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Well, you sound like you've been vigilant with them, but aside from that, do you mind if I ask where you live? I've noticed a distinct shift in attitude towards dogs in Toronto as the city has grown. 10-15 years ago, dogs could get away with a ton, these days, we have limited places we can...

The best thing that works for me is timeouts. Generally my tone is very serious, and I have a very angry demeanor when I'm walking towards the dog in question/grab them by their collar and lead them to the place in question (usually our bathroom which is rather tiny) I usually leave them in...

I had a Rottie and he was fantastic, but depending on where you live, they can be very difficult to own. Basically, a lot of people view them as dangerous killer dogs and give them 0 leeway. This is particularly true in large cities. To give an example of how defensive Rottweiler owners can...

Actually I should have added that when passing certain things, such as another dog, people who seemed apprehensive etc, I'd often put my hand on his collar/hold it. As I said though, if he were ever to snap as it were, I wouldn't have been able to hold him. One could argue that I should have...

Do cops actually ticket? In Toronto, we have bylaw officers who are the ones that enforce the doggy code as it were. The thing is, they are not legally able to search me so I just refuse to give them ID if and when they ask me for it. They apparently follow people home and what not, but I...

No I don't follow our leash laws since to do so would mean my dog never got to run really. I do take him out very early, and relatively late, and truth be told, Toronto is so cold that 9 months of the year there's never anyone outside at the park anyway, but it's true that I do violate the...

Such generalizations are really unnecessary and are, at best, provoking. I am more careful with my current dog who has much more of an attraction towards motion, but my last dog, once I felt comfortable with him, was rarely leashed. Fact of the matter was, as a unusually large Rottweiler, if...

10 bucks says Dick Cheney tries to buy this dog.

Out of curiosity, any idea how she is with cats/how old she is?

IMO, crate training is the best thing in the world-- I honestly have no idea how people do without it. So, my answer would be a crate :)

Agreed entirely. I have a pup who I thought was Collie/GSD but looks more and more like a Border Collie by the day/is getting insanely energetic. A lot of time outside in the morning, evening, and a dog walker who takes him out twice a day has kept him under control. I did however, crate...

To be fair, I have read about alpha rolling in what were, aside from that, absolutely excellent books. Not all of it comes from Cesar :) Westie, in terms of training methods, "positive" training is generally seen as the best method and it really is a much better way to train your dog than...

Agreed. I used to be a go getter at work and now I just watch the clock tick until I get to go home and play with my puppy. Until I get fired-- my blood pressure has been at an all time low. Honestly though, short of the health benefits of stroking a dog, I think the forced activeness...

Er, have you seen the dogs he works on? Are you aware that the average family dog basically gets no formal training whatsoever, and I wouldn't be surprised if the average is chronically underexcercised and, in general, absolute terrors training wise? Cesar has his issues-- no doubt, but...

While I understand the issues that people raise in regards to Cesar, I cannot, for the life of me, understand where all of these vitrolic attacks stem from. It is very easy to sit here and criticize a dog trainer-- particularly given the inexactness of it all, but the fact of the matter is...

I live in Toronto and yeah, it's around 200 bucks (we're actually starting this evening). The class isn't the only thing that would get dropped if someone did that to my dog, let alone someone I was paying to teach me better methods than what I already know. I realize dog training is more...

I don't see how this would cause that. At one point in time you're going to need to tell them to drop their toy in the box-- I see no reason why they would begin to assume that the toy has to be in the box, and worst comes to worst, whereby they start taking their toys to the box just for a...

I'll caution that I have not yet taught my dog how to do this, though I intend to when he gets older. Do your dogs know take, bring and drop or equivalents? I imagine you could start small with a take, walk them over to the box with either a bring or walking with them and then use drop. It...

First, as to what I think-- she's adorable. As to her breed-- I'm even more confused now. I can barely see any traces of the dogs you mentioned in her, and I can see the argument for Rottweiler but she doesn't even look much like a Rottweiler puppy. I'm maintaining my such a hodgepodge...

Nah, as Darwin says, some creatures are just too stupid to live. Or at least I think he said something along those lines.