Dogs Training Blog

Whenever my dog and I are around each other, and anyone else tries to touch her or me, or walk her without me, the dog growls and tries to bite the other person. She is fine with other people, when I’m not around, or when she and I are close and others are farther away. [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How do I deal with this dog behavior issue in my Lhasa Apso?

Hello, next year I’m getting a new dog. I am either going to get an azawakh or a sloughi, but that’s not what I’m asking now. I would eventually like to get an AmStaff. What are their temperaments like? I know they’re dominant and need special socialization and training, but are they clingy? independent? highly [...]

Read the rest of Resolved Question: American Staffordshire Terrier owners?

I am trying to train my dog to be my super hero sidekick and fight crime. Although he acts dumb and lazy so I have been putting him through rigorous tests but nothign thus far has worked.I tried a obstacle course using bear traps. I threw him off the roof to test agility. I laughed [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Best way to train my dog?

Hi,I have a 6 week old puppy. He has had one shot. I am not sure what it is but the vet said we should keep him away from dog parks until he has had all his shots.Well we are trying to house train him. So I take him to our yard to use the [...]

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My dog is a blue healer/australian cattle dog and she is out of control! She is about 3 and a half years old and we bought her from a breeder as a pup. Her parents have great temperaments and behavior records and we don’t know why she behaves like this. We have many other pets, [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: My dog is an out of control killing machine!! Help me please!?

Okay, so last summer I was promised a dog as a reward for good grades, and I was SO excited. I researched almost every breed of dog possible… almost. So, of course, I ended up getting a dalmation from a nearby farm town: one of the few dogs I knew nothing about. Now, most of [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Any advice on dog aggression??? Please help! :(?

My mom is in love with chows; we owned a dog for about 4 years a while back, so we are familiar with all the training that comes with it. I don’t know where I can find one though, I’ve checked most shelters in my area and I can’t find anything, and I hear that [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Where can I get a puppy chow?

We’re finding trails of pee in the house. It’s never a puddle of pee just little trails. We thought he was housebroken but this happens all the time, i’ll be happy if it’s spraying and not him just not understanding house training. He was just fixed less than 2 weeks ago, if it’s spraying hopefully [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: My 7 month old male dog leaves trails of pee in the house. Is this considered spraying? it’s never a puddle.?

My chihuahua does not bark constantly, however, she’s very territorial. She bosses our big dog around, barking EVERY time she comes onto the back porch. She believes she is the alpha over the big dog because she is an inside dog, whereas the other is not. Also, the big dog is too sweet to put [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Any tips on training chihuahua to stop barking? Is she just being territorial?

ok. ive seen alot of videos and have heard alot about it. seems like its very effective and common. but i have a few questions i couldn’t find. how can a dog do different things from the same click sound? like, how can a click mean sit but it could be come, lay, etc too? [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: thinking about clicker training my dog?

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Read the rest of Open Question: The dog the Papillon???????????????

I have a Puggle who’s about 2 years old now. At first, she did great with potty training, and I thought we got away with it fairly easily. Lately, she’s been pooping in the house in the oddest of places. We took her to the Vet because a lot of her poop had blood in [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Dog STILL Pooping In House…?

How many times a day would you have to feed and take out a 10 week old puppy? How many hours can it be left alone?How do I train it to not go into certain areas of the house? What types of foods should I feed it ? More: continued here

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