Hello! I have recently received a puppy (well a month ago) and we are crate training him. (If this forum is not the correct forum, I would love it if I could be pointed in the direction of the appropriate one.) He is now 5 months old. For the past ... | |
My dog is pretty good with listening to commands but there are some times when he just wants to ignore me. For an example, he may ignore me when there is a major distraction, like someone else has food and I don't and I tell him to come to me. He ... | |
It's certainly different handling a dog whose head isn't right at the same height your hand normally falls. Sometimes it's hard to get Skeeter to be on the correct side of me. If I get him to target my hand he'll sometimes hop and hop and hop ... | |
I have come to understand and observe the opposition reflex in various contexts. After a brief search I found the following: http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/LA/distano1.htm He adds a different twist to what seems to be normally taught, using two collars and a good-guy / bad-guy approach. He also ... | |
I've taken my mother's two dogs (terrier and German shepard) since she is too sick to take care of them. They had been house dogs. Because my wife and son are seriously alergic to dogs (they go weekly to the Dr for shots) we can't have them in the ... | |
I attended and E-collar demonstration by a professional trainer a few days ago and came away from it a little bit troubled. The troubling part was not the electrical stimulation the dog received because afterwards when I pressed my hand up ... | |
Macula has always slept in her crate(in our bedroom) she goes in right when we go to bed and stays there until morning. The rest of the day she's allowed to nap wherever she wants. But in the past month, she has been getting grumpier about this. ... | |
I gather that many folks on this group feel that no one should touch any dog without the owner's permission. Even if the dog is staked out in public and is begging for attention. That just seems like cruel and inhuman punishment. To doglovers! I guess ... | |
Since I use food reward methods of training (and clickers at home), I often found myself missing a lot of good training opportunities because I couldn't get to a treat on time. At the seminar, I bought a marvelous bait bag. It's spacious, durable, ... | |
We recently acquired a young cockatiel a few days ago. I am trying to follow all of the instructions from the "bird person" at the pet store. I don't yet have a feel for the bird's range of behavior, or what might indicate a problem. Today the bird ... | |
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