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April 21, 2011
I am trying to my 12 week old puppy to a larger crate as he is outgrowing his old one. He urinates in his new crate. How do I stop him from doing this?
Dear Mr. Frawley,
I have a 12 week old puppy that I I received two weeks ago from South Africa, and I live in Canada. I have been training him according to your method of house training, with lots of exercise and walking before and after meals. Until now his training has been flawless, with no accidents in or outside of the crate. He came in a wood crate, and I felt the crate was getting too small, because there is not enough room to put his water in without him knocking it over. I...
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April 21, 2011
My dog sniffs around a lot to find just the right spot before he poops. Why does he do this? Any suggestions?
Hello Cindy,
I tried to find this on your site before I asked but I couldn't. When I take my dog out to go potty, I don't have trouble with him peeing, but when it's time to poop, he has to find the right spot. He with sniff around, and get ready to poop and stop and move around and sniff some more. This drives me nuts. It's like he has to find the perfect spot. Why does he do this? I didn't have a problem with this when he was a puppy. I would bring him to the spot I wanted him to...
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April 21, 2011
It seems that everyone has an opinion on how long my GSD can hold her pee or poop. A friend said puppies can hold it for 1.5 hours for each month of age. Is this true?
Ed,
I have a GSD puppy just short of 5 months old and have watched your 8 weeks to 8 months video and looked at your website and Q&A, but I can't seem to find an answer to my question. It seems that everyone has an opinion on how long my GSD should be able to hold her pee or poop. A friend told me puppies can hold it for 1.5 hours for each month of age. Is this true? My wife and I continue to take her out almost every 4 hours and she performs satisfactory each time (strange conside...
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April 21, 2011
I have a 3 month old GSD that’s mouthy and bites on our pant legs. What should I do?
Hi I have a question regarding my 3 month old German Shepherd. I read some of your answers about a dog being 'mouthy' vs. being truly aggressive. My dog is mouthy and bites our pant legs and socks etc. However when we tell her 'no' a couple times she then barks at us, and when my husband tells her 'no' she barks at him and sometimes growls when he tries to correct her. Are we not correcting her enough or do you think this may be a temperament problem?
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April 21, 2011
My 11 week old Rot is constantly biting at my pants legs. I do not want to do protection work with him. What can I do?
I received and viewed your "puppy" video. Thanks, it helped, although I already knew most of it from having a Doberman and GS years ago, though the refresher was appreciated. However, I now have an 11-week old Rottie. He is friendly, outgoing, and learns quickly. However, when we walk by, he will "latch on" to our pant legs or legs if we have shorts on, the jeans will rip as he will not let go until the command of "no bite" is given. We want to stop the original bite. We hadn't planned to do ...
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April 21, 2011
At what age can I use a dominant dog collar on my pup? He is biting a lot and sometimes seems vicious.
Hi,
Can you tell me at what age I can start using the dominant dog collar. I got a puppy that is out of control with the biting. He has been like this since he was 6 weeks old and now he's 16 weeks old. I have your DVDs on pack structure and puppy training 8 weeks to 8 months and nothing seems to help I had to put him on a choker for self preservation. Please help he acts at times like a viscous dog. I don't know if its my fault in this training process or what, would a prong colla...
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April 21, 2011
I have a 7 month old miniature english bulldog who needs to constantly chew something. I have tried several items and am wondering what else I could try?
I have a question about dog chew bones. I have a 7 month old miniature english bulldog who needs to constantly chew something. I have tried several items (nylabone, kongs, beef bones, beef hide). She's not interested in the kong or the nylabone, she loves the beef bones but they give her blisters on here chin and around her lips, and she is obsessed with the beef hide. She gets them soft and chews long strands that unravel. Is there anything else out there that I could try. Will the...
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April 21, 2011
My 18 week puppy loves to chew shoes and especially boots. I have some ideas, but I don't know if I would be setting him up for failure? I would love to know your thoughts.
My 18 week (Chinook) puppy loves to chew shoes and especially boots. We have a boot matt near the front door and he will often try to grab one and run off to play with it. He never has a hold on one for more than a few seconds as I always make him drop it and distract him with something else but I am wondering if I were to give him an old pair of boots as his toy would I be able to teach him to distinguish that these are his and the rest are mine and off limits or should I keep it black a...
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April 21, 2011
Can a bottle fed puppy be a good working dog?
Cindy,
I have bought many....many of the videos you and Ed have made and love them. Thanks!
How do you think hand feeding a litter of puppies affect their working abilities? If a litter was bottlefed, is the litter more or less likely to be good working dogs? What are the pros and cons. What should a potential owner look for or be concerned about?
Thanks,
Gail
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April 21, 2011
I am considering feeding the bitch the formula. We are always struggling to keep weight on her, would help her put on weight and condition?
Hi Ed,
Our 2 1/2 yr old boxer had 3 pups on tuesday. One was stillborn the other 2 girls appeared to be doing well. One of them however, is not as strong and got de-hydrated. Have been using Whelpi formula with moderate success, but this morning the pup was pushing it away. So a few minutes internet search for an alternative feed and bottle (the ones I have, have a cone teat, which was not very successful) and I found your site. I had already thought about getting baby bottles (es...
