Hello all! I'm new and will be beginning dog training school soon, but I have my own training conundrum with my corgi/dachshund mix, Gatsby ( Read more... )

So I adopted this dog a little over a year ago when he was 2.5 yeas old. I knew that when I adopted him that he was poorly socialized around other dogs because his previous owners had a dog that was aggressive towards other dogs. My issue is this: whenever we are on our walks he goes completely apeshit around other dogs depending upon proximity ( Read more... )

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We've had a stray dog* for about 2 weeks now  and she's so lovely and docile and is perfectly fine with out 2 cats.

But there've been a couple of problems. The biggest is the constant whining at night and whenever we leave the house. She was quiet for the first week then suddenly woke me up one night with the sheer volume all the way in my bedroom ( Read more... )

My boss is getting his first puppy in a few weeks. He asked me what dog training books a first time dog owner should read in preparation for a new addition to the family. Any suggestions?

I have a 17 lb female dog that is a beagle/yorkie mix named River. She is 2. I also have a Lab mix ( Read more... )

collie222 recommended that I check out this comm and ask my question here, so here goes ( Read more... )

Someone posted a comic about dogs needing their space on DIT. It made me think about a recent puppy socialization class we attended. My pups have been socialized with other dogs, but those meetings were one on one, and the other dogs did not exhibit any rude behavior. At the puppy class there was one male puppy, 13 weeks old, who was rude and ( Read more... )

How do you tell a dog's confidence level?
I hear that term a lot but don't fully understand what I'm looking for.

i know you guys hate me for how I tortured that one dog, but my cat enjoyed a brushing with that. that dog, Nina just hated being touched, I couldn't even brush her with a soft rubber one, and my parents, whom I live with didn't beleive in brushing dogs. You know, "just vaccume everyday if the shed hair bothers you"(odd considering the cat wasn't ( Read more... )