Dogs Training Blog

my purebread samoyed is 5 yrs old and not fixed because we wanted to breed her but we found out she wasnt registered as a puppy so we cant breed her professionally. now her cycles are just getting to be to much and we want to have her fixed. are there any serious side effects [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: What are the effects of spaying an older female dog?..pls only qualified professionals answer?

She was a rescue dog that we got on Sept 24th. No one knows for sure her age but the guessed 1 1/2 years. They believe she is part Jack Russell and part Beagle. I know why the previous owner probably gave her up. She randomly goes to the bathroom in the house. We take [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: I need help training my dog not to go potty in the house?

I want a dog that has good health, doesn’t need alot of grooming, needs fair exersize, and easy to train. Any suggestions? More: continued here

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Our dog is a puppy… 9ish months old.But she pees often and has poo’d a couple times in the house. Needless to say, my mom is getting frustrated, because the dog will go out and sometimes pees, but still goes inside, even though she gets punished (put on chain, told shes bad, put outside). I’m [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: Short time to potty train?

PLEASE READ THE QUESTION. I usually take MY (I capitalized this because he is my dog, I paid for him/train him) dog for a walk in the morning and night, and my mom lets him in the backyard in the afternoon (she can’t walk him she is handicapped) while i’m at school. The thing is [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How can I exercise my puppy?

Okay, so yeah, my Maltese/Poodle 1 year old, she just sniffs around outside. She poops on the mat downstairs, same place! And she pees on the training pad or somewhere on the floor. It gets really tiring when me and my brother come home and see at least 2 sets of poop on the floor.I [...]

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Hi, I have been doing research on some of the most uncommon yet very good protection dogs. I am curious how would they be different if compared against each other. Generally German Shepherd, Belgian Malinois, Doberman, Rottweiler and Bull-mastiff are used for the purpose of guarding, protection or attack dogs.But how would you rate some [...]

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Read the rest of Open Question: How should owners perform a routine health inspection and how can they train the dog to accept it?

I am talking the kind with a hand held remote. Good, bad, wrong?And has anyone tried the new tool for $19.99 to keep your dog’s nails groomed? Anyone with a large dog tried it?Thanks. I will go the obedience school route first. For the record-I am not lazy or mean. I have a very aggressive [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: What is the opinion on shock collars to train a pup?

i’m trying to train my dog, so im going to try getting him neutered. he’s 2 years old and is super fluffy (about 1 inch long hair EVERYWHERE) and TINY! (weighs 5 pounds) he lives in a big house and wont stop peeing everywhere!!! i got him from the pound not long ago and am [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: any good clinics in Gilbert, AZ??? potty traing my dog?

I own a female 15-week old golden retriever puppy. I started to leash train her at 10 weeks of age. She learned very quickly and we started to take a daily walk. She was afraid of cars from the onset, but most of the time she merely cowered while the car came and went, and [...]

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I foster dogs through a rescue group. Normally they are older puppies, but lately we have had to rescue some younger pups. Right now I have 3 six week old puppies staying with me. I’m keeping them until they are old enough to be adopted. They were found in a field and were covered with [...]

Read the rest of Open Question: How old should a puppy be before taking them outside?

So some time ago I was considering getting a Lhasa Apso from the breeders my sister got hers from. When we went to pick out Sophie we were screened, had to sign a spay/neuter contract and were required to check back every once in awhile.Yet when called these people to ask about them it was [...]

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i just got a puppy 2 mos ago and i have been training her since. she knows how to sit, come, shake and eliminate outside but sometimes i feel that she is afraid of me because i impose rules like no biting and reprimand her for it. i feel like when she is around others [...]

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