My puppy barks at me if he has too much energy, but he's been so humpy at the dog park that we can't stay long enough for him to burn it all off. Please help by recommending some training we could use!
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posted by chatongriffes
on Mar 24, 2013 -
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What advice do you have for raising a happy, healthy and sane Australian Cattle Dog? We just adopted an 5 & 1/2 month old ACD/mixed breed puppy from a shelter and for the most part, she is a dream come true. She does have many of the less-pleasant but totally normal puppy behaviors like mouthing/biting when playing. We were told that she is a little socially delayed because she had diarrhea when she was transfered in from a high-kill shelter a few weeks ago. Treating the diarrhea threw off her vaccination & spay schedule, so she hasn't had much of a chance to socialize with other dogs and people until now.
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posted by echolalia67
on Dec 1, 2012 -
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I'm getting a new puppy next week and need some suggestions about crate training. All the overly-long special snowflake details are inside.
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posted by Bango Skank
on Dec 29, 2011 -
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Our 11-month old Black Lab is very badly behaved. Please suggest ways that we can deal with out-of-control biting and other bad habits.
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posted by jschu
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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I have a new chihuahua puppy who is a bit too aggressive and not sure how to train it out of him. Details inside, advice needed.
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posted by arniec
on Sep 19, 2011 -
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I'm adopting a Border Collie puppy in two months. I want to take a different approach to training this time - no hitting or swatting. What books and other resources can I get now to teach myself the proper way to do this?
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posted by Pericardium
on Sep 13, 2011 -
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We just adopted an adult Jack Russell mix last Friday. She's amazingly calm and quiet... until we leave for work. That's when the barking starts. Help us brainstorm a solution to keep everyone -- pup, us, neighbors -- happy.
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posted by supercres
on Sep 1, 2010 -
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My 13-week-old puppy eats everything, and a lot of it. How can I teach him some taste discrimination? How can I figure out how much to feed him?
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posted by mondaygreens
on May 29, 2010 -
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Made a lot of mistakes with the puppy, and now he acts dominant and jealous. What can I do to correct the problems?
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posted by Danila
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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I just got a new puppy, a goldendoodle who is now nine weeks old and kind of strong-willed. I also have a submissive dachshund who is more than 10 years old. They've been living together for about two weeks, and I'm wondering if the little one is bullying the older dog. How can I tell, and how can I stop it?
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posted by curiouskitty
on Aug 6, 2009 -
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Advice needed on a new boxer puppy--best training book and suggestions for training treats especially.
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posted by Mavri
on Jun 30, 2008 -
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Chewfilter: My dog, a year-old or so terrier mix, loves to chew rawhide bones. Seriously LOVES to chew them. But she goes through them fast enough that I worry about it. What can I get her instead?
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posted by YoungAmerican
on Jan 7, 2008 -
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My puppy is needy. She whines if she can't be physically in contact with me, what can I do about it?
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posted by cschneid
on May 27, 2007 -
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OK, so no human sacrifice, but a new puppy in an apartment already containing a cat - advice for training the puppy and dealing with the cat?
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posted by mrhaydel
on Dec 5, 2006 -
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My year-old shepherd puppy took well to crate training...but I'd eventually like to not have to use it any more. What is your experience? Were you able to transition to not using the crate, and how?
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posted by sLevi
on Oct 4, 2006 -
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Our 6 month old golden retriever is a lovely girl, smart, active and generally pretty obedient. But, her one difficult behavior is intense dominance wrestling with our 14 year old lab. Nobody gets hurt, but Doc, the 14 year old, clearly gets fed-up and Daisy, the baby, seems to find it irresistible. She puts her mouth on his ears, neck, feet - not biting, but
annoying. I want her to stop, so that we can all be together without having to separate them. When we're out walking or running them, or when Daisy is in a calm mood, they're great together. On the other side of the equation, Doc, who usually couldn't care less about toys, will take one or two and just lie there with them in his mouth or between his paws and it drives Daisy crazy! I'm sure these are natural dominance games, but I want to be able to control them better. Any ideas? Will all this tend to stop as she
grows up?
posted by madstop1
on Sep 25, 2006 -
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PuppyFilter: A friend of my Mother's needs advice on how to train and deal with an abused puppy, and also her son & son's girlfriend whom the dog actually belongs to.
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posted by Meredith
on Feb 21, 2006 -
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