Archive for the 'Breed Specific Dog Training Problems' Category

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Some Options For Toilet Training Daschunds

Daschunds (often referred to as Sausage Dogs) are a really popular breed nowadays, but are gaining a bit of a reputation for being difficult to train - with housetraining being a particularly troublesome time for inexperienced owners. As every dog is different, this is definitely not going to be a step by step guide to [...]

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Difficulty House Training a Boxer Pup

Tracy contacted me via my Squidoo housetraining lens:
“I have a seven month old Boxer and I can’t get her potty trained. She doest seem to care if she soils where she sleeps and she gives no signs of needing to go out. I take her out every time she wakes, plays [...]

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Daschund Soiling Crate

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 [...]

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Boston Terrier Chewing

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 [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Trouble Potty Training Chihuahua Puppy

Melanie sent this question via Squidoo…
“I recently got a chihuahua puppy about 4 days ago, and having a horrible time with potty training her, especially at night time, when she’s in her crate. I have not been using the divider that came along with the crate, but I put a puppy pad on one end [...]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Trouble House Training Daschund Puppy

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 [...]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Jack Russell Terrier Digging

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 [...]