Posts Tagged ‘Dogs’
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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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Destructive Chewing – The things Dogs Love to Chew Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 2nd, 2009 at 10:01 amRead Morephoto credit: Don Nunn Dogs will chew just about anything but some really common targets that should always be kept out of harms way are: books eye glasses, sunglasses, ski masks, snorkeling gear clothes shoes garbage, yes they will turn the gargage bin over to get at it. appliances like cameras, cell phones, and remote controls. Their natural scavenging will make them target food wherever it is left hanging around so all food needs to be put securely away: don’t leave s...
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