Dogs Training Blog

I often see posters on Y!A that tell people that they need to establish their dominance to an alpha dog. They suggest performing alpha rolls, “five finger pokes” (Caesar Milan’s way of saying hit the dog), hitting the dog on the nose, not petting the dog when it asks for attention, and other forms of [...]

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my pit bull dog roxy just turned 1 year old today and it seems like shes trying to push my buttons , shes been thew training classes wen she was 5 months and we still do the technics we were taught to use. but she got off her leash today and she ran from me, [...]

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Have any of you recently had a newborn baby and have two dogs or what not. I am thinking how we can manage this. I have one dog who likes to be around us all the time, he is crate trained but he does need attention. He is a big dog too. I have another [...]

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Back in january I was hired at a grooming shop, the owner claimed to give me on the job training and that I would go to the grooming school she finished from to get my certificate. Well I did so in june but the owner of the shop did not give me a certificate. So [...]

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A few days ago I was at training when we were done for the day and ready to walk home my football coach called me over to tell me these words but I have feeling there was more to it then just high school football….”Listen kid, you cant just let people walk all over you [...]

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Why do they get such a delight with stories on Pit bulls as “Dangerous”.I think they are wonder full dogs!I have grew up with german shepherds, and I got a pit bull. I am a first time pit bull owner, and I have to say, He is a wonder full dog!He is stubborn, and harder [...]

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okay i am thirteeni think it would be really really really cooool to be in sled dog racingghow young to people usually start training for races like the iditarod ?what should i do to practice ? i moved to texas from michigann[im used to the cold] haha so anyone have any tips or any advicei [...]

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If someone, in a small, friendly town, was offering to train your dog basic obedience and tricks for free, would you let them after meeting with them and getting to know them?I’m very interested in working with dogs. I’m currently an education major but I don’t know if animal training is something I want to [...]

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I’ve been thinking I should use a cattle prod, because hitting her with a rolled up newspaper like I do to the dog doesnt work well enough. More: continued here

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Dogs are friendly, loyal house pets. They are intelligent so they can provide services to people, such as working with police officers at airports searching bags for bombs and illegal drugs. Moreover, dogs can assist firefighters by sniffing out people trapped under rubble or those hidden behind flames of a fire. Dogs work as guards [...]

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Back in january I was hired at a grooming shop, the owner claimed to give me on the job training and that I would go to the grooming school she finished from to get my certificate. Well I did so in june but the owner of the shop did not give me a certificate. So [...]

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my pit bull dog roxy just turned 1 year old today and it seems like shes trying to push my buttons , shes been thew training classes wen she was 5 months and we still do the technics we were taught to use. but she got off her leash today and she ran from me, [...]

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im so sorry but ive been working forever on this and i didnt get the answer(not too good at math =])Im giving u the facts and not the whole story-he trained for six days-each day he ate 4 more hot dogs than the day before-ate exactly 150 hot dogs at the end of training*exactly how [...]

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