Recent content by Maxy24

I don't personally know of anyone who has used a sand box, but it makes plenty of logical sense. If your dog digs for fun, then giving an appropriate place to do it will satisfy her. You will still have to encourage her to dig there instead of your yard though, and that requires supervision and...

Last night my mom told me that she was once informed that only purebred dogs lay down on their bellies with their back legs splayed out (frog style).

I never read the book and it's been a while since I've heard people talk about it but my understanding is that basically whenever you are not directly interacting with the puppy he should be crated. I think the general purpose is to have a dog who believes all good things come from you, not from...

I'm here every day watching, waiting lol. I think most people went to facebook, but I don't like conversing on facebook as much as on the forum and find it harder to keep track of topics. Plus, my social anxiety is alive and well on the internet so I don't really make friends and can't just chat...

I would say it's very likely she's purebred. With super popular breeds, like chihuahuas, there are sooooo many people breeding them and not all of them care that the dogs look like they are supposed to (or they have different opinions about how they should look). So you can get a wide variety...

Here's his leg weave and pick up toys trick thus far. Please excuse the stupid music, I was trying to make the videos less boring but think I've just made them more annoying lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmTSU56xYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUyYxN38KUw My first attempt...

Has anyone fed or know anyone who's fed this food? Have an opinion on it? My parents have been responsible for feeding the animals but I am considering taking over that expense. We currently feed Tucker Fromm Gold Small Breed and Tucker does very well on it, the only complaint is that he's...

Any cat trainers out there? I'm going to try and start teaching the kitties tricks again and am inviting anyone else who has some to join in and post videos. They both already know sit, high five, and spin but that's about it. I want to teach roll over but to do that I need to get them to...

I think I'll start trying with the rear foot target today. I'm not sure if he's just confused about what I want (though he has stopped trying to swing into heel or sit, so that's an improvement) or is reluctant to move away from me, but something not working! He just will not confidently move...

My aunt and uncle have a 1 year old lab, you might remember me trying to help them find a breeder last winter. She always seems to sit funny. She'll sit on her bum with her legs straight forward or sit with her feet splayed out to the side and knees inward. I don't think I've ever seen a photo...

Ball rolling trick is going well, backing up is not going so well. Anyone know of some innovative ways to train it? Right now I'm mainly shaping it with some walking towards him to remind him of what I want.

I'd suggest your wife either walk out of the room and shut the dog in behind her for a little time out or have the dog drag a leash whenever she is home so that she can pull the puppy away when the biting starts and either tether her to something or take her to a time out without actually having...

It's mostly a matter of habit, only allow the dog to poop in one place by using a pen or leash to keep them there. After he poops he can come into the rest of the yard. If he looks like he's thinking of pooping when in the other areas of the yard then make him go back into the pen or put him on...

I don't know exactly what your budget is but Natural Balance Synergy (it's one of the only NB foods I like) is fairly inexpensive, though probably more than some of the foods mentioned here already, but it can be found at PetSmart and Petco. What food are you currently feeding?

I guess I'm looking at it from the perspective of working at a kennel/grooming salon. We can't sedate them, we don't have time to counter condition them, and if we were to turn away every dog that fought we wouldn't have many clients left. I guess what I was trying to say is that if they...