Archive for the ‘Bad Behavior’ Category

Daschund Soiling Crate

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Mary Ann posted this question:

“I have a blind 9 yr old daschund. When I cage her she poops in her cage and goes in circles and stomps it in. If I let her loose in the house she still poops and sometimes stomps it in. She does this even if she was just out and has taken care of her business. If I take her in the car with me and let her in there on mild days, she does the same thing and stomps into my leather seat. Any suggestions on what to do with her? I have bopped her nose and scolded her numerous times but with no success. She is doing this more and more as time goes by. I love her to death, but this is getting old.”

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Boston Terrier Chewing

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Vic posted this problem on the submission page….

“We have 2 Boston Terriers and when we go away for a couple hours the younger one (year and a half old) will chew up things. WHY. The older one(4yrs.old) never has done that so we let the young one lose also and chew chew.
What can we do to stop this behavior ?”

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Labrador Puppy Nipping

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Lisa asked for help with her sometimes grouchy lab puppy….

“My puppy is a lab about 9months and loves people but when he is sleeping and we try to get him to get up so we can bring him in the room so he won’t roam around the house and chew everything. He will show teeth and growl even to us.He is very friendly unless he wants attention then he will nibble are hands try to get us to play. He is very active we take him swimming and walking and running daily. He is getting better except for the sleep part. Why does he do that and what can we do to correct that?”

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Excessive Dog Barking Problem

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

This question was asked anonymously via our submit-a-question form:

“help! my dog will not stop barking. what can i do to stop him. do i need a anti bark collar? i dont want to cause him any pain. thanks”

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Labrador Eating Poop

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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Havanese Misbehaving

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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Trouble Toilet Training A Cocker Spaniel

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 !”

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Dog Pulling on Leash

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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Dogs Knocking Over Trash Can

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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Dog Jumping Up At Visitors

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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