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- Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:15 am
- Forum: Dog Training Advice
- Topic: Help! We got a runner!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2960
Re: Help! We got a runner!
My two-year-old lab mix, who is high-energy, will still take off on occasion. However, my problem got better, I sense --because I stepped-up meeting her energy needs by walking --and exercising her diligently with stimulating, favorite-fun games. My dog is walked one-hour daily, sometimes more, and ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:53 am
- Forum: Dog Training Advice
- Topic: Won't come when called
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2966
Re: Won't come when called
Hi, Imsuperspy: You're right, she loves the water. In warm or cold weather, after she has exercised, she will seek any puddle she finds in which to lay and cool-off. I try to include water activities when I can--living near the sea and lakes. I never give her negative attention, even when she return...
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:36 am
- Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
- Topic: Ticks & weather
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2365
Ticks & weather
What's the deal with ticks? I thought after frost and days of freeze, we'd be free of them for awhile. Yet despite sub-freezing temps, suddenly, I've found ticks on my dog. Could they have been dormant or something in my house? Thanks.
- Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Teaching dog to avoid unfamiliar danger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2502
Thank you
Appreciate everyone's input. Thank you.
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:22 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Teaching dog to avoid unfamiliar danger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2502
Danger
This is an odd question, but please take it in the context of possible danger, should the dog also be taught to fear danger--in other words, taught to understand that when I give the cue to flee--I am telling her she could get hurt--get out of there--it's serious--if this makes any sense??
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Teaching dog to avoid unfamiliar danger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2502
Teaching dog to avoid unfamiliar danger
How do you teach a dog not to go near an unfamiliar--but deliciously curious--danger? Like encountering a snake in the woods--that my dog has never seen before. Knowing her, she'll want to make friends with it. I want her to know that when I cue her, it's danger, come back to me--no matter what she ...
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Has anyone successfully controlled an allergy to dog fur?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4484
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:52 am
- Forum: Grooming
- Topic: Pads tearing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2691
Pads tearing
Are some dog breeds more prone to their foot pads tearing than others? I always had small dogs and never had such problems with them--my current Lab mix lives in an environment of graveled/dirt roads and winter's snow/ice--of course, her outdoor behavior chasing, etc., puts more wear and tear on the...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:39 am
- Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
- Topic: Food temperature
- Replies: 1
- Views: 799
Food temperature
Is it deleterious for dogs to eat food that is too cold? Or is their digestive system designed to accommodate foods cold, near frozen or frozen? I was just looking at articles for beef pops--and I wondered if this was a good idea? Thanks.
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Overnight food aggression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4145
Food aggression
Thanks, all, for your help. I appreciated your time.
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Overnight food aggression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4145
Food aggression
I understand what everyone is saying here. But if she hasn't been food aggressive all this time, even after putting my hand near her bowl, even after adding food to her bowl while eating (with no aggression), why all of a sudden is she associating my hand negatively? Prior to this happening, she cou...
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:30 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Overnight food aggression
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4145
Overnight food aggression
I have a Lab/GSP/BC mix, adopted at 4 months, she is now almost 2. No trauma in her life, single-dog family, loves our cat. I'm with her 24/7. Recently, she's become very food aggressive. She stiffens should I place my hand near her bowl, sometimes growls. But she lets the cat eat from her bowl OK. ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:19 pm
- Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
- Topic: Yes, but why is it...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2125
Yes, money, created by confusion and fear
maximoo, I agree. I believe that money is at the heart of this issue. I have seen marketing that promotes confusion and fear --these are other good motivators to keep the public buying. Unless someone has expertise, or necessary education, skills and experience to make a knowledgable choice, there's...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:36 pm
- Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
- Topic: Yes, but why is it...?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2125
Yes, but why is it...?
Yes, but why is it, that despite thousands of years, and thousands of experiences, and thousands of scientists, and thousands of studies, and thousands of experts--not one definitive answer for the world to use, factoring in, of course, the special circumstances that alter the basic formula wherever...
- Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:29 pm
- Forum: Dog Training Advice
- Topic: Won't come when called
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2966
Won't come when called
I continue struggling with this problem, consulted Victoria's recommendations. A 1 1/2 yr lab mix. Exercised/walked daily. We later go outside, play chase the toy, after 3-4 throws, she stops 1/2 way, looks at me, turns around, runs away, back into my trees into standing water for her "swamp sw...