Recent content by jppodst

We started leash training @ 8 weeks....let her walk around the house dragging the leash to get use to it. Were at the point that she will walk with it while I hold the leash, but my issue is she will walk down the driveway and then sit.....wont leave the driveway! lol Figure when she is ready...

I wish I could remember how long it was before my lab was use to the crate...it was 7 years since he was a puppy then we got Sadie, our boxer. Shes 4 months old now and whins. What I found thou is if I put the crade in the basement (its finished) next to the other dogs she was real...

Crate training is the way to go Crate training is so much better then putting them in a room. From the past dogs I have had they will destroy a room like its nothing....eat trim, tear things up etc......Once a dog is put in a crate and trained correctly they find the crate to be a safe place...

Separation Anxiety? Sounds like it might be Separation Anxiety. We had a Boston Terrior one time come in to the Rescue I work with.....at night the dog would get out of his crate, and tear up the room. If we shut the dog in a room, he would jump up and down and bit the door...

Hello everyone! My name is Jason, and I am new to the Forum. I have been involoved in Pet Rescue for many years, was the former Vice President of a Pet Rescue out of Belleville IL I am now involved more so with my 5 year old daughter and 2 year old daughtors! I have 3 dogs currently...