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Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Fri Jan 4, '13 2:01pm PST  I think I'm going to use "Focus" as the command to watch me. ~~~~~ How do I teach her to lie down? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Thu Jan 3, '13 7:02pm PST  When I brought Luna home almost a week ago, I noticed that her nails were too long. Today I brought out the nail clippers and made the ultimate mistake: I caught the quick. I stopped the bleeding right away, and put the clippers away to avoid traumatizing her further. How do I tell in a black dog where the quick is? (I'm used to my cat's white nails.) I'm about ready to take her down to a pet store and ask the grooming department if they will do it while I watch. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > How Do I Teach...

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Wed Jan 2, '13 11:13am PST  I need to buy hotdogs. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > How Do I Teach...

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Tue Jan 1, '13 6:43pm PST  Videos like that help a lot! Thanks for sharing. Maybe I'm asking to much for her to step in my direction while outside? I'm going to keep working with her inside, because that's the most boring environment. It also helps to have some sort of time frame for when I ought to see improvement. Part of me wishes I saw more change already, but then again, this is only the third day she's been here. I know that in the dog training world, slow is fast. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > How Do I Teach...

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Tue Jan 1, '13 6:37am PST  Of course! She went through her first bully stick in 36 hours, and that wasn't even when I left her alone. Even at night, when I'm shutting her into the bedroom with me, I give her something. A Kong or hollow femur bone with peanut butter, her stuffie to play with, a bully stick... Thanks for the book suggestion! A couple of weeks? Okay. I'll work on her stepping toward me in different places in the house, and then work on her looking at me in the driveway. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Mon Dec 31, '12 11:02am PST  She spent so much time looking all around that she would barely look at me, much less step closer. ~~~~~ How do I teach her not to bark when I leave? Last night I shut her into the bedroom and went back upstairs for a second. About 30 seconds after I left, she started whining and barking. I told her "No" firmly and ignored her. But I've got roommates and I can't do that to them! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Service & Therapy Dogs > Tasks

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Mon Dec 31, '12 10:25am PST  I don't know if that's a good idea with such a small dog. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > How Do I Teach...

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Mon Dec 31, '12 10:24am PST  I'm going to try it outside in my driveway next, and see how she does with a more distracting environment. So far, after two sessions, she steps closer to me 100% of the time when I step to the back or side! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > How many times a day should a dog poop?

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Mon Dec 31, '12 10:21am PST  Luna poops every time take her out, which is approximately every four hours. She gets ToTW twice daily. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Luna Future Service- Dog     Barked: Sun Dec 30, '12 6:53pm PST  She's about 1/5th my weight-- I couldn't do it with a dog half my weight! I'd rather teach her to heel properly instead of relying on a harness to redistribute the pulling force. Asher, I wanted to say what an amazing help that video was! I got some of her kibble, and clicked her for looking up at me with the leash on. She caught on pretty quickly. The first few times I stepped back, she didn't follow, but then she figured it out. I stopped after doing it for maybe 5-10 minutes because I heard multiple shorter training sessions are best. Tomorrow I'll do more backing up with her. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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