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	<description>Adam reveals which dog training techniques, methods and dog training approaches are most effective for obedience training a dog</description>
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		<title>Dog Barking In The Kennel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Dog Barking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend wrote to me about his dog barking in the kennel: &#8220;I may have misled you to think I was correcting my dog barking in the kennel with the collar, I was not. I have only used the pinch collar for correcting the biting as you mention in your other post. For your suggestion of an e-collar, everything I have read indicates she would be to young, 16 weeks, for an e-collar. I have given her the kong filled with treats, she loves it when out of the kennel or in her crate but pays no attention to it in the kennel. Too Young To Correct His Dog Barking In The Kennel? Is it wrong for a dog this young to receive punishment for bad behavior, jumping up, biting, or barking? Should I use the pinch collar this early to administer punishment, to stop this bad behavior? Should I leave her in her kennel run until she quits barking without doing anything else? WE live in the country on our own farm so neighbors are not a problem. Thanks in advance and I must say this dog training website and your dog training books have been a God sent for me. I have had many dogs before as puppies, but none quite this challenging Why Punishment Won&#8217;t Stop His Dog Barking In The Kennel I replied to my friend by first pointing out that we never punish a dog: We simply correct unwanted behavior.  In the case of this dog: She&#8217;s not too young for either the prong collar or the e-collar. Four months of age is typically when I start the formal obedience training. And for barking, you can use the e-collar even earlier, since it&#8217;s what we consider &#8216;avoidance training&#8217; &#8212; i.e., We don&#8217;t care if she &#8216;avoids&#8217; the behavior and never barks in the kennel again. If I was in your situation&#8211; out in the country&#8211; I would try just leaving her in the kennel until she stops barking, as long as it&#8217;s not driving you crazy. See if it stops on it&#8217;s own, if this is the case. For some dogs it will, for others it just becomes a self-satisfying behavior, in which case you&#8217;ll need to correct it. Try with prong collar first, as that&#8217;s the cheapest remedy. However, if you want an easier and 100% solution, the e-collar is the way to go. An alternative is to get a bark collar, but with the bark collar you&#8217;re limited to using it exclusively for the dog barking in the kennel whereas you can use the e-collar for training other behaviors, too.]]></description>
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		<title>Puppy Crate Training</title>
		<link>http://www.dogproblems.com/crate-training-a-dog/puppy-crate-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crate Training A Dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puppy Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David wanted to know about puppy crate training in anticipation of his new Bouvier puppy arriving: &#8220;I will be getting a Bouvier puppy in September.  He will be my second Bouvier. Great dog.  My first one was very easy to train, but I was a little lax with him. This one will be different.  Do you recommend crate training for every puppy? Puppy Crate Training For Every Dog? Do you notice differences between puppies that are crate trained and those that are not?  I have many training books, since I trained a little many years ago, and I assume that methods and techniques have changed with time.  - David. Hi, David:  Yes, puppy crate training &#8212; or even crate training an adult dog&#8211; is absolutely necessary. But specifically in the case of puppy crate training, your puppy requires oonsistency so that every time he tries to chew something he shouldn&#8217;t, he gets corrected. Every time he thinks about urinating on the rug, he gets rushed outside. Every time he thinks about investigating what&#8217;s inside the trash can, he gets corrected. Puppy Crate Training Is Timeless There&#8217;s no way to keep the dog safe in the house and prevent him from learning bad habits without the crate. Even locking the dog in the laundry room is not a good substitute, as the puppy will learn to chew on base boards and learns that it&#8217;s fine to defecate on the tile floor. Whereas the crate brings out the puppy&#8217;s den instincts and they do not typically want to defile the crate (if your breeder did his job!) The other benefit of the crate is that it gives your dog a &#8220;safe place&#8221; to go when he is insecure and knows he is where he should be, for example: During a thunderstorm. If you look at all of the top dog trainers both here in America and around the world, they all crate train their puppies.  Why? Because puppy crate training is the only way to keep your puppy safe and prevent him from learning bad habits.]]></description>
