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Raisin Won't Sleep Through the Night

Posted March 2nd, 2010 by nburik
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Hi Aidan:

You helped me and Raisin last summer when I was having a difficult time walking her. Now I'm back with a different problem!

Raisin is now 10 months old. To date, she has never slept through the night. My husband and I go to sleep around 9:30-10:00pm. Raisin sleeps in her bed, in our room, and there is a baby gate up the prohibits access to the rest of the house.

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 ?

Laser Pointer

Posted February 21st, 2010 by vgrundman
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My dog Lola (boxer) has a laser pointer obsession. She is alwasys looking for the light to chase. We only used one day and haven't brought it put for 2 weeks. She is totally obessed!

Loose Leash Walking

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Posted November 10th, 2009 by Aidan
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Here is a video of one of the dogs in a current class of mine. Tess is a fairly typical 13 month old GSD who has learned that pulling on the leash and bouncing around gets her what she wants.

This is her third class with me, and you can see that her owner (the lady in the background, that's me handling Tess for this video) has done a great job at taking what she has learned in class and applying it CONSISTENTLY every single time Tess has a leash on.

Excited Urination

Posted June 28th, 2009 by davidjames
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Has anybody had to deal with this? When people come to visit, the dog would get a bit excited to see people and begin peeing. First you should consult your vet to make sure it's not a physical problem. The easiest thing to do is to minimize their intake of water if you know your going to have company. Also notify guests before coming over to try not to over excite the dog. Anybody else have any tips or suggestions?

Blitzing Biting Bichon!

Posted June 22nd, 2009 by dave_and_linus
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Hi,

I've been reading your site and I'm hoping you can help. We have a 13 week old Bichon Frise and he's got a combo problem of barking and biting. We are trying your bite, ouch in a neutral voice and in a room for 30 seconds but we aren't sure if it is working. When I do that he goes crazy, chasing me and biting at my pants, barking in a high insistent tone. I wait 30 seconds and then we go back to playing, which really he can't do without biting for more than a few seconds.

What should I do?? Thanks for the help.

Broken Ankle Downhill Loose Leash Walking

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Posted June 3rd, 2009 by Aidan
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OK picture this - you're recovering from a broken ankle so you strap it up with a mile of tape then head for the hills with two big dogs. You climb for about half an hour up a steep, slippery, rocky hill and realise that it's getting late and the wildlife is starting to stir, which could potentially cause the dog off-leash to give chase or the dog on-leash to pull, which would risk an injury to your weakened ankle.

Excessive Licking

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Posted April 8th, 2009 by Annette
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Hi, I thought I had sent this before so apologise if I have but cannot find the response. I have a 7 month old female Pomeranian X Chihuahua. She constantly wants to lick whenever she has contact with anyone holding or patting her. She will even instigate sitting on my lap but will want to lick. Does anyone know why she does this and how I can stop this annoying habit. thanks Annette

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So I got a new puppy Mud Bud Golden Retiever ?growth&housebreaking?

Posted March 25th, 2009 by animal motel
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I have not done the puppy thing in 2 years. My dobie lillie killed my 2 small dogs and then you now tried to off my beagals so We put her down. My child and I were lonley loosing all of our dogs so I bought a retriever because I am so over doberman. He is 14 wks now when I got him he was full of puppy worms I am hoping this did not stunt his growth because when playing with my best friends dog 16wks there is a big diff in size(he is a lab).He seriously do not like his puppy chow he perfers to eat big doggie food.

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