Pet Product Advisor. If you’ve got a dog that simply won’t quit barking, you’ve got big problems.
Not only is it annoying for you to live with this issue day after day after day, it’s annoying for your neighbors too. What can you do? Get the Pet Corrector! The Pet Corrector uses the natural hissing sound made by snakes as a training tool that can stop problem behaviors like barking. And it really works.
The Pet Corrector is an aerosol can that emits a blast of compressed air – and like a snake’s hiss, that unwelcomed “hiss” of air will interrupt your dog’s undesirable behavior. English Mastiff Information, Old English Mastiff, Mastiff. This pup was bred by MistyTrails Mastiffs.
She was housebroken using the Misty Method. Shown here at 4 months old. The pup’s mother is Thumbelina who is currently showing in Canada as the number one Mastiff in the country. Photo courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiffs. Cora the English Mastiff puppy at 4 months old—photo courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiffs. Cora the English Mastiff puppy at 2.5 months old—photo courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiffs. Duvall the purebred Mastiff at 2 years old—"Duvall is a rescue dog who is recovering from hip surgery. "These are pictures of my Old English Mastiff Sadie with my cat Jupe. "We used "Bark Busters" techniques to train her. Sassy the English Mastiff and her litter of 11 adorable Mastiff puppies at 5 weeks old, photo courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiffs.
Recognizing Dominant Behaviors in Dogs. Recognizing Dominant Behaviors in Dogs List of dominant behaviors which can occur in dogs (this list is not yet complete) Besides the obvious guarding, growling and biting, many dogs display a variety of dominant behaviors that commonly go unrecognized by their humans.
Teaching puppies and dogs to respect the kids. Teaching puppies and dogs to respect the kids A friend of mine has an autistic child and wanted to get a dog for her son.
Dogs can do wonders for special-needs children. They often bring them out of their shell and have even been known to encourage them to excel further in their daily progress. In helping my friend with her puppy-raising, I noticed an issue beginning to develop—one that happens to a lot of people, even without special-needs children that most owners do not stop in the beginning signs of the problem, but rather wait until it is a full-blown issue.
The puppy was starting to chase and jump all over the kids whenever he saw them, treating them more like littermates than his leaders. Most see behaviors like this and interpret them as the puppy loving the child. This behavior can start off caused by the child's excitement. A dog should own NO property. In cases such as this, the parents need to step in and "claim" the kids, communicating to the dog that he must respect them. How to Use a Water Bottle To Train Your Dogs. Puppy Kindergarten. Puppy Kindergarten First Friend puppy classes involve multiple goals. 1) Proper socialization of young puppies is critical if they are to become well adjusted dogs. 2) To teach the owner how to be the pack leader so the puppy views them with trust and respect. 3) To teach the owner how to solve and prevent behavior problems, such as, barking, jumping, nipping, digging, chewing and housebreaking.
Also to teach your puppy proper behavior when visitors come to your house. 4) Last but not least, to teach you to condition the puppy to the commands of SIT, DOWN, COME, STAY, and NO; as well as how to go sanely for a walk. This class is a 6 week 9 hour course. This class meets for 1 1/2 hours on Saturday mornings. The fee for this course is $99.00 The best time to do Puppy Class is when your puppy is between the ages of 11 to 19 weeks. Puppy Acne, Staph, Demodectic Mange, Sarcoptic Mange. An Alternative Approach Puppy vaginitis in females, which is a greenish yellow mucus that is found on their vulva, likewise male puppies may have a greenish yellow crusty discharge from the penis sheath.
These are normal problems for growing puppies and I will explain how to adress them in this article. Puppy acne (staph), Bladder infections and bouts of Demodectic Mange are also normal...relax..it's not the end of the world. These opportunistic conditions are due to your puppy having a weak or underdeveloped immune system, which is very natural from 2 - 10 months of age, expecially 12 weeks to 6 months in the large and giant breeds. These are not genetic conditions, but are based in diet and environmental factors.
So in this article, rather than treating the symptoms, we look deeper at the cause and how to treat and feed for repair and prevention of these conditions. Old English Mastiffs: What's Good About 'Em? What's Bad About 'Em? English Mastiff Temperament, Personality, Behavior, Traits, and Characteristics, by Michele Welton.
Copyright © 2000-2013 The AKC Standard says, "A combination of grandeur and good nature, courage and docility. Dignity, rather than gaiety, is the Mastiff's correct demeanor. " Indeed, the Old English Mastiff is calm and quiet (as an adult!) , but he belongs in a roomy home with a spacious fenced yard so that his massive body has stretching room. He also needs companionship -- lots of it every day.