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Rosie, my blue heeler cross border collie turned 14 in January, but you would not know it.

Yesterday she scored a home visit by the dog clipper lady and got her summer tick clip, a bit late in the season but it’s been quite a cool November and December on and off in Australia and as Rosie is an old but sprightly dog, I left it a bit later.

Plenty of brown ticks around till end of March around here and they are vicious.

Because we spent a lot of time with Rosie when she was young, her puppies training went very smoothly and she learnt to be calm when handled by goodwilled strangers such as dog wash and dog clip ladies.

Though her breed makes her more amenable and Rosie was an easy subject, how to train puppy has to involve being respectful of trustworthy strangers and confident when being handled.

You cannot start too early to introduce into puppies training the practice of being around strange people of all ages dogs, cats and other potential companions.

The dog clip lady said that Rosie had definitely dropped several dress sizes after her haircut and certainly my dog looked pleased. After the dog clip she was bouncing around like a newly shorn sheep to the disgust of my 8 year old Dobe, who cannot bear for anyone else to be the centre of attention.

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Do you use chicken jerky products to reward your dog in puppies training?

Well maybe you shouldn’t. Certainly do not feed such “treats” as a replacement for your dog’s daily dinner.

I just read this article from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the USA that links chicken jerky products to serious, life threatening illness in dogs.

Outside the USA, we cannot be smug. The University of Sydney is investigating an association between dog illness and the consumption of chicken jerky products manufactured in China.

The illnesses are severe and medium to long term,- some dogs have died.

Here we are, as concerned and caring dog owners, agonising over correct puppies training and treatment and feeding and some of the products we rely on seem to be killing our beloved pets.  It stinks.

Read more about this worrying situation at the FDA.

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10 week old Doberman puppy learning to focus and communicate. www.canineservices.com for FAQ’s

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How Can You Train a Puppy out of Disobedient Behavior?

What is Disobedient Behavior?

You must not confuse puppy disobedience with lack of understanding. If your dog does not understand what you want, you just need to train more patiently and slowly and simply.

Puppy disobedience is characterised by your puppy ignoring your commands or taking her own good time about getting round to listening to you.

Either way, how to train puppy means you have to be “alpha dog” in your puppy obedience training. Your puppy has to learn and stick to her place, or you will never have her respect or a happy and harmonious relationship.

How to train a puppy out of dog disobedience can feel quite strange and uncomfortable; you may think it “cruel” or uncaring, but unless you show your pup that you are more important in the family than she is, look out – you are going to be used and ignored by your puppy.

Your dog will actually be much happier knowing exactly what her boundaries are and you will have no more frustration or confusion with how to train puppy using puppy obedience training if you follow a few simple rules.

Puppy obedience training means teaching your dog to respect you. Disobedience means disrespect and the problem will never fix itself.

Simple rules for how to train puppy out of disobedient behavior

Establish your alpha position re puppy obedience training:

• Your whole family must eat before and preferably in front of your puppy. No matter how cute and hungry that dog looks, you have to eat up first. Waiting an hour or so is not going to hurt your puppy at all.
  

• When you feed your pup, make her sit and wait for your command to begin eating. You may even interrupt her eating and make her sit halfway through her meal, especially if she tends to guzzle her food.
  

• Always leave the house or car in front of your puppy. The one in front is the alpha figure – that has to be you. Make your pup wait for you – this tells your puppy clearly that you are stronger member of the family pack; the decision maker, her leader. The one who must be obeyed.
  

• Restrict your puppy’s access to your house and ban her from some areas and furniture. Being in your house is a puppy privilege, not a right. Send her outside from time to time.

• When your puppy insists on your attention, ignore her or deliberately do something else so she can see that her insistence is rejected. You must initiate play, not your dog.

• Especially when you return home, make sure you do not make your puppy the first thing you give attention to. If your dog is used to you rushing straight up to shower her with affection and attention, you will get some initial doggy protests that you are going to have to ignore in order to re-establish your alpha position.

As well as establishing your alpha position with your puppy, you need to spend some time each day doing dedicated puppy obedience training with your pet.How to train puppy properly may take as little as 15-20 minutes a day when you use the right methods.

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Some dogs develop a chewing habit. Others only chew as a last resort boredom response.

While all dogs destroy what they chew with their sharp pointy teeth, destructive chewing is a term to describe chewing that is focused on your treasured possessions, rather than on your puppies toys.

Why puppies chew

1. Chewing can be fun and tasty, depending on what is being chewed on

2. Chewing gives a nervous, bored or lonely pup an emotional release

3. Chewing burns up energy when your dog is not getting enough exercise

How to train puppy out of destructive chewing

Be prepared to spend time and effort on getting the result you want for your puppies training

Take charge – dog proof your home as you would for a toddler. Anything you don’t want your dog to chew must be out of her reach.

Tempting items like food or food scraps should be cleaned up and cleared away securely.

Ensure there are no demarcation disputes between you and your dog. Her toys must never be your cast off shoes or towels if you want her to stay away from shoes and towels currently in use by you and your family.

Make sure for your puppies training she has 2 or 3 chewable dog toys to play with every day. Rotate these items to avoid boredom.

Supervise your puppies play time with her chew toys, especially in the early stages. She will test her boundaries and you should be there when she does.

When the inevitable mistakes happen, make a loud noise or “uh uh” sound then straight away offer your puppy the dog appropriate human sanctioned chew toy. As soon as she accepts it, make a big fuss of her. She’ll catch on very quickly.

Be realistic, expect a few errors and stay positive, both in your own mindset and how to train puppy and you will have a good result.

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We have a 1 year old border collie female; we just got another puppy that is now 12 weeks old. The thing is if the puppy does something wrong during the puppies training the older dog thinks she is in trouble. Or when we are trying how to train puppy like sit or stay the older dog feels left out and gets upset and wants extra attention making it hard to focus on the puppy. I feel bad if I put her in her puppy training crate while I train him because she looks at me like she feels left out. I know we needed to give her extra attention, but the thing is the puppy is having hard time learning. Its really like monkey see monkey do. And if the older dog is not there he does not know what to do. What can I do that both dogs would benefit. There both very sweet and good tempered. They’re like my kids. when I put the puppy in the puppy training crate he throws the biggest fit and will whine, bark and cry to be with her if they are seperated. It makes it tough to crate train puppy. He is more attached to her then me.
This is often the case when you have 2 dogs living together.You mention that your puppy will throw the biggest fit if he’s seperated from your older dog and that he’s more attached to her then you.This often happens when the puppy becomes more reliant on the older dog for companionship, play and communication.When we purchased our 2nd dog, we trained, walked, played and fed him separately from our older bitch as a big part of the puppies training.

Yes your older dog may look as if she feels left out but it’s in the best interest of both dogs if done this way.Walking your puppy seperatly etc gives you time to strengthen your relationship with your puppy and devote much needed training time and socilisation.

Many people assume when they get a new pup that it will learn off the older dog and be socilised by the older dog, this is not totally the case, as older dogs also teach puppies bad behaviours, thought hey do help to stop a puppy biting. Socilisation needs to be done separately away from your older dog, so the puppy builds his own confidence up without relying on your older dog.

Again training needs to be done separately; if possible join a puppy training class where just you and your puppy go and spend quality bonding time together. Commit to a quality how to train puppy program. At home you could train in a different room to your older dog. It’s important you build a strong bond up with both dogs so they dont become to engrossed in each other, as training becomes very difficult when both dogs won’t listen to you as they don’t value you as high ranking as they do each other. Good luck.

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