Thanks. Ironically, while I was waiting for replies I started poking around this site and found that I posted the exact same query when he was 3....
We've got a "saloon" type dog door, vertical panes that swivel to let our 6-year-old lab in and out. He's never had a problem with this door...
We've got a weird one. Our 3-year-old lab suddenly won't come into the house through the doggie door. He'll go out through it happily, but on...
Thanks! I'll take a look!
Please don't apologize. I haven't progressed to stops yet. I'd like to hear how this works!
Thanks! I love the ideal of hiking off-leash; I wish it were safer. I'm personally hoping to retire in a few years outside southern CA. If we...
I've looked at some positive-reinforcement approaches -- the rubber snake idea isn't that odd -- but it's not clear that they work, and for people...
You convinced me; I ordered the book! Thanks! Checking for rattlesnakes is scary but better to check than to be surprised later. I've been...
I've already agreed with you that aversion training isn't a good idea for us. I think I'll just try to keep him on a short leash when we're in...
I agree, I don't want to take a chance on the collar. But just to clarify, the point of the shock collar isn't for recall. Trainers that do this...
Yeah, they convinced me. Two of them. It is still a concern though, especially when my dog wanders off trail. I almost stepped on a rattlesnake...
Thanks :-). This makes me feel better!
I've heard so much conflicting advice about the rattlesnake training. The way they do it (around here at least) is with a snake and a shock...
Thanks everyone. Reading the comments has helped calm me down a little. It seems likely in retrospect that he noticed a lizard and went into...
I've got a 14-month English yellow lab. Since I got him primarily to be a hiking dog, one of the primary things I've been working on with him is...
Thanks for all the replies! We'll thoroughly check out our options!
I just told a breeder that we were planning to use doggy daycare and they reacted very negatively, saying puppies didn't need it, are fine alone...
Yes. When we lost our first boxer rescue I was sad but okay; it was hardest on my wife. And this time, when we were getting a younger dog with...
It gives me a little bit of a flashback to our first rescue, which was very fast and pressured. I think they just had so many dogs that they were...
Four years after our boxer rescue died we were finally ready for another dog and two months ago rescued a beautiful 5-year-old yellow lab. He was...
