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dyan
Bubblegum
When I first got Bubblegum a year and a half ago,,,every once in a while when we left and came home she would be so excited she would pee a little bit...except there is no such thing as a little bit when your talking Great Dane! She only did it a few times so no problem. BUT I have been unemployed since...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 10:57 PM
Jay and Danielle Dawson
House Training an older crested
hi i recently rescued a 5 1/2 yr old chinese crested powder puff from an abusive home and he is not very well house trained and extremly skittish i was wondering if anyone had any ideas that might be able to help me i love this dog he's really a good dog but we are having trouble getting him house...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 9:45 PM
bichinpanda
housebroken...but very excited?
Dweezil hasn't "gone to the bathroom" in the house for weeks now .. *knock on wood* -- she's 6 months, i got her when she was 3 months. So, she doesn't actually pee in the house TO PEE, but, when she gets excited (i come to the baby gate at the bathroom, or my dad walks in, or she...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 8:04 PM
teufelhund
uggh. Crate training is going backwards. Getting too frustrated.
We have a 4.5 month old aussie Aydin. He is really causing us to lose sleep now. Instead of getting better at crate training he is getting worse. When we got him at 12weeks, he lasted almost the entire night without having to go use the potty. Sometimes he would need to go out, sometimes not. Only...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 5:44 PM
Brandi Mc
Constant wining and toy hoarding
I have a 9 month old husky.She loves being outside.But for the last couple of days she wants to come right back in after going to the bathroom. She also dosn't want to come out of our bedroom , and every time she comes to the living room she takes a toy out of her basket and takes it to the bedroom...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 3:48 PM
Mike Converse
My GSD's guarding obsession is Me!
I have a 9 month old GSD that is protective of me.. When visitors come to our house, Anytime I'm sitting down, if anyone heads towards my direction he stops whatever he is doing, and stares at them. If they come too close, he will "nip" at their feet. He is usually OK with my family...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 3:18 PM
Jamie Van Dusen
Puppy won't touch food...
He still eats cookies and this new Tripe food we got him, but he won't touch his old food. He walks up to it and it looks as though he's playing with it or burrying it. Would anyone know why this behaviour is happening? I mean he has no other signs of sickness or anything other than disinterest...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 2:54 PM
tiffy
resource guarding between dogs
The thread on resource guarding got me thinking. Is it alright to let dogs resource guard between each other? They never do it to me or my BF, but is a squabble between each other over food or a bone okay? Or should it be something I need to work on? They have never drawn blood or anything, just really...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 1:54 PM
Kate Larkin
Growling
I've had my goldren retriever since he has been 10 weeks old. Been around people and he is very social. He loves meeting new people that are always coming to my house. I always let them in, he comes lumbering in expecting everyone to love him. My good friend, "B" he adores and whimpers...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 1:44 PM
sarah long
Barking/Crying/Digging only when gone
I just recently adopted my 3.5 year old Shih-poo from a local rescue group. He is great when I am home - follows me into every room I walk into, even if its just 3 feet away from where I was standing seconds before. He loves people and he loves other dogs. He plays with toys if I'm there with him...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 17 2006 12:14 AM
Ang
New puppy..need some advice!!
I was wondering if anyone can give advice. I have a 7 week old collie/lab cross that I am trying to for one potty train and two train to stop the nipping/bitting of fingers, toes, heels and pant legs. I find if I try to say "no bite" he thinks I am playing and just tries harder to do it. I...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 9:59 PM
jeano
"Natural Dog Training" by Kevin Behan
Has anyone read this book? I'm very intrigued. He has some very interesting ideas. His website has quite a lot of information. http://www.naturaldogtraining.com/about.html And I got onto him from reading, of all things, a mystery book written by a dog trainer, Lee Charles Kelley, who also has...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 8:46 PM
Christi
Bang! Trick
Everybody knows that trick - you know, the one where you *** your finger like a gun, say Bang! and they fall down and roll over on their back? I was working with Ruby last night and I can't believe it but she had it in less than 15 minutes! (Her brain is like a sponge!) She's doing it again this...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 8:16 PM
faol
Rainy Days
Zoe acts really weird when she has to go outside in the rain. When we take to go to the bathroom, she'll try to squeeze herself under a fir tree and go there. Or sometimes she outright refuses to eliminate. It's very odd.
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 6:19 PM
Aaron Lote
Dog has changed since the snip
About two months ago we got a cute little terrier cross breed from a rescue kennel. Excellent behaviour, knows sit and beg and rolls over when told off, he knows his boundaries. We'd only met about 4 big dogs with our time with him before the snip, he was absolutely fine with them. Being so young...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 6:10 PM
bp32
Accidents again out of nowhere
I have a two year-old dog that was house trained. At night, he sleeps in his own room (door closed). This has worked out fine, but over the past few months he has sometimes urinated in the room (same spot more or less) at some point before we get up and take him out in the morning (around 6-630am). I...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 4:19 PM
Ryan Finkbiner
Sleepy Cockapoo
hi-- I've had my pup for just three months now and since having her she has been full steam, energetic, crazy acting beastly dog. But today-- she just wants to sleep-- a lot. I don't think she's been awake for more than an hour at a time. And she seems very skiddish and afraid. Earlier...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 3:13 PM
fishtail
Resource guarding
We have a 4 year old boxer/lab mix, Maggie, and a 2 year old golden/lab mix, Mac. Both are fixed. We had an incident this morning that I'd love to get some insight on. Let me give you some background. Maggie is our alpha, and Mac generally recognizes that. When he was going through adolescence (8...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 16 2006 1:22 PM
astaracheetah
Grandmother's dog lifting leg/Insults & Arguments
Ugh... okay, so my grandmother wants me to let her move in with us. Unfortunately, I got her hopes up before I walked into her house the other day after not being there for a while, and was hit with a wave of dog pee stench... >X.x;< Her doberman, Tuvoc, has apparently been lifting his leg ALL...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, May 15 2006 9:31 PM
kennys_mom
belly bands to help with marking territory?
i took kenny to the vet and she said that his many accidents were due to marking his territory. she said to look at making "belly bands." she said that i could buy a durable product and make a band to fit around kenny that would cover his penis so when he tries to mark his territory, he pees...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, May 15 2006 5:49 PM