Dogs Training Blog

My family and I have an 8 month old yorkie mix and she is wonderful with our kids. Just yesterday we adopted an 8 week old Australian Shepherd lab mix. My Yorkie loves to bite on him and they are starting to play together.What type of training tips can you give us to be sure [...]

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Is it preferable for dogs to mix freely with other dogs when exercising off lead, or to be trained to ignore them and fully focus on their handler? More: continued here

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Can anyone help me with what breed is suited for me?It has to be medium-large. Not extreme health problems, or prone to things like hip dysplasia, any diseases or high medical bills. Nice with children, cats and other dogs. Easy to house train and average-easy to train. It has to have both an average calm [...]

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I’m wanting to train my Pit Bulls to hunt hogs, never done anything like that before does anyone on here use dogs for hunting hogs? if so any help would be appreciated.Also i live in Kansas are their wild hogs in Kansas? I know there is in Oklahoma but just wondering, any websites would be [...]

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I’m trying to figure out how to train my MiPin to not use the house as a bathroom. Hes very territorial since we’ve got 3 other dogs. I also want him to sleep in my room and I think keeping him in a crate at night would be the best way to do that. Any [...]

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I’m going hog hunting next year, and I’m going to be bringing my Pit Bulls and let them catch some. I don’t agree with letting the dogs torture the hog for a long period of time, but i do think a good 15-20 min to tire the hog down is fine. Anyways anybody that has [...]

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Well, im 15 i live in san antonio tx. i really want to start to make my own money to wear i can be more independent. and i want a car. since im young i cant really get a fast food job just because there are too many older teens in my area taking all [...]

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this isn’t really happing just a survey.i already adopted my dog before i knew my fieonce.never growled or tryed to bite him before he moved in.my fieonce accepts my dog but my doge doesn’t accept my fieoncenot an abuses relationship with me, my fieonce, or my doghwat do you do dump the fieonce, rehome the [...]

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come inside. My mom and dad dont want him in because he chewed up some stuff when he was a puppy puppy and i have been working with him so i know that he can come inside! also what should i work on him with so that when i try to prove to them that [...]

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I just picked her up from a shelter and she is about 6 weeks old. I have a four year old daughter, is she going to be good with my daughter? How big and heavy will she get? Where could I get tips about properly potty training her? Where should I keep her, inside or [...]

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Does anyone have any tips on house training a dog? She’s a year old and I just got her 2 weeks ago and the person that had her before me didn’t house train her, and I let her outside for at least 30 minutes, but she still “goes” inside the house. Any Tips? More: continued [...]

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Hi i am waiting to buy a puppy pomeranian, i found the perfect 8 week old puppy, and he is so tiny and cute but im scared iv always had big dogs (keeshound and staffy) and i dont no how different it will be? What different games and toys do small dogs like? Will i [...]

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I have a Norwalk Terrier and it caught a rat!!!I tried to get it away from her and I couldn’t! She was playing with it and it seemed that she thought it was “fun”!!What do I do? I don’t want me dog to get this “blood lust” that I heard about!How do you train a [...]

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I already have a dog but shes really un-intelligent so I couldnt train her for this. Beleive me the greatest trick my dog knows is stay and she doesnt always stay. So dont say try training her hardeer because i cant. Ok so heres the thing: I want a dog and I have been for [...]

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