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I just put an ACD (Australian Cattle Dog) puppy on hold. After much consideration, we decided to go with that as opposed to a Malinois. As requested by me, the puppy has high drive and moderately good conformation. My friend told me I'm being cruel by keeping a high drive puppy of a high drive...

Pictures would be awesome. Maybe someone should keep an eye on the shed in case mom comes back? I swear, I hear of people finding puppies in the most random of places and I always wonder how they get there.

Wow. Thanks so much everyone for replying so quickly! I should clarify. We're going to start looking for a puppy this month. Whether we find one or not is unknown. I didn't mean we had to have one by the end of the month or anything. :) Schutzhund is actually exactly what I want to learn, and...

The b.f. and I are hopefully getting a new puppy in March, but we're still a bit stumped on which route to go. I've really been wanting a Belgian Malinois, but at the same time, there are so many rescue puppies in the area I'll be moving to that are adorable. The bonus is that they come spayed...

First off, I'm sorry you're going through this. It's always so hard,and the decision can be agonizing. Honestly, I would see what the vet says. If she's simply having seizures, and that's her only major issue, it would at least be worth seeing if they could find some kind of medication to...

Hi there. I'm glad your dogs are getting along today! =) This is actually very common, if it is what I think it is. Chloe is maturing and wants to establish dominance over Armani. That's usually when I see it. What I do is either let them deal with it themselves, like someone said, under very...

Hi there. Hope the vet gave you an answer. It sounds like one of two things. 1. Muscle cramping because she is using a previously immobile limb and it's not used to the activity. If that's the case, you just need to limit her activity a bit and rehabilitate her slowly. 2. It could be muscle...

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree. I worked for a cage-free daycare with 70 to 100+ dogs a day, usually with at least 30 together and this is the method we used both to avoid fights as well as correct the behavior. It worked 90% of the time. Of course, all dogs are different so you...

That's so great to hear! Both for Morgan and your stuff. I hope he keeps up the great behavior and can soon roam free.

Sorry for the personal-ness, but are they in the dirty clothes? Dogs love digging through the dirty clothes because it has your smell. As for why he just started, I have no idea. As for how to stop it, I have two suggestions. 1. Make sure he has no access to them when you can't supervise him...

I know a few people with coonhounds and they are quiet indoors. As long as you train it well, and give it a good amount of exercise to get out energy, it should be fine. Just know that if/when it does bark/howl, it will be very loud.

Corgipower has great advice about giving him breaks. Very true. I personally don't wait for stress signs. In a high stress environment like that, I enforce a 10 minute relaxation/water break every 30 to 45 minutes. Tsume'sMom is right that he's resource guarding. What I usually do is when the...

Hope you don't mind me putting in my two cents. What I would do about the biting: You'll want to reduce the amount of time your puppy uses his teeth for play with humans. What that means is games like tug-o-war or wrestling should be temporarily put on hold. Those games, along with your...