Dear John, We have two dogs one a Golden Retriever and the other a Bassett Hound. Whenever guests come to the door or they hear the doorbell they go nuts jumping all over them. We have taken to hooking them up with a leash at a distance back from the door to at least allow
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Hi John, My family has a five-year-old neutered male cat named Dusty. For about four and half years we’ve never had a problem but over the last few months things have changed. Dusty is refusing to use his litter box. We’ve had numerous tests done (fecal, urine and x-rays) without much to indicate why he
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Hi John, Saturn is my 2-year-old Chihuahua and from day one has wanted to chase my cats – which I have 4 of. 1 out of the 4 she enjoys “play fighting” with. She is absolutely relentless. Every day we probably tell her “NO!” 20-50 times when she goes after him. The cats squeals, screams and
Hi, John, My 22-month Labrador Retriever, is a tremendous challenge; she barks for her meals. If I don’t feed her when she starts to bark, she wets in her crate. Sometimes she wets, even when I do get the food there on time. She has been vet checked. She is destructive in the house that I
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Dear Mr. Wade, I have a 100 pound 23-month-old Bernese Mountain Dog. When on-leash with me he responds to all training skills we learned. With my wife, he tugs, pulls, chews the leash, and does basically whatever he likes. If they meet a neighbour walking their dog(s) he is extremely excited, completely uncontrollable, flips, flops,
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2010) — Over millions of years dogs have developed bigger brains than cats because highly social species of mammals need more brain power than solitary animals, according to a study by Oxford University. For the first time researchers have attempted to chart the evolutionary history of the brain across different groups of mammals
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