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Is there is a way to encourage/teach our dog to be in his crate while we're out? I mean of his own free will- make him want to be in there, not have to close him in. I know I can drop treats in there to make the crate a happy place (which it already is when we're home!), but after he eats those, he ...

Is there is a way to encourage/teach our dog to be in his crate while we're out? I mean of his own free will- make him want to be in there, not have to close him in. I know I can drop treats in there to make the crate a happy place (which it already is when we're home!), but after he eats those, he ...

I wish they would show all the behind the scenes stuff, or sometimes show 3 hour versions of the show so you would get to see more background stuff, or get a better feel for just how long some of the techniques take to start working :) I know!! I have a genius idea that would get this website and Vi...

Anyone have any insight to why a dog will puff his cheeks in and out? I can't find any information about that anywhere.

My dog will be standing there appearing as though he's trying to get a really good sniff of something, but I wondered if he's actually stressed when he does that.

Thanks.

And, I'm in the process of watching all those YouTube videos on body language- namely the Happy vs Stressed right now to make sure I'm rewarding the right things

Thanks so much. We visit my mom a lot, and that would be a great time to work on things with multiple people in the house. Plus just working with him when my husband or I would take turns leaving would be great to do as well. You confirmed what I gathered about the following-that it's a response fro...

Our dog has separation anxiety (I posted here about it before). We got him from a friend in June. She was frustrated because when he is left alone in the house he destroys things. When he is left in a crate, he knows that means people are leaving, so his crate anxiety is worse than the separation an...

emmabeth, interesting post!! (since i have a separation anxiety dog, i had to peek into this post :) ) i've been told many, many times that mine has low self esteem, and i've also heard from many sources that obedience- even very simple things between him and me in our house- will boost his self est...

i have to go to the vet soon and i am going to ask about some medicine when i am there, too. i understand medicine is not the answer and that it will only mask the problem, and for many reasons i do not intend to use medicine as a permanent solution. i'm looking for something to use when doggie dayc...

you guys are awesome. Thanks for the recommendations. Maybe since a blog does not yet seem to exist, I should make one? :) I'm not sure if it would be useful to anyone since every dog is so different. But I would find one useful, even as just interesting reading! I've been doing a lot of reading too...

I'm working on small steps with my dog now too. He has pretty bad separation anxiety, I have another post on the first page (as of right now) about it. I'm fine with doing baby steps, what I'm wondering is how you know it's okay to advance to the next step. Or do you just mix it up- you walk out the...

I'm working on small steps with my dog now too. He has pretty bad separation anxiety, I have another post on the first page (as of right now) about it. I'm fine with doing baby steps, what I'm wondering is how you know it's okay to advance to the next step. Or do you just mix it up- you walk out the...

Hm.. I guess success varies from dog to dog? Since different dogs exhibit signs of separation anxiety in different ways. If the dog is exhibiting undesirable behavior only when the owners aren't there, from what I've read, that's one possible sign of separation anxiety. So maybe in this case, the ow...

I was just wondering because if so, I'd love to read a firsthand account of it. How you started, how you progressed, if/how/where you failed, how you overcame it, how long it took. I thought surely someone out there has blogged about this (isn't there a blog for everything nowadays?), but I did a Go...

I was just wondering because if so, I'd love to read a firsthand account of it. How you started, how you progressed, if/how/where you failed, how you overcame it, how long it took. I thought surely someone out there has blogged about this (isn't there a blog for everything nowadays?), but I did a Go...