Pets

It is important to take your dog to the vet to rule out any medical issues first. If no medical issues are present, then you can explore house training methods and look into possible triggers from noise phobia or separation anxiety.
 
Transcript: "My dog won't stop peeing in my house. What should I do? Well, first and foremost, if you haven't done so already, I would absolutely recommend scheduling an appointment with your dog's veterinarian. They'll likely start with asking you some additional questions and doing a physical exam and probably recommending, some diagnostic tests. It might be tempting to overlook that or skit beyond that step, but it's actually a really important one. Especially if this is a new behavior for your dog or if it's changed in a particular way, the vet is going to be asking questions about how often does it happen? Not only how often does your dog actually pee in the house? But how often does your dog need to urinate? Knowing that if we're seeing frequent urination or increased volume of urination or even a sense of urgency to urinate? Those? Can indicate on the underlying medical issues? Even in a young healthy, dog that well appears, Of the, in other ways. So, again, it's always worth checking out that piece first, if your dog gets a clean bill of health based on exam and history, and some of those diagnostic tests, then we can get a little bit more information about the situations in, which this is happening, is it truly happening multiple times of day or are there other triggers? We can see dogs who may urinate in the house because of a lack of house training in which case we can double down on. Our training efforts. We can also see urinating or peeing in the house when we have an animal who's showing more of a panic or anxiety disorder which could be coming from a point of noise phobia or perhaps separation anxiety or other reasons. So it's really important to make sure we understand when and why this is happening as well as ruling out those medical issues first. And then we can explore the training side of house training if that's where we end up from our diagnosis standpoint. Point."

To stop a puppy from pooping in the house after a walk, make sure they are either outside in the right place and you are ready to reward them for eliminating in the appropriate location, inside in a confined spot where they are unlikely to urinate or defecate, or directly being supervised by you. If the puppy has been pooping in the house after a walk, try going for the walk and then come back inside and take them back outside 8-10 minutes later so that you can get them in the right place at the right time.
 
Transcript: "Why does my puppy repeatedly poop in the house after we've been out for a walk? How can I stop this? There's a couple of things to remember here. Number one, when you are house training, especially a puppy. You want to make sure that they are essentially in one of three places at all times, they're either outside in the right place at the right time and you are there ready to reward or reinforce them for eliminating in the appropriate location or they are inside in a confined? Current spot where they are unlikely to urinate or defecate which might be a crate or a small pen and, you know, some something along those lines or third option. They are directly being supervised by you. And by directly, I mean, you've got eyes on. You are watching for those early telltale signs that they're starting to posture or sniff the ground, or get a little bit too interested in sneaking off, somewhere to eliminate elsewhere in the house. That's your cue then to take the dog. Outside to the appropriate location so that you can reward them. So you're basically alternating between those three places. If in your case, if you've got a dog who has repeatedly eliminating inside the house after a walk, a couple of things may be happening one, it may be that the walk itself is actually stimulating some of that gastric motility and so you may decide to go for your walk, come back inside. And if the puppy hadn't pooped on the walk then take them back. Back outside eight to ten minutes later so that you're getting them in the right place at the right time. Again, it comes back to those basic rules as well. Try that start there and if we need to explore further than we certainly can do so but that's a good place to start."

Yes, it is possible to train a dog to stop excessively barking in most cases. It may take time and effort to get there, but it can be done by addressing the root cause of the barking and giving the dog enough information so they are successful in their new behaviors.
 
Transcript: "Can I train my dog to stop excessively barking? In most cases, yes. Now, domestic dogs do bark a whole lot more than their wild counterparts. So we are a little bit fighting an uphill battle in some cases. And depending on the reason for your dog's barking, whether it's coming from stress or excitement or maybe even because we've accidentally reinforced that behavior, it may be a little bit more challenging to address it. First things first, it's not necessary to escalate to corrections or punishment or aversive devices that truly have flooded the market. We don't have to use a pinch collar. We don't have to use a shock collar. We don't have to use any sort of bark-activated collar or anything along those lines. But we do need to find out, to some degree, what your dog is trying to communicate. If they're excited, cool. Then maybe we can address that indirectly by giving them more enrichment or more things to do with their time rather than barking. If they're barking because they are worried or fearful, we can work with that too. And we can help that animal to feel a bit more comfortable or secure or even safe in those particular situations. If barking is a form of aggression or a threat for them, well, aggression typically comes when we've got an animal whose needs are not being met or they feel defensive or there's some other reason why that's happening. So rather than focusing just on the barking and saying, how do we stop that, I tend to focus more on, do we have a sense of why that's happening in the first place? And can we address it there at the root cause? Or/and what do we want that dog to do instead? In the situation where the dog is barking-- maybe it's because the doorbell just rang-- what do we want the dog to do instead? And have we given the dog, the learner, enough information so that they're likely to be successful in those situations? By addressing it in those ways, yes, we can absolutely address the aggressive barking. It may take a bit of an investment of time and effort to get there, but it's definitely doable."

