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My puppy plays tug of war with my leg on walks

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Posted January 24th, 2012 by sophiesmom
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I have a 7 month old lab puppy who we recently added to our home. She was rarely walked on a leash before coming to us a month ago. At certain parts of the walks (usually in the same places) she tugs at my pants and sleeve. The tugging is so hard that she has ripped clothing and I have several bruises on my arms and legs. I did some research and shortened our walks, changed routes as best as we can and have given her something to put in her mouth other than me and daughter. All of these things seem to help reduce the tugging but we still have times where nothing will work.

Crying at night

Posted June 22nd, 2011 by Zena
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Have just got a black lab, Samantha Jan, who will be 8 weeks tomorrow. She cries at night and is driving me to distraction. As we have a neighbour upstairs & am mindful that I don't want to wake her up I go to Samantha & tell her to keep quiet. When Samantha goes to bed she has a hot water bottle, toys and a clock ticking. Any suggestions on what else I can do to stop her crying.

We are new here.

Posted September 4th, 2010 by BLCain
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I want to introduce Myself and Duchess. I am a mom to one skin kid and 4 fur kids. ( one is a foster pup) I only talk about Duchess as she is my partner and service companion. I have a mental illness that makes it hard for me to leave my home on my own. It makes it hard to live with a 3 year old who is active and needs to be out and about at a park and what not. I come to Positive pet zine with hopes in learning better ways to train my almost 7 month old Pup and get her ready to help me in years to come. Duchess is a Blue Tick Coon Hound with a drive I have never seen.

Puppies

Posted March 31st, 2010 by gcpets
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A couple of puppy related questions:

* Would you "say" approx 15-20 mins of exercise (be it done by themselves or with me thru walking or playing chase in the yard etc) every 2-3 hours is enough or even every 3-4 hours ? Is there a good general "rule of thumb" exercise requirement for puppies ?

Raisin Won't Sleep Through the Night

Posted March 2nd, 2010 by nburik
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Hi Aidan:

You helped me and Raisin last summer when I was having a difficult time walking her. Now I'm back with a different problem!

Raisin is now 10 months old. To date, she has never slept through the night. My husband and I go to sleep around 9:30-10:00pm. Raisin sleeps in her bed, in our room, and there is a baby gate up the prohibits access to the rest of the house.

Recall Training

Posted February 21st, 2010 by gcpets
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I got one of your "lessons" and it was dealing with recall training.

{quote} Next, get a helper to play this game with you, calling pup back and forth. You don't need to toss the treat away from you, give pup the treat then have your helper call pup. Do this for a few minutes, as often as you can get help. {/quote}

What if you do not have a helper or cannot employ one ?

What is your suggestion for the next step in that lesson ?

Laser Pointer

Posted February 21st, 2010 by vgrundman
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My dog Lola (boxer) has a laser pointer obsession. She is alwasys looking for the light to chase. We only used one day and haven't brought it put for 2 weeks. She is totally obessed!

Loose Leash Walking

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Posted November 10th, 2009 by Aidan
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Here is a video of one of the dogs in a current class of mine. Tess is a fairly typical 13 month old GSD who has learned that pulling on the leash and bouncing around gets her what she wants.

This is her third class with me, and you can see that her owner (the lady in the background, that's me handling Tess for this video) has done a great job at taking what she has learned in class and applying it CONSISTENTLY every single time Tess has a leash on.

Excited Urination

Posted June 28th, 2009 by davidjames
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Has anybody had to deal with this? When people come to visit, the dog would get a bit excited to see people and begin peeing. First you should consult your vet to make sure it's not a physical problem. The easiest thing to do is to minimize their intake of water if you know your going to have company. Also notify guests before coming over to try not to over excite the dog. Anybody else have any tips or suggestions?

Blitzing Biting Bichon!

Posted June 22nd, 2009 by dave_and_linus
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Hi,

I've been reading your site and I'm hoping you can help. We have a 13 week old Bichon Frise and he's got a combo problem of barking and biting. We are trying your bite, ouch in a neutral voice and in a room for 30 seconds but we aren't sure if it is working. When I do that he goes crazy, chasing me and biting at my pants, barking in a high insistent tone. I wait 30 seconds and then we go back to playing, which really he can't do without biting for more than a few seconds.

What should I do?? Thanks for the help.

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