Recent content by FourPaws

Bogart is right. you must treat EVERYTHING, if the problem is serious. The red, itchy skin is probably irritated due to scratching and biting due to fleas. Make sure the ointment you're putting on them is both soothing and antiseptic, to relieve the itching. Personally, I have never had to...

That is so true. Tug dogs absolutely RACE back to you, often faster than their little feet will carry them, just so you will play tug of war with them. With tug dogs, their instinct is to NOT let the ball/toy go after they bring it back, which can slow progress significantly, because you...

Call me silly, but I had never attempted doing that before, except with my pup Dinky. Most dogs I have trained have learned rather quickly about biting, but not Dinky, he would bite a lot, and it was rather distressing. I couldn't get through to him at all, so a friend of mine recommended the...

Of course I realize instincts can be modified. After all, is that not what dog training is, modifying a dog's natural behaviour? My point was in this scenario, this dog was uncontrollable (that was why it was an issue) and since then, almost magically, he settles down, and now things are okay...

Dekka, I'm sensing some sort of hostility to my lingo. My intention isn't to offend. You might have guessed that I don't use "traditional" terms to describe things. I never have, for some reason, they never stick and become a part of my vocabulary. (that goes for everything) What I...

IF it were pure and simple prey drives, would it have stopped? If it is a prey drive, wouldn't the corgi now be biding his time, until he can strike? There must be something more to it than just raw instinct. Instinct doesnt just stop and settle down.

Some people here are extremely literal :) Firstly, a "Big Dog smell" is not a smell indicating the SIZE of a dog, but its territorialness. As people, we must understand that dogs can smell things that we just can't, and the things we THINK they smell are are obviously open to our own...

Im a bit late to the party, but im glad things are finally starting to work out. Your dog had a "new baby" syndrome, and was afraid the new family member would interfere with the attention he was getting. This MAY happen again, if he feels that you are ignoring him (Cuddling the cat more...

Firstly, how old is she? if she is too young, it is natural for her to have the attention span of a gnat. Be patient. But if age isn't the problem, perhaps the training method is to blame? How engaged with the game are you? are you getting her worked up before you throw the ball / stick/...

I have an unusual method to solve this problem almost immediately. When my pup was going through his biting phase it really hurt. I mean REALLY hurt, but he didnt understand the problem. As humans, there is little we can do to help a puppy understand WHY we have a problem with biting...

Hi Charlie, Do you think that maybe your dogs reactions are based on a "Small dog" mentality? Obviously, for my situation that was sometimes the case, but it's not unheard of for a larger dog to feel emasculated, perhaps as a result of something that happened to them as a pup that has...

Think i'm a little late to the party, but here goes.. I have a Chihuahua x Dachshund (very cute... and long, but not long enough to be called a sausage) and he would go ballistic at anything. He was very skittish (must be the Chihuahua in him?). But with much training, he is now a model...

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Hi All, It's great to finally find a decent forum, with no strings attached, and little freedoms (on some other forums, it feels like a concentration camp) I cant wait to get started, so i'm gonna go and start browsing the threads! See you in the yard :p Greg