Hi John, I have read your Sun Media column for awhile now. I have a 2 1/2 year old black Labrador Retriever who is neutered. About 6 months ago he started having problems of holding his bladder when he was excited. I have tried limiting his water and taking him outside to pee before expected […]
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Hi John, I have a 4 year old neutered male cat that has a penchant for peeing where he pleases. First, as a young kitten, it was in a heat register. Then in my laundry basket (clean) whether there were clothes in it or not. Next, at about 2 years, he targeted my recycling basket
Hi John, I am wondering if you would be able to help us with our 2 1/2 year old cocker spaniel. She most definitely has been a challenge. We got the pup from a private breeder and she was 11 weeks old when we picked her up. We noticed soon after that she was very
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Hi there, I have a 1.5-year-old Golden Retriever/Rottweiler cross, and he is generally very good but he does have a problem which I don’t seem to be able to fix. While outside he doesn’t always come when called. He knows his name! but he just tunes me out whenever he feels like it. I’ve tried
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Hi John: Over the Christmas holidays, we had some things happen with regards to Latte that we don’t quite know if we are handling properly. There were three guys who each did sort of the same thing to her–they would crouch down, ‘growl’ at her, some times even grab her nose gently and tug on
Hi John, Our family adopted Hap, a whatever hopped the fence breed sort of dog. Hap can be quite aggressive with other dogs. We enjoy taking him to the off-leash area. However, Hap seems not to realize when another dog has had enough and persists to the point that he has gotten into an actual