Comments for Puppy and Dog Training Online http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com Learn The Inside Secrets Of A Professional Dog Trainer Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on puppy litter box training? by pet caskets http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-71 pet caskets Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:30:30 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-71 Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can i take part of your post to my blog? Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can i take part of your post to my blog?

]]> Comment on How do I train my puppy? I have had him for several months and I can’t train him to do anything. ? by Warner Sordahl http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/how-do-i-train-my-puppy-i-have-had-him-for-several-months-and-i-cant-train-him-to-do-anything#comment-70 Warner Sordahl Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:41:13 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/how-do-i-train-my-puppy-i-have-had-him-for-several-months-and-i-cant-train-him-to-do-anything#comment-70 I had a few viewing the website in Firefox on the Mac, but apart from that loved the site. I had a few viewing the website in Firefox on the Mac, but apart from that loved the site.

]]> Comment on Is this normal puppy behaviour? Shes 3 months old? by Marcelino Mountjoy http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-69 Marcelino Mountjoy Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:33:15 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-69 Beginning a site like this one led me to get into some research and I found your post to be particularly helpful. My site is centered around the idea that you can starve cancer by halting the angiogenic process. I wish you good luck with your research in the future and you can be sure I'll be following it. Beginning a site like this one led me to get into some research and I found your post to be particularly helpful. My site is centered around the idea that you can starve cancer by halting the angiogenic process. I wish you good luck with your research in the future and you can be sure I’ll be following it.

]]> Comment on puppy litter box training? by Ralph Besch http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-66 Ralph Besch Sun, 02 May 2010 18:56:59 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-66 Thank you for the wonderful dog training tips! I'm always looking for ways to teach an old dog new tricks ;P (pardon the pun) Thank you for the wonderful dog training tips! I’m always looking for ways to teach an old dog new tricks ;P (pardon the pun)

]]> Comment on puppy litter box training? by Carol http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-64 Carol Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:41:48 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-64 Yes, dogs can be trained to use a litter box and people living in apartment complex's often do this where space is limited. Also good for dogs who have arthritis and can't take long walks to their area. There are certain materials for these litter boxes made from wood pellets. Same pellets used in wood stoves. Your dog may not be liking cat litter. You can also put the puppy pads in the litter box until he knows that's his spot and later switch to the pellets by adding just a few pellets to the puppy pads each day until he's acquainted with them in the box. Yes, dogs can be trained to use a litter box and people living in apartment complex’s often do this where space is limited. Also good for dogs who have arthritis and can’t take long walks to their area. There are certain materials for these litter boxes made from wood pellets. Same pellets used in wood stoves. Your dog may not be liking cat litter. You can also put the puppy pads in the litter box until he knows that’s his spot and later switch to the pellets by adding just a few pellets to the puppy pads each day until he’s acquainted with them in the box.

]]> Comment on puppy litter box training? by TB http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-63 TB Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:35:21 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-63 Please don't listen to any of the above telling you it doesn't work and the dog will "go all over the house". I have a Cocker Spaniel that learned to use his "litter box" in 3 days. I live in a high rise apartment, and it would simply take too long to get outside (elevators). You just take him to his "bathroom" when they start to sniff around. While they are doing their business, you praise them and give them a treat immediately. The key to this is keeping the box clean and being consistent. If you don't, they will not use it. My Cocker has no issues going outside during our morning and evening runs, and it honestly took him only 3 days to figure out where he needs to go. Please don’t listen to any of the above telling you it doesn’t work and the dog will “go all over the house”. I have a Cocker Spaniel that learned to use his “litter box” in 3 days. I live in a high rise apartment, and it would simply take too long to get outside (elevators). You just take him to his “bathroom” when they start to sniff around. While they are doing their business, you praise them and give them a treat immediately. The key to this is keeping the box clean and being consistent. If you don’t, they will not use it. My Cocker has no issues going outside during our morning and evening runs, and it honestly took him only 3 days to figure out where he needs to go.

]]> Comment on puppy litter box training? by megan http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-62 megan Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:36:16 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-62 To the people comments above, dogs do get trained in a litter box. They sell dog litter and boxes. I have a shih tzu/ yorkie puppy and we are still training her to use the box. I say that you let the puppy smell the litter, get used to the location of the box. Get your routine of feeding and place the puppy in the litter box and tell them to go potty. This is not easy task but it will get easier. Just keep trying and dont give up. To the people comments above, dogs do get trained in a litter box. They sell dog litter and boxes. I have a shih tzu/ yorkie puppy and we are still training her to use the box. I say that you let the puppy smell the litter, get used to the location of the box. Get your routine of feeding and place the puppy in the litter box and tell them to go potty. This is not easy task but it will get easier. Just keep trying and dont give up.

