Cha-ching! At last my assessment was dead on.

I am also noticing that there is acomplete match up between those days when Signal doesnt get his share of running to his willingness to give up his toy, or even to stop squeeking it in our faces.

Of course, Signal has learned to just go over to Steve, because when he gets in Steve's line of view for the TV or even just does it enough times - squeeks the squeeker, Steve will just ake it and throw it to get Signal out of the way, in which case Signal simply does that all over again.

So who is the one who is trained however??? (rof) Sometimes I think Signal does a better job of training Steve then I do !!!!

All right guys, I'm out of ideas here. I have two dogs, one who's pretty low energy, and another one who is pretty hyper. They both are punky when other dogs appear, and they both pull on the leash, so i've been working a lot with that, especially with the walk, to try and drain some of that energy. My high energy dog, Luna, is also very obessive with a high prey instinct, and an escape artist. I've been walking them both on average between 40-60 minutes a day. In addition, Luna gets to wear a backpack that weighs at least 10% of her body weight, and we have a treadmill that she's on for at least 30 minutes a day. I'm seeing so much progress with my other dog, who hardly even tries to pull on the leash anymore. Luna on the other hand is still pretty obessive. I've been taking a similar route every day, and she remembers if she's had an encounter with a dog in somebody's front yard, because I see her actually searching for the dog, as we go by that house. Even if she's only seen the dog there once. Also, she's still hyper about her walks. I put her on the treadmill before we go for a walk in the morning, and it never fails that she whines and tries to get off the treadmill in the morning, even though I put her on the treadmill several times a day, not always to go for a walk (and those other times, she's fine).I keep waiting for her mind to move forward as Cesar talks about, but nothing. Am I just not being a strong enough alpha? Any tips? I'm doing all the basic stuff,(eating first, not letting them go in front etc) but I know that if my energy's off even for a moment, Luna senses it, and then I have no control over her. Any ideas here?

I have found with two dogs one is always forging ahead trying to be the Alpha. I have a 12 year old Std. Sch. Duffy who heels like a dream, when I put both on a tandem Harlee 6 Mth old Golden Doodle (Smartest dog I ever had and I have had some good one.)is strong at 6 mths 52.20 lbs 24 at withers.Only dog I have ever had trouble training as head is large and neck is small. I almost have him strung up to keep him from forging ahead.I hardly get time for a snap correction. Is o.k. when just him. I am really anxiously waiting for The Illution Collar. When will it be out? I have taught 4 H Dog Care & Obed, Comminity Schools Obedience Classes, Finished CD, CDX. And taken many classes from Kohler Method to Clicker. Ceasars approach through animal behavior is the best thing to come along since sliced bread. He is TERIFFIC, the Best thing to come along for dogs ever! Thank You Very Much! I bought three books one as a gift for a future daughter in law, I gave one to our local library as donation and have my own.
Cheerio, Bev, Duffy, & Harlee

Thanks K2, I guess I never really thought about it like that. Ever since i've noticed that she's hyper on the treadmill in the morning versus other times duringt he day, I just come to expect it. Much like my own attitude when we meet other dogs on our walks (i.e. tighten the leash, and prepare for the worst). I'll definitely have to keep that in mind. Yeah, this being a pack leader 100% of the time's hard!!

That South Park episode was AWESOME

Nicki-

Chantel amd K2 said it perfectly. The only thing that I might add is to remember to set an example whenever you can for the high energy dog to learn from. Dogs are always learning. Try feeding the lower energy first (maybe you already do this). Give affection to the lower energy. Allow the lower energy to follow you next in line out the door, and the higher energy to be last. If the higher energy whines, tell her to shoosh, and reward her only when she gives up and calms down. More than likely, she will follow the example of the other dog and she will do this because she wants to fit in with the pack. Well, at least its worth a shot if you are willing :)

I just have to share how Cesar's techniques worked for me this morning. I had my husky mix and pit bull mix in the horse park, I was running, they were right behind me, off leash. We've been doing it for a couple weeks now, and they follow me beautifully. There haven't been any distractions in the past two weeks, except squirells and deer, which they chased, but returned quickly. Now, Ruffy, my husky mix is an unpredictable dog, and I always put her on the leash when I see people or dogs coming. She ALWAYS runs after other dogs, sometimes with her hair standing up, baring her teeth, and sometimes just to play. I never know which one. Well, today while we were running a man and a dog appear out of nowhere no more than 20 feet from us. I turned around, ready to grab Ruffy to prevent her from charging, and I see her sitting pretty, looking at me like she would ask "what do I do now mommy?". I put her calmly on the leash, and she went to sniff the dog. She stayed calm and relaxed all the time, something that never happened before in the presence of another dog. I was so proud of her. I am sure if my dogs were either let run their way (which is all over the park), or I had Ruffy on the leash in front of me, things would not work so smoothly. Maybe I will be able to run with the dogs off leash all summer long, when there are many people and their dogs. Yay!!!

