Hi John Why is it so important a dog heel during the entire walk? Why should the entire walk be at your feet? Dogs are curious, it’s a big, wide world out there. Why do people feel the need to force everything to conform to what they want without giving anything? My dog completely freaks […]
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Dear Mr. Wade, I am writing you today to inquire about my 8.5 month old pure bred chocolate Labrador Retriever. She’s a beautiful dog in every sense of the word with a few annoying exceptions. Is there anything I can do to curb this chewing as she has decided she would like to now chew
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Hi John, I hope you can help me. When my 18 mth old Labrador Retriever X sees another dog while we are walking, she bristles, barks and lunges at the other dog. I’m the only one she does this with, we had her evaluated at a reputable training facility and she was perfectly fine on
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Hi John. I recently purchased a golden retriever puppy who will be around 13-14 weeks now. I have two children aged 9 and 4 both rambunctious boys. My problem is that the puppy is still pooping and peeing in the house and in his crate. He hates going into his crate and we have to
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Hello John, I am the owner of a 12 week old female black Labrador Retriever who is really challenging my confidence. I really love her and do not want to give her up but she has become a serial biter. She is drawing blood and bruised me more then once. I have found myself in
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Dear Mr. Wade; In July I adopted a 5 year old chihuahua that was being given away because the previous owner’s children “terrorized” the dog (her words, not mine) and the poor dog was constantly having to hide from the kids. It took close to 2 weeks before the dog was comfortable being handled by