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Shellie wrote:Here's a site that may be of some help to you: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

I LOVE this website!!!

Debbie

Mattie wrote:This site, http://feelbach.com/qti.asp?QTID3=PetEN will help you work out which remedies you need and gives information on the Bach Flower remedies.

THANKS!!!

Meanwhile, general anxiety can be reduced by use of a DAP diffuser and a Bach flower remedy - Rescue is fine, but Walnut is useful for Change of Circumstances. If you do a Search on Bach remedies, there is a lot of helpful information. I am intrigued by the DAP diffuser and the Bach flower remedies...

I would suggest you pick up "Scaredy Dog!" by Ali Brown. I just ordered a copy online ...thanks for the recommendation! Also, think about changing his food. That is really low quality stuff you're giving him and might contribute to his behavior. Is there a thread that discusses/recommends...

So it can be done.....when I read your boy had issues with people coming in the house I just wanted to say that it can be overcome with time and patience....and it is SO rewarding! I am finding that 'patience' is going to be the secret to our success.... :) . I have a baby gate that prevents our do...

come (we need to work on this one - he is only compliant when it 'suits him'), TYou have to train him before you can expect him to just do it. Read this. Mattie wrote a great post on how to teach recall ... http://positively.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7155 I read the article and I found it ...

Also, think about changing his food. That is really low quality stuff you're giving him and might contribute to his behavior. I have suspected that this might be the case. I have gone through several different brands of dog food over the past couple of years... and keep coming back to the Purina Pr...

a friend saw one dog break his neck with one. YIKES! :shock: Considering how much my dog (Oscar) fights the head collar - I could envision him getting injured as well! You need to walk your dog with either 2 leads or a double ended lead if you use one of these, the other lead should be clipped to a...

If you introduced the collar slowly and the dog still paws at it, then he's not desensitized to it and hasn't accepted it. Watch this video - world-renowned trainer Jean Donaldson desensitizes this dog (who also starts out hating the collar) to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wakterNyUg Wow! Wh...

I have been advised to use, as a training tool, a Gentle Leader head collar with my aggressive miniature dachshund. My dog absolutely HATES this collar. I have introduced the collar slowly, which he tolerated until all *%#! broke loose while he was wearing it during a short walk at the park. He pawe...

Hello! My name is Debbie, and I live in SW Ohio with my two, 2-year-old dachshunds, Oscar and Gretel. Our family consists of myself and my husband, and our twin (boy/girl) teenagers. We are also 'owned' by two kitties. :) As a family, we are embarking on some 'serious' training in response to some c...