Me too Joanna! ha ha Ewa, congratulations! I was logging in to share MY successful morning walk, too. I have finally figured out how NOT to "pull back" on the leashes. We had the best walk EVER this morning. I have stopped pulling and have stopped doing "the death grip" on the leashes! Walking both dogs was just as relaxing and wonderful as it usually is when I just walk Hobie alone. I was actually able to hold each of their leashes with one finger almost the whole time! Wow! Their choke collars were slack the entire walk, and I only had to correct ONCE when they went after a piece of food that someone had tossed on the side of the road (man, I hate that! But I have a really funny roast-beef sandwich story that I'll tell one of these days!) I am so happy, I just had to share!! I have finally mastered the walk! And this was after two days of no walks because it has been torrential rain here. Notice I said "I" stopped pulling?!! LOL!! I was the problem all along!

By the way, the Illusion collar should be out by the end of May. :-)

I agree with Joanna about how to teach drop it. As for the German Shepherd, teach the behavior first by using a different toy or object. Once this is done, translate it to the game of fetch. The trick being the German Shepherd needs to drop the ball before the next one is thrown. That way, dropping the ball produces another game of fetch. If you don't, we don't play. Make sense?

about the ball obsession;my rottie-boots, get obsessed over our throwing the ball, completely focuses in on it, i was over my friends house, she started throwing the ball,since she has small children & didn't want Boots to knock them over, she told him to sit & lay first till the look in his eyes looked calm, then she threw it.She did this over & over & wouldn't throw it till he was calm. this seemed to realy work.

Progress! I was walking my dogs today, and we were almost home, and there was another lady walking her dog, not ten feet away. After positioning the dogs so they wouldn'tbe straight opposite each other, I kept walking, acting calm, and theyh were great, the lady actually called out and commented on what good dogs they were being! For one brief shining moment, I have the good dogs!!

Thanks for the suggestions about dropping the ball. (Was gone all day.) I'll try them! :-)

Oh bootsmutt, I forgot, another thing you might want to try with the dog who walks so close to you is Cesar's little "foot tap" that he does on the show. Do you know what I mean? I use this all the time with my Lab/Coonhound, and it works great.

Ok, so I know now that dogs and cats can live harmoniously in the same pack, but is there ever a way to help them to become friends? probably not, but I am hopeful. My 3 cats love anything that walks, and they like to rub themselves all over people, furniture, the floor, the dog, you name it and they are not scared of it. The dog, however, could not be more nervous when the cats are rubbing all over him and walking near his things without a care. If any cat tries to cuddle up with him, he will move to another spot. He does not seem to care to have any thing to do with them, unless the cats are playing, then the dogs prey instinct kicks in and he perks up, but he knows that he is not allowed to chase them. If I am petting a cat, the dog will perk up and watch the cat, but he has been taught that he is not allowed to just come over and knock the cat out of the way. Is it wrong that kitties are allowed on furniture, and the dog is not? Is it jealousy? Is there any way of helping these small issues and help them to become friends? Can anyone relate or provide information? thanks

I have a 1and a half year old spay lhasa apso mix, and we live with a shih-tzu that is not spay... They have been great friends until about a week ago. They are now growling at eachother, and getting into major physical fights. The shih-tzu is going into heat; I am not sure if that is the reason. My dog, Dory, was initially the aggressor, but now she is acting more docile, and the other dog is on the defensive; she growls if Dory walks in the room.. What do I do?

Hi Tianna,

I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. One dog loves to cuddle and lie with one of the cats. She likes to cuddle with the children too. The other dog is more stand offish and will move if a cat rubs against her or lies next to her. She will also move if a kid lies next to her. Even though she is friendly, she just likes a little more personal space when relaxing.

I think it's just personality. As long as they are treating each other with respect, don't worry about it. Not everyone can have that picture postcard puppy and kitten in a basket scene, but hey, there's always photoshop!

