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TotemandMaya
Walking problem...also pack leader problem?
Ok so here is the main problem. The leash hurts my hands! I am tired of getting to a point where I can not finish the walk because my huskies are pulling. According to my husband, "that is just what they do" I have worked with them seperately, and together. I know the first issue is, who is...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 18 2009 11:50 AM
corvus
Intermediate bridges
Does anyone here use intermediate bridges, or "keep going" signals? Any thoughts on them?
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Oct 17 2009 12:02 PM
AllenB
House breaking a very old dog???
We rescued a 13 year old Beagle from a rescue agency. We've had her for 2 weeks now. They had about 30 dogs who had the run of the house and IMO the owner could not know which do is house broken and which were not. They had doggie doors so they could come and go. Background: She takes Phenylpropanolamine...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Oct 16 2009 10:08 PM
Wileycat
I am looking for a shelter dog to adopt, but don't know if some are...
Hello - I am currently looking for a rescue dog to adopt. I have two in mind so far. One of them is housebroken, based on what the family who found him said. He's a 1 year old fox terrier. But the shelter says they "think" he's housebroken. The other dog I fell in love with is a 9 month...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Oct 16 2009 6:42 PM
Fenris
Puppy pacing and leaning
We have a 10-month-old bullmastiff puppy, female, spayed. She's staying with our rescue mix, who she has been raised with, while our two-year-old boxer is going to another home (earlier thread, fights in the house, thanks everyone for thoughtful responses). To give us a little time to place the boxer...
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LAST POST: ON: Fri, Oct 16 2009 9:56 AM
Bruister
Looking into a dog's eyes...
My experience with dogs is only over the last twenty years and, while I temporarily provided a home for a few large dogs, I have only personally owned four. Two as my breed of choice, a Husky and a Bullmastiff; and two choice rescues, a Rottie and a Pitbull. With all four dogs I found that we look into...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Oct 15 2009 8:37 PM
Kim_MacMillan
Ed Frawley of Leerburg goes positive??
Soo...I saw this on another one of my lists. It seems that Mr. Frawley has caught on to the power of using markers and rewards/food in training...this year Leerburg has produced two new DVD's: The Power of Training Dogs with Food, and The Power of Training Dogs with Markers...... Now, I haven't...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Oct 15 2009 1:45 PM
sugaaar
He's a good guard dog... but what happens next?
I have this Mastiff mix (thinking either Labrador or Redbone Coonhound... I'll post some pictures!) and he is very protective. His name is Tanner and I looooove him to death! What a great dog. He is very active, for a Mastiff and for his size! Tanner is about seven months old, maybe a little older...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Oct 15 2009 10:47 AM
spiritdogs
Deference, Appeasement & Calming Signals in Training
A lot is made of dominance among dogs, and to justify humans' treatment of dogs. But, if you look at dogs' social model, it's usually one of deference more than dominance. Dogs do a lot of appeasement gestures and signals that say "I'm not a threat.". Everything from tongue...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Oct 14 2009 12:03 AM
denise m
How to stop face licking?
As you may know, I adopted Buddy on Saturday. He loves attention and is very affectionate. He likes to sit on my lap. He sits behind me on the computer chair. Always greets with excitement, but not in a bad way - no jumping or pawing, just happy wagging and a bit of jumping around. I would call him a...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Oct 13 2009 9:22 PM
yourstar84
Help! Adoped Chihuahua Problems :(
I adopted a 2 year old long hair chihuahua named Star about a month ago. I know it hasn't been very long, but I am already having problems with her. I adopted her from a chihuahua rescue one month ago today (Monday, Oct. 12). The first week I got her she was great! She would let me pet her and she...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Oct 13 2009 2:43 PM
General Kooblah
Looking for a little advice from dog owners
Hey all, I was hoping you could give me a little advice. First off im not a dog person in the least, don't care for the beasts, and big dogs are the worst... but my roomates decided it would be a good idea to get a rottweiler (Despite my opposition) :S soo im kinda stuck with it at the moment...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Oct 12 2009 4:02 PM
Autumnmo89
Fear/ Aggression towards other dogs
Hey!! I'm new here and am having a really tough time with my oversized pom/chi Max. We got him about 3 mo ago from a sweet couple in our area. We knew a very small amount about his problems from the former owners- but it was not explained as it should have been. First of all, Max is my baby,...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Oct 12 2009 10:59 AM
slmore
Opinion on getting rid of crates
Hello! We have two English Setters, one almost 4 years old and the other just turned 2. There temperment, which is typical of English Setters, if very mild and friendly. They are also very calm unless there is something to be very excited about - someone walking toward the house, a visitor coming...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 11 2009 6:26 PM
sugarsandz
Can my dogs sense my period?
Can my two year old male Pug Chewy who is not fixed sense when I'm about to have my period? I ask because he only marks in the house around my time of the month and only around me. Plus I hadn't had my period the last few months and he didn't mark inside once, but now I am getting ready to...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 11 2009 4:49 PM
spiritdogs
John Fisher's Two Reward System for Reactive Dogs
Found this at Dee Ganley's web site and thought it might prove interesting, or useful: http://www.deesdogs.com/documents/johnfisherstworewardmethod.pdf
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 11 2009 9:24 AM
tilnih
Barks at everything, even me
I have a 9mo puppy, Sasha, who we think is possibly a whippet mix, with possibly some terrier in there somewhere. We've had her and a Chihuahua mix (same age) since they were about 16wks old. The problem we've started having with Sasha is that she barks and growls at everything. She doesn't...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 11 2009 7:01 AM
pstoddard
Carpet Eating
I know that this subject has been touched on a number of times in this forum but it always seems to be dealing with puppies that are just going through a chewing stage, my girl is going to be 5 years old in December and has always had problems with chewing carpet. When she was a puppy she did chew on...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Oct 11 2009 12:45 AM
BlackLabbie
What do you make of this??? (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O15DXv3Vwg It's a very short video (48 seconds) of a dog with a bone. It looks like the dog attacks his own self when his back leg gets too close to the bone. It's very strange.
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Oct 10 2009 6:02 PM
erica1989
Interesting read on dominance/behavior
http://www.apdt.com.au/files/dominancestatement.pdf One of my trainers sent this to me (we were talking about Jack the pup I've got now.) Thought it was interesting, so I'm passing it along.
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Oct 6 2009 7:41 PM