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Wow you have your hands full trying to occupy a six month old LAB while she heals! (should I use heels) :lol: Is she allowed to go on walks? If so, long walks, just letting her be a dog (without the pulling), sniff everything, choose the direction. If you can take her a mile or so, this will "h...

Now, when she pulls her "catch me if you can" routine, she'll have one toy in her mouth, and I'm holding the other one, encouraging her to come to me. No, I'm not yelling. What I meant was, I used Victoria's suggested squeally sound voice (high pitched notes), to get Willow's interest in ...

Is reversing directions the only method of loose leash training, or is it just the only method that is easy and safe to explain how to do in the context of a forum? I ask because I have used this technique on dogs many times, and it works for most, but I have had some dogs working on this for over ...

I've said this before and I don't have cats, but dogs & cats don't always get along. Frankly, I think, believe, feel, based on what you said, this dog may never get along with cats. They also tried treating the behavior with a shock collar, unfortunately. They gradually ramped up the shock level...

It sounds as if she was abused. You really need profesional help, a behaviorist. I don't think a message board is going to be abel to help, sorry. What type of training have you done with her? How do you speak to her? What tone of voice? How did you get her in the car to bring her home? How does she...

Thank you, we bought her a dog bed but she doesn't like it. She doesn't play with any of the toys we've bought her also. As Nettle said, giver her time, we do not know the abuse she suffered, so until she settles down completely, just be patient, do not push playing or pettting or anything. With ti...

Today alone they have had 3 naps that were about 2-3 hours a piece! Is it normal for puppies to sleep that long? Look for your answers in your statements... Last week , my husband and I adopted two male Boxer/possibly Lab puppies, Bolo and Shamrock (they are brothers). They turned two months old to...

My puppy Taber is going over 14months now and still has the energy that would make a jumping mexican bean happy. He is always going going gone. In the house and out in the yard. I bought Victoria's book after watching her TV shows for while Probably from being so small (3#'s) he is always jumping. ...

Wow, that would be one far, difficult drive for me, not sure my car would make it across the big pond... Alas, my mother's side is from Ireland, I would love to live there and be happy to care for so many.......

I can't edit in this forum, so I will add one more thing.. Try just sitting outside with her at night for a few minutes. Don't go anywhere, take a few treats, work on sitting, staying, laying down, commands to get her mind off of the night and loud noises. When she does the commands one the first tr...

I'm going to try this one more time. You were given sound advice twice already, so let me try, one more time... :wink: My dog has developed a fear of walking in the dark. Living in the Seattle area, this is a problem as we will soon be living more in the dark than light. I already take my dog out e...

Never, never use a spray bottle on a dog, did I say never? So many bad things will happen... To stop the jumping (after you answer some of Nettle's questions... Simply turn around, fold your arms, become very boring. If he follows around to the other side to jump up, turn around.. Just stand their ...

Never, never use a spray bottle on a dog, did I say never? So many bad things will happen... To stop the jumping (after you answer some of Nettle's questions... Simply turn around, fold your arms, become very boring. If he follows around to the other side to jump up, turn around.. Just stand their f...

Outstanding Maggie, congrats!

Dogs all have a different taste, naturally. Eddie loves all treats so it was "difficult" to pin down one he would go gagga over. What we did was pick one and use it very, very infrequently to start off. What this did was make him want them even more, because, he rarely got them. For "...