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		<title>Aggression Toward Other Dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog Aggression]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chris wanted to know how to stop aggression toward other dogs:  &#8221;I have a 3 1/2 year-old Chihuahua. He grew up with our other dogs: two Rottweilers and a Shar pei with no problems but he shows aggression toward other dogs. If we are out and about&#8211; if he sees another dog&#8211; no matter how big it is&#8211; he goes crazy and wants to attack it. I can&#8217;t get him to be friendly to any other dogs. Will This Little Dog&#8217;s Aggression Toward Other Dogs Get Him In Trouble With The Big Dogs? I am afraid one of these days one of the big dogs is going to just eat him! He will even run up to them growling and acting mean. How the heck do I deal with this? I so badly want him to get along with other dogs. Do I need to use a shock collar?  I have begun reading your dog training book but really need some advice quick.&#8221; My advice to Chris is that he should finish reading my dog training book (as there is a lot in it about how to stop aggression toward other dogs) and then start using our NILIF (Nothing In Life Is Free approach) and work through the obedience exercises I outline in the back of the book. This will give you the tools you need. You&#8217;re also going to need to directly address the aggression by correcting your dog (which the obedience exercises you will learn how to give a motivational correction and how to tell if your corrections are motivational). Aggression Toward Other Dogs Isn&#8217;t Treated Any Differently Simply Because Your Dog Is One Of The Toy Breeds: All Dogs&#8217; Brains Work The Same Way Just because your dog&#8217;s body is small does not mean that his brain works any differently than a big dog&#8217;s brain. Don&#8217;t be fooled. He&#8217;s motivated by all of the same drives and instincts as any other dog. As for training collars&#8211; I&#8217;d recommend starting by trying a small chain slip collar (commonly called a &#8216;choke chain&#8217;). You need to fit it so that it only has an excess of 1 inch of chain when pulled tight. You&#8217;ll use it the same way I describe in the book for the prong collar: Loose-tug-loose. If you find that you can&#8217;t get a motivational correction, I recommend ordering a &#8220;micro prong collar&#8221; from one of the pet supply web sites on the internet.  Once you&#8217;re able to give a motivational correction, teaching a Chihuahua to stop aggression toward other dogs is really pretty easy.]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Puppy Biting: Is Your Puppy Crazy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Dog Biting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IStarr wrote to me about crazy puppy biting.  It&#8217;s a question that many new puppy owners ask: &#8220;Is My Puppy Crazy?&#8221; Crazy Puppy Biting She writes: &#8220;We have a 9 week old olde English bulldog. He, for part of the day will be manageable, but at times for long periods of time he goes crazy, running crazy, growling, barking&#8230; and then becomes unmanageable with his crazy puppy biting. We purchased a kennel run for him to play in and before I tried to keep him in the bathroom with a baby gate but he absolutely goes crazy nuts when hes in there, he gets aggressive, barks uncontrollably, growls, bites the cage and everything in sight and runs from one end to the other sliding into the gate and also digs a lot, I am continually making corrections all the time by clapping loud and saying a firm &#8220;No,&#8221; and also resorting to a quick pinch on the back of his neck where his excess skin is.  I&#8217;m being consistent and I&#8217;m wondering if its possible if he is over stimulated when he is in a larger area to play in, or does he just need to get used to it like the crate? Is There A Way To Stop This Crazy Puppy Biting? He does pretty well in the crate which is where I keep him sometimes when I cant watch him or need to calm him down but the bigger areas are a no go.  I play with him a lot during the day to keep him occupied , I play with him after he eats or after he goes to the bathroom&#8230; is all this normal behavior? He gets lots of praise and treats when he is a good boy doing good boy things like going to the bathroom in the right spot, and I know he is a puppy so he is going to be a little nuts, but man!! I was raised with puppies and dogs and have never in my life seen such crazy puppy biting.  He was so out of control the other day that I literally read your dog training book cover to cover since last night because I was desperate for an answer. Adam G Katz Explains How To Stop Crazy Puppy Biting It&#8217;s not uncommon, per se. Frequently it&#8217;s an indication that the puppy needs to go outside and potty, but sometimes it&#8217;s just a result of generalized rambunctiousness. In the case of the later&#8211; and because he&#8217;s a bully breed&#8211; the typical scruff on the back of the neck will likely be ignored by him. I recommend getting a small prong collar and fitting it as I describe in the book. The mother dog would correct the puppy in the same way, but she would use her mouth. At this age, you&#8217;ll want to only use the collar for nipping and biting. Do not use it for obedience exercises, as he&#8217;s still too young.  (I recommend that you wait to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Runs Away From Him When Off Leash: Will An E-collar Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog Obedience Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-collar Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[George wrote to me with an interesting question about what happens when his dog runs away from him when off leash: Hi Adam: I know it is good to let your dog roam freely on a long line. I have been using an e-collar and a pinch collar (I use the pinch collar at this point only for walking). My question is: if I let my dog roam freely with an e collar instead of a 50 ft long line and my dog decides to run&#8230; will an e collar correction make him stop running assuming that happens? &#8220;When My Dog Runs Away From Me, Will An E-collar Correction Stop Him?