Dog Puppy Behavior Training Help

House Training Quick Start Guide

Manage the environment. Close doors, use crates, baby gates, tethers, et cetera. Get a clean bill of health from a veterinarian. The dog should be leashed, confined or supervised at all times while inside. Anytime you cannot directly supervise your dog, use a crate or confinement area to keep your dog and your house safe. If you will be gone for periods longer than the dog can wait, place...

Chocolate & Other Harmful Foods for Dogs

Mary Jane and her brother, Mark Anthony are miniature dauschunds in Memphis Tn. There are some people foods that can be very harmful to dogs. These include chocolate, grapes, raisins, macadamia nuts, tea, coffee, and sugar free candy. The toxic ingredient in chocolate is theobromine, which is very similar to caffeine. Dogs that ingest as little as 50 milligrams of theobromine per pound of body weight...

National Dog Bite Prevention Week

May 17 -23 is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. According to the AVMA, 4.7 million Americans will be bitten by a dog this year. 500,000 to 800,000 of those people will require medical attention. About 12 people a year die from dog bites. At the top of the victim list is children, followed by U.S. postal workers. More dog bites occur to children in the summer months, presumably because children...

Yuk! My puppy’s ears stink!

  Ear infections are common, especially in dogs with floppy ears. If your puppy or dog is constantly shaking his or her head or scratching his or her ears, there’s likely to be an infection.  Ear infections are stinky. To determine if your pup’s ears are infected, place your nose directly into your pup’s ear and take a whiff. Do this a couple of times every week so you’ll notice any changes...