Recent content by Brevig

I wouldn't worry about your trip. I have a similar setup to you. I work from home and take my dog basically everywhere. As a pup I did leave her a few times for up to a week. It does put a slight set back, but honestly only a couple days of catch up were needed (she was without training...

My girl is 8mo and she is on a hard floor all day. We have a bed for her, but she sleeps maybe 6 hours on it a day and the rest on the floor. Around 4mo old she started getting similar spots but MUCH smaller, and she was only 2 hours a day on her bed. I put Coconut oil 2x/week on it (plus I...

Happy Birthday Della!! Such a beautiful girl.

Thanks for the tips. I'm switching to 2 positive markers and will use your method to introduce them.

Congratulations!!!!!

Most locals seem to either ignore or not like the street dogs, so not sure why they don't clean it up. Within 0-150 yards going west from the gate there are 7-8 street dogs. I always go west when walking her, and in the 1/2 mile, 1-way trip we'll pass by 10-15 street dogs along the way, and...

This seems like the best advice for my situation. To let her greet a dog that approaches her, but otherwise just keep going. This is basically what we've been doing. She is actually cool with that even in heat. I guess it's kinda like cats. I don't have a need for her to play with cats...

Yeah, I was initially thinking "ohh, now they are friendly, so let her get some friendly exchange", but then in another week or two they will just return to aggressive which might even make her more dog aggressive. Yeah, it's been real hell for the past week. She is on day 15 currently. Now...

RECENT DETAILS: I wanted to put this separate from the main post to avoid distraction from the question. I live in Cambodia, and here street dogs are a real problem. Taking my dog on a walk down the wrong road is like WW3 (but no worries as the dogs never attack as they are scared of humans)...

So I've been reading some posts on the forum that have made me rethink socialization. Below are 2 quotes that hit the hardest: "But you do not let them greet or play with other people and dogs, just you, this is proper socializing. Strangers and their dogs are neutral and everything good now...

I've had a couple of these, including the one you mentioned about visual being separated from verbal, and about , the "Without a marker you start to reward with a treat, next the dog changes position, loses focus on you, possibly forges or jumps up.” Now you have rewarded that behavior", and...

This one I think is breed specific. With my Pitbulls I would do it when they were young and it worked as far as establishing the idea that I'm getting you no matter what. But a Doberman is way too fast (I fail catching her more than I succeed, whereas with my pits I was 75+% accurate, plus the...

My girl is 7 months old and she is basically the same as yours, 1-2 accidents a week. I get 1-2 a month still that she does with me awake and nearby, then run to her crate and be totally submissive (fastest downs in her cage, which she is normally slow to listen to down in her cage for some...

Handsome sleeper. My girl is nearly 8 months and I got her the same age as yours. I agree with both jazzies mum and Antman. For bathing I normally do it when I take her posts off, but I do the posts myself. I bathe her every 3-4 weeks, but I brush her 2-3x/week. I found that brushing her...

My dogs in the past 12 years (none of the names listed): Jessica (Doberman) Zulfiqar Jameel Snoop (Doberman) Asul