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Is my pup going to be merle or grey and white? Was born pure white
I have a litter of American bulldogs, 2 were born pure white now their 3 weeks old and have changed colour
Do you think it's a merle or blue and white? Mam had a merle grandad.
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How do I teach my dog that it isn't just a suggestion to come when called?
My 4-year-old Great Pyrenees is not very good at coming when called. In other regards the dog is pretty responsive: She's obedient and well-behaved.
When we let her out in to the fenced in back yard, ...
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My toy poodle only relieves herself with me now
My Toy Poodle is now 6 and she over the last year and a half will ONLY relieve herself outside if I take her. I am home with her all day doing things and take her outside throughout the day. When my ...
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My puppy keeps bullying our new dog guest
I been having an issue with my 1 year old puppy named Leia. She is a rottweiler/french bulldog mix named Leia and a ball of energy. The problem occurred when we took in my wife’s childhood dog to ...
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First dog is being aggressive towards new puppy. How do I fix this behavior?
So my fiancé had a dog before we got together, he’s almost a two year old Rottweiler mix who hasn’t been fixed (he’s getting neutered July 23rd). Two days ago I got a puppy (4 month old husky mix) for ...
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Ever since I stopped punishing my puppy for pooping inside, the house training has gotten worse
My dog is 7 months old I started house training her about two months ago because it's been winter and she has been too cold and afraid to go outside. She had gotten pretty good With the house training,...
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"Fetch [the ball]!" How to help my otherwise-smart dog understand that objects have names (nouns) and that command verbs use those names as objects?
Any advice for training a dog to comprehend that objects have names, and to learn that commands can refer to objects by name?
We have a wonderful rescue pup that we got at the guesstimated age of 6 ...
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We adopted a rescue dog that we are pretty sure was abused. After about a week hes started peeing on my daughter
He doesn't seem afraid of females or kids. About a week after we got him he started walking up to my adult daughter and lifting his leg and peeing on her. He doesn't seem afraid of her so I wonder if ...
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Doggy door: Dog will go outside but not inside [duplicate]
My dog knows how to use the doggy door. She would go in and out. I’ve only had it for a week however. Now she just goes outside but seems to forget how to come back inside. She will just stand at the ...
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My dog growls at me occasionally when I come back from being out for long periods
My Dobermann and I have a really good relationship. He goes to my partner for play and to me for emotional regulation and cuddles. Whenever I go away for long periods of time or whenever his routine ...
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My dog won't house train and has difficulty being left alone
I recently got a dog with separation anxiety. He won't go in his crate or go to the bathroom outside. How can I house and crate-train him?
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My dog won't let me sleep at night and it's driving me crazy
It's 4:30am as I'm writing this. I'm very sleep deprived as a result of my dog and as you might be able to imagine, it's wearing me out.
My medium/large male German Shepard mix dog stays inside the ...
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How to handle overly energetic dog
I know people might hate me for this but I am at my wits end. Sorry for the long post.
For some context:
We (as in my wife and I) adopted a stray puppy a while back. It was in the street all alone and ...
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Young dog has begun persistent attention-seeking behavior in the evening
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I have a ~16 month old rescue dog. He's a mutt (great pyrenees/coonhound/husky/"supermutt") For the past 8 months we've had a pretty good routine going, with 2-4 mile walk in the ...
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My 30lb Catahoula ripped open a pack of instant yeast
My 11-month-old Catahoula pit ripped open a pack of dry instant sourdough yeast. I got the packet before he ingested any of it but I think a small amount definitely got in his tongue. Should I be ...
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What is the best way to correct dog’s barking at home against sounds from outside?
What is the best way to correct dog’s barking at home against sounds from outside?
If you tried something that worked, please share it.
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Does white noise work for barking problem?
For stoping dogs from barking, and correct barking problem, some websites suggest the devices that produce white noise. Anyone here know if they really work?
My dog barks a lot, specially when he ...
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Dog won't chase ball for my husband
Our small dog is 8. As a puppy my husband taught her to chase the ball. She reliably brought it back for more. Suddenly this year she will ONLY chase the ball if I throw it. If my husband throws it ...
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My dogs EXTREME seperation anxiety. When do i give him the treat?
if he isn't barking he is trying to escape. how do i positively reinforce my dog when he never stops the bad behavior? I never know when to give him a treat because he NEVER stops the bad behavior. ...
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dog nails; how short is too short?
I've never cut his nails this far back and I've gotten his quick a couple times myself. As we were leaving the tech said "it's normal for their nails to bleed a bit when cutting" but ...
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My dog won't use his new dog door to enter the house without permission
We recently got a new dog door to replace our two existing dog doors with a stronger flap than our old dog door, and mounted a little higher. We had to teach our two dogs how to use it, alongside a ...
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How to stop unpredictable aggressive behaviour in a rescued dog?
Monte is a mixed breed rescue dog and the vet estimates that he is about a year old.
Monte lives on a farm with my sister and another mixed breed rescue dog: Gina a bitch that is 6 years old.
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My dog won't go on walks without my partner
My dog will not go on walks without my partner. She will stop as we get down the street, put her tail between her legs, face back towards the house and will not move till we go back home. She has ...
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How to train my dog to sit somewhere for a long time?
My dog is now about 8 months old, so technically still a puppy. I am trying to teach him to sit somewhere and stay there for a long time, for 20 min or more. Is that even possible? And if yes, what ...
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What does it mean that "training a Caucasian Shepherd Dog can be difficult"?
Foreword: I have no strong decision about a purchase. Not even a weak decision. Just a strong wish - at this moment.
I have this idea in my mind for several months, to get a dog. And according to my ...
