Comments on: Dog Obedience Training Facts and Myths

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:31:44 +0000

I really like your blog and your methods of training. I agree with everything that I read so far! I also believe that instilling fear into our dogs by mimicking painful dominant behaviors will only result in a negative outcome. You need to be firm, yet loving. It is the same when teaching children.
I’m getting a new puppy tomorrow and I thought that I would brush up on training information. Thank you!

By: Maddie koehne

Maddie koehne — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:03:43 +0000

this website has some really interesting facts on dog training and I think that everybody should use it to help them train their dogs properly

By: shibashake

shibashake — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:45:54 +0000

In reply to Peyto'sMum. Big hugs to your fur-baby! :D

By: Peyto'sMum

Peyto'sMum — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:48:58 +0000

Just love your blog. The information is so useful and very much common sense. I inherited an 18 wk old Poodle and have lots of work ahead of me. I’ll be book marking your site to keep tabs on your articles. Thank you so much for putting out this resource; its handy for all us fur-baby owners.

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:45:00 +0000

Just want to say thanks, I’ve been reading your site extensively since I bought my dog Summer home. Excellent advice on how to make a naughty little husky into a well behaved pup. Thanks so much

By: shibashake

shibashake — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:01:25 +0000

In reply to whitlock _janet.

Hello Janet,
I just got a new Sibe puppy so I am getting a refresher course in puppy biting 🙂
Re crates: In general you want a puppy/dog to associate the crate with something safe and positive so that she will willingly go into it. For example, when one of my dogs had an allergic reaction to a bee bite, she went into her crate to recover.
The crate is very useful because it is a quiet place that my dogs associate with rest and safety – like a den. I crate all my dogs at night and they all go into it willingly. This ensures that everyone is calm and secure through the night.
Some people also use crates for when their dogs are home alone.
Crates are also very useful for potty training.
Re puppy biting: One thing that can help to stop puppy biting is the time-out. When a puppy bites too hard, you can take away puppy’s freedom by putting her in a time-out.
In this way puppy learns that –
bite too hard = don’t get to be with people
I use my laundry room as my time-out area because it is small, dark, and there is nothing to do in there. Any low stimulus area will work.
Some people use crates to give time-outs but that is generally not a good idea for the reasons stated above.
Here are a couple of articles on puppy biting –
http://shibashake.com/dog/puppy-biting-tips-solutions
http://shibashake.com/dog/puppy-biting-how-to-stop-puppy-biting

By: whitlock _janet

whitlock _janet — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:00:25 +0000

I have looked at different comments to stop my puppy biting me I am confused by some of them some say dont do certain things like crate them for a while when biting others say its a bad idea help

By: shibashake

shibashake — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:59:25 +0000

In reply to drbj.

Thanks drbj!
Btw. I still can’t see the old hag even after following your very good instructions. I am hopeless. 🙂
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

By: drbj

drbj — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:58:25 +0000

With all this excellent information and research, you saved a lot of dogs from getting human training and receiving dog training instead. Very informative. You performed a good deed today. 🙂