&#8221; Also how do you use an e collar to train your dog to go down ? I have been using your techniques for about 6 months and my dog is really transforming to the point where it is a pleasure now. My dog was a high energy 15 month male Victorian bulldog who was very stubborn and I am now at the point where he has full trust in me, respects me and it really is a pleasure working with him, thanks to your techniques that I have been using consistently. I would have never thought I would have been able to make him hold a down stay from 30 yards away for at least 10 min and listen to my release command (it really is a good feeling being able to do that). I just need to teach how to go down without physical contact preferably using the e collar. Thanks in advance.  &#8211; George. Will An E-collar Really Help When Your Dog Runs Away From You? Adam replies: Yes, it will. But I recommend that you use the long line with the e-collar the first few times so that you can use the line to &#8220;direct him&#8221; back to you. Otherwise he might not understand what the correction is for. Also&#8211; as the intensity of the distraction increases, so must the intensity of your stim. To use the e-collar to teach the &#8216;down&#8217;: It&#8217;s best to revert back to the same technique you used to teach the &#8216;down&#8217; with the leash, but hold the e-collar in your right hand instead of the leash, say, &#8220;Down!&#8221; and then tap, tap, tap on the e-collar whil you push behind the front shoulders and rock the dog into the down position (just as you would with the leash. The e-collar setting for the initial obedience introduction should be set so that the dog just barely feels the stim. Do enough repetitions and sessions until you see the dog start to do it with only the stim and no physical touch. Then it&#8217;s just a matter of reinforcement and proofing, same as you would with the leash&#8211; but with the ecollar the whole process goes much faster. The main thing to be aware of is that the dog: 1. Understands the command: You need to &#8216;re-teach&#8217; the behavior with the e-collar, initially. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housebreaking A Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogproblems.com/house-training-guide/housebreaking-a-dog-in-a-hurry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House Training Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living With Dogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For housebreaking a dog, you&#8217;ll need to know these five things: I call them the, &#8220;Five keys to housebreaking a dog (or puppy) in a hurry.&#8221;  If you want to get the most bang for your buck with the least amount of hassle and effort then you must use all five of these house training techniques together, in tandem. 1.) When housebreaking a dog, correct your dog every time he has an accident in the house. Keep him confined to either a crate, or a dog run outside when you can&#8217;t supervise him. 2.) When housebreaking a dog, praise your dog anytime he eliminates outside. 3.) When housebreaking a dog, establish a specific spot, and use a command that you repeat (such as &#8220;Get busy! Get busy! Get busy!&#8221;) while you&#8217;re waiting for your dog to eliminate outside. 4.) When housebreaking a dog, set up a precise feeding and watering schedule, and take him out immediately after he eats or drinks water. 5.) When housebreaking a dog use an enzymatic odor neutralizer, such as a product called &#8220;Nature&#8217;s Miracle&#8221; (You can buy this at your local pet store or through a mail order catalog.) You&#8217;ll need to make sure that whatever product you&#8217;re using is an enzymatic cleaner, meaning that it actually &#8216;breaks down&#8217; the urine or fecal mater on a microscopic level, rather than just masking the scent.  Or, you can make your own using some common household ingredients that you can purchase for less than $2. So&#8230; now that you know WHAT to do, you&#8217;re probably asking yourself &#8220;HOW do I do it?&#8221;   We&#8217;ve found that the best way to start housebreaking a dog in the least amount of time is to take a look at my video in the DogProblems.com video vault titled, &#8220;Housebreaking In A Hurry!&#8221; I can honestly say that &#8220;Housebreaking In A Hurry!&#8221; is the tool that will allow you to get your dog housebroken in no time at all. You&#8217;ll learn everything you need to know about housebreaking a dog or puppy: - How to correct your dog when he eliminates in the house.  (You&#8217;ll see me demonstrating how to give a motivational correction on a hungry Rottweiler that&#8217;s trying to get to a pile of hot dogs.) - The proper way to size, fit and use a training collar. - Which leashes and tabs to use. - The best type of crate or kennel run to buy. - A home-made solution you can use to clean up accidents, and actually &#8216;lift&#8217; the stain out of your carpet, rather than &#8216;masking&#8217; the scent. - How to make and use a tie-down that will assist in your housebreaking efforts. - How to establish an &#8216;elimination&#8217; command, so that you can tell your dog where and when it&#8217;s okay to eliminate&#8230; even if your travel, or move. - You&#8217;ll see how Adam&#8217;s dog &#8216;Forbes&#8217; will actually eliminate on command! - How to confine your dog, so that he doesn&#8217;t have accidents when you&#8217;re not around to correct him. - How to make your dog understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Training Videos &#8211; Samples Of Adam&#8217;s Full Length Dog Training Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog Training Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years, clients begged me to put out my own dog training videos.  