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I was reading in a book about the reasons dogs bark (boredom, anxiety, and offensive and defensive barking.) Defensive barking is done out of fear of someone approaching, the dog will look frightened and is using the barking as a shield. Offensive barking is also done when the dog feels...

Yesterday he had diarrhea once. The rest of his poos have been solid and normal since then. Last night he started heaving like he was going to throw up, but he never did until this morning, about 3 hours after breakfast. It didn't have any alarming color or weird things in it. He seemed to think...

I mentioned this in another thread but it was in with a bunch of other questions, so I just want to focus on this one more closely. I had mentioned that Louie loves to play tug -- the only thing he loves more is food. I want to teach him to drop/give an item in a way that's fun and easy for...

My puppy is approaching 16 weeks, which as I understand it is the end of his primary socialization period. I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do to socialize him that I haven't thought of. He's well socialized to people of as many ages and ethnic backgrounds as possible, and dogs...

Ha ha, this is in response to the big dog thread. :D I started letting Louie sleep with me as a housetraining aid -- I had potty pads in his playpen so he would go during the night, but I wanted to take him out at night instead. I tried a few different things, and when I tried keeping him on...

I guess this is my first post here, so, hi, I'm Sarah, I live in Seattle, I have a puppy who was born May 7 so he's about 15 weeks old now. His name is Louie and he's a long-haired chihuhaua. He's big for a chihuahua, almost 4 pounds already. I'm glad he'll be a good solid size but still small...