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can anyone point me to a diet plan that is good for this problem? don't want to feed hill's products. my dogs both got bacterial infections in their intestines. the vet prescribed a bunch of pills and cans of hill's prescription diet i/d. i see a ton of stuff on this board about how terrible...

one of my dogs has a spot on the white of her eye. it's hard to get a picture cuz it's on the side of the eye but it looks like this anyone know what this is?

i'm teaching my dogs to walk beside me, stop when i stop, but i've been doing it one on one. when i do have them both together, they just pull to be the lead dog regardless of how well they do on their own. i watched a kikopup video about heeling that said she would address walking 2 dogs in...

I took my dogs to the vet in dubai. Louie, my 1.5 yr old mystery breed needed a microchip and her annual booster shot. I wanted to ask about some of the problems i've been having with louie. (urinating/defecating in the house, resource guarding). The vet went to check louie's eyes and louie...

i just read the other end of the leash. it says not to repeat commands, which i interpreted as quickly repeating quickly, i.e. "sit,sit,SIT", since this is confusing to the dog. but then if i repeat the command after a minute or so, i think i read in the power of positive training that this will...

when one dog gets aggressive toward the other (guarding food, toys, me) i will put her in the hallway and leave her there for ten minutes or so. the idea being that everyone is in this room, and she is excluded. without fail she defecates or urinates or both. regardless of when she last went...

one dog, louie will start fights with laila when food's around, so i started feeding them separately etc. i went on vacation for 6 weeks and when i came back, louie was now aggressive when laila was getting attention on a bed or couch. louie has always nipped or pulled laila's ears if she got...

First i'll give the problem, then the backstory/details. I can't get Laila to pee/poo on command. When i approach her as she is preparing to go, her ears fold back and she slinks inside. Since i can't get her to empty out at appropriate times, (ie before bed) we have accidents. These...

my vet will not give me information on how to care for my dogs after their spays (if you really want to know why, read this. i suggest not bothering). so i've been reading articles online, many of them say to clean the incision as much as 3x a day. Some suggest betadine or peroxide. I can't...

I was under the assumption that pregnant dogs don't go into heat. As soon as we got our foster rescue home, she started her heat (blood drips). That lasted about 2 weeks. I am absolutely 100% positive that she had no contact with male dogs. She never left the house. Not even to go outside. She...

Layla is our new rescue dog. she is repeatedly peeing on my other dog's nylon rope. she goes outside usually but when she does go inside, it is on this rope. different places, same rope. she also peed on louie's blanket once and her own towel once. so far she has not peed on the floor, just on...

I am fostering a dog that was rescued about a week ago. Very sad back story. She is at least six months. We are guessing doberman/saluki mix. She is very scared and has been all week. For the most part she only cowers and lays in one place. She needs to be carried from place to place. She is...

i'd like to teach lou to stay in whatever command i've given her until i've given her the release cue. i thought i'd just give the command and then delay the click more and more. it's working okay with "go lie down" but sit is tough. i'm not sure she even knows the difference between sit and...

saw this video and i gave it a shot with lou. not working. anyone have any alternate ways to teach this? our problem is that she turns sideways no matter what, even if i have her against the wall. or if i try going over her head she'll sit or lay down.

When Lou wants up on the bed or couch, she just gets up. or if she wants on our laps, she'll put her front paws on us. I want her to sit to indicate that she wants up. Problem is she just won't. She sits fine when there's food, but otherwise it's like she's never heard of it. She just jumps up...

the dog ate some amount of lithium. don't know how much. so i used hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting and she did. she has been acting normal through the whole ordeal. my question is: what do i do now? i gave her water after the vomiting but that came back up. how long should i wait before...

ever since i started giving 12 week old lou special treats for peeing outside, she's been emptying half her bladder or peeingjust a little bit or even faking it. i've stepped up the supervision and time in her crate, so a lot of times i'll see her sniffin around and lead her outside. but...

in a different thread it was brought to my attention that dogs don't see humans as members of a pack. in that thread it was established that there's some sort of hierarchy among dogs, but what i am interested in is the human/dog relationship. Is this widely accepted information? i only post...

i'm trying to do this exercise with my 10 week old puppy. all she does is bite me. the dog in the book looks so happy and gentle. any suggestions on how to do this without biting or any other nonviolent dominance exercises?

I've been ignoring lou during meals, but this seems to be a get out of jail free card for her. she will chew and get up on the furniture. Sometimes in between us and try reaching for out plates or forkfuls. i'm starting to think ignoring her during meals is stupid.