I have an alaskan sled dog(a generic term for a mutt with some husky somewhere in my dog’s case). I’d really like to be able to walk her off-leash, but I’m not sure how to train her to do that. She’s gotten good about coming when I call her to me, but what’s the next step? Any other training tips? Thanks!

We adopted a small dog that looks like a Chihuahua. He is very shy and we think his previous owners abused him. Any ways he does absolutely nothing just sits all day long. So when it comes time to go out side and walk him, again he does nothing. I don’t want to drag him I just want him to be able to use the restroom outside and not inside. ( I live in an apartment) He wont use the puppy pads its so useless all he seems to know is to go inside the house and I need to reverse that.

Are you trying to work out how to accommodate dog obedience training in your life? I acknowledge I fought with trying to work out when I’d ever have time to get it taken care of. Even weekend courses of instruction I found generally did not work out since something was always arising.

Did you know that you are able to train your dog at home in your free time? I did not recognize that and it took me a long time to come up with something that worked. Do not get me wrong, I enjoy dogs. I was almost at the point of insanity trying to work out how to get him to behave like a normal dog.

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