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Dachshunds Are Statistically More Prone to Aggression

July 18th 2009 16:56
Although it may sound silly, it's true... Or so says one study that was performed. The study tested dog aggression towards owners, strangers, and other dogs. Sadly, the Dachshund scored pretty high for all the different types of aggression. But even still, you just can't say that all Dachshunds are going to be aggressive just because those used in the study failed the tests.


Not many people may have heard or are aware of this particular study, but I can nearly guarantee and I'd bet my job that if the test showed that Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Dobermans, or any other dog breed that has had problems in the past were the most aggressive of the breeds tested, then everyone would have heard about the test.

That's rather sad if you ask me, but what can you do. The government, PETA, and various other organizations are trying to prove that certain dog breeds are just more prone to aggression and biting than others. I think it's a load of crock, and so does the CDC. The CDC no longer feels that dog breed should be the focus of dog aggression and dog bite studies. There just isn't enough information and data that shows that the breed of the dog is gong to pre-determine what dogs may or may not attack a human or another animal.

Plus, there just isn't a dog bite epidemic that everyone wants us to think. Dogs are animals, and when they attack we can't forget that they ARE animals. Yes, they may be man's best friend, but you know what, that isn't going to prevent them from biting you or someone you know.


Dogs can be the most loving, loyal, and trustworthy animal that we have as pets, but that isn't going to prevent an accident with another dog or with a human. It is out duty to train and socialize our dogs. We must also make sure that we are as alert to the surroundings when our dogs are with us to potentially prevent harm to another being by noticing any signs of aggression before they lead to a bite (no matter how insignificant or extreme the bite may be).

If you're interested in reading about the study that proved Dachshunds to be more aggressive than the other dog breeds within the study, check out Dachshunds Are More Aggressive - Dog Aggression Study



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Litter Box Train a Dog

February 6th 2009 03:52
Although, it may seem pretty silly to litter box train a dog, it is very possible to do so. It's actually a great method of house training a small dog. Because small dogs just can't hold their bladder as long as a medium or large sized dog, this is a great way to ensure that your dog can go potty whenever he wants, even if you aren't home to take him out.

Personally, this is something that I wish that I had implemented with my Yorkie when he was younger. He was God-awful to house train, and I think that a litter box would have been much easier him to grasp. I mean he was already pottying in the house. Ha.

There are a few different methods of how to litter box traing a dog, and it will be up to you to determine which method will work for you. You just want to remeber that you and everyone in the house will need to be constant while trainign the dog. If one person does something a little different than another, then you are just setting the dog up to fail, which is the las thing that you want to do.

When litter box training your dog, you should make sure that you have supplies for messes and accidents. You also want to make sure that you have proper dog litter and a dog litter box. Sometimes using a dog litter box filled with just newspaper is fine, so it's up to you to decide what you want to use inside the litter box.

For more tips about litter box training a dog check here > How to Litter Box Train a Dog




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Dog Run Away

November 22nd 2008 02:27
There are many behavior problems that you may encounter with your dog, and one of the more worrisome (for the dog’s sake) is preventing him from running away. There are some dogs that will sit in your yard without a fence, leash, and any supervision, but there are others who will always manage to find a way out of a closed in fence.

There are different reasons as to why your dog may be in the second group, and once you figure out why your dog is running away, you are half way to correcting the problem.

Some of the more common reasons as to why your dog is trying to run away tend to include various natural instincts such as reproduction, hunting and roaming, which you will typically see in unaltered male dogs, as they will actually seek out females to reproduce or seek new places to roam. Both male and female dogs will try to hunt, and this factor is typically chasing after rodents, cats, dogs, and other various animals.

But, at the same time it could be pure boredom and something across the street sparked an interest, such as a group of kids playing hopscotch.

There are actually a number of reasons that your dog may try to run away, but you shouldn’t go to the assumption that your dog is unhappy and is just trying to get away from you. For the most part, it’s going to be some natural instinct. If not that, it’ll be due to the breed, as some breeds, such as Siberian Huskies, are very prone to trying to escape and roam.

