I have had her for 2 weeks, got her enrolled in puppy kindergarten but cant start until 10 weeks old. The owners were gonna take mama and pups to the pound and I didnt want that, so I took her. I need advice on puppy [...]

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So we’ve been potting training our dog and she’s been doing good. All of a sudden, she started not going outside and then she’d pee and poo inside!About a week later i was watching “It’s me or the dog” and Victoria Stillwell said that what makes dogs pee/poo in the same spot is the smell [...]

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My 10 month old saint bernard wakes us up at about 2am to go out in the garden to pee but somewhere between 2am and 7am she is peeing on my floor by the back door but not waking us up to go out. I hve seen many places on the internet that people leave [...]

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How Honeybees are Trained to Sniff for Bombs.People have been using dogs to sniff for things for many, many years. However, according to the Defense Advanced Research Laboratory, honeybees actually have a stronger sense of smell than dogs. They can detect microscopic particles in the air, a skill they use to find pollen. The question [...]

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I want a good dog, that doesn’t shed too much but sheds or no shed, great with kids, somewhat easy to train (optional), and I want it to be a big dog, and maybe good with other dogs. A dog that would defend itself and bigger than most of them, and loves going on walks. [...]

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