Dogs Training Blog

I have a 6 month old pug and he’s house trained for the most part. He’s a wonderful dog except for the fact that when he’s left in his crate during the daytime when I’m at work, he eliminates in there and then sits in it or eats it. I know he can hold it [...]

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today he almost took a chunk out of a smaller dog. he’s pretty good with people but like hates other dogs. i can see he really wants to kill them. any advice on what i should do to socialize him? to train him? More: continued here

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I have a 150 boarding/breeding/showing kennel, with loud dogs, and debarked dogs that whisper their barks. (I’ve bred and trained over 30 years) The loud ones get scolded. The debarked ones, are allowed to bark their brains out…all they want, happily, bark bark bark….. they wag their tails, strut their stuff, paw the ground…and act [...]

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Well I’m not old enough now, but when I’m older I’d like to run a no-kill shelter, adopting dogs from shelters if they were going to be euthanized. Then I would train them and adopt them out.I know that sounds like a huge responsibility, but I want to be an author so I would work [...]

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Best Dog Breed for me? Any suggestions, comments, stories, or troubles with certain breeds!PLEASE RESPOND!! ?Hello my name is Lianne. I want to get a dog and was wondering if you could help me find the right one. I will also except questions, comments, or troubles you’ve had with certain breeds. 1) I do not [...]

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My fiance and I just moved into a trailer that we bought from a friend and our friend had a puppy for nine months straight and never potty trained her and just let her pee on the carpet for nine months straight. We have carpet cleaned but I can still smell it. We have just [...]

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How did you do it?My husband is going to Sergeant training the beginning of the year(January 5th) so when we go visit family for Christmas I will be staying with my parents. It’s a 6 week long course and I’ll be staying until my husband gets back. Noah will be 9 months when he leaves [...]

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i have a 3 month old miniature schnauzer and he lives in the house.he keeps pooping and peeing in the house how can teach my dog not to poop in the house? More: continued here

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Ok, so the title was a bit misleading, but here is the story and question.I was watching Miami Animal Cops this morning (great show!), it was a rerun but still worth watching. In one part of the show, two roaming Pit Bulls go into a mans yard and absolutely destroy most of his rabbit. (he [...]

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My mom has a toy maltese she has had him for almost 4 years now.But he has a problem when were not home most of the time, he poops on the carpet upstairs and downstairs, he also peesin the kitchen or upstairs. Some times i let him to go outside to peebut he doesn’t go [...]

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I have a Queensland healer\Black lab and she is terrible! When my dad is around she is a perfect puppy but when it is just me its like it is a nasty wrestling match! She is a great dog for running though! We thought about training but have not started yet because of our schedule! [...]

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Do you ever find yourself missing you dog as a puppy? I do but then again I’m so thrilled to have my dogs trained. Life is so much easier after they get out of the puppy stage.But it seems like Yesterday they were both puppiesHere they are as puppies:http://www.flickr.com/photos/28738500@N04/2693516614/in/set-72157606924889889/http://www.flickr.com/photos/28738500@N04/2784957316/in/set-72157606924889889/Here they are grownhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/28738500@N04/3003149675/http://www.flickr.com/photos/28738500@N04/2984687972/thanks for your imput [...]

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My husband has seizures and this past Friday (Halloween), he had the worst one ever!! My 10 month old Golden Retriever, Tank, stayed by his side the entire time. And when the ambulance got there, he threw a fit and started barking and growling at everyone b/c he was so scared. Other than these big [...]

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I have children under the age of 8 and want to adopt another dog. We have a large breed dog already (Shepherd mix) who is great, but he’s too big to sit with us on the couch & cuddle, etc….we give him tons of attention though!! Does anyone have a good recommendation as to which [...]

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