Absolutely SimoneB. We teach them from the second we get them home it’s okay to jump and nestle right in. We get down on all fours, call them...
We had two that would do this if weren’t fed breakfast on time. I can imagine a car ride would only make it worse.
He’s a good article on licking I found a few months ago. It might help you figure out why. Then from there you can work on the how....
I’m not sure if we did the right thing or got lucky but every time Duggan decided to nibble his bed it got taken away and got a long instead and a...
Why wou Why would you drag her ? That causes so many issues and can hurt them physically. It also reinforces her fear for not wanting to go....
I want your dog. lol. I get my affection from humans. I get joy and pleasure from my dog.
I know lm on “ ressource guarding” kick lately cause I read a book but this sounds like what is happening to me. Thinking back 20 years, we had a...
Hello Sandy, does he growl at any other times as well, like if you go near his food bowl when he eats or is chewing a bone or favourite toy? Can...
Edit: video link removed by mod team due to content. ( We don't want to give this "trainer" any more exposure than absolutely necessary! :) )...
It wasn’t what I saw so much as what passes for acceptable.
Dont Youtube was my lesson of the day. I just jinished work and has a moment before dinner so I opened up YouTube to entertain myself. There was a...
You say she wants to sit on the sofa with you? Is this something you don’t want and try to prevent actively ? She might be resource guarding that...
I was gonna also mention a temperature thing. Duggan has any number of places to snooze in the evening depending on temperature. He used to...
Where We live in Canada more and more shops are welcoming pets by posting signs saying not to leave your animal in your hot summer car or freezing...
The expectations of our animals in today’s society is so rediculously high it’s absurd. It compares to a human not being allowed to get angry and...
As most know, Duggan had surgery October 31 and has been on very strict restrictions since. In about another 30 days or so, when the ice and snow...
I’ve been told by people who have never even met my dog he was aggressive and that he needed to be “fixed”. Also, when I had to leave him over...
Exactly.
I’ve had parents storm off mad because I wouldn’t let their kids pet my puppy. Ultimately I have a responsibility to my animal as they have to...
This is pretty much our observation as well. Our boy loves the snow which usually falls in the up to -10 category. He’d will play in it longer...
