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Your dog aggression Everyone has missed one point here just because yur breed is known for DA. What are the other dogss doing? Are they antagonising him or trying to play and his natural behaviour is to be aggressive. If he is thinking they are being aggressive then he will respond like wise...

Attention hi there, It could be nothing but then again? Your pooch might not be used to the attention of anyone other than the kids and other dogs. It therefore will ignore you as you are not in its social set. Get yourself to its level and be the dominant one. Do not go soft on him like...

GSD and crates & others come to that Those in favour of putting a dog in a small box for even several hours should first consider what it would do to them if they were in the crate for that long? GSDs are SMART dogs and do train very easy (one reason the police use them). However any dog...

Try this it could save your floor Tidus is doing his business in your house and naturally it upsets you. One reason could be that he has actually come to associate this area with being a toilet. There are a coupple of possible solutions that really should be done together. Firstly when he...

A helping hand! I have seen that others are asking questions about crate training so I have posted a few replies to our good friends at their threads. I am enjoying this forum especially in sharing what I know with others it is fun. See you all again soon your friend

Alternative to crate training There are other methods of teaching your dog to toilet in a particular area. One way is to walk the dog often especially GSDs. Take to the same area and encourage them to use this area. This area canbe somewhere on your property or not but remember to clean up...

Hello, I am new to this forum but already I am enjoying it immensely. I have noticed that there is a couple of threads about crate/den training. As the observant ones among will notice I have my own blog on dog training. There is an article on there about crate/den training. The best way...

Hello StealthDog, The first thing to be aware of is that the dog will have to get used its new surroundings anyway and also its trust in you shall have to grow with it. What you might find more useful is to use an area instead of a crate/kennel. In this way the dog is getting used to...

Our Chihuahua We have a long haired one called Gizmo. Do you know anymore about these dogs like what were they breed for. No one seems to know and it is no use asking Gizmo he has never been to dog school!

No fear! Hello Poochiegirl, We have a long haired Chihuahua called Gizmo. Sorry to here that your dog is frightened by just about everything but don't worry help is at hand. You stated that you got the dog second hand (sorry about that phrase) and as a result this dog probably is unsure of...

Barkingmad here, Like the title says I am new and introducing myself. At 38 I have spent all my years alive in contact with a dog of some description or other. My first was my Gran's two dog German Shepards. They were fun to wrestle with! Now my lovely partner Myrtle and I have a long...