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
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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
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I often use this clip in workshops for dog trainers, veterinarians and vet techs when we talk about methodology, ethology and the role of discipline in dog training. At first glance it can be a little confounding. Look carefully and see if you can guess what the grandmother taught the puppy. It definitely learned something but
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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
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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
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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
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