I have decided to help out and rescue a dog from homelessness (it may be temporary but I hope not). He is 2 years old and MASSIVE. He acts like a puppy, in that he wants love all the time and has been so good about not chewing or being bad in the yard. He shows potential to be trained and learns quite fast. He is already playing soccer and fetching. He has also learned to drop the ball and back off (so now I can pick it up without being afraid he will dive in for my hand). His jaws are massive so keep that in mind while you read the rest because I think that is my biggest fear. I know in another article you mentioned you had to adjust your fear because your Shiba would at most cause puncture wounds, but I am pretty sure this dog could dislocate and maul my hand. Augh so scary. But regardless, within 2 days he has started trusting me, even enough to take a shower in a closed walk-in shower (he was full of fleas but was a trooper who allowed me to clean him as much as possible without giving me a hard time). He puts his heads between my legs when he is uncomfortable so I have learned to take that as a sign to slow down. He is bigger than any dog I remember having as a kid. I was told I had bigger dogs but I wasn’t in control of training them. So naturally, I am terrified. I have another dog in the house who has been with us for 7 years. She is a rescue and honestly an angel. We got so lucky with her as she shows all the positive traits of a JRT but is extremely mellow and independent (in a good way, not annoying at all and sometimes we even forget where she is in a room because she is so quietly sitting in her bed). I am terrified of letting the two get close to each other because I have nightmares that the big one will crush my JRT or catch hold of her in his mouth. I do not know what I will do in that situation and it may be the reason I have to take the dog to the pound. I don’t want to do that and I want to be strong. The new dog accepts me as alpha. He listens but sometimes he will wander off to test his limits and then come back. I think a leash with a lead on it will be really helpful here so I am going to try that. He has a tendency to open his mouth and try to rest his teeth on different surfaces but I am trying to adjust that. I was thinking that if I started with objects that I didn’t want him to bite and use keywords, he won’t show aggression towards my other dog. He has barked twice at her but both times his tail was wagging and when she is on the other side of the glass door, he whines. I don’t want to mistake this as him wanting to play and then we have a terrible experience. I was wondering when are usually times that you justify using time-out for him. I could send him out to the patio but I don’t want him to think he is able to go outside and get the wrong idea. I’d rather it be a very boring room in my house with no interaction. He is getting attached to me so I would like to keep him and train him, but I am not used to a dog of this size. Any tips or resources? He really does act like a child and I do want to try. I hope that counts for something. I am heart broken as to how his previous owners left him in the back yard for days without food or even a blanket. Is it possible to train a dog like this? This big? He is a Blue Heller mixed with JRT I believe or a Boingle?

we have 6mo groenendael (belgian shepherd), for now we’r doing basic obedience… Lately he started attacking leash, like playing thug-o-war with leash, and he’s only doing these on walks with me, when hi’s with bf everything is ok. He’s obedient till one cklick, and than he starts attacking, and nothing helps (i tried ignoring him, food luring..) the only way we could walk home is when i lure him with a toy till home. So i start thinking if it’s maybe dominance towards me? What do you think it’s the best way to cope with that behaviour? Thank you!

According to my puppy kindergarten teacher, this should be able to be resolved by emergency recall. You will have to come up with a code word for this that you don’t normally use such as “Lucky” or something like that. You grab a hand full of really good treats and you make the dog follow you while scurrying back with the food in front of their nose while repeatedly saying the code word. After a few steps, you will need to grab their collar and spread the treats all over the floor and let him eat it. Do this only 1 time a day while training it and don’t use it for anything other than emergency situations. Hope this helps!

I know that it´s difficult to train a Shiba Inu, but does anyone have a trick, how to train the dog to come back?

I would really appreciate, if you have a few tips for me.

You should not panic because thé husky Will think you playing and it Will bite harder so you should give him à long Playtime with à toy without someone disturbing it and ittl know that if it wanst to chew itll chew on thé toy

My puppy just started doing the same stuff it drives me nuts she bits my hands and tries to bite my nose and mouth ,she is pit beagle mix starting training classes this weekend