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Hosting Thanksgiving with a puppy
There are a few techniques you can use to make your day run as smoothly as possible without involving puppy prison—but expecting the day to run as smoothly as it had pre-puppy isn't setting yourself ...
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Cannot take puppy out during daily 2-hour rain shower
I really see no other solution than to go with her either before the rain starts or worst case during the rain. As you mention, the current situation is actively reverting her potty training because ...
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How to train my dog to sit somewhere for a long time?
There are two ways how dogs perceive “being parked” somewhere.
One is a “sit” (or similar) as part of a chain of commands that will soon(-ish) be followed by the next exciting thing. Mine had no ...
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Border Collie puppy excessive biting
It's hard to diagnose this kind of behavior from afar, so I'll mostly list some tips that come to my mind in random order.
The breed is infamous for being extremely high energy and high maintenance. ...
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Hosting Thanksgiving with a puppy
My personal experience is this:
Puppies are excited by guests. Keep him in his crate for a few minutes when the visitors arrive to help him calm down, then let him interact with your guests. That ...
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Can I play an audio of a small puppy's whining or crying to calm a neighbor aggressive dog?
That's an interesting idea and it might actually work, but on the other hand it's totally possible it causes the stark opposite. The big question is: Why does the dog bark at you typing?
Personally, I'...
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What is the proper way to calm down a puppy that has become over excited?
If your puppy has all her needs met (as in well-exercised, has been getting attention, is fed, doesn't need to go to the bathroom, etc.) but is excited and seems to not quite know what to do with ...
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Calming aggressive puppy
I am writing this with a good amount of time after we encountered the described problem. Our dog has grown to a really friendly pet. Elmy's advices were indeed helpful. We were already doing obedience ...
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Is it traumatizing for a puppy to be growled and lunged at by another adult dog?
First of all let me tell you what a fantastic vet you have! She is spot-on with her assessment that a lack of socialization does have a negative impact for the rest of the dogs life. And let me tell ...
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Adopt a puppy after socialization period
I have adopted 2 dogs in the past that were already 6 months old and both were abandoned by their first owners. The socialization period is when the character of the dog is shaped the most, but that ...
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Adopt a puppy after socialization period
My dog was 6 months old when we got him. He had always been hiding in the corner of his previous home (home, more like prison. The smallest apartment I've ever seen) and he never interacted with any ...
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Adopt a puppy after socialization period
At 14 weeks, you puppy is still just a puppy. I do not expect any specific, additional problems caused by those extra 2 weeks.
As a support for my claim, there were dogs which were adopted at ...
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How to train my dog to sit somewhere for a long time?
It is estimated (I have no source now) that dogs, even adult, have the development of a 2-year-old child. So your question is, how do you teach a 2-year-old child to sit somewhere for 20 min or more, ...
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Hosting Thanksgiving with a puppy
There's a few things I'd consider
When we had religious events where the dogs wasn't invited (where we had priests of our religion over) - we'd generally have someone stay with the dog. I think its ...
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Hosting Thanksgiving with a puppy
The care we show to our pets should be more-or-less equal to the care we show to our children. In the same way that we do not let our children unsupervised for many hours in a row, pets should not be ...
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