Is there some way to get my dog to stop pooing on the concrete around my pool? You would think she would rather go in the grass but she likes to poo on my concrete. It’s really gross.
She is an otside dog, who only comes inside on cold nights, or extremely cold days. I can’t be with her every time she poos.
We do move her poo into the grass but that hasn’t helped.
When we go for walks. she goes in the grass, but when she’s home, right on the concrete.

He is a sweet little dachshund that thinks he’s a guard dog, when he someone comes over to visit he barks and barks at them. Any advice to get him to stop?

I have had quite a few dogs in the past, and have been able to train them pretty quickly and easily, but my new puppy doesn’t seem to want to learn. She’s very smart, and can already sit, lay down, and fetch, but she doesn’t want to stop chewing, biting, or going on the floor. What is the best way to stop her from doing these things?
If you have any advice, please help. Or if you know of any good websites, that would help also. =]

Hi all.

I have always trained my own dogs. I have a pup that I just adopted and she is about 4 months old. She was potty trained in 4 days, she will sit, laydown, and heel right beside me.

However as she will heel…if she is around a whole bunch of chaos she will just dart off. I love her to death but she is so hard headed….more hard headed than any other dog I have trained before.

So I guess I just want some advice as to how I can get her to heel, or come and actually stay put around a lot of distractions, without having to get after her a thousand times. Any advice would be awesome!

Thankyou in advance for reading )
Ok I see I have some comments. I want to make one thing clear. I do use a lead to train my dog.

I just want her to be able to do this without a lead as well.

My first dog trains on lead great….and does the same without a lead as well.

I just want to be able to train to that point that I do not need a lead.

The main reason I do this is in case my dog is off a lead and if there is an emergency….say my dog runs into the street or something and a car is coming…I want her to be able to respond to my command without having to yell, yell, yell and have my dog running mad.

I train beyond just lead training.
Just to note. I know my dog is pup and she is full of energy like any other pup. I do not expect her to do this over nigh I would just like to have some tips on how to work with distractions starting as a pup because it is the best time to start.

I know this takes a while and keep planing on working with her in the future months…years. I expect this. Just wanted some tips on where to start with distractions.

Please EMAIL me with your questions. I cannot answer them back to you on here. Thanks… my email is; grayluva@yahoo.com

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