Can someome recommend a good dog training place in the Calgary area? My Molly is an 18 mon golden and she needs a "reminder" manners class (or two) and after that I'd like to put her in agility. We did puppy kindergarten at a breeders and they were excellent but they only offer the ... more >>

in one of your replies, where do you take your golden swimming? We go to the off leash off Southland but are always looking for other ... more >>

My buddies friend has a 8 month old male, he stated that if a stranger walks up to the dog, he won't back off and the dog would be aggressive to the point that possible would bite him. Any suggestions on how this can be ... more >>

hello i need help with my 6 month old beagle, when she does something bad (jumping on the couch, or people chewing ect) i point and tell her no she wags her tail and begins to bark at me, why is she doing this and what is a proper means of correction(i'm not into hitting my ... more >>

My mother-in-law has a 6 yr old miniature snauzer (Chloe) and we've recently gotten a westie puppy (Molly).We tried to introduce them when we first got Molly at 2 months. Right of the bat, Chloe was TERRIFIED of Molly. She would run away from her and bark and growl almost to histeria...we ... more >>

My dog is 9 years old. She has been very afraid of the vet since she had to go to emergency twice in 2003. Poor hound... The first experience she got dirt jammed down between her eyeball and her lower eyelid. So we went to the vet to get the dirt out, and have a once over to make sure she was ... more >>

Harley is scheduled to go in for neutering next week but in the meantime I just found out my neighbours' dog has gone into heat. You can imagine what that has done to Harley. He's currently having to wear a belly band when he's loose in the house because he's marking everywhere. I'm just ... more >>

I've had my puppy (Nikki) for almost 4 years now and it's getting to the point where my wife and I can take much more :(. She's a super good dog, loving, fun, playful, but she has an extreme case of separation anxiety. If we're home she's as happy as can be, lays on her mat or plays with her pal ... more >>

Ok. So I've had a fun morning herding up my dog. We got her back. This girl loves to roam and can run like a whippet. She thinks its fun. So, I've been hanging out in the field at the end of our street hoping she doesn't follow the canal to the other neighborhood. We just got her back on the ... more >>

I have a great pup almost 10 months - she's kind, loving and in general a lovely dog.But at the moment she's testing me a bit. Apart from the fact she's found more ways out of our fenced in garden than houdini and that she bites things apart when we're away from home, so she has to stay in the ... more >>

Hello everyone, I'm new and have a question, does anyone know why my Dog would suddenly start moving a full bowl of food around? He kind of paws at it and moves it before he starts eating. He just started doing it a couple months ago and I can't figure out why! He used to move his bowl so he can ... more >>

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So im sure this has been posted b4 but i coulnt find a post similar to my problemMy beautiful 7week old puppy has taken to biting and growling ppl. She attacks my feet and pant legs and when i tell your "no!" she just bites down harder. My hands and feet look like i have just bought ... more >>

We have a wonderful five-month-old goldendoodle who pees in her crate when we leave her there during the day for as little as an hour. She never pees in the crate at night (her crate is in our bedroom) and can go 5 or more hours overnight. We never leave her in the crate for more than three hours ... more >>

Sorry saphron83 i just read your post about the problems your having with your boxer and wanted to make sure you saw the response i put as i had the EXACT same problem with our girl, so please check it ... more >>

Our 5-year-old yorkie (rescued 6 months ago) has absolutely no interest in playing. Squeakers frighten her, she has no interest in anything soft & fluffy or rubber (or anything in between) and the only time we could get her interested in a kong was when we had the piece of treat sticking out ... more >>

My sister's puppy and my maggie get along fairly well... but they play fight all of the time. I really dont like it because sometimes they get a little "aggressive" about it. they growl a lot when they do it. I tell them enough and seperate them all of the time but its like they dont ... more >>

hi there,i've posted several times and have found great advice from all of you guys...keely has been doing awesome! she's 4 and a half months old now...she's going for walks on the leash (just need to get her going on a better schedule), and no accidents at all in a LONG time...but...the 3 days, ... more >>

LOL that title sounds funny I bought my Golden Retriever a lovely dog coat. Before you all bug your eyes out and start laughing, its for a good reason!! Kass gets the 'top' coat clipped off at the groomers, since my mom and I are allergic to dogs ... and because Kass likes to roll in yucky ... more >>

Friends got a puppy about 6 weeks old and after 1 month could not look after it. Apparently couldn't stay in apartment. We took the dog to try and help them out. Dog is now almost 1 year old. Part ****su/ bischon. We have a two year old that adores the dog and vise versa. They are ... more >>

Just a second ago, as me and my boyfriend were on the couch watching tv, bruno just walked right by us and in a corner of the living room right in front of us just peed all over the place. He didnt even do it on his pad, like he normally does. This afternoon i had him running around the park for ... more >>

Have any of you seen this ?? To think.....we're still working on "Off" ... more >>

I dont know what to do about my dog. When we leave the house you never know what he is going to do. On occasions we have left him for a few hours come back and hes just sleeping, but the majority of the time when we leave and come back he has moved the couch gone to the bathroom on the floor, ... more >>

Hi I found this site a few weeks ago about puppy training, can't remember it and was wondering if anyone could show me any excellent sites for ... more >>

My 9 month old GSD/Border Collie, Rembrandt, was taught by an expert escape artist dog the joy of running free when she was 5 months old. I was dog-sitting the other one and he almost drove me crazy. After he went home, I was able to get Rembrandt to stay in the yard, but then all of a sudden ... more >>