Your Questions About Dog Barking Training Advice

Ruth asks…Helping to Prevent/Stop a Dog Barking at Children?I have a year-and-a-half Australian Shepherd who is a great dog. I have him training with agility, he's a hit at the dog park, and above all else he loves attention, which he gets plenty of. My problem is this: most of the time when he sees children, he barks and barks. A male dog with a good set of lungs, it is a loud, howling bark that scares a lot of kids, leash or no. I've tried a number of things over the past few months

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Your Questions About Dog Training With Clicker

Nancy asks…Dog puts her paw on anything?I got a rescue dog that was up for euthanizing. We have had her 4 months. I started doggie training on her last month, to make sure she listens well. She has some aggression when touched on her behind and is hard to handle (pick up etc) we train her with a clicker. But recently she panics when asked to sit with the clicker and when she is in a panic mode, she starts putting her paws on anything she can take down, nothing is safe. She puts her paws on us

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Your Questions About Training Leashes For Dogs That Pull

Lizzie asks…Can someone give me advice on dog training?My dog is a pitbull/boxer mix and is about 2 years old, and he doesn't do so well on the leash... I like to take him for walks but it's hard when you're trying to walk an 80 pound dog that just wants to pull you around. How can I get him to stop pulling and just walk calmly beside me?admin answers:Leash training can be difficult, but here's a little help! Your dog, believe it or not, has made himself alpha dog in your home. He is the

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Your Questions About Dog Barking Training

Chris asks…How can i train my dog to quit barking at EVERYTHING?I have a chihuahua mix dog that barks at everything! Can anyone help me with some methods that actually work? I would never electrocute my dog or put a collar on her that zaps her. I would love to take her on walks but she barks at everyone she sees and even stuff she doesnt see, loladmin answers:Electrocute it frequently.Mark asks…How do I get my dog to stop barking when I tell her it is time for a walk?I have a dog that I

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Your Questions About Dog Training With Clicker

Sharon asks…How can people doubt the need for dogs to have a leader?I am continually surprised when people think there is no such thing as pack structures & dominate dogs etc. I can assure you after over 20yrs of study of both domesticated, aboriginal, wild & wolves that it is all far from myth. Not all dogs choose to travel & or live in packs but many do. Even lone dogs are either of a dominate or submissive personality which is easy to see when they run into unknown dogs of

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Your Questions About Dog Barking Training Strangers

James asks…Doberman pinscher barking at strangers approaching?My 10 month old doberman pinscher bitch has started barking at appraching strangers when i walk her at night/ early morning. She only does it to 'dodgy' looking people (lone men in general who have no apparent reason to be in the middle of nowhere), it seems she almost has a 6th sense. There have been instances where she has seen a man approaching, he was drunk or on drugs i think, and she would not let him move another step closer

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Your Questions About Dog Training With Clicker

George asks…Science Diet/Nature's Recipe dog food question?I just adopted a puppy 3 days ago. *Healthy, happy, 4 month old rat terrier mix. He's already gotten the checkups and all of his shots.* They told me they were feeding him Science Diet puppy food, and that we could mix a little different puppy food in if we wanted to go with a different brand, and me, being really picky on what I feed my animals, decided to get Nature's Recipe, and I followed the adoption centers guidelines to

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Your Questions About Training Leashes For Dogs Walking

Susan asks…Why is my dog anti-social on the leash during walks?He loves people and other dogs. However he's always been since a puppy super aggressive on the leash when I'm walking him. I'm constantly trying to work on rehabilitating him to a calm dog on the leash. He would see someone or another dog walking by us. His reaction is to charge at them with this nasty scary bark. I have to hold him back so hard I almost lose grip because he's pulling so forcefully while growling and barking at

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Your Questions About Training Leashes For Dogs That Pull

Sharon asks…what is your opinion on poeple who do not leash their dogs?We live out in the country and a few times a week we like to walk our dogs. We have a large shepherd husky mix and our current foster dog is a boxer/pit/lab (Lilly). Lilly is very dog aggressive and we are working to break her and have a behavoir class planned for her in a week. She is great on the leash and loves poeple but if a dog comes up to her she WILL hurt go after them so we always walk her in the country. We have

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Your Questions About Dog Barking Training Collars

Donna asks…Training my dog not to bark constantly?I am working on training my dog basic commands and she is doing excellent until it comes to her barking. She barks at everything outside and will not stop. I have used a bark collar before but I dont like them and I like it when she barks because she's a great watchdog but she way over does it What do I do?? Also I have 3 other dogs who bark a lot too and im just at a loss. Please help! Thanksadmin answers:Every time she starts to bark, give

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