Barking Dog Farm Experience
Posted by Dog Training Manual on July 10th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
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I have to say that however good Fig is and however much his aggressive behavior towards other animals have improved I am worried about our up and coming vacation, I am not sure that I can cope with a barking dog farm experience.
You see I am having a wobbly day, Figs lapse last week during the heatwave has slightly dented my confidence. It brought home to me the fact that we have trained him for the things that occur in his daily life but that events outside your cont...
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A Group of Interesting and Thought Provoking Articles
Posted by Dog Training Manual on July 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Here are some interesting and thought provoking articles that I have come across on the internet in the last couple of weeks ranging from cute to progressive to extraordinary to downright inhumane, I'll let you decide which story falls under which category!
Dog Adopts Wolf Cub (neatorama.com)
China carries out mass dog cull: 37000 animals clubbed to death to contain rabies (telegraph.co.uk)
Dogs Trained to Recognize Low Blood Sugar (blisstree.com)
Dog-bite victim blames owners, not ...
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Dog Training for Dummies
Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
If you like the format of "The Dummies" series of books then you could give Dog Training for Dummies a go. It's a good companion guide for all the family however I would not rely on it as my sole resource for training a dog, some of the advice in it in my opinion is a little bit hokey. At least it is all positive dog training.
So you might ask yourself why on earth am I talking about it, well it's to head off questions about it really. I am often asked about it so I thought I would share my o...
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Introducing Your New Dog to Other Pets
Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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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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