Beautiful dogs! Welcome to PBF!

During the winter, our dogs just run around our 1/2 acre backyard for exercise. But, during the spring, summer, and fall I walk Gracie, Buddy and Charlotte(all dachshunds) once around the 32 acres, then Beau and River(both dachshunds) once around the 32 acres and then Lucy(dachshund) and Chops(pug) ...

OMG! I had no idea that trainers used drowning as a training method. How is that teaching the dog anything?

I think that positive training is the best option for fear aggressive dogs.

I am no mod or admin but these are important factors to consider. We got a diagnosis at a very young age mostly because of verbal things. Did you find that when dogs did something such as jump onto the couch with you without you asking, to be difficult? What we get is a hyper reaction when it used ...

What I meant is that after highschool and you are still sane roflmao I imagine some was hard. Again thanks for posting your perspective MC I value it imensly Sorry this is a little OT but, I am in 11th grade and I am home schooled right now. I went to public school from Kindergarten to 9th grade. I...

I watched the videos and the GSD just looks really scared. How does the training actually work for fear aggressive dogs?? That training would scare and make Buddy, our dachshund that has fear issues, fear pee everywhere. Also, Tank would not do good with that either. I will stick to positive trainin...

I really did not want to watch all the videos but, what was the guy using to train the fear aggressive GSD??

I would give Savvy back to her owners. It sounds like you need a kid friendly dog. I have mild autism and when I was a little kid I was pretty good with dogs and was pretty gentle with them. But, I thought all dogs would be nice to me and wanted to hug and kiss on them. When I was like 9 months old ...

AM: Diamond Naturals Lamb and Rice Adult dog food

Dachshunds: 1/2-1 cup a day(River and Gracie are standard size dachshunds so they get 1 cup)
Chops: about 1 cup a day
Mya: 2 cups a day
Tank: 1 and half cups a day

Noon: One fish oil capsule each

Icky had a very happy life with you and you have given her a lot of attention, love and care.

Good luck with Icky.

When Mya tries to stalk other dogs and is pulling on the leash, I stop, get her attention and make her sit. If she tries to it again, I do the same thing over again.

Outside on a leash, Mya wants to stalk other dogs but, on a leash in the house or when she off leash in the backyard or in house, she is fine.

Amie wrote:Heel is a position in relation to the handler (at the handler's left knee, generally). Sit is a body position for the dog. The dog can sit and heel at the same time.

yep, That is what I do with Mya.

Hope everything works out for Jesse!

What part of that is so damn hard to understand ? The part that's hard for me to understand is why you choose not to think of your pit bulls as dogs. Do you really think that since these dogs were not bred for "their pack mentality," as you say, that they are no longer pack oriented anima...