Hi John, I have a cat, he’s male and I’ve had him for almost 5 years now. We’ve been through three moves in the course of a year. I’m sure that’s been stressful. My problem is that he’s waking me up almost every hour on the hour. I feel like I have a newborn baby […]
Dear John, I have a 15-month-old standard poodle. We live on a farm about 500 feet or so from a major highway. Until last week he was very good about staying around the house and horse barn when outside alone. For some reason (I’m assuming the smell) he went to the highway ditch and returned
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Hi John. I have a 2 1/2 year old, ten pound, spayed female, Min Schnauzer/Min Poodle cross and I’m looking for another puppy to purchase this spring or summer. Is there a “rule of thumb” as far as what to look for in that second pup? Opposite sex, calmer temperament, etc. Does it depend on
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Hello John, I am the owner of a 12 week old female black Labrador Retriever who is really challenging my confidence. I really love her and do not want to give her up but she has become a serial biter. She is drawing blood and bruised me more then once. I have found myself in
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Dear John: I have a 4-year-old, female Jack Russell named Asta. She has a major issue with laundry, which drives her absolutely ballistic. Asta is a fairly hyper dog, even for a Jack Russell, but she goes out of control on laundry days. It begins when I gather up the hand and dish towels from the
Dear Mr. Wade; In July I adopted a 5 year old chihuahua that was being given away because the previous owner’s children “terrorized” the dog (her words, not mine) and the poor dog was constantly having to hide from the kids. It took close to 2 weeks before the dog was comfortable being handled by