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Comment on Any puppy training tips have a 5 week old puppy that need to learn? by courtney

courtney — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:31:31 +0000

I have 5 week old pitbull. I am unsure of a few things. It says that she should only go potty every couple hours. But she goes ever 20-30 minutes I am not sure if it is normal. Any advice? She loves to bite and nip at people. I am not sure how I should be disipining her for it because she is only 5 weeks old. I do tell her no with a stern voice. Sometimes she stops and sometimes she doesn’t . I am very new at this she is my first puppy. I am just afraid that if I wait to disipline her that she might become aggressive later on. I have a daughter who is 8 and I dont want to have to worry about her being aggressive against her. Can someone give me some pointers. Please

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Comment on Does anyone have suggestions on training a puppy with a two year old dog in the house? by Genia B

Genia B — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:41:02 +0000

Give them both a toy at the same time, make sure you have plenty of toys areound for both of them, and try to get the older dog involved in training! They can play pull tug together with some knotted rope, or a store bought toy made for that purpose. Someday soon, they will be playing together and you will be the one left out, not the older dog, who undoubtedly is jealous, and wants whatever he can get from you.

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Comment on how to order huppy puppy training pads? by Melody Turner

Melody Turner — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:45:30 +0000

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Comment on What is the best Ceasar Millan book for training a new puppy? by Sophia

Sophia — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:20:57 +0000

are you kidding! Cesar is amazing! when he talks about dominating your dog, he doesn’t mean push it around. when a dog is dominant it is the leader. it will not listen to you and knows it is the boss and it will start to push you around. being dominant only means that you’re the one in charge. people say that this technique is too harsh for puppies but it’s not. puppies like to test you to see if you are the “pack leader”. just push him off if jumped on and let him know that he can’t push you around. it’s not harsh, just letting your dog know who’s in control

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Comment on What is the best Ceasar Millan book for training a new puppy? by Susie

Susie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:33:18 +0000

I still don’t understand why ppl say that Ceasar Millan is harsh? I haven’t seen or read anything that indicates that! he treats the dogs like dogs, is that a problem? I think that what you guys want is for him to come have a long “talk” with the dog and then tell you, “your dead gramma told the dog to be bad, but don’t worry, I told him not to listen”… he doesn’t actually whisper to the dogs, he can read them!!!

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Comment on What is the best Ceasar Millan book for training a new puppy? by Mary

Mary — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:39:54 +0000

What a bunch of losers you guys are!!! Get a life. Crying about Cesar Millan! Good grief, you people have WAY too much time on your hands. Grow up and maybe one day you too can be a successful person with your own TV show, but I seriously doubt it. Try calm/submissive for a while instead of hanging in the red zone!!!

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John — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:06:31 +0000

Aww man Walmart now carries a cheap brand. I wish I’d had bought a hundred packs of these when I found them.

Comment on What is the best Ceasar Millan book for training a new puppy? by shelley

shelley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:05:39 +0000

I have worked and owned dogs all my life and can tell you nature comes first then nurture. read Cesar Millan with an open mind and you will find he is not harsh but is right into Reading” the animal which is what a dog is. If you love dogs you love the animal! Respect the animal by treating it like an animal. Cesar does this and that is the opposite from harsh. It is people who treat the dog like a baby or threaten and hit them who are bad or misguided .
Cesar Millan was smart enough to take his love and knowledge of dogs and their behavior and make a career out of it. Good for him. So stop all this green eyed nasty comments folks and see it for what it is. REALLY GOOD1

Comment on What is the best Ceasar Millan book for training a new puppy? by shelley

shelley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:04:35 +0000

Cesar Millan was smart enough to take his love and knowledge of dogs and their behavior and make a career out of it. Good for him. So stop all this green eyed nasty comments folks and see it for what it is. REALLY GOOD1

Comment on How to Adopt a Rescue Puppy by ladogtrainer

ladogtrainer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:12:15 +0000

I’m not so sure that adopting a puppy from a shelter is the best thing to do. It enables indiscriminate breeding and allows owners to casually surrender their pet. Most dogs are consigned to a shelter at around 5 months of age when little puppy behaviors such as mouthing become big problems. At five months, dogs become physically coordinated and are difficult to handle.
Also, rescue groups go to shelters early in the morning and get the best dogs, leaving the unruly dogs, usually pit bull mixes behind.

Comment on has crate training been successful with your puppy/dog? by wickdsinnr

wickdsinnr — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:13:33 +0000

It doesn’t always work with some dogs. My husband and I purchased an 11 week old golden retriever puppy from another state, and the breeder, to save money, put the poor guy in a crate and shipped him to Texas and then to us in Colorado. He was in the crate for 9 hours, had fouled himself and the crate, and was howling in abject misery when we arrived at the airport to pick him up. Now he won’t go near a crate, and just the sight of the one he arrived in freaked him out so much that we had to throw it out.

