Katerina P
I have a pack of 3 dogs (Chow mix male & 2 females GSD and Mal).All
rescues. I noticed that my Mal is herding my GSD when she would go
bark at a squirrel; or dogs are going from one level to another. Mal
is pretty dominant, but not aggressive with dogs. She would “herd”
neighbor’s Border Collie & she doesn’t let some dogs sniff her. I took
courses on engagement, basic/advanced obedience, competitive heeling
with her. Should I train her on ecollar and use it to correct unwanted
behavior (she is good with verbal corrections) or do I lack some
leadership and have to make changes there? Thanks
John P
I fear my dog is becoming too dependent on treats. She knows when I
have them and is getting more selective with her listening. I’ve been
trying to alternate treats with verbal/physical praise for listening
but she’s not the most affectionate dog – a lot of the time I go to
pet her and say “good girl!” she tries to dodge it and gets ready to
play. She’s 1.5 years old so I’m wondering if I should worry or just
always have treats on me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Sebastian
Hi. My wife & I live in Thailand. We have a 2 year old female Thai
ridgeback/others mix, that we got from a shelter when she was 6
months. She was found on the street with siblings around 2-3 months
old. She’s sweet & relaxed with us in the house/yard. In the outside
world she is unsure & easily spooked depending on environment. At the
Vet/Vet shop she is curious & not at all unsure. Fine also on jungle
walks. In the car she gets stressed unless exercised. During walks on
the street in town she checks out, listening & observing the
surroundings a lot.
Any hands on tips to increase confidence?
Kristin
My AB Duckie is 6mo. She has never been very playful. She’s hyper when
food is around. She’ll spin circles for her bowl. She won’t play with
toys but will scavenge for any food like we never feed her. Recently
though, we had her at a friend’s house with a male bulldog and she was
like a totally different dog. This friend doesn’t live close and my
Dobie isn’t interested in playing like they play. Do I keep doing what
we’re doing? Do I try to find an older male AB? Perhaps a rescue? Also
is the constant scavenging for food normal? How do we curb that? She
isn’t food aggressive at all.
Lisa & Aren
I just watched the video on health and safety. Which brings me to another important question. We have a 9 months, very confident german
shepherd. We are now having a hard time to make a decision if we want
to neuter him. My father trained unneutered shepherds and never did
have a problem. But we are new to this and have two female neighbor
dogs and live in native bush. What is your approach on this and
Recommendation?
AJ
Hi there, my question is I have 5 miniature schnauzers and on Saturday
getting a Belgian malinois, my schnauzers are well behaved except can
be reactive when people knock or pass my door, I understand this is
partially due to the breed. Please can you advise how I can prevent
the Belgian Malinois puppy from picking up this behaviour.
Further my dogs sleep in the same room with me and aren’t crate
trained, I’ve watched your advice, and will be crate training the
belgian malinois should I have this in a separate room to my other
dogs or not?
Thank you, I really would appreciate any and all info
R.J.
My 13 month old pit bull / shepherd rescue really likes other dogs.
He’s fascinated by them and when he meets them face to face he’s
confident and does well. He can be barked at and he doesn’t do
anything.
However, every single time we see another dog on a walk, he gets down
in a low stalking position as we approach. If I stop, he will lay down
and wait and mostly holds a stay as the other dog and person walk by.
He just stares at them with complete focus.
90 percent of other dogs seem fine with this stalking. But many humans
don’t like it.
Should I try to stop this? If so, how?
Jay
My 3.5 month old Malimoise Poppie barks when we are training. He ends
up obeying the command, but I wanted to know if this is normal or if I
should correct him.
Gina
Hi Robert, do you have any chew recommendations for cleaning my dogs
teeth? I was holding a bully stick for 10 mins a day to help clean his
back teeth along with brushing but he gets soft stools from them. I’d
like to find an alternative chew that doesn’t do this. Also, how often
do you brush your dogs teeth? Do you suggest a specific brand of
toothpaste? I use Virbac enzymatic toothpaste. Thank you!
Peter
My almost 10 months old male Malinois pup (i got him unsocialized from
a shelter when he was 4 months old) keeps wandering off in the park
and sniffs around etc. He moves away maybe up to 40 meters and has a
maybe 60-70% recall. How do i get my dog to stick around closer? I try
to be fun and engage him in play, but he has a rather low drive and
reacts half hearted to my attempts. I try to feed him high quality
treats when he is with me. After eating them he wanders off again
though . I suspect it’s a bonding issue. How do i improve our
Relationship?
Pedro and Linda
Both my wife and me are elderly (66 and 70) and have two smaller dogs
(female rat terrier mix and male chihuahua mix (she is 5 and he is 10
and both “fixed” inside dogs. We found a 10 week old abandon puppy in
a grocery store. He is auss shepard/GSD mix, male and NOT fixed.
Because of his size we are having to keep him outside in a kennel
because he has high prey drive toward the little ones. The big puppy
is such a loving and non aggressive but the older ones are afraid of
him due to his size and snare around him. If we can get him to get
along we will have to rehome him. Please help us!
Carol
Boyfriend brought home 2 male blue healer puppies. We already had a 7
yr old male healer & 6yo female mutt. One puppy was aggressive and
fought with 7 yr healer (after attacking his brother ) They’ve all
been separated since (original dogs are together ). I want to
reintroduce 7 yr to the non aggressive puppy (he’s now 1.5yo). How
should I go about this? They are both a little fearful. Was thinking
taking them for walk in neutral territory. We all live in the same
house. Any insight would be appreciated.
