Archive for » July, 2008 «

Dog Won’t Go In Car

Bill asked this simple question relating to a big problem:

“I can not get my dog into the car to go anywhere.What can i do?.”

Strangely enough, this problem is quite close to home for me, so I can tell you what worked in a recent, real life scenario…. more…

Excited Around Other Dogs

Melis posed this question:

“How can you fix a dog that is very excited with other dogs.He barks constantly because he wants to play . how would you fix him”

This problem most likely stems from more…

Why Do Puppies Chew Everything?

Have you ever wondered why your new puppy chews on things? It never fails, you get a new pet and at some point you come home to notice he has chewed on your favorite shoe, or even worse your computer power cord, ouch! more…

Lab Mix Puppy Play Biting Out Of Control

Jim has been having a problem with his Labrador  terrier mix puppy biting too hard, here is his question:

“We have a 4 month old lab/terrier pup. When he gets playful he bites too hard — never aggressively but it hurts! How do we teach him to play without biting?”

I can offer Jim (and readers to this site) the following advice… more…

Labrador Peeing in Crate

Hester asked the following via email:

“My 12 week old chocolate lab pees in the crate constantly. His crate is small and he’s got room to turnaround and lay down but he doesn’t seem to mind laying in his urine. I don’t want him to think that it’s o.k. to pee in the crate and I’m at my wits end with cleaning him and the crate up all the time. He can’t even make it in the crate for 2 hours”

Here are my suggestions… more…

English Mastiff Pooping in Closet

Kayla asked for help with this problem:

“I have a 15 mo English Mastif that has recently decided to start pooping and peeing in our bedroom closet. Their hasn’t been any changes in our home and I don’t know why this has started or how to fix it.
Thanks” more…

Snoodle Peeing in House

Nancy has this problem:

“Just rescued a 2 yr old snoodle, Scooter, is is name, he was housebroken at one time but now is confused, you can walk him for an hour and he will wait until you are not looking or even looking and he will pee inside and hide to poop
I am now crating him when he is out of my site, is this the correct procedure? The only time he is safe to not pee or poop is in the bed with me at night, in his dog bed at the end of my feet in the bed with me. Please tell me how to teach Scooter to pee and poop outside so he can have free rein of the house when I am not home” more…

Golden Retrievers Eating Fruit From Garden

Karen has the following problem:

“I have two golden retrievers (ages 9 months and 3 years) that love fruit and vegetables. They have completely stripped my apricot tree and have now moved on to the peaches. They eat tomatoes, strawberries, even watermelons right off the vine; they dug up all of my carrots and potatoes. Some of this problem is easily corrected by fencing in the vegetable garden, but I would really like to find the solution. Catching them in the act and screaming, “No!” has not been successful. Any advice?”

Here are a couple of tactics that may help… more…

Puppy Will Not Pee Outside

R.Praveen left this request for help:

“i have a 2 month old puppy he ha s learned to poop outside the problem is his peeing he pees wherever he likes in the house how can i stop it and teach him to pee outside” more…