Nothing wrong with crate at age. All a matter how it’s used
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Would also move to 2 equal feeds and make sure you take her out for a final toilet break at 11pm. That should give you the knowledge that he foes...
Sardines, the greasy type, work very well and were suggested by the experts on this site :) Sometimes instead of a food reward I mix in a...
Well I have my views on puppy schools. Would argue that you are learning leash walking with the dog close to you but not “formal heeling”. At 14...
Way to early to train a puppy to “heal”. Rather focus on having the puppy naturally wanting to stay close to or follow you. Formal heal training...
The quickest way to redirect is to throw a piece of kipple to the side. Any Lab will instantly react and chase the food. Now you have his...
Try offering a different behavior, ie make him sit and reward. Then sit down and reward. Then offer toy he can bit instead. Clicker helps to speed...
Helps to exercise puppy before putting in crate too. Add the kong and quickly he will fall asleep. I also leave classic music on. I quickly could...
6-7 months is not an easy age, but soon will pass. I did lots of obedience and retrieve work when our dog got excited. The bitting and jumping you...
Sadly it seems an unwelcomed side effect of spraying young dogs, in particular too early. Most dogs end on some sort of meds with mixed results....
I understood the comments on collar vs harness were in context of walks and leash work. I do use collar otherwise too simply to have a hold on...
Ditch your vet. The checks are utterly pointless and only costly. Relax and enjoy your dog growing.
Harness is the way to go for walks if you need leash. Yet at this age would work on dog just following you and staying close to you. Collar is for...
This is like everything a matter of training. Use a tricker and treats and start teaching heeling. Start perhaps with just stopping when he pulls...
If you feed by hand at least integrate into some useful training. For example let her sit on a box and have her switch btw sit, down and stand in...
I read in passing that a trainer when feeding his fog 2x a day split the food so that the split was 45% morning and balance in evening. I was...
Interesting to read, seems to me too that inadvertently some of his behavior has be reinforced. In situations where my young lady goes crazy I...
I have followed Jo’s approach. Every meal and piece is a training opportunity and indeed they eat slower. Training topics are endless :-))
Our Perci has a field trial mom and show dad. Think that moms genes win out. She has the look of her mom but with big feet her temperament is very...