]]> Comment on puppy litter box training? by Anne http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-60 Anne Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:19:19 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/puppy-litter-box-training#comment-60 Have you ever heard of the Portable Dog Dunny? It's a suitable solution for inside toilet training. It offers special synthetic grass so it would feel little more natural for your dog to use than a kitty litter. If you'd like to read more about it here's the link :) http://www.piginmud.com.au/joomla/dog-dunny/the-dog-dunny.html?gclid=COCZzO7FiJcCFRsRagodaBVP_g By the way the word Dunny is just another for toilet, I'm from Australia. Hope this helps! Have you ever heard of the Portable Dog Dunny? It’s a suitable solution for inside toilet training. It offers special synthetic grass so it would feel little more natural for your dog to use than a kitty litter. If you’d like to read more about it here’s the link :) http://www.piginmud.com.au/joomla/dog-dunny/the-dog-dunny.html?gclid=COCZzO7FiJcCFRsRagodaBVP_g

By the way the word Dunny is just another for toilet, I’m from Australia. Hope this helps!

]]> Comment on Is this normal puppy behaviour? Shes 3 months old? by Weimaraner Mom http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-41 Weimaraner Mom Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:08:38 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-41 Pedigree contains no meat at all, none, only grains and dogs are carnivores they need meat. Pedigree also contains BHA and BHT which are known cancer causing agents. There is no nutritional value in pedigree so they tend to poop every thing out, feeding pedigree is like eating mcdonalds for dinner every night, not healthy. Some dogs are not food motivated, we've had a couple of rescue dogs that were not food motivated so you have to find what does motivate them, sometimes a toy will or you might want to try boiled chicken or cooked sliced hot dogs. PLEASE do not give chocolate buttons chocolate is poison to dogs it will shut down their kidneys so stop, please. Her behavior seems perfectly normal for a puppy, some dogs are grazers they eat all day long and some eat immediately, it sounds like your dog is a grazer. Change her food to a higher quality dog food with meat in it and NO GRAINS (wheat, soy & Corn) [grains cause allergies in dogs], avoid corn & wheat GLUTEN, it's junk. I've attached a website that will allow you to look thru a list of high quality foods and see where they rate 1 star being the worst food [pedigree] up to 6 stars being the highest rated food. Put her food down in the morning if she walks away after 20 minutes pick it up and put it down for lunch, if she walks away wait till dinner. She won't starve but she might learn to eat when it goes down. If you control the food you can control the poops. Get her outside to potty 30 minutes after her food that way you can get her body on a schedule to poop then it won't take long as she gets used to the schedule. If you use your hands to play with her she will become hand aggressive so always use a toy and not your hand or she'll become accustomed to biting hands. Don't allow a puppy to get into a bad habit that you wouldn't want an adult dog doing. If she does bite your hand, cease play and walk away, she has to learn that biting will end all attention. Reinforce a good behavior and ignore a bad one. if she jumps up on your lap to "lick" you after you've said ow and dropped the toy, ignore her do not give her attention, in fact just put her on the floor and leave the room. If you change her food do it slowly otherwise she'll get diarrhea, if she does a couple of spoonfuls of 100% pure canned pumpkin will help clear it up. Good luck with your new puppy.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/ Pedigree contains no meat at all, none, only grains and dogs are carnivores they need meat. Pedigree also contains BHA and BHT which are known cancer causing agents. There is no nutritional value in pedigree so they tend to poop every thing out, feeding pedigree is like eating mcdonalds for dinner every night, not healthy.

Some dogs are not food motivated, we’ve had a couple of rescue dogs that were not food motivated so you have to find what does motivate them, sometimes a toy will or you might want to try boiled chicken or cooked sliced hot dogs. PLEASE do not give chocolate buttons chocolate is poison to dogs it will shut down their kidneys so stop, please.

Her behavior seems perfectly normal for a puppy, some dogs are grazers they eat all day long and some eat immediately, it sounds like your dog is a grazer. Change her food to a higher quality dog food with meat in it and NO GRAINS (wheat, soy & Corn) [grains cause allergies in dogs], avoid corn & wheat GLUTEN, it’s junk. I’ve attached a website that will allow you to look thru a list of high quality foods and see where they rate 1 star being the worst food [pedigree] up to 6 stars being the highest rated food.

