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Paulo
Digging up Yard
Our 8 month old male cockapoo sometimes (but not always) when let outside to do his business will have the tendency to pull up the grass in chunks and chew it and eat it. Any ideas on how to deter this behaviour? Will I have to go back to having to go out with him every single time with a leash on him...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 8:17 PM
huskymom
Mic and other trainers...
I was reading on another thread about prey drive. Crusher has next to none so far. He will lay in the back yard with chickadees pecking the ground all around him! Crusher's bro on the other hand is a hunter. He has also started chasing cars. BAD NEWS I know. So my friend has decided to put up...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 5:55 PM
pwwwayne
Confined = no poop. Unconfined = repeated poops!
I have a sweet 9 month old male (neutered) pomeranian (about 5lb); I've owned him for 6 months. When I got him I made some serious mistakes for which I am still "paying". I feed him a handful of slightly moistened Innova at 5am and 5pm. I almost never give him anything else (very occasional...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 3:23 PM
Robert Strong
Training Schedule of exercises?
I was wondering if anyone has put together a type of training schedule that they use to keep track of progress and frequency. For example: Monday: Sit-(three times with treats)/Stay-(three times with treats) Tuesday: Down-(three times: treat every other instance) Wen: Fetch-(three times with treats...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 2:59 PM
Ryan Finkbiner
Multi-pet homes??
Hi-- I was wondering if anyone here on the forum has other pets besides just your dogs. And I don't mean dogs and cats-- as they have a closely woven history with one another. Rather, does anyone have any other small pets? My wife has a bunny, Charlie, who has free reign of our tv room. He is a lop...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 11:23 AM
Tara
Territorial towards stuff he never was before!
Hello! I'm new to this forum and I was wondering if anyone could help me! My 11 month old Australian Shepherd has been acting VERY weird lately. He's always had a problem with being very protective of his food towards our other 15 year old American Eskimo, but we've taken care of that by...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 10:26 AM
theresamat
Really Scared Dog Please share suggestions
I copied this over from the old board: We have a huge problem with nails. Mattie used to love being brushed. She did not like having her nails trimmed but always let me do it without much of a problem. She has had a bad experience with a groomer. The groomer said she tried to bite her while having...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 2:58 AM
Ta
Pottys every 15 minutes in house
We are new parents of a 3 month old Weimaraner. She is wonderful, she loves to learn new things every day, and does wonderful on recall as we train with her several times a day. But.....she will not stop peeing on the floor. She stops and goes every 10 - 15 minutes. Usually about a spot the size of a...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Apr 2 2006 2:19 AM
Sandra Eurich
Schnauzer aggression
I was wondering if anyone could help me out. We got a Schnauzer at 6 months old(neutered male)..now 1 year. He didn't even bark when someone came to the door when we first got him, he is a very active but very calm dog and will not bite anything (I am no longer sure abut other dogs) but acts as though...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Apr 1 2006 5:45 PM
tamhow
Licking
Has there been any documentation on why a dog licks a person? Does it really mena they are showing affection?
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Apr 1 2006 1:34 PM
sierra2002
Making Progress (Dog-Dog Aggression)
As some of you may know, Sierra has aggression issues with other dogs. I have a good feeling that it's fear-aggression fueled by the time when I was living with my parents (Sierra was about 6 months old) and their neighbor's all-around aggressive,off-leash Border Collie attacked her in my parents...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Apr 1 2006 9:35 AM
Ryan Finkbiner
A cockapoo whom I love, but...
I might kill her. She has the most adorable little face and reminds me of a muppet. Anyway-- we're getting a hang of the housetraining but she has her accidents. However, when she does have an accident I get really mad at her. And though I don't physically hurt her, the tone of my voice makes...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Apr 1 2006 3:10 AM
Beth Franzosa
Teaching to fetch?
Hi All, I have been trying to teach Gizmo (my 10 9 mo old Bruss Griff) how to fetch, but he is not catching on. Every time I toss something and say "Fetch!", he gives me this absurd look like "Why, in heavens name, are you throwing something of mine???" and then he does go and...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Mar 31 2006 3:48 PM
marynh
need advice - rough lab
Molly and her pal, Beau, get along really well. Molly definitely sees Beau as an equal and packmate. Enter our newest walking/play buddy, an 8 month old yellow Lab named Jackson. Jackson is large - not as tall as Molly but taller than Beau. Jackson probably weighs 70+ pounds....fat. I did talk to...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Mar 31 2006 11:05 AM
Steve Johnson
Eating/Drinking issue w/ new puppy
Hi all, I have a new puppy I brought home yesterday. He's about 7 1/2 weeks old. Anyway my "problem" is (And this may be normal, he's my first puppy since I was in 5th grade 14 or so years ago) he will NOT eat from his food bowl no matter what I do, he will only eat if he sits in my...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Mar 31 2006 9:50 AM
Paulo
dig
Our 8 month old male cockapoo sometimes (but not always) when let outside to do his business will have the tendency to pull up the grass in chunks and chew it and eat it. Any ideas on how to deter this behaviour? Will I have to go back to having to go out with him every single time with a leash on him...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Mar 31 2006 8:30 AM
Ashton
Territorial aggression in the park?
Hi! I have a two year old male bull-terrier.(I also have a 12 month female Jack Russll Terrier, and 2,5 year old male JRT; they ll get along famously!) He is very well tempered and obedient, never had any problems, except: When we go or a walk in the park, he doesn't allow other male dogs to approach...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Mar 30 2006 7:58 PM
Bethany
Excited pee
My puppy is doing great with house training. Now the problem is that when I get home in the afternoon, the pees everywhere b/c she gets so excited. I know she can hold it b/c she has been for the past several weeks and she still does, it's the last 2 minutes that are giving us the problem. Any suggestions...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Mar 30 2006 1:54 PM
April Bever
Rescued Sheltie
Hi, I just got a male 3yr old sheltie that was left outside his whole life. He is fear aggrassive as I found out the hard way. When he would back into a corner and you where trying to get him he would bite and snarl. Or if you had him by the collar to take him out he would turn and bite. I also have...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Mar 30 2006 7:35 AM
David Cagle
Cat Roaming-Doggy door
Hi Guys, I have a friend at work who has 3 cats and 2 dogs. One of the cats has started roaming around the neighborhood by leaving thru the doggy door. It's a new behavior I'm told and the other cats don't do it. I'm told their all fixed and they even bought one of those shock collars...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Mar 29 2006 11:28 PM