By Lindsay Stordahl on November 17, 2009
Elli the Pomeranian mix was adopted last week, but I have more to say about small dog training. In addition to exercise, small dogs need training. If I won’t tolerate the behavior from a lab-sized dog, I won’t tolerate it from a Pomeranian. When I adopted my mutt Ace, he was immediately expected to follow [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Elli |
By Lindsay Stordahl on November 2, 2009
My current foster dog is a tan Pomeranian mix I named Elli. I can’t tell you how cute and sweet she is. She wants to be with me at all times, and she will be a great companion for the right person. Elli gets along with my mutt Ace, and she does not bother my [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog exercise | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue, Elli |
By Lindsay Stordahl on October 24, 2009
How to kennel train a dog: First, bait the kennel with a very naughty cat. Next, allow the dog to smell the bait … If you are going to use a kennel at all with your dog, consistent kennel training is important. Most dogs have at least some anxiety when kenneled. This was the case recently when [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog exercise, Dog training | Tagged Ace, Scout |
By Lindsay Stordahl on September 22, 2009
Ace’s tennis ball obsession was at its worst recently. We were on a 45-minute road trip, and he whined the entire time in the car because he knew there was a ball in my bag. When I finally took the ball out, he was so fixated it appeared he was having a seizure (he wasn’t). [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog exercise, Dog training | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on September 20, 2009
I was about to head out when my cat Scout ran across the room, dragged his butt across the carpet and left a streak mark. Not only that but he also left a turd on the floor at the end of the streak mark. My mutt Ace did not waste any time to run over [...]
Posted in Cats, Dog behavior | Tagged Ace, Scout |
By Lindsay Stordahl on September 18, 2009
Note: This is a guest post by Mary Ward. Mary is a freelance writer and likes writing about animal-related career topics such as how to obtain an online Vet Tech degree, job and education tips and more. There is a dog lover in all of us. But then, some of us are more aware of [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog food, Dog health, Dog training |
By Lindsay Stordahl on September 12, 2009
Note: This is a guest post by Dr. Susan Wright who writes for Dog Fence DIY. Dog Fence DIY offers a variety of dog fence systems including the Innotek IUC-5100 and provides a full-reference guide for putting in your system and teaching your dog how to use it. We’ve all seen our dogs twitch, yelp [...]
Posted in Dog behavior |
By Lindsay Stordahl on September 1, 2009
Four years ago, I owned a purebred dog. This was before I owned a mutt, before I got involved in dog rescue and before I knew what a blog was. I’d never even thought about dog agility, starting a dog running business or fostering a pitbull. But each dog that enters my life really does [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Memoirs | Tagged Brittni |
By Lindsay Stordahl on August 30, 2009
Well I can add a new obsession to Ace’s list – golf balls. Nothing frustrates me more than when my dog is so focused on a ball that he won’t respond to the most basic commands like come, heel, sit. So last week while Josh was hitting golf balls in the back yard (we’re fortunate [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on August 19, 2009
A dog does not have to be abused or traumatized by kids in order to be afraid of them. It could be that the dog simply has not been around kids enough and therefore sees them as loud, unpredictable and confusing. It’s always a good idea to socialize your dog by introducing her to as [...]
Posted in Dog behavior |
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