Category Archives: puppy training techniques

Poor Ranger, she must be miserable! I encourage to get a copy of this month’s Whole Dog Journal… and start keeping notes. When is she most itchy, what does she eat, what’s the daily pollen count, etc. The more information … Continue reading →

Our small golden mutt, Ranger, has been biting and scratching her whole body a lot lately and we are noticing red areas on her skin. We are suspecting allergies but we don’t know the source or whether it really is … Continue reading →

I personally always thought dogs scratched and bit themselves as a way of > cleaning themselves. I scratch myself so I never thought this was a problem > My wife spends more time with the dogs and she said for … Continue reading →

Here’s my problem. About a week ago we were having one of our walks. Within what now seems like a split second, a man with a dog jogged within sight. I didn’t see Garth running to to greet them. I … Continue reading →

My something pound 3 year old German Shepherd pulled me over on some black ice (on a 15 foot lead) and i’ve been recovering from a rotator cuff tear (unable to type for some time)……I used to walk him on … Continue reading →

Wow…how sad. You don’t usually see the other end of the spectrum like this. There was another dog in England, a Rottweiler, on a show on Animal Planet. The owner fed her dog on enough meat from the butcher to … Continue reading →

Another change in Rosebud, post-Wally. Wally was a “lap dog.” Whenever I sat, there he was, ready for a warm lap. Rosebud, meanwhile, was always elsewhere. She never attempted to be in my lap. For the first week or two … Continue reading →

We have a 2yr old female chicawaha mix and a terrier mix male 5yr old. Our male has been fixed but our female has not. My question is she came in to heat about a month or so ago and … Continue reading →

I notice while sniffing around, which I realize he needs to do that, my puppy is eating “rabbit droppings” how bad is this for him? I will of course try and stop him, but short of putting a muzzle on … Continue reading →

I got this post from one of my other blogs about puppy training techniques, I wanted to share it with everyone: ———————————————————————————— Mary Lou, I love the updates! But I always wonder about Maddie. Do her “parents” know she visits … Continue reading →