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I have to share this with everyone,for a couple of reasons....Firstly because it makes me so happy,2,because it proves it can happen,& 3 hopefully it may help,inspire,or give someone else confidence to stick with it even if you think your not making progress with your own dog. Finally our Japanese...
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Hi, I am hoping someone can help me better understand my dogs energy. My 6 year old min pin is hard to walk because he lunges towards other dogs when he is on the leash. I have been working with him a lot over the past several weeks, but I don't understand if he is aggressive or the lunging is another...
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Hi guys, In 2006, we bought 2 black Labrador retrievers from the same litter. On June 13th of this year, We lost one of them to some form of anemia. Our surviving dog, Riley.. has not coped well to our newest addition, a 9 week-old yellow lab, Henry. Whenever she is in the room with him she either tries...
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The instinctual pack hierarchy and dominance vs submission is seen pretty clearly in a litter of puppies in a video that I find very informative: http://leerburg.com/308.htm I don't necessarily agree with everything Ed Frawley says, but I respect his experience and many years of successful results...
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That is really well-said. There are really three types of behavior, which are (1) inappropriate, unwanted, and dangerous, (2) appropriate, non-problematic, and essentially OK, and (3) special, new, desired, and perhaps unnatural behavior, such as tricks and assistance functions. Anything in category...
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I have a 2.5 yr old female German Shepherd named Lulu. We decided on this breed because of the intelligence and social skills around kids. My wife was a little hesitant as she thought all GSD were mean, but after a short time she realized what a great dog the GSD was. Our problem is one that is potentially...
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Ollie is my 8 yr old mix shepard/boxer/lab. Very quite dog, timid and gentle. His best friend died last year. A few weeks ago we brought home two lhasa apso puppies both males. Now Ollie will not settle down in the house unless they are in a cage. He paces, wines and barks to go back outside. We live...
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I have a 9 year old Belgian Malinois. I adopted her from a rescue organization when she was 1. She had been in training for narcotic detection but was weeded out because of extreme gun shyness and fear of loud noise. She was adopted 3 times before I got her and returned for destroying furniture, jumping...
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Shelagh - that is an impressive and well-written observation of communication and behavior modification and control. As an electronics engineer, I can relate to this by comparing it to what is known as PID control, which refers to Proportional, Integral, and Derivative. You can read a rather detailed...
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We have been hand rearing our orphan Rhodesian ridgeback puppy Juno - a little girl of eight weeks. Her mum died in whelp along with 12 pups. Juno was the only survivor. We worried that she wasn't socialised so have bought a second pup - a little male ridgeback 10 days older than Juno. His name is...