However, we were easily able to housebreak him, took him to puppy kindergarten and taught him manners, and now he sleeps on his own bed downstairs every night without a whimper. He stays in the house all day while we’re gone and has a dog door out into the garage where he can go to the bathroom, and I have to say he’s never destroyed anything and we don’t hear from the neighbors that he barks.

If it doesn’t work for your puppy, don’t force him to do it, put him in the kitchen. Sounds like he’s comfortable there and you sound like you don’t mind it either.

Comment on has crate training been successful with your puppy/dog? by Solace D

Solace D — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:17:32 +0000

For good behavior and consistancy is key puppies are like child when potty trainingtakes alot of patients so hold in his cageit will pass dogs generly dont let your puppy have to pee where they sleep use my crate training as far as far as the wetting in his cageit will pass dogs generly dont like child when.
My crate training as far as the wetting in his way or hell never mind sharpeis ling grunt pugsley pug mister hankey.
My crate training as far as far as far as the wetting in his cageit will.

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Comment on I need help - crate training my puppy? by Dogman01

Dogman01 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:32:28 +0000

Dogs sometimes take a couple of days to get used to new surroundings. New surroundings will cause them some stress and they don’t eat when they are stressed. But not to worry he will start to eat like a horse in a couple of days. The crate training takes some time but he will get used to it. Make the crate comfortable for him. Put a pillow or blanket in there and a couple of toys and a chewy. Always feed him in the crate. Feeding him in the crate will help in getting him used to going in there on his own. Always use a key word to associate with the crate i.e Kennel, House, Bed. And use the word you choose everytime you feed him and every time you put him to bed at night or anytime he is to go in it.And when he cries or barks DO NOT take him out or he will soon learn that he can use that as a trigger to get you to let him out. After a few minues of crying he will give it up and settle down. Only take him out of the crate once he has settled down for a consistant few minutes, This will teach him that crying and barking is not the way to get out of his crate to play. Remember dogs have a natural instinct to den. Eventually he will start to see the crate as a den and will see it as a comfortable, safe and secure place to be and will grow to love it. Crate training is also the best way to pottie train your new pup. Every time he comes out of the crate take him outside and give the word “Pottie” and he will associate that word ‘pottie” with going directly outside and doing his buisness. Don’t worry about him going in his crate dogs will instinctually not pee or poop where they sleep. Good luck1

Comment on has crate training been successful with your puppy/dog? by DJL

DJL — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:28:19 +0000

Posted by DJL

I agree with crate training.

All six of my dogs are crate trained.

I do NOT agree with using pee pads and letting the dog learn that it is ok to pee in the house.

He is peeing in his crate because you are not being dilligent in taking him out and letting him go potty. You have to watch and make sure he goes.

Comment on I need help - crate training my puppy? by RaysinGyrl

RaysinGyrl — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:04:06 +0000

My dog hated her crate, but destroyed everything when she wasn’t crated. When she was crated, day or night, if she couldn’t see me she cried and screamed like a banshee.

I visited and wrote to the trainer on that site, Ed Frawley. His response shocked me. He said, leave her in the crate 24/7 until she learns to shut up. He said, she’s afraid of the ghosts in her head, and until she can learn to be secure (by spending a lot of time in the crate unharmed) then she needs to stay in the crate until the whining stops.

Of course Mr. Frawley did not me literally 24/7. I was to take my dog out ON LEASH and have social interaction with her outside the house, but when we were home, or when I was at work, she was crated full time. I kept the crate in my great room during the times I was home, and in the bedroom at night.

It took my crazy seperation anxiety dog about 2 weeks to figure out the crate was not a bad thing. Now (about 2 months later) she crates on command “Gingy crate” and she goes right in.

Also, be sure to feed your dog in the crate. Nothing says I love this place like having it be your dog’s food source.

Lastly, I found a treat (freeze dried liver treats) that my dog loves the most and made that a crate only treat. She only gets a piece of liver if she crates on command. “Gingy crate” and treat.

I highly recommend the Leerburg website for every dog owner. Mr. Frawley has amazing advice and Podcasts to help you be the best owner your dog can have.

On the dog food front, it took Gingy one week of starving herself before she would eat the kibble. She wanted wet food and I wasn’t having it, so she refused to eat the kibble I placed for her. Once again Mr. Frawley suggested that I leave her food down for one 15 minute interval - period. He said, she’ll learn to eat the food that is down, and she’ll learn to eat it on command if she has no choice but to comply with your rules.

