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As you all know I have been working patiently and determinedly with my dog on getting obedient. I'm reading and working on the exercises in the book titled Control - Unleashed. The on-leash fear agression issues are slowly fading but still remain a difficult challenge. Through it all there have...

I've noticed my dog when we are working will often perform a command correctly, i.e. a come and heel by my side which I will click, then treat. About 50% of the time I'm noticed that after he has consumed his treat he proceeds to break the heel and attention and go off and sniff or do whatever...

I've began to supplement my dogs diet with a powder product by Wysong called PDG. On the back there is a listing titled "Guaranteed Analysis" listing the crude Protein, crude fat, crude fiber etc----What does the "crude" part mean?

I was wondering if anyone had any pointers when offering treats while marking behavior. As I understand it timing is critical from marking the behavior (click) and offering the treat (within (.5) sec of the behavior. Sometimes I find myself fumbling for the treat with my coat pocket. As...

I finished reading 'Cesars Way' and one of the interesting parts I took from the book made the observation of how dogs with the homeless behave - surprisingly quite well according to the book. Page 202 of the book Count 10 dogs and their owners and observe how many you can count obediently...

Here is our dog we got as a puppy in Le Paz, Bolivia. He's a poodle mix. We know his Mom is a full poodle but Dad - well thats a question mark. :) I suspect his dad is a schnauzer. I like to tell everyone he is schnoodle because it sounds so cool. We'll eventually get the doggy DNA test when...

I'm currently in the process of seriously training my poodle mix named Picaso. About a month a half ago, my wife was walking Picaso and he got away from her and proceeded to confront a neighborhood husky. The larger husky had our dog’s neck in its mouth and my got in the middle of this...