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Comment on Dog Kennels, Dog runs, How safe are they by outdoor dog kennel

outdoor dog kennel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:44:27 +0000

You bring up some very good points. Don’t skimp out when it comes to your dog’s saftey!

Comment on Mommy, can we buy a puppy by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:43:40 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Dog training the stupid dog by T Day

T Day — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:11:21 +0000

Funny. I just spent a half-hour of frustration with my wife’s bonehead mutt. For some reason, she thinks dogs are “protection” from invisible forces, vampires and such. When I was a kid, I spent two years as a meter reader in Dallas, unless the dog is an attack trained doberman, protection it ain’t. Dogs are cowards, like coyotes and hyenas. If they can’t get a clear shot at your back, they’ll stand off until they can. I wouldn’t trust a dog to protect me from my cat. Hell, our cat could kick our dog’s butt.

We have had a half-dozen dogs, mostly useless mutts that crap in my yard and consume resources. We’ve had two good, semi-intelligent dogs. I think the key to the “intelligent dogs” was that we were younger, more patient, and our youngest daughter liked to run with the dogs. I’m 60, don’t particularly like dogs, have no patience with dumb people or dumb animals, and can’t think of a single good reason to put up with the crap and wasted resources. My wife, however . . .

Comment on DOGMAN by Big Mary

Big Mary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:29:44 +0000

Hey DogMan, hows your dogs today ?

Comment on DOGMAN by Val

Val — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:45:28 +0000

I always read your spirit dog blog

Comment on DOGMAN by joan

joan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:17:53 +0000

I really liked the post you wrote about using dog crates for housebreaking, my dog was driving me crazy going to the bathroom everyday while I was at work.

Thanks

Comment on How long does it take to housebreak a puppy ? by thespiritdog

thespiritdog — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:46:12 +0000

Hi Tasha,

Sorry this took so long. I pretty much spend my time on my other blog http://thespiritdog.wordpress.com
if you have questions reply on that blog, you’ll receive a faster response.

Now to your question, you never ever yell at a little puppy for anything. That can potentially create some behavioral problems for you down the line.

Comment on How long does it take to housebreak a puppy ? by Tasha

Tasha — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:21:06 +0000

I just got a puppy this Sunday and she’s 8 weeks old. My husband and I are out of the house by 9am and don’t get back until 6pm. We keep her in a crate until we get home. We take her outside to use the bathroom before work and as soon as we get home from work. Then for the rest of the evening we just try to watch her and catch her if shes about to poop. We yell NO and take her outside it seems to be working. However, when it comes to peeing we cant seem to catch her and she pees everywhere! I would feel really bad leaving her in the crate all the time. I was told to scold her when she pees. Is this wrong? Please let me know if we are on the right track. Thanks.

Comment on DOGMAN by thespiritdog

thespiritdog — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:03:43 +0000

That Dog Is Big !!!

Comment on Dog Training. Gaining a better understanding of our dog. By The Spirit Dog by thespiritdog

thespiritdog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:16:11 +0000

As animals reach different levels of maturity, you will often have to deal with new behaviors that only manifest themselves with age.

While understanding puppy behaviors is important, it doesn’t do us to much good dealing with adult dog behavioral issues.