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What to do with an unexpected litter
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Beware – keeping an unneutered pet could get you and your furry friend into a serious tangle, says Justine Hankins. From the PetPeople magazine archive The image of many tiny paws padding about the house is an enticing one, but, … Read more
Top tips from expert movie animal trainer, Kay Raven
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From the Bond villain’s cat to the Queen’s corgis, Kay Raven has spent 30 years working with movie stars – the furry ones, that is… Here are her top tips for training your dog
1) Give every action a name
Name it and keep repeating it while the action is taking place so that the dog makes the association. For instance, when your dog is laying down praise him with, ‘Down, good, down.’ My puppy naturally tugs on people’s trouser legs when she’s playing. So I give the action a name, for instance ‘ankle’, so that I can train her to do it on command for films when she is older.
2) Be consistent and patient
If I am training a dog not to pull ahead of me out of the door, I will just not let it happen – even if it takes eight hours! Read more
Posted in PetPeople magazine archive, TitBits: news and more
Tagged dog, puppy, training
How to stop your puppy weeing indoors
1 CommentQ: I’ve had my seven-month-old German Shepherd pup since he was 11 weeks old. He was easy to toilet train at first but for the past six weeks, he’s been weeing by the back door at night, even though his last wee is at midnight. I don’t chastise him but it’s frustrating. The vet says he is in excellent health.
A: You are absolutely right in not telling your pup off for urinating in the night. Although puppies often learn quite quickly
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Posted in Behaviour problems, Veterinary problems
Tagged discipline, puppy, toilet training, toileting, urine, wee
How to control your puppy’s teething
Leave a commentQ: My four-month-old Collie-Jack Russell terrier cross keeps digging up the lawn and biting at wood in a particular place. I realise he may be teething. Is there any way we stop this?
A: Puppies will chew and many may continue to do so until they are more than a year old as their new teeth ‘settle in’. Never tell your puppy off if he is chewing something he shouldn’t. Call him to you enthusiastically and give him a chew toy – and praise him for chewing Read more
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Tagged puppy, puppy biting, puppy teething
