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Our chihuahua is toilet trained to piss and poop outside. Recently he has also been bell trained to ring a bell by the front door to go out to the loo. He’s good at it and will always ring the bell to ask to go out now. This morning I left him downstairs and took a video call without feeding him...

New Puppy Questions - Poo Marking, Fear of Nail Clippers, Lunging & General Questions I apologize for the length of this. I decided to combine all my questions into one big post. Any answers to any of these questions are much appreciated. Bonnie is a 6-8 mo old pup (possible mix...

My boy Dexter is CGC certified and I've tossed around competing in the local Rally competition and with the local barn hunt association because I'd think he'd have fun doing both! My friend runs her springer and boston terrier in barn hunts and I signed up for the free beginner trial a couple...

I recently had two girls spayed at a spay-neuter clinic. The vet marked the incision site with some sort of green dye and they now have a 1.5 inch green line on their bellies. I've never seen this before . . . but then I was abroad for 15 years. Is this now a regular practice? I can see the...

Hi, I have a two year old male Papillon, who has always behaved, to a limit, very well. He caught on much faster than his sister at knowing to pee outside on grass. As a puppy, he rarely had any accidents which he was promptly sent outside to a proper pee spot, and all was well. Recently, in...

My parents have a 4 year old beagle that is not neutered. He is house trained for the most part, but he marks everywhere. The other two dogs that are neutered and is house trained follows suit and makes the problem x3 of what it is. I tried to get him neutered, but my parents think he's too old...

Hi all, I have a 1.5 year old male Bichon Frise (Toby) along with a 10 year old female cockapoo (Tootsie) and a 15 year old female Pomeranian (Priss). My wife and I need to get Toby trained as he is picking up too many bad habits from Tootsie. She is "somewhat" trained as she has "selective...

I have a brown Newfoundland puppy named Ozzy. Ozzy is absolutely the best of dogs. He's nearly 10 months old now, and we've gone through Petsmart's beginner and intermediate training. I'm signing up for the advanced classes soon. Those prep for the CGC certification, which I'm hoping to test for...

My little dog is 6 years old now and I think he needs some leadership from me. I don't like to call it dominance, but I guess that's kind of what he needs. The issues we have been having I just thought were small dog/terrier problems but now I think I need to be more of a "pack leader"... He...

So Bacon is a 13 week old male French Bulldog and I'd have to say the house training has gone pretty well. He seems to get that he's supposed to pee outside. I try and take him out every hour and if he feels like he has to eliminate before that he sits next to the baby gate and stares at it...

Hello everyone, I have a Lhasa Apso (I think), I found hin on the street in May 2008. The vet told me he maybe was 5 or 6 yrs old and I never got him neutered. So he is possibly 9 yrs old, but he doesn't act like he is that old. He is in great health but, I am very afraid to neuter him because I...

Male dogs like to mark. I know this and am well aware of what can trigger marking behavior. However, this new foster is stumping me on what to do. We believe he is a Rottweiler X (probably something smaller) and about 5 years old. He is neutered (was altered later in life, probably about 3...

This actually pretains to Gizmo since he's beeing peeing indoors alot DX Now, both pups are at least 6 months old. Lately I've noticed mysterious pee stains/wet spots around the house. For the most part both puppies are potty trained and rarely have an actuall accident (unless I'm too slow in...

So Henry's GREAT. No, really, he is. He's a 10 week old Brittany who is getting house-training down (went to the door of his own accord today! Good lad!), is getting better with being so bitey (except after a play-date with his Aussie friend :/ ), and only gets up once at night. However there...

I have two dogs at home. A male JRT and a small female "mutt". My JRT is the more dominant dog of the two. He's very lovable and very intelligent! For a little while now, we've been having some troubles with our JRT. He is consistantly marking just about everything in our kitchen; the chairs...

Hello to you all. I am new to this forum. I am looking for some help regarding my dog Fergus. He is a one-year-old (this month) Irish Setter/Golden Retriever mix. I love him a lot but I am at my wits end concerning his constant marking of my house and territorial issues. He was potty-trained at...

I adopted a dog about 4 months ago. I would really like to be able to have him off leash so he could come camping with us this summer. However, I feel that we need to break a habit of his first. When he is outside, he wants nothing but to mark. He marks until he is out of urine, but still...