OH...by the way, before we found Cesar, my rottie-Boots would chase the cats-we have about 20 next door.He would focus in & be obsessed with catching them. One time he was running so fast on my nieghbors driveway, he didn't notice the cat ran under their truck,he ran right into the truck. Luckily, he wasn't hurt. But NOW..my daughter left her cat with us, plus my son has a cat that just lived in his room with a nice yard.But, because of Cesar, both cats are about the house, Boots smells them sometimes, they walk right up to him. no chasing anymore. they all sleep on our bed together.Shirley never chased the cats, but she would push her nose into them to play.When we walk past our neighbor's house with all the cats out, Boots just ignors them.Cesar has realy changed my life, because of my confidence with the dogs, i feel so much more confident around people too, i'm able to make more solid decisions.Do you all find that whatever victory you experience with your dogs runs out to other parts of your life too?

tianna,
At the end of last week's show (with the 2 bull dogs in the desert)Cesar mentioned in passing that the way to support friendship with the cat is to have the dogs sleep where the cat sleeps in order to get them familiar with the cat's smell.

We've been thinking of trying that with one of our dogs, but the cat sleeps on our bed and if we have a Great Pyrenees there, there will not be much room for us!

Hope that helps!

I'm willing to relocate, by the way. (smiles)

Hey Bootsmutt! Yes! When I have a good morning with my dogs, it spills over into my workday at the office -- I'm in charge of 50 employees (with a lot of help from several colleagues) and I use what I've learned from Cesar at work all the time now! Especially the standing up tall and proud part (I'm only 5' 2", so it helps me seem bigger ha ha). HAH! My dogs are both lying on their backs with all four feet up in the air as I'm writing this... I just looked over at them and nearly burst out laughing out loud ha ha. Talk about calm-submissive LOL!!

Tianna, I actually HAVE photos of my dog cuddling with my cats! Not too many problems with our OWN cats -- just the usual annoyances. But they try to chase cats outside that don't belong to us. I'm doing pretty well on our walks because now I just ignore the cat, and they generally follow my lead. The other day, we left my driveway on our walk, and there was a cat right there. Hector lunged. WRONG!! I turned right around, walked back into the house, put Hector inside, and continued the walk with just Hobie. Hector stayed in the house and waited 40 minutes for his own, personal walk that day! He was not worthy of walking with the pack because he lunged at the cat.

K2-

Thats cute when dogs and cats can cuddle with eachother. I am glad to see that it is possible for a dog that has not been raised around cats to still learn to live with them. When I worked at a shelter, before watching Cesars show, I was under the impression that dogs were set in their ways of being. It seems that energy is truly the language of animals. At least my cats seem to put my dog at ease by not being afraid of him. When a cat runs from him, he wants to chase it. When the cat approaches him with a friendly attitude, the dog wags his tail a little, sniffs, then ignores. Some times the dog is laying down and wagging his tail, and meanwhile the cat is stretched out belly up and playing with the dogs tail. It is soo picture perfect, and in time like that I am hopeful. Sometimes though, the dog tramples or steps on the cat like its not there, which makes me sad. They come very close to playing together sometimes so that is good. Anyway, good for you that your dogs are following your lead. :)

Hi Doggone, I know, you are right. As I've admitted, I'm only being pack leader 80-85% of the time. That's a big improvement from where I was at 6 months ago, though! Like 10% of the time!! Last weekend I DID use a similar challenge as an opportunity, instead of giving in to my fear or reluctance, and I had great success while two loose dogs ran circles around us on the beach. That time I almost gave up, and then I said "no! this is an opportunity". But admittedly, the day with the cat at the end of the driveway, I didn't see the opportunity, I just wanted a relaxing walk so I gave in to old habits. One of these days I'll be 100% pack leader -- but we all have slip-ups while we're being trained LOL!

Ceasar Rocks!! I've been watching the Dog Whisperer for a few months and it's definitely my favorite show. It has done wonders for my me and my dogs. I own powerful breeds and they've never been aggressive, but now they're also well-adjusted.

My true test came this morning when the dogs went crazy at the window. In our yard were 3 pit bulls. 2 were huge and one was a pup. Just then the phone rang and it was the neighborhood alert tree. I told the neighbor to continue calling the tree but to tell no one to be alarmed. I knew these dogs.

