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Arm yourself with a bag of treats You and your cocker go to the front door. Knock VERY VERY softly. --> no respons: praise and treat --> response: say "uth oh", no treat, knock softer next time. Keep doing this till there is no response. Once your there thats your "start level" K...

Oh! And like mentioned above try a calming collar! Its a great tool and it comes at a crazy affordable price! It may make a huge change!

Your getting a lot of great advice about the crateing and pottying! But how is the confidence coming? Does your dog follow you around a lot? How does s/he react to seperation? The loss of a loved one is so devastating to a dog. They cant be allowed to have there minds sink into a rut!! Try enrolling...

Just a little update. :) Gunner is now well over a year old and 100% brat (but then again i wouldnt want my dog any other way). He is the most indepenent, happy, healthy dog you have ever seen. Is recall is close to (if not) 100% reliable. He knows: sit, watch me, sit for greetings, take it, leave i...

Nettle :: Thank you! You brought up a lot of things I was conserned about with the mental and other damage. I see the pup on a weekly/biweekly bases sofar and get constant updates on him. If anything appears "funny" or wrong I will do as you recomend and walk away. You are right 12+ years ...

I'm going to hold out for now. I will review more at 6 or 7 weeks and maybe get him early then. In my head I KNOW 5 weeks it just too young. I feel 6 is too young too but from 6 on, Lucy and Chica (my other 2) will be GREAT teachers for him as well. I'll give him a nice healthy look over before we g...

Yup his name is Gunner
And its not a breeder... Its someone who hasnt had there pets fixed *grumble*.
Its a person my husband knows.., from long ago.... anymore detail then that is too much info

Oh yes I KNOW and I AGREE 5 Weeks is WAAAAAY too young to be away from mom!!!!

I was scheduled to get a puppy here in a few weeks (when it turned 8 weeks old) I was pretty firm about the 8 week point because I wanted the puppy to be able to learn from its litter mates and mom. My concern is this, I'm pretty sure the puppy is in a situation that is less then ideal. I know its e...

Thanks for the wonderful advice :) I like to think of myself as a novis trainer :) My other 2 dogs are very well mannered and know a trick or two. but they were polite little ladies when I got them, with only an area or two of opratunity to improve upon :) So no classes for Gunner! He will be taught...

This is my Allergy Dog! ohh I mean Golden

In a few weeks I'm getting a new puppy (his name is Gunner, hes so cute!). I look forward to training him from week 8 on! I'm ready for all the challenges a little one can bring and I'm crazy excited! But I do have one fear... I want to make sure, I do not have a codependent dog. I want Gunner to be...

Bah! I cant find the link i was looking for! Victoria did a show where she showed owners how to overcome this with a larger dog! She had a walk in dog bath for outside and eased the dog into learning how to take a bath! Was a great show! Here is one kinda like that but with a smaller dog. Bath time ...

I know this is an older post :) But I'm sure many people with puppies look at it for advice :) I am a dog groomer and I think early nail trimming is a GREAT WAY to make sure your dog is great for all his/her future nail trims! There is no reason to be sneaky about it, just do it with the puppy awake...