Best Ways To Toilet Train Your Puppy
Written by John Michaels on November 29, 2009 – 5:08 am -Generally, dogs are very clean animals – they won’t soil close to where they eat, or where they sleep. But living in a house is unnatural for an animal whose instincts would be to roam wherever she wants to go, so you will have to help her learn where and when she can relieve herself. The sooner you can train your dog or puppy proper potty expectations the better. Trying to break the habit of a dog is quite difficult and it can be very frustrating. You need to use guidance and encouragement to help the pet. Animal experts all have some great ideas that can help you house train your dog. As we talked about, a dog is really sanitary. If a dog does soil accidentally in the wrong place, to him, it is going to be far away from where he... more
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Potty Train Your Puppy In A Few Weeks
Written by Remco van Reenen on November 24, 2009 – 4:52 am -Potty train your puppy in no time. When we bring a new puppy into our home, our lives are changed. The puppy becomes a member of our family. Treat him/her with the same kind and care as you would your own child. Puppies have feelings and needs. A puppy will love you as much as you love him. But there are those little things that you can do without. A new puppy will not come potty trained, just like a baby. You will have to train him. Little puppies have weaker bladder control, just like human babies. Be patient. And just like babies, puppies do not know that urinating inside the house is not okay. You will have to teach him. Begin by sticking to a regular schedule. If a puppy has irregular patterns with sleeping, eating, then his excreting patterns... more
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Pluses and Minuses of Dog Discipline … Control Apparatus
Written by Ryan Rivollier on November 19, 2009 – 2:48 am -Occasionally the difference between training management and restraint/control is too quickly confused. Using commands and hand signals, with leads or food rewards, to entice desired action is training management and often uses positive reinforcement techniques. Using choke or ‘no-barking’ collars, electronic enclosures and comparable devices is for effective restraint/control and often uses negative reinforcement. Control isn’t of necessity harmful. Dogs instinctively have the need for and gravitate to the continuity of a community in which someone is the ‘alpha wolf’ and in a dog and a human relationship the human has to take that job. To allow the dog to establish himself as the alpha dog means property destruction,... more
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Some Tips to Help With Dog Obesity
Written by Bill Dick on November 18, 2009 – 7:56 am -Dog obesity is a serious issue for any pet owner who wants to own an animal. The problems that overweight dogs have can create big problems, including serious health issues and difficulty moving about. Unfortunately, pet obesity is an increasing trend within the United States. Add to that the idea that the FDA has approved dog obesity medications to give dogs when they are overweight; the world is facing a real crisis. If you ask the experts they will give several reasons dog obesity is so acute. The number one would be that dogs are overeating and eating table scraps. As cute as it might be to feed your pet at the table, resist if you want to help their health. Human food just can’t be handled properly by dogs, nor does it really provide... more
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Dog Training – Adapt Your Tactics to Fit the Breed
Written by Terry Zinndell on November 16, 2009 – 11:21 am -Dogs come in a wide variety of breeds, so much so that sometimes it is best to not even consider them all of the same species. The only reason that biologists do is that they have the ability to interbreed with other dogs. Dog owners however, have various goals and it is better to highlight the differences in dogs than their similarities. A Great Danes and a Jack Russell look act and think very differently. A Jack Russell is more hyperactive than a Great Dane. A Golden Retriever and a Collie are very different from one another. The Golden Retriever is more excitable, fun loving and friendly. A German Shepherd and a Chihuahua have absolutely nothing in common other than being a canine animal. You will need to adapt your training technique to... more
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The Basics Of Puppy Parasites
Written by Brian Westfall on November 12, 2009 – 5:19 am -Besides food, water, exercise, and plenty of love and attention, your dog will rely upon you to manage his health. Your pooch is not like a person, even though he occasionally seems so. He is susceptible to a number of ailments, including worms and parasites. If these little bugs are allowed to fester inside your canine’s body, they can cause severe health problems. Below, we’ll explain how the issue starts and why parasitic infections are so problematic, especially for puppies. You’ll also learn to recognize symptoms that suggest your puppy has a few stowaways inside his body. Lastly, we’ll describe how the condition is treated. How The Infection Begins Many owners would be surprised to know their puppies are likely... more
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When Instructing Your Dog, Don’t Do It This Way
Written by Ira Nelson on November 11, 2009 – 8:43 am -Nearly every dog owner wants to teach their dog properly. However, nearly an equal number seriously miscalculate the amount of time and toil it takes to teach a dog. This results in a common set of missteps that are often made that could, with more or less effort, be altogether evaded. Dogs should not be treated as furry children. Even though the typical dog has the psychological development of a two year old child, there are more contrasts than similarities. While dogs are incredible at processing language, they are unable to rationalize as people do. They can’t put together cause and effect the way people do. That is why plenty of new dog trainers are extremely frustrated when they suppose the dog is ignoring their command, which is... more
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