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Posted March 31st, 2010 by gcpets
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A couple of puppy related questions:

* Would you "say" approx 15-20 mins of exercise (be it done by themselves or with me thru walking or playing chase in the yard etc) every 2-3 hours is enough or even every 3-4 hours ? Is there a good general "rule of thumb" exercise requirement for puppies ?

Recall Training

Posted February 21st, 2010 by gcpets
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I got one of your "lessons" and it was dealing with recall training.

{quote} Next, get a helper to play this game with you, calling pup back and forth. You don't need to toss the treat away from you, give pup the treat then have your helper call pup. Do this for a few minutes, as often as you can get help. {/quote}

What if you do not have a helper or cannot employ one ?

What is your suggestion for the next step in that lesson ?

Dog Dominance NOT a Fact ?

Posted February 5th, 2010 by gcpets
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I received this as a reply to a comment I made on a YouTube video:

neither wolf nor dog dominance is not a fact. Read dunbar, Coppinger, Mech, Semyonova, McConnell, McDevitt, Overall among others. Aggressiveness, yes, but not dominance. resource guarding yes, but the same dog (a) that guards a food resource against another dog (b), will have no problems vacating a sleeping place to dog b, if that resource is not important to him or if it is more important to dog b. So dogs themselves have no concept of dominance.

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