Their owners had just moved in. They are responsible dog owners and a recent storm had loosened a fence panel unbenownst to them. They walk the dogs in the middle of the night, not because of their problems but because of the stereotypes associated with the breed. The dogs don't bark so no one even knew they had them. After seeing me walk my "pack", they had invited me to meet their dogs. I'd used Ceasar's Way of no touch, to talk, no eye contact and the owners were amazed how the dogs related to me. I used the same technique and went out in the yard and they immediately came to me where I was able to leash them. Picture a 100 lb woman in PJs and house slippers walking 3 pit bulls home calmly and peacefully to their home 1/2 mile away.

Six months ago, I would have been hiding in the closet. Ceasar has shown me how to not only "read" my own dogs, but other's as well. These dogs were showing no signs of aggression, but might have met up with a over zealous shotgun due to their powerful presence.

I insisted that the owners take their pack on a walk with mine that day so that the neighbors could recognize them and see that they were well adjusted. I don't recommend anyone to approach a strange dog of any breed, but Ceasar is definitely to be credited with helping these 3 find their way home safely.

Ceasar, thank you for "enlightening" so many people and saving so many animals in the process!

Rock dog finally enlightened me on my Schnauzer's obsessive lizard hunting. I need to play ball with her, distract and tire her. She is a WORKER, and needs something else to do. I can put her backpack on when she is hunting, thus tiring her more. More walks too, of course.

I have a 5 month old French bulldog. She is the sweetest dog on earth until she gets a bone or treat that she is really excited about. She becomes like a different dog. She becomes completely obsessed with whatever she is chewing on. If you put your hands anywhere near her while she is chewing on whatever it is at the moment, she becomes almost vicious and growls and even tries to bite. It is really heart breaking for me because i have this wonderful loving dog one minute and a mean dog the next. I suppose the simple solution would just be to stop giving her treats but i don't think this really solves the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi gang,

We have a 15 month old briard and have had him since he was 6 weeks old. He is a great dog - very loving, playful, and pretty obedient for his age. He is still a little over-zealous at times, and because of his strength and immaturity we are still cautious when introducing him to strangers.

Anyway, I am hoping someone may be able to shed some light on one of his behaviors us: our briard chews on the trunks of our trees and makes a fierce growling sound while he is doing it. The very strange thing about this is that our last briard did the same thing.

Thanks for any help in advance.

3 mos. ago, we adopted a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon from a local shelter. She is approx. 15 mos. old. Our biggest problem with her is that she eats EVERYTHING. I mean everything! When outside, she is like a vacuum and sucks up everything from flowers, rocks,paper, plastic. Inside she has eaten jewelry, paper, coins. The list is so long. She is CONSTANTLY putting things in her mouth. We have had our own "dog whisperer" come to our home for basic training. She has suggested that Marley stays with us at ALL times because she can't be trusted yet. We keep her on a leash and for most of the time she does stay with us, but that has to end someday. Yesterday I turned my back on her for a few seconds.In that short time, she got a watch that was on a table. This behavior is constant. We don't know how to handle it or why it's happening. ANy help you can give would be so appreciated.
Thanks!
Laura

interesting post...

Dog Behavior Training

Hi there, I am really interested in my 1 year old Labradoodles behavior. He has this favorite toy stuffed soccerball, life size actually. Ever since he has been a pup he has suckled this ball, even to the point where he falls asleep with it in his mouth. I compare it to a pacifier. I have tried purchasing other types of stuffed sports balls, but he really only wants this one, disgusting soccer ball, which I have to sew about every other day. Not only does he suckle the ball, he sort of kneads it with his paws, seemingly grasping for something. I have had dogs before, and none of them have ever portrayed this erotic behavior. I'm just curious as to why he might do this, perhaps for future refrence in case this ball meets the trash cans. thanks!

Anyone have any ideas on a dog that has an obession with licking? I've been told by other trainers just to give her a cong to keep her off me when she starts but that just seems like it would reinforce the behavior and defintly wouldn't solve it. My new hubby is a soldier and is keeping me honest and consisent with excersise, disclipine and affection of my two beagles, but Roxy's licking still hasn't fixed itself. What can we do?
Confused and Wet,
Airborne in NC

The last 7 or 8 posts, please go back to the very top of this blog and read what Cesar wrote -- you have all asked about a specific obsession with each of your dogs. This means you are not giving your dogs rules, boundaries and limitations. Here is what Cesar wrote at the beginning of this blog:

"I’m often asked, “How do you know when a dog has crossed the line from just enjoying a favorite toy or “hobby,” to obsessing over it?”

The answer is very simple. An obsessive dog has no rules, boundaries, or limitations. If you give a dog a toy and once playtime is done, the dog submits and lets you take it away until next time, that’s a normal, healthy dog. Or if you are able to play Frisbee in the park for fifteen minutes and your dog happily moves on to another activity when you’re done, then your dog is fine.

