i answered a question in detail, then received an email in my personal box on ‘How to Train you Pup” or some similar jargon. Anyone else getting spam like this?

i just adopted a 1 year old or so dog from a friend of a friend, recently. i was told she was trained to go potty on indoor pee pads. that said, the first 2 weeks or so i didnt use the pee pads, and just took her outdoors as often as i could, and she successfully went on the grass for two weeks.

now, 3 weeks later, i’ve taken her back to school w/ me and she has to stay indoors for hours at a time, so i have been leaving her with pee pads when im gone. the first week she didn’t use them at all, and would go outside when i took her. but this week, its as though she has discovered the pee pads and only seems to use those. i can take her outside, but she almost fights me to stay off the grass. i will wait for several minutes, and she wont go potty. then, a few minutes after i take her inside, she will go on the pee pad.

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I am taking my year old Australian Shepherd female dog to agility training and I have a pull tab for her and i noticed someone has this leash that has a handle on it but it is very short about probably 6 inches to a foot and is black and adjustable and is just like you can drop it when doing stuff so the leash does not get tangled any idea what i am talking about anyone and where i could look for similar tings?

what is the best method to teach him not to runaway and come to me when he is off leash

well i am going to take my 11month old rott/lab dog,, to obedience training, its group training with other dogs once a week for 6weeks.

here’s the question, will he obey strangers?? because right now he is a good guard dog, he barks at people around the house, and is aways alert, will this obedience training change him?

also, i go hunting with him in the creeks, he digs out rat, and rabbit holes chases them and captures them,, will he stop this? he also catches pest birds, and gives them to me(no harm).

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My dog she knows how to sit and crawl and rollover but i can’t get her to stay or lay i want to take her to training but should i do the basic class or the intermediate and why?

It’s not the leash that freaks him out. I have a divided yard, and he has no problems walking on the leash in the fenced-in area. Sure, he may pull, but he walks. However, when I try to take him for a walk outside the picket fence, he just lays down. No amounts of coercion/treats have convinced him to keep walking. Obviously I don’t want to pull, but the boy needs exercise! Any suggestions as to how I can get my dog to go on walks?
Okay. More details.

He’s an 8 month old Boston Terrier. I am the original owner. I live right on Lake Erie, so part of my concern is that he may be afraid of the sound of the water. Sounds silly, but who knows.

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I’m not sure how to “send my dog through” the course with me handling from a distance. Any help with training tips?

Also, is there a good site that tells you how to train different agility skills and obstacles? If so I’d love to get the link to it, thanks!
Thanks for trying, but I’m new to agility and haven’t enrolled in any classes.
I’ve taught my dog all of the obstacles and front and rear crosses. I’ve been handling right next to her, but as i’ve watched others compete, they send their dogs through. I was wondering if there was a specific way that you are supposed to teach a dog to be sent through part of the course.

If you win [first, second, or third place] in the AKC Agility Trials, do you win money? I heard you win money, or something.

Also, I live in the Houston area, and I don’t know how to train my dog for it myself, so i was wondering if there are any trainers in the houston area, that help train your dog for that sort of thing, with you.

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I just got a small puppy and trying to potty train it to go outside in the yard, but he is tiny!!! How the heck can i tell he did it or not? even he did (on my carpet) is just a tiny bit! I really has no clue if he did it or not on the grass … sorry if this is a stupid question.