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Are Dogs or Dog Trainers Getting Dumber? All Positive Vs Discipline

May 18, 2012 Columns
All positive dog training

Is All Positive Dog Training Catching Up to Us? If you’ve taken your dog for training and are still scratching your head as to why your dog still won’t stay, come or heel you might find this interesting. Was it all positive dog training? I was privy to a dialogue between dog trainers where one [...]

Our Moms Are Our Dog’s Best Friend by John Wade

May 10, 2012 Columns
Our Moms Are Our Dog’s Best Friend by John Wade

Mother’s Day Column I’m not sure where the phrase, “a dog is man’s best friend” came from but it really needs the addition of “and a family’s mom is a dog’s best friend”. Mother’s day is as good a time as any to take a look at the role moms play in making it possible [...]

How to teach a dog to walk on a loose leash

May 5, 2012 Columns

Dear John, I have an annoying walking problem with my 3 year old Jack Russell. She has been to puppy obedience school and passed. No matter the collar she will give up the opportunity to breath just to pull. She has figured out that if she makes her neck rigid she can still pull. It [...]

Mounting Other Dogs

May 2, 2012 Columns

I have a male German Shepherd. He is very sociable with people and other dogs. I have no control or other problems as a rule. At the age of one, he started mounting other dogs. He does not practice this on a regular basis, but going to a dog park, another dog may start and [...]

Video – Teaching Loose Leash Walking

May 2, 2012 Columns
Video for Walking of a Loose Leash Heel with Your Dog

If you want to teach a dog to walk on a loose leash – slow is fast. Walking around the neighbourhood is unwise. Lay a foundation in the yard and start to add common distractions by visiting places to continue your training. Train near bike paths, pedestrian walk ways, near dog parks. Check out my [...]

Pug Pees in the House

May 1, 2012 Columns

I have volunteered to keep 2 pugs for a week while the owner is away. After being walked for a half hour the male pug pees in the house. He has squirted every item in the house must have been affected. He’s getting neutered next week. Will that help? Thanks Irene Hi Irene, There are [...]

Puppy Dog Play Fighting

April 30, 2012 Aggression

We have two male Australian Shepherd Pups (5 months old). They are brothers from the same litter. They are scheduled to be neutered next week and to begin obedience school the week after. The problem we have with them is their puppy dog play fighting. It is driving us nuts. They nip and tackle each [...]

Dog Rescue Decisions – The No Kill Shelter

April 28, 2012 Columns

I need you to get onto rescues and the mistakes THEY make. So many are horrible judges of dog’s temperaments or maybe they just want to call themselves a no kill shelter and then “save” and adopt out at any cost. I board dogs, do some behaviour consults and do some rescue myself. I am seeing [...]

Paw Licking Golden Retriever

April 27, 2012 Anxiety

Paw Licking Not Always An Allergy We have a two-year old, male golden retriever that about once every four or five months licks his paw until it is balding and slightly red. It always heals over but we are puzzled by what is causing this paw licking behaviour. He gets exercise and plenty of mental [...]

How to Stop Barking

April 27, 2012 Columns

I have adopted a ten year old female dog. She is a good dog but is a barker and driving me nuts! She came from two households that had a limited number of people coming and going . My household is much more active! If she barked then stopped I wouldn’t mind but she is relentless [...]

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