Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Evelyn asked this question:
“My 2 year old labrador Charlie likes eating poop. I give him nutritional supplements but it hasnt stopped him. Any suggestions??”
Lisa asked a similar question:
“My 9month old lab went camping and loved it but we found that he had a bad habbit of finding poop in the bush and would eat it. Its not his own but other animals and human poop. My dog has seen poop before on the side of the road or at the park but never tried to eat it, why at camp?”
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Tags: Coprophagia, coprophagy, eating dog mess, eating faeces, eating feces, poop eating
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Chris posted this question on the submission page:
“I have a 4 month old havanese who thinks every time I call her name I just want to play and she runs around like crazy. If I call her to the door to come inside, she comes right up to the door but then runs away when I try to get her. She is only playing, but it’s driving me nuts. I have 2 other dogs who come as soon as I call them, but she just doesn’t get it. Sometimes it can take 15minutes and 3 people to get her in. I know that chasing her around can’t be helping either. Any suggestions”
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Tags: dog obedience, dog training, naughty dog
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Another question posted on my Squidoo lens, this time by Sarah:
“Dudley is 8 months old he is a working class cocker spaniel …my problem is he is fine toilet trained whilst i am in the house and evening during the night although he is upstairs and i do feel if i let him downstairs at night he may wee..but the problem is when i’m at work ..he will do a wee in the kitchen ..if i put paper down i feel like i’m encouraging him i cant tell him off cause he doesn’t know what hes done its too late what do you suggest to solve this annoying problem !”
Here is the reply I posted back…. (more…)
Tags: cocker spaniel, House Training Your Dog, potty training
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
CJ posted this question on my Squidoo puppy potty training lens:
“I recently got a knew mini dachshund puppy (9 wks. old) although i have never had many problems before potty training dogs, this one is throwing me. have tried newspaper, proper sized crate, and outside every hr. or so. do u have any tips on what i can do or may be doing wrong?”
Here is our reply… (more…)
Tags: daschund, house training dog, potty training a puppy
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Phoebe asked:
“after exercize period (Long walk) my dog is reluctant to return home. Almost have to drag her the whole way. Any advice.”
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Tags: dog forging, dog pulling, pulling leash
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Ann asked:
“How can I get my dogs to stop dumping over the tradh can and getting into it? I even put a cinder block in the bottom of the can. I have no other place to put the trash can.”
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Tags: bad dog behavior, dogs knocking over trash
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Dave asked:
“my dog won’t stop jumping up at visitors when they come round to my house. what can I do to get him to stop?”
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Tags: dog behavior problems, dog jumping, socialising dogs
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Bridget asked…
“our jack russell digs holes all over the yard he sniffs and sniffs then jumps up and down like he’s trying to break the ground to break through it. we first thought it was because he smelled the moles underground but he is just tearing up our yard. is there
anything we can spray or put on the lawn that won’t be harmful to him? –Bridget”
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Tags: digging, digging pit, jack russell terrier
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Michael asked…
“my puppy is 9 weeks old. she has the idea of going to the door when she has to go.
in her crate that is a different story. she will peee and poop in it. the crate Is the proper size for her. she has room to stand turn around and lay down. she will just sit in it. she came from a litter of 13. they were paper trained.”
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Tags: crate training, House Training Your Dog, potty training
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Ann asked…
“Do you have a solution for a male dog who likes to mark his territory sometimes but on the inside of the house? He only does it sometimes, not all the time and there are no other dogs in the apartment?”
Here is the solution we sent her: (more…)
Tags: House Training Your Dog, potty training your dog
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