How do I teach a male 9 1/2 mth. old Toy Rat Terrier the word no?

Q - We just got him last week. He was as good as gold the first week, now he’s gotten comfortable with us and is very curious and into everything. What’s the proper way to teach him the word no. Everything I read about the breed says if you are too forceful with them, they [...]

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This Dog Needs Training

I have this dog and he is a very loyal dog but he always gets into the trash I mean I don’t walk him all the time but I need to learn how to get him to stop begging for food like when I am eating he bothers me its really annoying and when I’m [...]

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Dog Attack Question

Q  -  My dog has never attacked another dog but he has never done this before. He is a two year old min pin and when i opened my door he ran out and chased a neighbors chihuahua. In other interactions with this dog, they both growled (the chiuhuahua’s owner said his dog doesn’t like [...]

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Power Feeding

I overheard a conversation in the park today. I don’t usually listen in on other peoples conversations, but I was having a migraine and I reckon that that gave me super hearing! It really must have been that because my wife truly believes I am deaf. Anyway apparently two women told a third that she [...]

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How I Structure The Walk

They say that a dog should earn his time off the lead by walking properly on it. However I find it much easier to do a lead walk in the middle of the walk. So Toby gets 5 minutes off the lead and then 15 minutes on and then another 10 minutes off, [...]

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