Archive for the 'Dog Obedience Training' Category

Friday, November 28th, 2008

New Puppy Dominant With Older Dog

Sharon wrote:
“I have a pure breed Black Labrador, now 5 months old Mimi. I also have a Black/collie/Lab/Retriever mix 2 years old very sweet and passive,Suzy. The puppy Lab (Mimi) is now as big as the 2 yr. old Suzy and has become dominant over Suzy to a point she will not even let Suzy [...]

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Shi Tzu Nipping at Feet

One of my newsletter subscribers emailed asking for help with his Shi Tzu who has a small behavioral problem:
“HI, I need your help I have a small ShiTuz love her to death. My problem I am having with her is she runs to anyone who comes and start biting their feet as well of mine when [...]

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Bringing New Puppy Home

Lynn has a potty training and socialization question about her new shih-tzu puppy:
“I am getting a 8 week old shih tzu puppy in 5 days and I have no idea how to potty train. I would like it to go to the back yard but the breeder has said it is already paper trained. So [...]

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Dog Ignoring Commands

Erica has got a problem pooch:
“What do I do when my 5 mo. old pom/yorky ignores a command I am certain he knows and there are no appearent distractions? Do I enforce it by putting him into position?”

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Aggressive German Shepherd

Catalina left this qusetion on the dog training question page:
“My 3 year old german shepherd is very agressive towards other dogs and unframiliar people. We can’t even take her to the beach without her barking at people walking by, and becoming agressive towards other dogs. When we are at home we have to keep her [...]

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Yorkie Mix Chasing

Betty needed help with her Yorkshire Terrier Mix:
“I have a mixed yorkie we travel in the R.V. If she is not on a leash but is with us and she sees an animal or something she is gone like a light, when we call she does come back, however, is there any way we can [...]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Puppy Jumping Up

Susan asked:
“How can I get an 8-month old female puppy to stop jumping on people, on doors, on windows? She has springs in her hind legs.”

Tuesday, July 22nd, 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….

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

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 [...]