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Josh Sutton
Pairing up Dogs
We have a 1 yr old (just turned 1) female yellow lab that has LOTS of energy, and a great personality, although she is a dominate dog. She is friendly around people and other dogs, however she isn't afraid to speak her mind if another dog is bothering her....and just from my own observation, it seems...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 2:44 PM
yousef fares
pairing puppies together
i have a 4 month old female french-griffon puppy... very friendly with people, very energetic... i thought of getting her another male puppy so they can grow up together.... i got a 2 month old male half griffon half yorkshire cute puppy.... but all time the 4month old female keeps beating and biting...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 1:44 PM
denise_m
Does your Dog Flush?
My 3 year old Aussie male, always finishes his bowel movement with scratching up the ground with his hind legs. We like to joke that he's flushing his toilet. About 2 or 3 weeks ago, he started doing the same scratching action after peeing. Do your dogs do that too? What is the significance of the...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 1:05 PM
Mike
Adult cats and new dog
We've added a 14-week-old golden retriever puppy to our family of two humans and two cats. As might be expected Milo is just fascinated by the cats, and while he doesn't seem to be aggressive towards them, he desperately wants to chase them and regardless finds them endlessly fascinating. ...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 12:55 PM
Julie Byers
Help With Understanding The Situation
I haven't had Mack very long, only since first week of April or so. I don't know his history. He is around 2, Lab/Mastiff. Neut. and in nearly all situations, extremely mellow. Twice now he has growled at little kids. This concerns me. I spend a lot of time teaching my kids to be very gentle...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 12:17 PM
panaricanangel
aggression in the family
I have three Jack Russell Terriers, Shakespeare, Xena, and Princess. Lately Princess has been pretty much attacking my other two dogs for no aparent reason. It used to happen at night when they were trying to get their spots to sleep now its starting to happen as we let them out to go to the bathroom...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 10:03 AM
rileygirl
Puppy will poo on the pad, but not pee?
My 3 month old has the pooping down pat, either outside or on the "pee pad". But, he will not pee on the pads. He goes outside or on the carpet. Any suggestions?
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, May 11 2006 9:44 AM
Josh Sutton
Do your Business!
Have any of your trained a dog to "do their business" (go the bathroom) on command? I have some friends that have a couple of seeing-eye dog flunkies (still VERY WELL trained...just didn't make the cut) and they were taught to go the bathroom on command. I had never seen this before...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 11:48 PM
smilee1079
Barks for guests
Zoe barks when people knock at the door or whatever. Fine. Then she will bark at them for a while... whether they pet her, ignore her, give her a treat or anything. Sometimes she quiets down quickly (especially if it is a group of people coming over) but I find she is worst when one person comes over...
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LAST POST: ON: 5/10/2006 6:23:27 PM
jaye
training to signal?
how do you train a dog to give a signal when he needs to go outside to potty. emma already knows how to do this but jake will just potty near the front door. no warning, no signal, nothing. hes had three accidents since ive had him (almost 2 weeks) he must know hes supposed to potty outside because he...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 4:26 PM
Patrick W
No warning urinating
I have a 15 week old puppy that seems to be doing fine. He can potty outside on command, but occasionally when he comes into the house, he urinates without warning. Today, I took him out and he did his business. Came in and 10 minutes later he urinated on a throw rug in my hallway. This is about the...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 1:38 PM
Nicole Crouch
Lonely puppy
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I figured it was somewhere to start. Dexter is a malte-poo, just over a year old. I just started a new job and I am gone for about 10 hours a day. It has only been one week, but he is not handling this well at all. He is very depressed and...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 12:21 PM
andrew bonnici
keeping pup from gng somewhere
basically the problem is that we live in an open plan house and our puppy seems to be getting the hang of doing outside.. howveer there are a couple of rooms whcih are 'out of bounce' but I am not sure waht the best way is to keep him off them shouting No and running after him is definately...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 7:40 AM
Shannon Henne
SA or age appropriate?
I know my pup is only 15 weeks, but I think we may be dealing with some S.A. issues. I hoping for a little help. Now, I get that some dogs don't love their crate like others, so I'm not distrubed by that. We still have some barking issues in the crate while I'm gone but I'm more worried...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, May 10 2006 2:22 AM
eric stashak
possible explination for dog marking inside his house?
so i have had a male jack russell terrier for 3 years now, and i raised him myself. for the past month, he has been marking and pooping inside the house for no apparent reason. he doesnt wine to be let out and this has never happened before. it has happened with increasing frequency and we had to decide...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 8:18 PM
smilee1079
dog licking us - pack thing?
Zoe likes to lick us... any bare skin we show... arm, belly, leg, anything, and she is thorough about her licking. My bf today suggested maybe it is a pack instinct and she thinks she is cleaning us. Do you think that is possible? She is almost 3 years old and spayed. I keep saying if she could lick...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 5:20 PM
Laurie Watkins
"Play Biting"
I have a bordercollie mix that likes to put your hand or whatever in his mouth when you are playing, petting etc. with him. What is the best way to stop this behavior?
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 4:47 PM
Francisco Miranda
How do i teach a dog to pee or poop on her diaper?
How i teach my pupp kaila to pee or poop on her doggy diaper? Do I use those sprays they sell at petsmart that supsed to tell your dog were its ok to go potty?[&:][sm=blush.gif]
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 2:53 PM
KELLY Broomhead
Licking non-stop
Zuni loves to lick ... at first I thought it was a sign of affection ... but now she licks you just about every time she approaches you. We call it her snake move, because her tongue moves as fast as a snake when she does it ... Could it be anxiety? nervousness?
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 11:48 AM
Francisco Miranda
Very timid
my dog is very timid and sad how do i cheer her up?
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, May 9 2006 11:47 AM