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Why my 7-year-old dog barks when I leave home while when my parents leave he doesn’t bark? [closed]
I own a 7-year-old Jack Russell and since he was a puppy he started to bark every time I was leaving; it may seem like “usual” behaviour but it gets strange because when my parents or my sister also ...
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How to keep my dog from rolling in dirt?
I have an english bulldog and she loves finding dirt patches on my property and rolling around.
Not a big deal. I don't mind her getting dirty and having fun. The issue though is that it often leads ...
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Young dog is too excited to greet other people; what can we do?
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Young dog is so attracted to other people that it becomes unsafe. He rushes to greet them, apparently expecting reward, and we have trouble controlling him. What can we do, apart from isolating ...
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Can I play an audio of a small puppy's whining or crying to calm a neighbor aggressive dog?
My neighbor's dog barks loudly and continuously whenever it hears the sound of my typing on the computer keyboard inside my house. The dog lives in the neighbor's backyard 24 x 7 and can hear that ...
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Acquaintance will be having his guard dogs fed spicy food by a stranger so they "learn not to accept food and comfort from strangers". Legitimate?
He mentioned that he will be doing this while training his new dog. He uses his dogs to guard his place of business overnight... He assured me that it's an actual training technique to "prevent ...
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Rewards worked too well. Dog only goes potty outside if I'm watching
I adopted a 6-year-old Jack Russel that the previous owner let pee on the carpet. At first, he would go inside whenever he felt like it. I've gotten him to the point where he'll hold it until he goes ...
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How can I help my 2 Border Collie puppies (3 years old) learn to play with my older toy-breed dog (12 years old)?
I have two 3-year-old puppies that I got when they were just a couple of weeks old. I also have a 12-year-old Pomeranian-Chihuahua male whom I've had for a lot longer, and who seems to have been ...
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How can I stop my puppy from barking in her crate while I'm away?
I have a Brittany that is 7 months old that barks when she is in her crate when I'm away (I have a webcam set up so I can monitor her while I'm gone). She knows that she only gets let out once she is ...
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Dog obsessed with the back door
We have an 18-month old Papillon. He is generally well behaved and learns things quickly. The problem is that about 8-months ago, another cat was bullying our cat to the point where he was afraid to ...
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Help! My dogs are bored >.< [duplicate]
So my dogs are super spoiled. They literally had everything they wanted growing up. Got a new stuffed animal like every week till they got bored with them after a year or two. Used to go crazy for ...
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How to prevent my dog from licking turf at the dog park
I have an 11 year old non neutered goldendoodle.
We just moved to the city and there is a dog park there with artificial turf. I noticed that he often sniffs the turf very intensely (nose practically ...
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Dog afraid of water bodies (not water / bathing)
My 1 year old mongrel is perfectly fine with water and getting baths, etc.
However, he is terrified of water bodies like lakes, the ocean, etc.
For example, I recently took him to a lake and he was ...
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Problem teaching my one-year-old Rottweiler how to "drop it"
Even after several months I seem to be having a problem teaching my one-year-old Rottweiler how to "drop it", basically try to get her to drop anything that she shouldn't have.
Our dog ...
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Dog hasn't had friends; how to make new friends?
My 9 year old greyhound-terrier mix has not really ever had long term dog friends that didn't live in the house. We had two dogs for several years, but the other dog wasn't so active, so they didn't ...
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How to legally stop a neighbors dog from barking at the fence, without contact with the dog? [closed]
I've tried to research how to stop a dog from barking, but the articles always seem to be on how to stop your own dog from barking, or if you don't own the dog, the best bet seems to be going through ...
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What is the proper way to calm down a puppy that has become over excited?
I have a 12 week old Brittany puppy that overall is a great puppy; she has taken to potty training well, learns things quickly, and is very loving.
About once per day though, she gets VERY excited and ...
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How to improve a dog's obsession with food?
I have a rescue dog who is three years old. She is relatively well trained but has a real obsession with food that I have never really been able to train away. The obsession is understandable, as ...
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How to get our dog used to me and my SO dancing together?
So my wife to be and myself started a dancing course in preparation of our marriage party.
We totally enjoy dancing together and would love to do it more often and especially also doing it at home. ...
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Remedy an adult dog that was trained that it's okay to go to the bathroom inside
I adopted an adult, 4-year-old Jack Russel/Italian Greyhound mix a year ago. The previous owner would leave him locked in a small room all day at work, and the owner before that kept him outside all ...
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Dog Food And Anxiety [duplicate]
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My dog, an American Staffordshire Terrier Mix, is a rescue dog. We got him at about 12 weeks old after he was found with his brother in a dumpster. I adopted both and his brother seems to ...
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Dog having potty training accidents on rugs
We are having a 15 weeks old goldendoodle and he is trained to go outside to do his business on a pad on the balcony.
However, our floor is tile and when we were adding back our rugs, we noticed he ...
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Dog hiding under bed until about 2am every night
Leading on from my previous post where I had a puppy who is not keen on sleeping in her crate 15 month old moodle crate regression
I gave up. The crate is no more. She has free reign of the house and ...
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Overly tired or hyperactive puppy?
A month ago we adopted a Lurcher X Border Collie puppy. She is 4 months now and I'm struggling to understand if she is a very high energy puppy or just overly tired. My husband walks her for 30 ...
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Guidance Needed to Prevent Corgi Puppies from Barking At night while outside
We have twin boy Corgi puppies born in February this year. We have tried sleeping them outside but they bark incessantly - at cars passing by our house, at cats in our yard or adjoining yards, at ...
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Should I reward or punish my dog who runs away but eventually comes back?
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Best way to train my dog not to run outside?
If my dog runs away - often scarpering when the door gives him the slightest opportunity, he often refuses to come back when ...
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