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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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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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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Hi all
Today I am reviewing part of the free dog training course which I recommended yesterday.
It is nicely written, easy and quick to read.
The first lesson concerns jumping up and covers the subject very well for a free lesson. It is clear, concise and helpful.
The second lesson is about dogs who won’t listen to [...]
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Today I came across an old article about how conventional dog trainers are trying to belittle those with different methods. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/CMGPHL9D1N1.DTL.
I think that this is a negative and distasteful article which smacks of sour grapes. The conventional lobby seem frightened and I suppose I’m not surprised. Just because someone has a string of qualifications it doesn’t mean that [...]
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Hi all,
It’s Monday and what fantastic weather we are having in London today. Makes a change!!! Yesterday I took Toby to the park quite late, about 7pm, and I was amazed at how many other dogs were there. Anyway, I have just come back from taking Toby for his morning walk in the park and [...]
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Hi everyone.
This is my very first post and I hope that it is a good one.
This blog is about training your dog and it really came about because of all the bad advice which I have been given over the years, particularly from the “professionals” whom I paid to help me. Had I known then [...]
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