Recent content by vaderdoo

Thank you for the advice. I had a gut feeling it just wasn't right. I kept thinking that he was too stressed out to be learning. I'm not worried that it did any permanent damage because when we go for our walk he is fine and behaves well. He is still young and thankfully dogs live in the...

I have Fergus in a Gentle Leader halti. It works great. The training class is exactly how you discribed and with 8 people in the class and 6 of them being big dogs there is no room. persmarts theory is this helps the dog to learn while being distracted. Well Fergus was beyond distracted. He...

I think what the trainer was trying to get across to the whole class is that you will have good training days and then days where your dog is a little rebel. Stay focused and be consistent and by the age 2 it all the rebelling and stubborn attitudes will go away. Oh and yes the female dog...

Yes they were introduce the first class. I should mention that the owner of the female dog says that the dog is very dominant (spelling?). So when Fergus first met the female dog she barked and growled right in face and they had direct eye contact. the trainer told me to move Fergus away and...

I have a 16 month old male scottish terrier named Fergus. We have been training at petsmart. there is an 8 year old female dog that Sets Fergus off. He gets frantic and afraid. He still listens in class and does his commands but he freaks out if this dog comes near him. Yesterday in class he...

I just got my pup in January.I don't know what I was thinking.We live in Windsor, Ontario. It gets might cold here. The other night at 3 am I was standing outside in my pajamas wondering why I would get a puppy in the middle of winter, then after Fergus went peepee and I picked him up and he...

I think its a Shiba Inu. http://www.kefk.net/Canidae/Haushund/Rassen/S/Shiba.Inu/Abbildungen/Fm_shiba_inu_puppy.jpg

So, we went to the vet this morning and the vet checked out his ears. According to the vet the ringing is just air flow and sound waves. We are just hearing sound waves, like when you hold a sea shell to your ear. I'm so happy it wasn't something serious. The vet said I have a very health puppy...

I called the vet and he will be going in tuesday. Hopefully its nothing to worry about .

I noticed today that i could hear my puppies ears ringing! I had my head close too his and i could hear ringing. My boyfriend and his mom both heard it too.Has anyone ever heard of this before?

hello, my new baby is the pup in my avatar. He's a 8 week old scottish terreir named Fergus. I've had him for 5 days now and everything has been going surprisingly well. Only 3 accidents so far. However, my question is this. How common is diarrhea in puppies.Fergus was fine the first few days...