First of all, for those who don't know, threadjacking is the action of replying to a thread completely off topic, and, either successfully, or unsuccessfully, changing the topic of the thread.It has recently been brought to the attention of your friendly mods that this is starting to happen more ... more >>

I have a chihuahua/jack russel cross. He has a few things going on. He's hyperattached to me and will start shaking and eventually pee in the apartment once I'm gone. Finally I have put him on medication, and that is helping a lot. Prior attempts at crate training had been a disaster with him ... more >>

After the death of my Jazz-Man Kitty Cat, I decided that it was time to get a dog. We decided to go to a breeder and get a female black (English) lab. She was born on Feb. 22, we named her Lotus. (After the flower, not the car!) She had some issues at first with attacking feet, and oh man ... more >>

King bits like crazy when you are petting him. I have a toy in one hand and when he starts biting I give him the toy or when he is going crazy I will say ouch loudly and stop and ignore him but he seems to continue doing it where am I going wrong? I would think after two weeks he would have some ... more >>

Hi. This is my first post. Can anyone help us out? We have a male bichonpoo, age 7 months. He does not pee inside, but he has reverted back to pooping inside (every now and again). He does not ask to go out at the door, so it's hard to know when he has to go. He is VERY aggressive, he has periods ... more >>

my 7-month-old golden can hold her pee/poo when she is in her crate really long, sometimes more than 8 hours. When I am home and she is in the house I let her out in the backyard every tow hours or so, never had an accidnet.....I was so happy, and I thought the housetraining is done. HOWEVER, ... more >>

Both are dog trainers with shows on TV, and I personally find that their styles are very different, though the outcomes seem to be similar. Brad is the host/trainer of "At The End of My Leash", Cesar is the host/trainer for "Dog Whisperer". At The End is on Slice Network, ... more >>

I have a very serious problem and I am reaching out for help. We just got an amazing new puppy 5 days ago and we need a name!!!! He is the cutest thing ever and knows it. Due to the fact that we have had so many animals over the years our name list is running dry and this little guy needs a ... more >>

I love the animals, domestic and not so domestic, but I am having concerns about what the side effects of my dog eatting,, shut your eyes,, the wild rabbit poop in the yard? Is this going to cause worms or other nasty little beasties to make a home in my ... more >>

My brother adopted a 7 year old male weiner dog about a year ago. When I lived with my parents it took some adjustment for him because there was another dog in the house, he would poop or pee and I figured because he was a male he was doing this. Fineally when he stopped he focused on sleeping in ... more >>

My male doxie is barking at my little nanny boy a lot lately. Either when he is standing there or running up the stairs. Any suggestions on how I can handle the problem? ... more >>

Hello, all. This is my first post, and I have some problems. We've got a 13 week old Lab/ Great Pyrenees cross. We got him at 8 weeks 3 days old. He can be a lovely dog when he wants to be, the rest of the time- I admit it, I don't like him very much. I'm not sure what we're doing wrong. My ... more >>

Hey Guys...looking for some adviceMy chocolate Lab Guinness is 1 year old neutered male, yesterday while he was with my husband a guy (we are acquainted with but not Guinness) came up to my husband to talk to him and Guinness bolted from under the picnic table when the guy reached to pet him he ... more >>

My little Bruiser love to show us affection but he canot stop licking. I don't mind when he gives me a little lick on the nose once and a while or licks the water off my toes when I get out of the shower and stuff like that but he is always in my face, climbing on me trying to lick. I try to get ... more >>

Does anyone in Montreal have any experience in French Ring. I have recently started talking to John Bayreuther of and he seems promising.Does anyone here know of John? Anyone trained with him? Can anyone recommend good trainers for this sport in Montreal? Thanks in ... more >>

Hello all!My fiance and I just got our first dog, she is a lovely Min Pin who is 4 months old. We are novice dog owners and have had much success so far, but I am ready to pull my hair out at this point.House training is coming along really well, aside from a few accidents when we are not paying ... more >>

I have a 2 yr. old male pomeranian who has separation anxiety. I will be taking vacation time to work with him on this, but until then, we are supposed to crate train him. I realize that i can't close the door, an probably wont be able to for a while (b/c of his anxiety)....so how do i get him to ... more >>

King will scractch his side when we are on the grass he dosen't do this anyplace else at first I thought it was because we had a leash and collar ... more >>

My 62 lb. male Airedale is afraid of flies. Yes, it is quirky and we find it part of his particular or should I say peculiar charm but we would like to have him outside more in the summer. Does anyone know of a safe way to keep the flies off? If we get one in the house he runs down the hallway ... more >>

OK, sorry this is sooo long, but I wanted to be thorough..We got our Boxer,Rico 3.5yrs ago, he was a supposed to be a show dog, neutered at 2yrs, he is now 6.5. He was not socialised, and was apparently kenneled about 12hrs a day... and we were given him in kindof a dishonest deal you might ... more >>

HiWe recently adopted a new border collie, he is 6 years old. A great dog, very smart, well trained in the house etc., except he keeps rolling in our other dog's poop. We have had him for 2 weeks, he has done it 4 times, we clean him up and then he does it again. We have a farm and lots of ... more >>

Hello all, this is my first post - and I'm the owner of an 8 week old English Pointer. I'm having a problem with him understanding that I'm the dominant one. He must be old enough to understand dominance - obviously mom would set him straight as a pup if he was out of line. Now this is my job ... more >>

Hi I have a 3 year old Chinese Crested who believes that "I have to beat you up before you beat up me." When he was a puppy he was fine with other dogs. He plays with the neighbourhood dogs fine as long as he already new them, and he is great with kids even little ones. It wasn't ... more >>

I have a rottie/shephard cross, approximately seven years old. She's always been very good about not going to the bathroom in the house, but for the past few weeks, she has starting peeing in the living room.She goes out in the morning around 7am, then again around 2pm in the afternoon. She ... more >>

We have a mixed terrier/bischon that is 13 months old. Lataely he seems to like to take stuff that does not belong to him. (Eyeglasses, newspaper, jackets, towels --on and on) The problem begins when we try to take it away from him. It takes two of us to catch up with him, because he will run ... more >>