Recent content by Agent Scully

thanks to everyone's input so far, sounds like firm consistant trianing and praise is the way to do it. and most important "time".

thanks again kira, i don't have teenagers but i was one myself. so i think i understand what you mean.

thanks kira, i think it's true that he doesn't respect me. he gets pretty much everything handed to him on a silver plater. but can you blame me. i also think he is playing the dominance thing with me. it's even hard to have him carry out a command these days, and when he finally does it, he...

thanks to everyone so far, i'm feeling a little better now. yes, i always have food when we're out. i wouldn't dare leaving the house without food. it's the only thing that has a chance on getting his attention. but when there's another dog around, food becomes useless sometimes too. i like...

Forrest is now almost 10 months old, but I don't really feel that he's bonded to me yet. We've finished our basic obedience classes and it seems to have helped a bit. When we're out his attention is never on me, everything else is more interesting than me. I know he's still a puppy and the world...

I crate trained Forrest when I first got him. We live in a 1 bedroom flat, so I took him out as often as I could. He was house trained in about a week and a half, he knows to go outside and it's just if I take him out before it's too late. He was crated for up to 4 hours during the day and also...

Hi everybody, I've not read anyone mention any doggy daycare. I do freelance work so I have alot of time to spend with my Forrest, lucky for me. But when I do work, it's always a 10 hour day. So I take him to the local daycare. I've done all my research on the daycares available to me and chose...

Hi everybody, Rookie to this website, just registered today, and i'm finding out alot of info on our favorite breed. I hope i'm not too late on this topic. My Forrest, a 9 months old very flashy fawn has the exact problem. After some basic training I realized how this problem began. I gave him...