Question by Sarah: Any suggestions on a good book about training a dog to come off leash?
I’m trying hard to teach my dog to be an off-leash dog. She has been very good! But we need to work on her distractions. She doesn’t have any distractions that are so severe that I cannot call her off of them. She can occasionally be called off a squirrel, so I know it is definitely possible to have her as an off leash dog.

Any suggestions on books that deal with training a dog to behave off leash?

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I have a 6 month old Beagle. When I first brought him home, he was doing so well. I got him to where he would go to the door when he had to go to the bathroom, but he wouldn’t make any noise, so sometimes he would have an accident by the door, which is understandable. So I tied a can with some pennies to the door, which he could hit when he needed to go out. This worked wonderfully well, and he was doing great. But recently, he seems to be going backwards. I took him out camping with me and since then he’s gotten gradually worse. Now its to the point where he doesn’t go to the door anymore and instead just goes to the bathroom whereever and whenever he feels like it. He has been fixed, so I know he’s not marking, he’s just going pee and poop wherever. We can even take him outside and he’ll go to the bathroom, and we’ll praise him, then we’ll bring him inside and shortly after he’ll go to the bathroom again! Does any one know why he’s doing this, and further, how to correct it?

I feel nuts! I have been training new dogs for years to walk well on a leash with much sucess. This one. I would like to murder( not really), but walking him is a nightmare!
He just discovered squirells as well. I own pretty much every training device. Harnesses, chokes, prongs, gentle leaders. He is really stubborn. Its like his mind is off

I need:
-Regular jumps
-Tunnels
-Rings
-Weave Pole

And anything I forgot. If you have any ideas on how to make them at home, that would be great too.

Could you also tell me how much these should cost?

Thanks!!

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Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

My border collie has so much energy and everyone keeps telling me to put her through agility training. I need some suggestions on how to do this and what I need to use. Thanks

I have a 3-year old Weimaraner that I am fostering and he barks for no apparent reason. I also own 2 Weimaraners and a Black Lab, but I have never had this problem with any of them.