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What a great story. And what a gorgeous girl Teasel is! (I love her name too)

It's a serious concern, and the reason why many people avoid pet flaps.

You can start the off lead work in the house. In fact, its probably better there because there are no distractions. Walking in place even across a whole room would be a huge achievement, don't underestimate baby steps.

Two things come to mind. The first is that tools don't train a dog to walk nicely, they can help you keep control but they don't do anything to actually teach the dog what you want. The other is that haltis are horribly uncomfortable as they ride up the face, squash the eyes, and on a...

Another non-invasive thing that might help, especially now the nights are getting longer, is a SAD lamp. They have a helpful, calming influence on people with dementia, particularly if they suffer from the condition known as sundowning; when they can become restless and agitated around dusk...

Some things like walking on the road are just things you will need to keep being mean about, because it isn't safe. However, when you can, I'd let him do what he wants to do. It's his walk after all. So if he only wants a short walk with a lot of sniffing, thats fine. If he is glued to your leg...

It sounds like a really useful gadget, especially with a new puppy in the house.

Borax and mint are not likely to be effective enough for your house. The pupae are immune to even the strongest of treatments, that's why you need to repeat the treatment so you catch the fleas both before and after the pupa stage, to break the breeding cycle.

Hello and welcome.

@Alexandro can you please try to keep your responses relevant to the thread?

The results from the ear swab that was taken last week are back - they haven't grown anything; no trace of bacteria or fungus, so the treatment has been successful. He just needs to get over it now.

I don't see it quite the same way. If your dog, by instinct, is aloof and not going to be a social butterfly; by making her participate in huge classes twice a week, with the added issue of a prong, is adding to her stress and just reinforcing her perception that crowds of dogs are not where she...

And to reinforce that, have a look at the video clip at the end of this thread - Training with a clicker

I'd agree with Judy, look for another class. 40 to 50 dogs in a class that you describe as tense isn't likely to be an environment that's conducive to learning anything. And if the trainer needs people to use prong collars and muzzles, they don't have control. And if they don't have control of...

The first thing would be to get rid of the prong collar. If she associates the class with the discomfort / pain from the prongs, it's not going to help. In terms of obedience in general, I think there are three main reasons why dogs don't do as we ask. The first is they don't understand what we...

You need to do one of Rusty!

A few acquaintances and I have been playing around with bing.com/create. It's an AI programme that creates pictures from a written description (Disney Pixar inspired image of small black scruffy dog with white chest and paws, in a garden being watched by a cat with a sly expression). It's quite...