But when a dog won’t let go of something when you ask it to or does unnatural things like swallowing objects it would never eat in nature, or obsessively performing a behavior such as twirling or jumping or licking, that is an obsessive dog.

The obsessive mind has no limits–and limits are among the things our dogs most need from us. "

I urge all of you to get Cesar's book and the DVD season 1 set and read the book twice and watch the shows over and over and over again. I studied Cesar's techniques, like a student, and have overcome tons of problems with my dogs.

Good luck, and keep blogging -- we enjoy hearing from you!

Beagle Mom,
Is she licking herself or you? If she is licking YOU, then I would make her lie down far enough away from you that she cannot reach you with her tongue:) If she gets up and comes to lick you, she must go lay down in the same spot and stay. Repeat until she gets the message. And like Cesar says, obsessions take the longest to rehabilitate.

If she is licking herself (my dog does this), it can be a real danger to her b/c she can actually lick a "hot spot" on her body which is an infected area. What I do with my guy who does this is if he starts licking, I give him a *snap of the fingers and then a finger point and say "Knock it off" in an assertive tone. If he does not stop, I physically move his head away from whereever he is licking and say again "Knock it off". That is usually all it takes to get him to quit until about 5-10 minutes later when I have to repeat the process. Now it has gotten to the point that all it takes is an assertive *stare and he quits. It can be VERY frustrating, but just keep with it and you should start seeing some results!

Courtney,
I would remove the soccer ball and reintroduce it later after you have achieved pack leader status with your pup. Only allow supervised play with the soccer ball and when you want the play to end, the ball is removed out of sight until the next time YOU choose to let him play with it.

I got a mix pug and beagle 3 months ago. Right now Bucy is already 7 months old and we always keep him on the crate. Everytime we let him loose inside our apartment, he would try to chew on anything that he would see. I haven't seen him calm down when he's loose inside the house. One time we let him loose he ended up having surgery because he had eaten something and it got stuck in his intestine, so the only way to take it out was the surgery. I feel so terrified from that incident. So since then the only time he gets out of his crate if he goes outside to do his business, to eat or if we put him on his leash. So everytime we take him out of his crate i have to hold him to stay with me in the couch. I just feel bad that he spends most of his time in his crate. i want to just let him loose inside our apartment and not worry about him eating something. And one more thing, he gets crazy on towels. He would grab it and hump it. I dunno how to stop this. I've been doing all that I've learned from ceasar's show. But when it comes to training him how to behave inside the house, I feel like a failure. Can someone please help us?

We have a beautiful Pit Bull- Rhodesian cross who loves to find and chew rocks. This has never been a serious problem for us because she finds them in our yard and we take them and hide them when she is in the house. I worry it is bad for her teeth and she scratches her paws on them. I wonder if there is something about this particular cross that makes them so interested in rocks!

Teri,
It doesn't sound like your dog is obsessive if you are making her do tricks to get her toy. An obsessive dog is one that cannot focus on anything but their obsession.

About the running away, I would look through the episodes for season 2 and find the episode on Chula, the Shibu Unu, who runs out the front door and learn to CLAIM your door. It takes practice, but you can teach your dog the boundary of the door so that she no longer bolts. It can be very dangerous for her to be out on her own. I would hate for something awful to happen to her and I'm sure you would as well. Check out Cesar's book and that episode with Chula. I hope this can help you with her bolting.

Patricia,
I suggest that you get a professional animal behaviorist to help you. It sounds like your german shepherd is a bit more than you can handle. And it is obvious from your post that he is the dominant one of this relationship. It is going to take very strict discipline to get him to see you as the pack leader and not the other way around. You are going to have to start having a strict routine every day where you walk him (beside or behind you) in a structured manner and ONLY THEN does he get fed/water. You are going to need to control all the resources (food, water, treats, toys). This does not mean to deprive your dog of any of these, except maybe the treats for awhile, but it just means that you make him work for anything that he gets. Even if it's just making him sit and be calm before he is allowed a drink of water.

German shepherds are a very powerful breed and need a strong pack leader. If you can, I would bring in an animal behaviorist to help you learn techniques to use to get him to be calm-submissive to you. It sounds like you can overcome the negative behavior he is demonstrating with some consistent discipline (rules, boundaries, and limitations). Good luck to you and let us know how things go!