Feeding on a regular schedule also allows for you to control when your dog will need to go outside to eliminate.

I own two dogs now, one for about 3 months, and the other for 1.5 months. Each was a rescue dog and came with their own set of mental/disciplinary baggage, but learning to be my dog’s pack leader was the most critical step in earning the respect, and thus the compliance from my animals.

Good luck!

Comment on I need help - crate training my puppy? by Brittany P

Brittany P — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:28:21 +0000

Posted by Brittany P

Give him sometime to get used to the feeling it is to moving.I know this because my friend got a puppy and on the way home there dog threw up…About the crate thing…maybe put up a fence in your kichen on both sides so he can’t get out..put paper on the floor go outside for an hour and see what he does…if he doesn’t bite or chew anything then you can leave him fenced in your kichen when going out…or you can just leave your dog inthe crate crying(thats sounds mean and hard to do though).

Comment on Any puppy training tips have a 5 week old puppy that need to learn? by FRANKIE

FRANKIE — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:04:08 +0000

i HAVE A 5 WEEK OLD PITBULL AND HAVE HAD HIM FOR 3 DAYS SO FAR AND HE DOES GO IN THE HOUSE FROM TIME TO TIME AND I KNOW HES JUST YOUNG AND CANT HELP IT BUT HE ALREADY KNOWS TO GO THE DOOR. HE IS BY NO MEANS POTTY TRAINED BUT IS DEFINATLEY GETTING THE CONCEPT. SO I MUST BEG TO DIFFER ON BEING ABLE TO TEACH THEM ANYTHING AT THAT YOUNG BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY PICKING UP ON THE NECESSITIES OF BEING A GOOD HOUSE DOG. SO WITH A SOLID ROUTINE I THINK YOU CAN TRAIN PUPPIES THAT ARE THIS YOUNG. I KNOW HE SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS MOTHER AT THAT YOUNG BUT THE WHOLE LITTER WAS ALREADY SEGREGATED FROM THE MOTHER AND HAD BEEN EATING CANNED FOOD SLIGHTLY WATERED DOWN. I TOOK HIM CAUSE HE WAS OUT IN THE DIRT IN A PIN WITH 6 OTHER PUPS AND I FELT LIKE I SHOULD TAKE HIM OUT OF AN ENVIORMENT LIKE THAT SO THATS THE REASON I TOOK HIM OFF THE YARD I JUST COULDNT AFFORD TO TAKE ALL OF THEM. BUT HE IS VERY INDEPENDANT ALREADY AND YEA HE DOES NEED THAT SPECIAL PUPPY LOVE AND HE GETS IT. I AM VERY HAPPY WITH HIM HE IS MUCH BETTER THAN IMAGINED A 5 WEEK OLD PUPPY TO BE.

Comment on has crate training been successful with your puppy/dog? by Momof1

Momof1 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:15:34 +0000

The dog have english springer spaniels and they love their safe place the great thing about crate training is now they are fully potty trained we could leave them loose in the dog have an accident it works or at least it takes lot of determination and patience but it.

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Comment on I need help - crate training my puppy? by ersabette

ersabette — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:56:47 +0000

When I brought my golden home they warned about car sickness. It happens and your puppy will eat when he’s ready. Make sure there is food always available. Right now he’s just trying to get used to everything. He’s kind of shell shocked at the moment and will need time to adjust to his new surroundings.

As for the crate training, my puppy (when he was a puppy) barked and cried also. There is a method to crate training which I learned too late. Rather than just putting him in the crate and leaving him which may leave him feeling like he’s being punished or abandoned it is said to start off slowly. Put him in the crate in an area where you or your family spends a lot of time and he can see you for 10 mins. If he barks or continues to cry ignore him. Only praise him when he is quiet. Do this a few times for the first day or so. Then up grade to 20 mins, still allowing him to see you. Keep doing this until you reach 30 mins and he can remain fairly quiet.

Then you start back at 10 mins but this time do not allow your puppy to see you. Follow the same method as above. Take as much time as needed for this. The crate should be a pleasant space for your puppy and he should feel safe when inside.

Never crate your puppy for longer than he can wait to eliminate, and definitely less than 4 hour intervals during the day. Do not leave food or water inside but a safe chew toy is alright.

Comment on has crate training been successful with your puppy/dog? by mountainbird51

mountainbird51 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:08:52 +0000

Posted by mountainbird51

At someone’s suggestion, I used a crate to train a new pup. I had never used one before & I’ve had dogs all my life. So I took a shot &, while I understood the concept, I hated it & the pooch wasn’t too fond of it, either. He was miserable. He never got used to it, it never became his haven, the training was incomplete, & I’ll never use one again.