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Dealing with Kennel Cough Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 15th, 2009 at 10:07 amRead Morephoto credit: Goran Necin When we collected Fig from the dog shelter he was suffering from kennel cough. It isn't unusual for dogs that has been in an animal shelter for a while to be suffering from this condition. The condition itself is a respiratory infection caused either by a virus or bacteria. I causes a hacking cough and sometimes a runny nose. Your dog may not have any symptoms of this when you pick him up but it may develop over the coming days when you get him home. If your ne...
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The Reasons for Dog Aggression Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 15th, 2009 at 6:29 amRead MoreImage by static416 via Flickr There are quite a few reasons for dog aggression but firstly you have to understand that aggression for a dog is just a natural instinct which helped them survive in the wild. With a dog like Fig, who was a stray before he was at the shelter, these instincts come to the fore to enable them to survive and you have to work hard to get them to return to the place that we want these instincts to be (at the back of your dogs mind). The same can be said for ...
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Introducing Your New Dog to Other Pets Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pmRead MoreImage via Wikipedia Part of the training process as a dog training manual will tell you is to introduce your pet to new experiences in a controlled manner. Of course life does not always go as you plan! My daughter has a small furry creature otherwise know as a Syrian Hamster. All went well for the first few days at home the dog completely ignored the hamster even though it was in plain sight and made quite a noise. We were fully prepared to make an introduction once the dog seemed s...
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Podbean podcast up and running Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 13th, 2009 at 1:52 pmRead MoreTest post claim-my-podcast-in-podbean{scid-ZG9ndHJhaW5pbmdtYW51YWw=-ecid} ...
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