Sometimes we have to say things which people don't want to hear, and this is one of those occasions. Leaving a dog crated for 6-8 hours a day...
It may be as you say, that she associates that crate with toileting - it may also be that she can smell it's a toilet place still.... So you could...
Really think about where you want him to sleep when he is a full-grown, farting, dog-hair shedding, possibly dried mud-falling off, adult dog....
There are a few supplements with research behind them you could try first: A decent joint supplement (chondroitin and glucosamine and MSM)...
I think if you're getting conflicting advice from vets, you need to seek another opinion from another vet practice. You might also want to...
Er, are you just allowing your boisterous young dog to go up to every other dog you come across - which he then wants to play with and jump all...
I would not recommend retractable leashes at all. I'd suggest using a 10m biothane long-line if you need to control him at a distance from you.
It's a bit difficult to say for sure, but at 6 months her intestines might be big enough to pass it naturally. (My Weimaraner once ate a Kong...
This usually happens when people have not followed crate training steps and alone training steps in an incremental way which the puppy can accept...
I think you have a few different problems going on there, not necessarily related either... What medication has the vet given you/him? Is it...
Confinement, confinement, confinement... Pup goes in crate, comes out - goes outside immediately and pees. If she doesn't, she goes back in the...
Yes, too much exercise can have the same effect as too little. However, if you do get this kind of behaviour happening and you want to stop it...
Puppies get over-excited. So do kids. Put puppy in the crate with a frozen Kong until they have come out of this mood. But more importantly the...
Shaun, unfortunately once dogs have gotten used to toileting in their crate (regularly), their natural desire to be clean in there is worn away...
The problem is never with crate training per se and in itself (at least, not with any of the thousands of pups I've worked with!) but with the way...
It's usually based on weight. If the puppy weighs over a certain amount, they won't be able to fly in-cabin. The pup also needs to be able to...
She looks fine to me. Working bred labs are not 'Andrex' puppies. Time and again, I have folks in class whose idea of a Labrador puppy, is a...
Often it's because there are holes in the stairs and/or there is a gap between steps - it all looks not very solid to the dog. You could try...