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April 21, 2011
We have recently found out that we are expecting a very large litter. Any advice?
Hello My Frawley,
We have recently found out that we are expecting a very large litter (15) English Mastiffs. We have searched and searched for a proper supplement, figuring momma is gonna need some help. Any advice? :) We think your formula looks the best and appreciate all the testimonials posted on your website. Thank you.
Robyn
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April 21, 2011
I have a very weak bulldog puppy that I am tube feeding her every 3 hours. I was wondering can I feed her every 2 hours and if so do I split the formula dosage?
Hello my name is Barb. You seem to be an expert at raising puppies. I have a very weak bulldog puppy. She is 8 days old I am tube feeding her every 3 hours. I was wondering can I feed her every 2 hours and if so do I split the formula dosage. She weighs 12oz and I am feeding her 11cc. She was feeding on the mother and then she just stopped sucking after 5 days. She is hardly moving at all. I hope she does not die.
Thanks for your help,
Barb
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April 21, 2011
We have one 'runt' that we have on your formula. How often should we feed him? Should start on solid food? My vet says feed every 3 hours, but his appetite has dwindled since.
You provided us with some great advice a couple weeks back, and I am hoping you can help us again. We have a litter of Corgi pups, 4 weeks old on monday. We have one "runt" that we have on your formula. He is about a week behind the other pups developmentally, and has had a few close calls. He opened his eyes a week after others, etc. His lungs are a bit harsh, and the end of last week, he was battling an upper respiratory condition. This seems to be resolving. My concern is how often to ...
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April 21, 2011
My dog had 3 pups and they all appear very healthy. She has ever since the delivery, refused to clean the sacs from or even feed them on her own. What to do?
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I have a mastiff and she is 24 mons. and had just delivered a litter on 10/06/2010. She had 3 puppies and they all appear very healthy. She has from the time of delivery refused to clean the sacs from the pups or even feed them on her own. I have her bedding down every two hours to feed the babies and she doesn't seem to mind as long as I stay with her. I have looked at your feeding formula and have considered this should she refuse to do for them under my comand. I am se...
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April 20, 2011
Where do I measure my dog for a harness and which tracking line would work the best?
Good afternoon. I just joined a Schutzhund club and I'm looking to purchase a harness and tracking line.
My first question is in regards to the harness. My GSD is a 70-75 lb male, 11 months & 1 week old today. What size harness would be appropriate? Where exactly would I measure him? I'm guessing it would be the brown version (25 to 39").
My tracking line question is which material would be good to have. I certainly don't need the 'best,' but I also don't want one that will be ruined ...
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April 20, 2011
I have a question about the design of the wire basket muzzle.
I was looking to purchase a wire basket muzzle for my German Shepard. I have taken all the necessary measurement needed. My question is it does not have a leather strap going from the basket between the eyes to behind the head like some others that I seen on your site is the a reason or just because of the longer snout. If there are fitted right have you ever seen the wire basket muzzle come off.
Thanks for your time
Michael
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April 19, 2011
I had to give my dog to my daughter due to allergies. It used to be well mannered, now it’s a terror. What can we do?
We have a 10-month-old female German shepherd, who is very smart, totally housebroke, crate trained and loves all people and other animals. I realized I was allergic to her fur so I gave her to my daughter and son-in-law who live 800 miles away. Since we have left her she is breaking out of her crate and peeing and pooping on their floor. They can't leave her outside for more than 30 minutes or she will start digging. She never did any of this when I had her. They are about ready to go crazy....
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April 19, 2011
We adopted a 10 year old, mal-treated Dob. He came with some problems; can you give some advice?
My husband and I have adopted a Doberman from our neighbor who passed away a couple months ago. When we got Duke he was 10 lbs underweight and had every parasite I could think of. He also had several sores from over licking and lying in his own feces. He is about 10 years old. Now he is minus the parasites and 10 lbs heavier and a lot healthier. He is a happy boy but shows some signs of aggression. I know he was severely neglected (starved and maybe beaten). He is, for lack of a better wo...
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April 19, 2011
We bought a male german shepherd. He has become very attached to my husband. When we first go near the dog he pees. What can we do to solve this problem?
We recently purchased a male GS. When we visited the dog, he seemed very confident and outgoing. However, when we brought him home, he has latched onto my husband. He gets upset when he leaves, he has to be constantly with him. When he leaves, I try to bring the dog out by playing with him, etc., and he just goes back into the porch to wait for my husband. He's a very soft dog, so I don't want the corrections to be to harsh, but he just doesn't engage in anything when my husband is gone, ...
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April 19, 2011
Our 6 month old pup is getting into everything when we leave. We cannot keep him out of the garbage, and we cannot stop him from being destructive. Can you help us?
Hello. I know that you have a lot of mail so I'll try to make this as short and sweet as I can. We have a 6 month old male, black lab and golden retriever mix pup. This dog loves garbage!!! He refuses his dog food even after several brands have been tried. We have tried every thing. Taking trash out before we leave the house, tying him up, putting gates up so he can't get into certain rooms and the cage. Nothing works. He chews through the leash, destroys the room he is in and jumps the g...
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