It really depends on what you consider to be a behavioral problem. If barking is a big deal, then we can rank breeds by their vocalizations. Otherwise, activity or hyperactivity could be the defining factor. Ultimately, it's important to define what constitutes a behavioral problem and consider all the factors before selecting a breed.
 
Transcript: "What dog breed has the least behavioral problems that's a good question but a truthfully a hard one to answer it's because it really depends on what you consider to be a behavioral problem. For some people barking is a really big deal and so we might rank the frequency of barking or vocalizations amongst different breeds and that's definitely something that we see more of in certain breeds and less of and others in some cases. Behavior problems may be more related, And two activity or even hyperactivity. And if that's the area that we're going to be concerned about. Yep. Then we can, we can definitely rank a list of dog breeds. That would be more or less likely to show that. So it's really important to Define what we consider to be a behavioral problem as a behavior. Professional. We often just say, well, behavior is just information or that it's all behavior and so there's a conversation that happens between us and our dogs and sometimes what we think of as a problem isn't really as much of a problem. For the animal, that's more of a problem for us. And then there are other things that truly may represent an underlying medical issue or behavioral pathology which I know is getting a little bit away from the question here but it's important to consider if we're trying to identify a dog or a breed of dog, that's likely to be a good fit for our household. There's a lot of facets that we may want to consider before making that decision."

Keeping a pet's bowl full of food may reduce the effectiveness of training strategies, could lead to resource guarding or aggression issues, and can be used to monitor intake and time potty breaks. It may also provide insight into the pet's comfort level depending on if/when they eat.
 
Transcript: "Are there Pros or cons to keeping a Pets bowlful As long as they don't? Overeat if we're using food as part of our training strategy for that dog, we might argue that our training might be a little bit less effective, or it might be harder to capture that dogs motivation. If they also have food available elsewhere, not always a valid concern but in some cases that might be relevant in other cases, leaving food down, could create more of a resource guarding or Additive aggression, trigger for some dogs, whether that aggression is directed more towards other dogs or potentially other animals in the household or even family members are kids. So there might be some safety reasons why we would want to pick the food up in between meals as a veterinarian. I'm typically advocating more for meal, feeding for most of my patients at least in situations where I want to be able to monitor their intake. Not because I'm concerned that their overeating but potentially, because I'd be concerned about undereating, or I want to monitor their ins and outs and potentially be able to time their potty breaks to the meals if that's going to be relevant from a house training standpoint. So there's a lot of different reasons why we might want to adjust the way in which we feed for some of my patients that were especially those who struggle, more with fear or anxiety issues, in those cases in offering food as a free choice. May allow them to tell us when they're more comfortable. Oh, and we may see that there are more likely to eat in the evening or when family members are home with them and that gives us more information about their overall comfort and their willingness to take food at those specific times. So, may change a little bit from dog to dog, but those are some of the considerations to keep in mind."

My course on the Science Dog platform, Puppies, Are We Teaching the Right Things, focuses on what I think is being left out or glossed over in puppy training, which can lead to problems and behaviour issues later in life.
 
Transcript: "Hello, Dale Ward here, dog trainer and behaviour consultant. The question is, can you discuss how your courses on the Science Dog platform differ from other puppy training resources available to pet owners? The course I have called Puppies, Are We Teaching the Right Things on the Science Dog, focuses on what I think is being left out or glossed over or forgotten for whatever reason out of teaching people about their puppies. Either that or we're not spending enough time on those subjects because dog owners are running into problems and we're seeing behaviour issues result later in life because of those things that we're not focusing on in puppy training. So instead of looking at what to do, which there are many, many great courses out there regarding what to include in your puppy training and how to, I'm focusing on what I think is missing in a lot of the training we're doing with people. So that's where mine, I think, differs from most other courses. Thanks. Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading supply needs!"
 Puppies: Are We Teaching the Right Things