Put her food down in the morning if she walks away after 20 minutes pick it up and put it down for lunch, if she walks away wait till dinner. She won’t starve but she might learn to eat when it goes down. If you control the food you can control the poops. Get her outside to potty 30 minutes after her food that way you can get her body on a schedule to poop then it won’t take long as she gets used to the schedule.

If you use your hands to play with her she will become hand aggressive so always use a toy and not your hand or she’ll become accustomed to biting hands. Don’t allow a puppy to get into a bad habit that you wouldn’t want an adult dog doing. If she does bite your hand, cease play and walk away, she has to learn that biting will end all attention. Reinforce a good behavior and ignore a bad one. if she jumps up on your lap to “lick” you after you’ve said ow and dropped the toy, ignore her do not give her attention, in fact just put her on the floor and leave the room.

If you change her food do it slowly otherwise she’ll get diarrhea, if she does a couple of spoonfuls of 100% pure canned pumpkin will help clear it up.

Good luck with your new puppy.
References :
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

]]> Comment on Is this normal puppy behaviour? Shes 3 months old? by winday191 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-40 winday191 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:37:15 +0000 http://www.dogtrainingonline.publish-ing.com/puppy-and-dog-training-online/is-this-normal-puppy-behaviour-shes-3-months-old#comment-40 pedigree is not a good food, stay away from it. it's well advertised so most people think its good but acctually its cr*p. the foods i would recomend are: James wellbeloved, Hills science plan, eukanuba. or the cheaper good foods: burgess supa dog, pets at home own brand. do not leave food down for more than 15 mins, she will eventually get hungry and start eating, even if it takes days, don't give up. i had the same problem with one of my cocker spaniel puppies, he just wouldn't eat, but after almost a week he finally gave in and started scoffing his food. remember, puppies have ver small stomachs so feed little and often, it will say on the food packet how much your pup needs a day, divide that figure by four then feed four meals per day. not all dogs are the same, just because most dogs scoff their treats straight away doesn't mean they all do. as to the "play" biting, do not allow it. it is just playfullness now but as she get older, it will change to more than that. when you are playing with her, as soon as her teeth touch you (even if it didn't hurt one tiny bit and even if it was an accident, she needs to learn to be careful with her teeth) yelp like one of her litter mates would do if she'd hurt them, then straight away take the toy away, put it out of her reach then walk away and don't play with her (or let anyone else play with her) for at least half an hour. also, i don't know what puppy book you are using but you should get a copy of "the perfect puppy" by gwen bailey, it was my bible when i first started breeding, i would always swear by it (except for the toilet training chapter!!=]) good luck and i hope this helps!!<br><b>References : </b><br>i have bred german shepherds for 6 years and i'm a proffesional dog trainer. pedigree is not a good food, stay away from it. it's well advertised so most people think its good but acctually its cr*p. the foods i would recomend are: James wellbeloved, Hills science plan, eukanuba. or the cheaper good foods: burgess supa dog, pets at home own brand. do not leave food down for more than 15 mins, she will eventually get hungry and start eating, even if it takes days, don't give up. i had the same problem with one of my cocker spaniel puppies, he just wouldn't eat, but after almost a week he finally gave in and started scoffing his food. remember, puppies have ver small stomachs so feed little and often, it will say on the food packet how much your pup needs a day, divide that figure by four then feed four meals per day. not all dogs are the same, just because most dogs scoff their treats straight away doesn't mean they all do. as to the "play" biting, do not allow it. it is just playfullness now but as she get older, it will change to more than that. when you are playing with her, as soon as her teeth touch you (even if it didn't hurt one tiny bit and even if it was an accident, she needs to learn to be careful with her teeth) yelp like one of her litter mates would do if she'd hurt them, then straight away take the toy away, put it out of her reach then walk away and don't play with her (or let anyone else play with her) for at least half an hour. also, i don't know what puppy book you are using but you should get a copy of "the perfect puppy" by gwen bailey, it was my bible when i first started breeding, i would always swear by it (except for the toilet training chapter!!=]) good luck and i hope this helps!!
References :
i have bred german shepherds for 6 years and i'm a proffesional dog trainer.

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