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I have this same problem with Louie, who is about 6 months old now, and still not quite housebroken. He has three houses to learn in though. At my house, he very rarely gets to roam around freely, so he will never learn to ring a bell or stand by the door or anything like that. I keep him...

I've been reading about this and what I read said to get the dog targeting, which it sounds like you have. When she's reliably touching the object with her nose, start a new session in which you will only click for two touches. The first nose touch won't be clicked, so the dog will look at you...

I read puppies will sleep 18-22 hours a day, especially at 2-4 months. Louie doesn't drink water very often, I'm actually trying to encourage him to drink more.

Louie lost a molar last night (I found him staring at it! :D) and ever since his breath has smelled tons better. Maybe it was loose back there and stuff was festering underneath or something?

How old is your puppy? almost 6 months What time does your puppy get up (or what time do you let him out of crate)? around 7-ish What time do you feed him? 7:30am and 7:30 pm What time do you take away his water? He sleeps on the bed and isn't big enough to jump off yet, but he sleeps through...

I think people recommend it not because it's particularly great for dogs, but because all dogs seem to like it, and its consistency works great as a filling that they tend to work for a long period of time at getting out of a kong or a bone. Plus everyone has it in their cupboards so it's not...

I'm told they get bad breath while teething, and he's definitely getting a lot of teeth coming in. I hope it's not something else! He's on kibble, and I brush his teeth every day now.

Louie's breath was kinda bad when I first got him at 8 weeks, but then it cleared up and I didn't mind it at all, even when he started teething a month ago. Then, at about 5 months old, two weeks ago, it started smelling *really* bad, just plain nasty! Seriously, it's so awful! How long is this...

I also would recommend the book "Click to Calm" -- it really covers all the things discussed above in great detail and offers lots of suggestions for dealing with them. This story is really sad and wonderful and touching. Your poor little guy looks so sweet.

My pup was starting to bark at everyone and everything when out on walks, so what I started doing was taking a bunch of kibble/treats when we went out, then giving him a treat as soon as someone was in sight (but before he started barking.) He would focus on the treat and hardly give a notice to...

My dog does this any chance he gets as well. If he's on a leash, I try to always remember to direct him away quickly. If he's in the yard, I try to get his attention before he does it. It's so gross! He also wants to eat his poo. Yesterday he squatted right on the sidewalk while we were...

I would like to learn to train without having to always have a treat... my dog is very food oriented, but he also responds to attention, toys, kisses, belly rubs, even an enthusiastic "Good boy!" In fact, he does pretty well on loose-leash walking and I rarely have treats while walking, he's...

Yes to all of the above, check out the link posted above -- remember, you want to teach the dog that when she hears the cue to come, she will get good things (food usually). The cue to come can be anything, as long as it's always the same and it ALWAYS results in good things (especially at first...

The link Doberluv posted has a lot of great articles for you to get started. I think Voodoo would love clicker training, especially if you can shape behaviors in small steps so he gets a high rate of reinforcement. He will also learn to work for the click instead of for the treat, which might...

Yes, I'm on another forum where several of the members use this is there default answer to every question: Your dog doesn't think of you as the leader. Get the book 'Cesars Way'"