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Positive Reinforcement Training

October 19th 2008 16:34
There are many ways that you can train your dog, and not all of them work for every dog. In a way, dogs are like people in that there are different ways that different people learn, and not all dogs learn the same way.

The historic way of training is punishment, but punishment just hasn't proven as the nicest or the best method to training your dog, much less any animal. Now, the more effective ways to train your dog is reinforcement training- more importantly positive reinforcement training.

If you want to opt for positive reinforcement training, you want to make sure that you know the different terms, although, for the most part you will perform the actions without knowing what you are doing.

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The basic terms for reinforcement training include:
* Positive reinforcement: Dog does something right, you give something
* Negative reinforcement: Dog does something right, you give something
* Positve punishment: Dog does something wrong, you take something away
* Negative punishment: Dog does something wrong, you take something away

They soung pretty simple and pretty similar, right? Well, basicall negative is bad and positive is good. Reinforcement you give to make sure the behavior continues, and punishment is you take something to ensure the behavior doesn't continue.

Ok, here... You put a shock collar on your dog. The dog barks (behavior you want to stop), and the collar GIVES your dog a shock. This is negative reinforcement, as every time your dog barks, he gets a shock to reinforce the behavior to be quiet.

Or, You're trying to teach your dog to walk nicely on a leash. He's pulling and pulling and choking himself on the collar. Well, when he stops pulling, he stops choking. You are taking away the choking sensation when the dog does right. This is positive punishment. The word punishment isn't always a bad thing. You are just taking something away to enforce a behavior, and in this case you're taking away the choking feeling and your dog walks nicely to prevent choking.

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That is really the simplified version of the words, but for the most part you will be doing this anyway subconsciously. So, you don't necessarily HAVE to worry about it.

Just remember that with positive reinforcement training, you want to make sure that you make the training as pleasurable and fun as you can. Use clicker training or just use treats to reinforce that your dog does a particular behavior with a particular command.
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Dog Training - Clicker Training

October 11th 2008 18:23
There are many different meths of training your dog, and I want to make sure that you know and understand about clicker training. Although, clicker training is a method of training any animal from rats, dolphins, whales, horses, cats, etc. it is very simple to use when training your dog.

There are so many people who have heard of clicker training, but they are not 100 percent sure of how it works or how to do it properly. I have seen people using the clicker to click at their dog when the dog was doing something bad, which in turn teaches the dog to continue doing it... Well, not really. The way the lady was using it was to get the dog to stop barking while in the kennel. She would click the dog would stop and stare, and then start barking again. It drove me nuts!

But, anyway, whether you have a puppy or an older dog, you can successful clicker train the dog.

One of the common misconceptions with clicker training is that if you train your dog via the clicker, you wil always have to use the clicker and the dog will not truly learn how to do the commond without the clicker. Well, this is so not true. When using clicker training to train your dog, you can easily fade out the clicker as long as you do it properly.

Clicker training is probably the most effective and positive method of dog training that you will ever be introduced with.

There are several books about clicker training that you can purchase to help you out. but for the most part you can learn from Karen Pryor. THIS has tons of information that was taken from her book "Don't Shoot the Dog."

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Dog Agility Training

August 17th 2008 17:19
If you want to try training your dog how to run an agility course, I think you've made a great decision. By training your dog how to run an agility course, you will not only relieve some of the pent up energy in your dog, but you will create a closer bond with your dog because of the further training. Plus, you may even get to shed a few pounds while you are out there running with the dog.


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Simple Basic Obedience and Dog Tricks

June 27th 2008 15:04
Whether you're getting a new puppy or dog, or you already have one and you need a little training advice, you definitely want to consider some of these tips.

Basic obedience training is one of the most critical training that your dog needs and deserves. As a pet, and family member in some cases, you want to protect your dog at all costs. Not only protect your dog, but you want to make sure that your dog is well-behaved so that you don't have to yell at him all the time


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