Dog Puppy Behavior Training Help

Teach your Dog Inside Voice – Capture Dog’s Natural Behavior and Place it on Cue

One of the neat things about using an instant reward marker is how you can capture a natural behavior and then teach your dog to do it on cue. Here’s a recent email exchange with my client, Elizabeth, who has a 4-5 month old large mix breed dog, Big Mac. BETH’S EMAIL: Well, I taught him….Inside voice….and he acts like he is going to bark but doesn’t make a sound……Now he...

Changing Bad Crate Habits – Puppy Barking, Urinating in Crate

Barking in the Crate When accompanied by eliminating in the crate, drooling, or self-injury, barking in the crate can be a sign of separation anxiety. Dogs with separation anxiety have been compared to people that have anxiety attacks. Separation anxiety is an emotional condition fraught with panic and fear. Crating a dog with true separation anxiety is never a good idea. Even if your dog...

iPhone 3Gs Video ** Do it or Suffer: Your Weimaraner Needs Exercise!

Today I went with my clients, Derrick and Megan, to Shelby Farms to exercise Bimmer, their 1 year old Weimaraner dog. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch 2 iPhone 3Gs videos of Bimmer playing fetch. I first met the clients January 2009, when Bimmer was a puppy. Derrick and Megan were model students, and it shows. Bimmer was an excellent guest at the dog park. Derrick and Meagan have a wonderful...

Canine Behavior Modification for Reactive, Unwanted, Behaviors, including Fear and Aggression

Okay, so your dog is fearful, barking, lunging and otherwise distressed when he or she sees people, trucks, cars, or dogs. Depending on who you are talking to, those behaviors may be classified as territory or protective aggression, possession aggression, inter-dog aggression, fear aggression, or leash aggression. I’ll refer to the other people, other dogs, trucks, cars, as “triggers”,...

Vacuum Chasing Dog:My Dog Barks and Attacks the Vacuum!

Does your dog or puppy hide from, bark at, chase, bite, your vacuum cleaner?  It seems there are a group of dogs who protest whenever we try to clean up! If you have a puppy under 12 weeks of age, now is the time to gently expose him or her to everyday events and noises. During the critical period of socialization, these exposures teach our dog lifelong coping skills. If you are reading this,...

Barking for Attention! Dog and Puppy and Behavior and Training and Help Forum

Hi, I’m not sure what to do. My Dog Skip, barks at me constantly. I have tried squirting him with a water bottle and he stops but only for a moment. I can’t study or do my homework because he is always barking! Help! beth Administrator - Admin Please visit the Dog And Puppy and Behavior and Help Forum. It’s free! Post edited...

Barking Dog? Resolutions ** Danger! ** Do Not Use an Anti Bark Collar on Your Dog or Puppy, without reading this first!

Okay, so your dog is barking and you have the perfect, initial solution; buy one of those anti bark dog collars, right? WRONG! Please do not misunderstand, I agree there are situations when an anti bark collar is a good choice, but spraying a dog with citronella, sounding a tone, (or using an e-collar ) are never at the top of my list of tools and solutions for barking. Anti bark collars address the...

Door Knock Game- A Solution For Dogs That Bark and Attack the Door $.99

Cody, AKC Yorkshire Terrier You can teach a dog to come when you blow a whistle. You can teach a dog or puppy to come bump your fingers. You can teach the dog to come when you say “come” and when you say “here”. Dogs can learn multiple signals or cues that mean, “perform come behavior”. Does your dog bark and attack the door when people come to visit? If your dog...