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  • Your Puppy's Stages Of Life From Birth To 9 Months Old
    0 to 7 Weeks: This is a period when the environment opens up for a puppy. His eyes and ears are excited to experience the sights and sounds of the world around him. This is a strong socialization period as a bond grows between his litter mates and mother. These bonds lead to a healthy, well-adjusted temperament.
  • When It Comes To Dog Training, There Is No Such Thing As A Perfect Dog
    As any reputable trainer or dog training book will tell you, canine learning is based largely on repetition. When a behavior is repeated enough times, dogs develop habits, or conditioned responses.
  • Understanding & Respecting Your Dog's Natural Instincts
    One thing that all dogs have in common is a desire to please their owners. Unfortunately, an interspecies language barrier makes it difficult to get the point across. Training lets you overcome this barrier. It establishes a means of communication between you and your dog that's bound to brighten your relationship.
  • To All Dog Owners: Are You Guilty Of Anthropomorphism?
    For years Hollywood has portrayed motion-picture canines as animals whose motivations are based on human perceptions and values. Lassie saves a rabbit from death, for example, or Benji solves a crime, or Rin Tin Tin protects the fort from outlaws.
  • The Dangers Of "Protection-Training" The Family Pet
    Dogs can be trained to be a dangerous threat and they can be trained to bark bite and attack. Some breeds adapt more readily to such training than others, but all dogs with vocal chords and teeth have the potential for threatening behavior.
  • Is Carsickness A Problem For Your Dog?
    Some puppies get carsick just the same as many small children do. If you depend on a car for most of your transportation, you will want to help your puppy overcome carsickness as quickly and easily as possible. You can do a number of things to help your puppy avoid or overcome carsickness.
  • Is A Professional Dog Trainer Necessary?
    Training your dog is an important part of responsible pet ownership. While common puppy behavior problems and housebreaking are discussed in many books and publications, here we'll discuss your options for basic obedience training and whether you want train your dog yourself or hire a trainer.
  • Identifying The Level Of Dog Snapping Within A Family Pet
    If you have a dog that has a bad habit of snapping at people, especially children, then you should first understand what this behavior means and why your dog may be doing it. Snapping is usually thought of as being a signal that dogs use to drive other dogs or people away, without biting them or inflicting serious injury.
  • How To Teach Your New Puppy To Play-Bite Softly
    One of the first dog training protocol you will want to initiate when you get a new puppy is to teach him to inhibit the force of his play-bites. It is not necessary to reprimand the pup, and certainly physical punishments are not called for. But it is essential to let your puppy know that bites can hurt. A simple "Ouch!" is usually sufficient. When the puppy backs off, take a short time-out to "lick your wounds," instruct your pup to come, sit, and lie down to apologize and make up. Then resume playing.
  • How To Decrease The Frequency Of Your Dog's Mouthing Habit
    Once your puppy has been taught to mouth gently, it is then time to reduce the frequency of mouthing. Your pup must learn that mouthing is okay, but she must stop when requested. Why? Because it is inconvenient to drink a cup of tea or to answer the telephone with fifty pounds of wriggling pup dangling from your wrist. That's why!
  • Everything You Need To Know About Heart Failure In Dogs
    Heart failure in dogs occur when any kind of heart disease becomes so severe that a dog's heart is unable to circulate enough blood to meet all the needs of his body tissues. As a result of associated blood-pressure abnormalities, fluid may begin to pool in some of his tissues, and the blood supply decreases to those body tissues that are furthest away from the heart.
  • Dog Breeding: A Mother's Attitude After Giving Birth
    A matron's early hormonal changes can upset the dog and her owner. She may periodically appear uneasy and restless, or demonstrate other minor personality changes. Your dog's demonstrated behaviors in response to hormonal changes are affected by and dependent upon your attitude toward her.
  • 3 Ways To Teach Your Dog Not To Shy Away From Collar-Grabbing
    Twenty percent of dog bites occur when a family member reaches to grab the dog by the scruff or collar. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out. Obviously, the dog has learned that when people grab him by the collar bad things often happen.
  • 2 Items To Insist From Your Breeder When Buying A Puppy
    Good breeders provide written guarantees against genetic disease. It is essential to get a guarantee on the hips and eyes of your pup, given the epidemics of hip dysplasia and various forms of progressive blindness among the nation's dogs.
  • Be Prepared To Give Your Veterinarian An Honest History Of Your Dog
    So you have made your first appointment with the vet to discuss your new companion. The first item of business that the staff will discuss with you is getting your dog's history on file. Either the doctor or a trained assistant (receptionist, technician, nurse) will take the history.

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