Dogs

Whenever I go for a walk with my dog, a Jack russell cross, he tries to attack other dogs. I got him from a cats and dogs home a couple of months ago. I like to let him off for a run around because he has a lot of energy. Most of the time there’s another dog in the field and he runs off to it. He won’t come if I call him if there’s another dog and he tries to attack it. A couple of dogs he seems fine with, he sniffs them, then he suddenly tries to attack him. I want to let him off for a run around but theres nowhere else I can do that apart from the field. I want to do something before he gets hurt.

Get in contact with a qualified trainer or behaviorist who can evaluate him.

In the mean time, do NOT let your dog loose without a muzzle. It would be terribly irresponsible on your part if he attacked another dog while you allowed him to run loose. If you muzzle him he can have a run and you don’t have to worry about him biting. Of course, even with the muzzle, you should call him back to you and put him back on his leash when you see another dog coming in which case a reliable recall is MUST. Even muzzles can come loose so they are no guarantee.

Your dog is far from being a lost cause, but you should really seek help from a ‘real life’ professional. You would not want anyone to give you wrong advice over the Internet.

Best of luck.

French police dog training. Watch these canine police officers lay down the law!

This was not shot by me.
Don’t know where it came from.

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I was lead to believe that most dogs view the humans their most commonly around in much the same way as they’d view other dogs they’d be around in the wild, kind of like a pack. What position within that pack does the family dog give view itself? Does it consider itself to be a member of the pack (family), or does the dog view the family as being members of the dogs pack, and thus the dog views itself as the leader?

That is an excellent question. Dogs view things differently then we do and there is much speculation about the question you just asked as to how a dog finds his place in a pack, albeit an artificial one since we, humans are not dogs.
In a dog’s world things are black and white simplicity wise. Everything a dog does stems from pack drive, the fundamental force behind a dog’s existence. In the so called civilized society of ours, we have brought the dog in our home, but, to that dog, we are still his pack and he still wants to belong and find his rightful place within it.
That is where things get confusing. Most people have no idea what pack drive is, most people refuse to view a dog for what he really is, a dog, and confuse it and themselves by trying to alter the dog’s point of view to fit their fantasies.
Weak tempered dogs will try to appease their human pack members and fit in anywhere they can within the social structure of a pack. Appeasing can include, but is not limited to behaviors such as "kissing", "licking", etc, behaviors that humans view for other then what they really are.
Strong temperament dogs will often take advantage of a human who does not understand and try to position themselves at the head of the pack by displaying behaviors that most people also do not understand and further confuse and incite the dog to push further and further until he becomes a problem.
Since dogs do not posses language skills, they must be taught by behaviors what is acceptable and what is not by their owners. The dogs that receive that instruction and provided that they come from a solid genetic backround are the happiest and healthiest ones in our world.
In conclusion, dogs that are genetically correct and are raised by someone who understands dog behavior will find themselves within a certain position, assigned to them by their owner and live a happy, structured life belonging to a human pack in safety and comfort.
Hope I helped!!

Britain’s Got Talent – Gin the clever funny dog

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where in new jersey can u find rescued mini daschuned thats not pure breed

you can try your local animal shelter. they might have something. if they don’t you can try www.petfinder.com
i think they can give you local places that have a certain breed of dog. if you don’t want it purebred then type that in.
hope i helped

First of all. I am an animal and dog lover. The shelters are overpopulated by large unwanted dogs millions of which are euthanized everry year. Most shelters will have very few if any small dogs and most have a long adoption waiting list for small dogs.
Large dogs have two or three times the number of pups per birth than small dogs do.
So there is clearly a very serious problem with large dog overpopulation.
In addition, large stray dogs acan be a serious danger resulting in thousands of serious hospitalized dog maulings every year.
So should all large dogs be required to be fixed by one year old unless it belongs to a licensed dog breeder?
Again SMALL DOGS are not the problem. In fact there is a shortage of them judging by the shelters long waiting lists for adoption so that is obviously a waste of time and resources. It is the large dogs who have 10-12 pups per litter vs small dogs 3-4 pups per litter.

I believe ALL dogs should be neutered by 6 months if the dog is of pet quality and will not be used for showing or breeding (by RESPONSIBLE breeders). Licensing has nothing to do with it.

I take my german shepherd every once in a while to play with an american bulldog. The american bulldog’s owner told me that her dog stayed itching himself all night long after it played with my dog. My dog is free from fleas & ticks. The other dog is also free from fleas & ticks. Someone mentioned dogs can be allergic to other dogs coats. Is this possible?

Hmmm. A German Shepherd has a double coat. I would seem possible that allergens or pollen could adhere to the undercoat or to the outer coat. So, I guess my answer would be that the other dog could be allergic to something that is on the shepherd’s coat, but not to the coat itself.

It the shepherd goes for walks in any wooded area or rolls in the grass etc, then pollen could easily be found on the coat.

My son’ s dog is allergic to spruce pollen and he lives in Alaska. There are spruce trees all over the place up there.

Pollen or allergens could cause a skin reaction or a nasal/cough type reaction depending on whether it was breathed in or rubbed onto the skin.

Professionals teach dogs to guard against intruders and attack on command.

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2 stories: My husband had a dog when we were dating about 9years ago. He found the dog laying on the ground taking his last breath almost dying and growing up people told us when a dog is sick give them milk. My husband gets the gallon of milk ,opens the dogs mouth and makes the dog drink it. After 5 minutes the dog gets up, almost falling but gets up and starts walking. That dog died of old age.
Another story: My small female chihuahua was coughing and vomiting and I gave her milk, within a few minutes, I no longer heard the cough and she stopped vomiting. Do my dogs just have strong digestive systems or what? Or does Milk really help sick dogs?Just wondering if anyone else has used this on there sick dog?

Dogs are supposdly lactose intolerant. My dog drinks milk all the time and he is 10 now and living a healthy life. I think milk calms stomach acid like it does in humans which is why a dog would do well to have some. I think that it just depends on the theory people live by…I say whatever works for you.

I have a male maltese mixed, 1 1/2 years old at home and recently adopted a new dog, a 3 years old male shih tzu. The problem is, the shih tzu basically does not get along with all dogs, not just my current maltese mixed. He’ll growl whenever a dog comes near him and even attempt to attack and bite other dogs. Since he is a rescued dog, I do not have any information of his past. He marks very often though I’ve tried to correct him many times.

How do teach him to be calmed and submissive when he’s around with other dogs?

Is he neutered? If not, get him neutered and that should lessen the marking…but once that becomes a habit you can’t train him not to mark areas in the house…
As for socializing, you just have to work with him. My mix also hated other dogs, but I would just take her to dog parks or an area with dogs, keep her on leash and gauge her reaction. Even with the dogs far away she would often growl and I would tell her "no". After a few times doing this, she would not growl in the dog park, so I would treat her. We began moving closer and closer to the dogs, waiting until she wouldn’t growl and then getting closer. Over time I would allow her to go up to other dogs, always being careful to be aware of her reactions (i.e. hackles raised, tail in between legs, ears back, teeth bared, etc.) and over time she would get used to the other dogs and eventually she was perfectly fine. Now she LOVES to run around with other dogs, but I will tell you it took awhile to get where she is now.
Good luck!
And thanks for adopting!