Teri, Kate G's response is exactly what I was going to say. Your dog isn't obsessed if she's performing tricks for you. Watch the Shiba Inu episode, it was just on last Friday night. It's one of the best, and it addresses your problem specifically.

Alvi, Post #76 should read at the end "the answer is NOT to lock him up in prison"

K2

About sexually maturing dogs "humping" things, for my dog Poofy (he has his own blog called giveadogablog) I couldn't get him neutered, so I limited him to two stuffed toys. Any time he started doing it with anything else, I took it away quickly.

He's calmed down a lot sexually, but he still uses these two toys once in a while. It keeps him from getting into other things. I didn't have a lot of methods for training him, but by the time he was a year old, he stopped trying to take my things, and now, he'll only play with a new toy if I place it in his mouth the first time to show him it's his.

hello,
this is not a comment as it is needing suggestions. I do not know what to do for my 3 dogs. A little background ..... my name is Charlotte I am a animal lover...I have 3 rescue dogs, 9yr old Rot,Pit/shepard mix named Cheyenne, a 3 yr old pom/peke mix named Luca,and a 11mth old Boxer/shepard/Husky mix named Lacey. The oldest Cheyenne has cushions disease, she hates the vet,also she has attacked the pom/peke Luca 2-3 times since we got a third Lacey, I have to keep Cheyenne seperate from the other 2 to keep from visiting the vet. Luca we got after he had been in the streets of south Carolina for the first yr and 1/2 of his life, he has fear agression, I should say he fears everything, and is so pathectic. The puppy lacey is a very sweet girl that is a barker she barks at anyone who comes in, hair up the whole thing, her other problems are she thows up in the car when going for a ride, and is chewing everything in site( the wall,tables,rugs,door frame etc}including her stuff. they were all crate trained. well, there are the dogs and their problems, If anyone can help me to help my furbabies be happier I would appreciate it....
thank you,
Charlotte

I have problem with my dog and cats. My female dobermann in 6 yeras old and she hates cats, all of them, specially my. Cats are 2 years old. I thought that she would accept at least our cats, but she hates them even more, because she is not the only one. It is not enough for her, that se is on first place, she must be in only place. When she sees a cat, she look him, become shaking and waiting him to move, so she could hunt them. She got absolutely crazy and agressive. She has never cought any of the, so I can not say what would she do with them. If she sees me with cat, she got out of her mind and then when I come to her, she jumps on me, is veray happy and so on...There is no way that my cats and dog could ever meet in the house. I have to be careful all the time, I have to take cats in my arms and took them in the upper level, where she has no entrance. I tried many approaches, but no one worked-she was just more nervous and more full of hate. I would like her too accept at least this mine to cats, to live in peace in the house, not that she would like to kill them every time that she sees them. Is this possible?
I can not watch your shows, because I am from Europe and we have this English national geographic.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

hi
let me frist say that I love the show its just so differcult to watch all of the shows because of my work schedule. here goes I have a beautiful and loving puppy about four months old a male. He seems a little hard to create train I have an older dog female who is also very loving. when ever we put our puppy in the create when we are away from home for a period of time lets say three hours he seems to mess in the create when we are not home for long periods he is put in the basement alone but if he out on the back porch he ok over night as long as he's with the older dog. I'm afraid to let him the house for long periods of time because I don't want him to have an accident in the house until I 100% sure he's potty trained. Another problem is that my loving puppy gets very exicited when playing with my 6 & 7 yr. girls and starts to bite at their clothes a sometimes fingers. I want to break him out of this behavior I know that he's teething & I have taught them how to respond by telling him no or by grabbing the back of his neck and holding him down until he calms down but he seems to know that they are children and won't take them seriously as he takes me.

Any suggestions to these problems would greatly be helpful.
thank you
natasha

I was at petsmart the other day and noticed and have noticed so many people going in the store with there pet's and the asphalt is so hot here in Arizona 115 at 1:30 pm and dogs walking on this asphalt without protection on feet and someone else tring to train the dog to walk slowly on 200 degree heat.These people must like to see there dog's walk on hot coals and crule to the animals too. I know a lot of people watch your show can you please mention the heat on there tender feet? Thank you so much, Sheron

I am wondering? My shepard mix pup is obsessed over throwing her a ball. She will bring and drop it and does not have a problem with me takeing it away but everytime we go somewhere she can't go with out her bALL. She will see me first thing it the morning and she will go find her ball. I do anything else with her because her life revolves around that ball. Is something wrong with her?