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Love to travel 21 asked:


My family and I have a 10 month old female Aussie and would like to add another dog to our family. Ideally we would like a smaller dog that could keep up with our current dog without being run over! :)

DARREN
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rcsmith525 asked:


Remember the movie Firewall with Harrison Ford? It’s somewhat recent. There is a dog in the movie named Rusty (I think) and it’s the family dog. I was just wondering what kind of dog it was.

BRENT
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09
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Aaron asked:


I am pretty satisfied with commercial dog food and I have no problem sticking with it, but I would just like to know how to make nutritional homemade dog food. My dogs are a golden retriever, beagle, and dachshund if that information is needed. I would like advice also, like what supplements to put in the food, and the right portions, and a professional website would be the best. I don’t really want just homemade dog food that isn’t any better than commercial dog food. Please help out. Thanks.

CURTIS
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Allen McDaniel asked:


 

Necessary To Dog Training: Positive Reinforcement

Recent studies have shown that the commonly used method of negative reinforcement dog training is not only an effective in improving dog behavior, it can be harmful to both the dog and dog owner. Positive reinforcement not only promotes a well behaved, and less aggressive dog, it also increases the speed at which a dog learns. This is an important lesson in learning how to train a dog.  It shortens the time of your dog training, and you will have a obedience and well behaved dog sooner rather than later.

The basics of positive reinforcement are that you reward your dog for good behavior and ignore its bad behavior. It is important not to punish, harm, or neglect your dog’s bad behavior. You simply ignore it. When the dog realizes that it is rewarded and treated better for good behavior, it will focus on exhibiting that type of behavior. Understand that the dog does not do this to make you happy, it does this because when it exhibits a behavior that gets rewarded, it is treated well, and it makes the dog its self happier. Contrary to popular belief, dogs are actually very self-absorbed!

Keep in mind when handing out rewards, they need to be both meaningful to the dog, and they need to be handed out in a very precise manner. If the reward is given at an incorrect time, the dog can become confused as to which behavior caused the reward. This can slow down dog training, and can cause the dog to exhibit behavior that you do not find correct.

If the dog is rewarded with treats and praise that it does not find meaningful, it will also become confused and will not exhibit the behaviors that you intend. Throughout your ownership of the dog, focus on learning which praise, which rewards, and which treats the dog responds best to. When giving the dog or reward for good behavior, scale the reward based off of how good the behavior is and what the dog likes best. For an extremely good behavior, give the dog it’s favorite treat. For a less important behavior trait, give the dog a type of praise that it considers less important.

Following these simple guidelines will help to improve your experience of dog training. This will help you to train your dog faster, and it will help your dog to better understand which behaviors are valuable. Although this just touches on a few of the most important parts of dog training, it is important that you obtain a complete training manual before continuing your dog training. Many training manuals, like the ones found at http://www.dogtrainerpro.info, are put together by professional dog trainers. These contain years and years of expertise and fine tuning the best techniques for effective dog training. Good luck in your dog training endeavors. With correct research, you’re sure to have a well behaved and obedient dog.

 



ALAN
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