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Nettle - thanks. I actually read something last night that backs you up. It was from a puppy training book (forget the author right now). It said that if you talk to a puppy in a high pitched voice and stare in their eyes, you make them uncomfortable, because you are acting like a needy puppy. And p...

Emmabeth, thanks so much for responding. I have to add a new dilemma to this. Mr. Zeke is so smart, that he has figured out to sit and look at me so that I have to do the "come" command. When he "comes" he gets a treat. We may make it another 2 feet when he just sits back down an...

Hi Everyone, I am simply hoping someone can educate me on something Zeke does. I wouldn't say it's a problem. I'm just curious of the science behind it. We have managed to curb the lunging and nipping behavior, in part thanks to all the advice from this forum. (the freeze like a tree worked wonders)...

AHA! I realized how to search properly and found a very similar string. Dated 9/18/07 by "Mojo" about a 3 month old GS. Here is "emmabeths" answer: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hiya At 12 weeks old shes not old enough for long walks anyway, she should only be having 15 minutes on the lead per d...

First, let me apologize if this has been covered. I did a search on walking puppy and got over 2,700 results. Second, thank you so much to all of you who take the time to post responses on these boards. I am new to training a puppy and I am incredibly grateful for the wisdom here to help me get thro...

Can I just say that I am so very happy to be reading all this! I'm sitting here late on a Friday night, totally frustrated with our 11 week old lab puppy who is lunging and nipping! I have scratches and bruises all over! It seems no one ever talks about this issue! I expected chewing and having to g...