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i cannot stop him from looking at stimuli with the harness on though, can i?
with the gentle leader i can just turn his head.

Are head collars a good tool to use to help me gain control of my reactive dog? He lunges at cars on our walk. I am scared he will hurt his neck.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f10/black_eyed05/Fall%2009/019-1.jpg he has been on the following foods. He was itchy, shed alot, and had thin dry coat. Nutro Chicken and oatmeal Chicken Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Whole Brown Rice, Chicken, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocophe...

we have done TTouch, but not regularly. maybe i should make a daily thing of it.

thank you! this dog has been a battle from day one. professional recommend him being PTS. I found meds, made his an almost normal dog. now the meds are not working nearly as good as they did in the past. I imagine we will have to adjust the dose and switch to something else. i am not giving up on th...

my views on ethoxiquin have changed. I feed TOTW pacific stream now. I found out that those studies about ethoxiquin causing cancer were done ON RATS! Orange juice and artificial sweetener also causes cancer in rats! and rats are not dogs. I have determined that ethoxiquin being horrible and deadly ...

thanks for the help everyone. I do not know what grain Ruckus is sensitive too. I honestly cannot afford an allergy test at this time. Ruckus is doing great on TOTW pacific stream. it has much lower protein than the other formulas. I really do think that this is going to work for us. I was hoping to...

yep, puppies are hard work.
I couldnt deal with one! Good luck! and please do some research!

well, my sheltes are bathed twice a month!
they roll in horse crap, go outside in the woods and get into burs... a good bath with conditioner makes them slide out with no problem.
AND it actually helps keep on top of shedding if done properly.

thank you all!

thank you for your support!

I am sick of it! I am sick of Ruckus lunging at people, chasing cars, barking all of the time, attacking the vacuum/broom/mop, and I am so sick of never having anyone over because they are scared of Ruckus (they should be, he bites) I cannot believe i let it get this bad. I have bought countless boo...

thank you all! what has caused me to bring this up and think about it more... you may recall I made a post about Ruckus. Ruckus is very reactive but has gotten so much better it is amazing! UNTIL this past month and a half or so. the ONLY thing that has changed is going from 25% protein to 36% prote...

for some dogs a high protein food is like rocket fuel and may make reactivity worse. (some lady from agility said that) Has anyone heard of this? from Pet Food Choice - Diet and behaviour with dogs and cats Effect of dietary protein content on behavior in dogs. Dodman NH, Reisner I, Shuster L, Rand ...

i tried that about a week ago. it was horrible. he blew his anal glands. the pulled at the leash, lunged, barked growled. when i took him close to the bus the attacked the wheels. and he never calmed down after 20 minutes.