My dog is 1 years old and she chews EVERYTHING! She is a Terrier. She goes outside and and takes the pinecones that fall from my tree. It is really annoying and when i try to catch her she runs away and it takes forever to do that. She also chews my shoes. I don’t have enough money to give her dog training classes or i would trust me. Please help!
she brings the pinecones in the house and chews them and it makes a huge mess and i have to vaccum.
its called teething, all young dogs do it, the best thing is to give her a chew toy and when she gets older she will eventually she will stop. and put your stuff up that u dont wont chew up away so she cant get to it
I wish to train my German shepherd/Lab/Chow. He is 1 years old and very difficult to deal with. He barks, naturally cause of his breed. I wish to control that. Another thing, jumping on people. Potty training him to only use the bathroom in one place. He also like to bite my other 3 year old dog, which now is getting holes in her ears because of his rough play. I also need to train him to ignore other dogs when he is around them. Can you please help me?
You need professional help.
A trainer can teach you what to do without making his problems worse.
Classes at Petsmart or your city’s Parks and Recreation department are advisable.
Good luck
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We have two dogs,one is a male hound mix who is about a year and a half and the other is a female who is about 9 months shes a beagle mix and lately shes gotten way more aggressive then we are comfortable with,we have a 3 year old that we keep her away from but I’m pregnant and I really just want to give the dog to someone who can devote full time to working with her but my husband wants to try private dog training,shes aggressive to the other dog,she has food aggression,if their running or playing ball together and he gets too close and she doesnt like it she will growl and snap at him and anytime she gets upset with him really get aggressive with him,shes also gotten a little aggressive with us before.I wish my husband would just get rid of her but he really really wants to try the training and its so expensive that I dont know if its worth it.Anyone tried this?
The dog doesn’t respect you. Neither you nor your husband are acting like the pack leader and she has taken the position instead. Private dog training can help if you have someone who will work WITH you in teaching you how to be a pack leader. The trainer can’t do anything if you aren’t willing to make the effort, and as long as you are scared or dislike the dog, it will know because dogs are great at reading emotions like that.
There is a great deal of dog training that can be done. Cesar Millan has many books available and you can also check out Victoria Stilwell if you don’t like his methods, both are on animal planet and you can learn more about training through them.
My wife and I have been looking for a family dog for a while and ended up finding a 4 year old black lab, Chesapeake bay retriever mix in the classifieds. So we brought her home yesterday and she seems like an excellent, obedient, well trained dog. She comes from a family who did not have enough time for her but has no history of aggression. Well my son crawled over to her this evening while she was lying down on the floor and sat up and was just looking at the dog as she was lying down. She picked her head up and growled under her breath and raised up one side of her gums to show her teeth. It made me and my wife very uncomfortable and now we are questioning our decision to get that dog. I don’t think she has been around babies before and we have been letting them gradually get used to each other. Is this something that we should be patient with or should we not risk it and get rid of the dog. She otherwise is a very playful, friendly dog. No other problems
If it were me and the dog is otherwise great, I would have a behaviorist evaluate her behavior and offer their professional opinion, then follow their recommendation. If the dog has never been around a baby before (or even if she had), letting the baby crawl up to her while she was resting was not a smart choice, and allowing her even in the same room with the baby the day after bringing her home is not in any way allowing them to ‘gradually get used to each other’. Gradually would be spending a week letting the dog get used to baby noises and smells and sights in a separate room baby-gated off, then a week in the same room as you and the baby, never allowing any contact or them to be near each other at all, etc. Gradually is not allowing a 9 month old to crawl up to a dog you just got and has been uprooted from her home and is adjusting to a new life with you. I’m sorry, but that just wasn’t smart.