After I started South Bay K-9 Academy back in the mid-90&#8242;s, word started to spread, fast.  Especially with the advent of the internet, I began getting calls from prospective clients in other states who would ask if I could come to their house and train their dog. I was flattered, but I&#8217;ve always hated traveling.  If I&#8217;m going to travel, I prefer to stay there for at least several months like I did when I lived in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. As the video revolution was well under way, it just made sense a mini-dv camera and start recording what I was doing so that dog owners in other cities, states and countries could use the very same dog training techniques I had spent years collecting. Scroll down this page and you can: &#8220;Watch These Short Samples Of My Full Length Dog Training Videos&#8221; View the dog training videos below by clicking on the &#8220;play button&#8221; for each player. &#8220;Used copies of these dog training videos have sold for more than $120 each, on Ebay!&#8221; These are different than what you may have seen on Youtube.  These were the original full length dvds (and vhs videos) we used to sell back when I owned South Bay K-9 Academy.  I filmed these by working with real clients.  I&#8217;d hand them my video camera and then say, &#8220;Watch this!&#8221;  So, when you watch these videos you&#8217;re getting the real deal.  No Disney effects, and no camera editing magic. These were sold individually as DVDs for $49.95 each.  But you can watch them in their entirety today when you get &#8220;Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer!&#8221; Boundary, Perimeter and Property Training (In No Time At All!) &#160; How To Teach Your Dog To Come (Every Time You Call Him!) &#160; How To Teach Your Dog To Hold A &#8220;Down-Stay&#8221; (Until You Tell Him To Get Up!) &#160; Teach Your Dog To Walk On A Loose Leash (In Less Than 10 Minutes) &#160; Housebreaking In A Hurry! Be sure to check out Adam&#8217;s Youtube channel for more dog training videos, too.]]></description>
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		<title>She Was On The Cesar Millan Dog Whisperer Show</title>
		<link>http://www.dogproblems.com/dog-whispering/she-was-on-the-cesar-millan-dog-whisperer-show-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog Whispering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Suzy Godsey was on the Cesar Millan Dog Whisperer show&#8230; &#8220;I would like to share something on the editing aspect of the show. I was on Cesar&#8217;s Dog Whisperer show as the first dog walker in action. I had two cases I had not been able to create a result with and applied for Cesar&#8217;s help. Filming the Dog Whisperer Show took a whole day Filming the show took a whole day, so of course there was a lot of editing and the show could have been done in numerous ways. But when it was aired I was really impressed. It not only gave the essence of what happened that day, it also showed Cesar&#8217;s frustration with those two cases. He commented that he&#8217;d rather work with an aggressive dog than what I had presented to him: Two hyperactive Golden Retrievers, and a ball obsessed lab, which only took him 45 minutes to change. And his energy with the Lab was very different from the Goldens. He used what you would call a different level of &#8220;motivation&#8221;. The Lab responded to that very well. It took him a while to get through to the Goldens and in the show it was indicated that this was one of his bigger challenges. I had watched all of his first and second seasons of The Dog Whisperer I had watched all of his first and second seasons repeatedly, I had seen lots of episodes of the following seasons and I had been to his center in Los Angeles once with an aggressive dog owned by one of my clients before his show started, years ago. To me in person he is just like he comes across in the show. He is real and humble and his talent is phenomenal. He can &#8220;project&#8221; what it is he would like to achieve in a way that makes your body react. When he was showing me some of the signals the aggressive dog I brought to his center would give before the attack, my hair stood on end. I felt like I was going to be bitten. He really knows how dogs communicate in all aspects! And I have to say that the show is as close to what is going on in the session as possible, going by my own experience of the show I was in. It is episode 416,  &#8221;Energy Crisis, Jake, Riley and Norton&#8221; if you are interested in watching. After Cesar left I worked hard with the Goldens and also the ball obsessed Lab. In both cases I kept working with the dogs for two months several times a week to establish a different, lasting result. And these dogs are changed now! They have responded to the original change and kept it with the reinforcement of keeping up the program. It not only changed my way of working with dogs, it also showed me that once you &#8220;break through&#8221; keeping up is a definite possibility if you are willing to put the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Training A Husky</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dog Training</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House Training Guide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth writes:  I have to thank you for all the help you have given me with your advice about training but I have one follow-up question about house training a husky.  (I really appreciate it, by the way!) Things have changed a bunch for me and my dog. To answer a few dog behavior questions from before regarding Siberian Husky training: I was feeding her two meals and her elimination times were always fluctuating quite a lot and so there was never a set amount of time we would see when elimination should be coming. House Training A Husky However, we started making a consistent written time sheet of when she would defecate and urinate and found a rhythm of certain times throughout the day. I am guessing this was because she does not drink the same amount each time she gets a drink and thus could hold it longer sometimes than others. Something Else We Learned About House Training A Husky&#8230; And as for defecation irregularities we have found she has food allergy to grains and thus some moments she would have a major liquid feces and others soft serve which made it hard to tell about the schedule. What has happened since we last talked to you, we have ran into many other dog owners who have had Huskies and they all seem to know something I didn&#8217;t but I did not realize this problem with the breed until I talked to my Aunt who is a competition dog trainer. She informed me about her friend with Siberian Huskies used to have this same problem of diarrhea. She explained to me that a lot of Huskies seem to have this problem occur a lot as far as they have seen, as well as skin allergies too. You see, Huskies are known to be sled dogs more often than house pets and were fed meat most times than kibble. They also have a lot of wolf attributes still evident in their breed who only ate meat, too. So it is believed this is why Huskies seem to have this recurring grain allergy problem. Every person I have met so far who own Huskies have seen their dog also have this allergy to grains but most only show it through skin allergies. The reason I am writing about this to you is so you might be able to help the next person who may have a dog with this problem also. By the way: The recommendation about feeding pineapple has worked wonders and has made it possible to have her almost fully potty trained. The reason I say &#8220;almost trained&#8221; is because she seems to back step every time we have to increase the cage size because of her fast growing body and when we have tried to give her back a soft fluffy bed. I just want to say thank you so much for your advice on house training a husky and it has made it possible to have hope that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Burdening Your Dog With Unnecessary Emotional Baggage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were two really exceptional posts that caught my eye this week in regard to dog owners who burden their dog with unnecessary emotional baggage. The first from Robin MacFarlane, owner and training director of &#8220;That&#8217;s My Dog, Inc.&#8221; in Dubuque, Iowa who writes: If you send me an e-mail that says something like: I&#8217;ve rescued a 3 year old dog. He was living with a neighbor who didn&#8217;t pay much attention to him. I &#8220;believe&#8221; he was abused&#8230;he has bit me several times, but not hard bites, just scratches. I tried to take away a piece of garbage he had and he came at me. He&#8217;s a beautiful dog. I feel so sorry for him, he must have been abused&#8230;I love him and cuddle with him, he gets a couch to himself and I feed him as much as he wants&#8230;why does he treat me this way? I will put it to you this way: I have rescued a 30 year old man. He was living with his mother. I &#8220;believe&#8221; he must have had a hard life. He has pulled a gun on me several times, but no direct shots, just grazed the skin. I asked him to move off of the couch so I could clean and he came at me. I just feel so sorry for his having a hard life. I tell him how great he is and feed him and he&#8217;s just so handsome! I can&#8217;t understand why he treats me this way. We will need to get on the same page that sympathy over perceived abuse will not fix the problem. Unacceptable behavior may have been learned, but it can be unlearned through work, structure and rules. If you can change your mindset about what rescuing should really mean&#8230;then we will begin the journey together of rehabbing an attitude of entitlement into one of becoming a productive and well mannered member of society. &#160; And the second from Lynn Stockwell (DPTrainer4 on our dog training discussion forum) in answering a question from one of our members: It is extremely unfair to burden the dog with such an albatross around its neck. The best way to help a dog is to move it forward. Dogs don&#8217;t live in the past, and you are not abusing him. Rather, you are giving him a fair home, feeding him regular meals and undoubtedly giving him a bed. The least you can do is ask him to respect your house, respect your rules, and learn how to be a regular dog in a human society. He needs structure, not the world at his feet. Now, when Adam asked about the training collar, be advised that the tool itself is not how you achieve your goal, but it will help you get there a whole lot faster, when used humanely and effectively. Let me give the best example that comes to mind: my college professor. Dr Durkin (linked just so you know he&#8217;s real ) was a man who demanded our respect, [...]]]></description>
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