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LAST POST: ON: 2/13/2011 9:36:34 AM
ShelterDogs
Overweight dogs and fetch.
Have any of you ever taught an overweight dog to play fetch? Was it any more difficult than a normal weight dog? This Golden that I walk is overweight and will only retrieve the ball a few times. I've never actually seen this myself. I've only ever walked him. But I want to try fetch with him...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Feb 13 2011 12:59 AM
blizzard_721
Fear/aggression?
Hello, I have a 1.5 year old German Shepherd who I've been around since he was 3 months. My dad bought him, but up to about 6 months ago, he fell ill and hasn't been able to take the dog out. From when the dog was a puppy I would take him every weekend (at the time I lived in an apartment...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 12 2011 9:54 PM
Kim_MacMillan
Gaci - New Strange Behaviours
Lately Gaci has been exhibiting some new strange behaviours. The first is a recent anxiety-overreaction to when my partner comes home. Up until a few weeks ago, her normal reaction would be to alarm bark when she hears the door open, bark one or two more times, and then resume with a happy, wiggly...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Feb 12 2011 8:01 PM
lisa4kids1pup
Is this cause for concern or a potential good thing?
Misty is truly "My" dog. She is almost always by my side, if we're in a new situation she looks to me specifically for reassurance, and if she is sound asleep and I stand up to go to another room, she immediately jumps to her feet to follow me. (it makes me chuckle though, because most...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Feb 10 2011 1:25 PM
Jewlieee
10 myths about dog aggression
Decent blog post http://blogs.dogster.com/dog-training/category/dog-aggression-myths-a-series/
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Feb 9 2011 3:54 PM
maizy
E.A.R.L
Has anyone tried E.A.R.L leash from mypetshop.org? it looks nice for travel but haven't seen one.
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 8 2011 9:19 PM
jtderr
Help with Submissive urination
When we have to crate our 4 month female Beagle if we go away for a couple hours or more every time we return and let her out of the crate she will squat and pee on her way out to the door. She was crate trained from the time we got her at 9 weeks old and has done this from the start. She is otherwise...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Feb 8 2011 9:09 PM
kaytee rivers
he screams and screams....
I just wrote all this out and it crashed.... :( Anyways, my cavalier king charles billy is a nightmare to walk, he is ok when he sees people but he screams and screams with excitement when he sees other dogs, you cannot stop him, I have tried food distraction, shouting, talking calm, picking him up...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Feb 6 2011 6:00 PM
aDorkable
Misha update -- Training & Tracking (aDork)
So before Misha got into his little spat with the husky I'd already signed him up for Tracking class. Since I've waiting for a year for the class, and he was showing no signs of issues on-leash, I kept him in the class -- and boy am I glad I did! He's not very confident in himself with the...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Feb 2 2011 9:32 PM
Jewlieee
I got growled at
Abbie is fairly sensitive to some types of grooming. She doesn't mind the dremel but hates the nail trimmer, like it hurts or something. She doesn't mind baths and likes the doggy drier. Tonight though, I was pulling pickers out of her fur and she actually growled and bared her teeth! I'm...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Jan 31 2011 10:07 AM
rsalas
Bad dog?
I have a 4 year old Golden, Charlotte, who is a great dog. She has never met another dog or person that she didn't love! However, she is not very "social" around her water bowl or food bowl, and will growl when another dog invades her "space" while she is eating or drinking. ...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Jan 29 2011 5:20 PM
Burl
The Function of Dreams
Dr. Stanley Coren posted a discussion of how dogs dream just like us, here: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201010/do-dogs-dream I left a couple of comments, but for all you trainers here on this subforum, I wonder about your answer to my question to Dr. Coren If dreams are a way for...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Jan 26 2011 8:00 AM
Sophie333
Sophie doesn't give kisses
My dog Sophie is wonderful very affectionate . However she never gives kisses I never had a dog that didn't give kisses. Anybody know about this?
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Jan 23 2011 5:17 PM
aDorkable
Misha attacked another dog (aDork)
First the back story as to my dog (Misha)'s history and how I got him. He's a Great Pyrenees X Chow/Aussie? who just turned 4 in December. He was between GA and SC for a while, but has lived here in SC for the past 2 1/2 years. We built a fence for him going on 1 year ago. He has been staying...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Jan 21 2011 10:44 PM
daisyprincess
Daisy Bit Me Last Night :(
Daisy bit me last night I don't know who did it but there as water all over the floor and Daisy was in the kitchen I kept telling her to go but she wouldn't move so I was trying to scoot her with my leg but she growled at me so I then decided I was gonna pick her up and remove her she went on...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Jan 21 2011 11:42 AM
sillysally
Jack is Afraid of Heights??
I'm not sure what else to call it.... I think it started at rally class. We were messing around on the agility equipment and I was having Jack to the a-frame. It was my fault--Sally has never had issues with taller obstacles so it never occurred to me that Jack might. When he got to the top he froze...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Jan 20 2011 10:43 AM
spiritdogs
Puttin' this on my calendar...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/how-smart-dogs.html
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LAST POST: ON: 1/18/2011 9:02:04 PM
ShelterDogs
Your Treat Bag (Divided by Level?)
Do any of you divide up your treats so that different levels of treats (low (kibble), medium (charlee bears), and high (meats)) are all separated by left, middle and right side of pouch? Or do you just combine your kibble, charlee beers, dried liver, cut up chicken, etc and blindly reach in your pouch...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Jan 17 2011 1:00 PM
MilosMom
Dog scaling walls & gates at our daycare, help!
Usually in circumstances like this, where we have a dog that jumps our gates/daycare walls we reccommend the owner take her pup somewhere else. However, this is a very very special client that we do not want to do that with (plus we love her dogs!) She is a fairly small dog but completely agile. When...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Jan 16 2011 7:44 AM