I heard about this dog training called super dog training is it any good?
I heard about this dog training called super dog training is it any good?
I want to teach my dog basic commands and no leash training?
I am in California.
I checked out their site. No substance. Just a bunch of dogs (the same ones mostly) on group stay commands. Nothing super, nothing special. A bunch of old tired sayings that have nothing to do with dog training.
I am sure you can find a good local trainer to teach you to train your dog to do the same exact things for a fraction of the price.
Looking After the Health of Older Dogs
Whether you have raised your dog from a tiny puppy or you have recently adopted an older animal, you will find that as dogs get older, their needs change. Just like people, their bodies are going to grow frailer and unless care is taken, their health can deteriorate a great deal and very quickly as well. Take some time and consider what you need to do to maintain your dog’s health and what steps need to be taken.
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Is a dog who has had kennel cough likely to experience long-term respiratory problems?
A dog we wanted to adopt from the Humane Association is now on medical hold because of kennel cough (with a low grade fever). We would like to be educated as to whether or not we’ll be adopting a dog that can hopefully be healthy in the long term. My aunt has a lot of experience in dog training, and she says we absolutely shouldn’t get this dog–that dogs with kennel cough always have long-term respiratory problems, forever. This doesn’t seem to be in agreement with the research I have done. I was wondering what your thoughts are. He is also pretty thin. I have seen worse, but you can see his ribs at the moment. He may have been abused. Yet, he is sweet and friendly with people and other dogs, though seems a bit more subdued than one would expect of a dog his age (of course, he could’ve been sick when we observed this). Looking forward to your thoughts.
I appreciate the wonderful responses so far! Keep ‘em coming! I just want to reiterate that the dog did have a low grade fever. I don’t know if that means it’s more serious than a "common cold" or not?
Not in my experience. kennel cough is very similar to the common cold in humans, a otherwise healthy animal should have no after effects.
My Dad told us to not feed the dog for a few days. Will this affect the dog health?
Dad got mad at the dog, and he wants to teach him a lesson.
wtf…your dad should not own a dog. That is just cruel. What an ass…no offense.
Hunting dog training in the panhandle of texas?
I want to know where I can take my lab to be trained? I live in the panhandle of Texas, and cant find a good dog training kennel around here, even in OK. would be fine. please help!
here try this website http://www.uplandbirddog.com/dogcamp/index.html the camp i believe is in amett oklahoma, or you can go to http://www.amarillo.com/ to check out place in amarillo, they have a lot of different petstores and grooming and boarding kennels as well as places to train so you might look into it.
My dog have skin problem, how to make it recover faster?
My dog’s fur is falling, the vet said that he have skin infection. Now his fur is totally cut off, and inject vaccine. What should I do to make its fur to recover faster and grow faster, after the vaccine?
Why was the fur cut off for a vaccine? If your vet diagnosed a skin infection, they should have prescribed some antibiotics. The antibiotics are going to help the skin recover. There isn’t any way to make the fur grow faster, except that the antibiotics will help the skin heal, and then hopefully the fur will grow back nicely. The vaccine really shouldn’t affect the fur growth, and I don’t know why they cut off the hair for a vaccine. They may have shaved the fur at the infection site, because the skin will heal faster if the area is "clipped and cleaned." It is difficult to assess the situation with your description.
My dog has some weird medical problem. Have you ever seen this?
His head is tilted at an angle, about 45 degrees. As a result he can not see right or walk right. He follows his head and walks in circles. He has trouble finding his food dish. He does not seem to be in pain.
Sometimes are better than others. He seems to be better in the middle of the day, then get worse in the evening.
The vet said that this sometimes happens to older dogs, and told us a long name for the problem that I don’t remember. Because we was a rescue, we don’t know how old he is. We gave him all the medication the vet gave us, but he is not getting better. The vet said that sometimes the dog gets better within 48 hours, sometimes they don’t and have to live with it.
It has been almost 2 weeks. This was a dog that loves to jump around. Now he seems depressed.
Have any of you seen this before? What happenend in your case?
Rosalie – Yes, that is what it is. The doctor said it is idiopathic, meaning they don’t know the cause.
It’s vestibular disease, and there isn’t much treatment for it – sometimes it clears up on it’s own after a couple weeks…
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_vestibular_disease.html
Dog / pet health and acclimation certificate?
I plan on taking my dog to NJ by plane from CA. I read that NJ requires a pet health certificate. How much does it usually cost?
Since the temperature will be below 45F, AA requires an acclimation certificate. What’s involved in getting one of these? Will the vet need to put my dog in a refrigerator for a while or what? How will they know that my dog can withstand 20-45F temperatures?
For those in LA, can you recommend a vet for this air travel business?
The vet decides the price. They examine the dog and fill out the certificate. It is at the cost they charge. Usually, the vet can attest to the dogs fitness to travel in the temps needed. If it is a small breed puppy, the vet may not say that it is fit to travel in the mentioned temps. And large, hary coated dogs may not be fit to fly in high temps.
Make an appointment with a vet that can do the certificate and they will have all the answers!!!
Question about dog training please help which obedience class do i take her to basic or intermediate?
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?
Take her to the basic class. You need to learn how to train her, and teaching come, stay, and down are the basic behaviors taught in the basic classes.
My staffy cross seems lethargic, stiff, swollen eyes, and not eating ?
Hello, I’m just wondering if you’d be able to help me with a question about my 4-5 year old staffy cross ?
he is generally very active and energetic, over the last week and a half he’s seemed very lethargic, went off his food then started eating again now isn’t eating again today (25/01/09) it tried to feed him blended chicken, rice, pasta and chicken soup through a syringe which was to no avail, drinking small amounts of water, his eyes seem to look funny and swollen, with us seeing him every day they don’t look normal although the vet said they look ok last Wednesday but then they were just bloodshot now they also look swollen, he is passing motion fine except for slight runniness and yellow/orange discolouration, (22/01/09) he went for a short walk and had 1 motion which was normal and 1 which was a little more runny and a little yellow, he goes through stages of getting better and picking up then dropping back down again, when he lays on his bed he doesn’t move for a couple of hours which isn’t like him AT ALL! then when he gets off his bed he seems stiff, when he’s standing his neck seems to be arched as if he can’t hold his head up, he was slightly limping on his rear left leg on (21/01/09) after returning from the vets which was fine the following day, when we took him to the vets she said he could have colic and administered a pain killer which she said should relax his stomach, I have read various forums etc on the internet and all say different things such as hypothermia, bloat, colic, twisted stomach, vile disease (caused by rodents) or even food allergies or anything we walk him in woodland type terrain so there could be presence of many plants that could be dangerous to him, but he’s been walked there all his life, we also have another dog which is a Staffy Cross aged around 12-13 and she seems fine and is in quite good health for her age, one thing we have noticed before, is when she urinates he sniffs around it and sometimes licks it, she has had a hysterectomy so I thought she wouldn’t have a smell ? All this worries me quite a bit as I love him to bits and would like to get to the bottom of the problem, please could you help? Today is (25/01/09) Sunday, i plan to ring for an appointment emergency tomorrow, but id still like anyone to answer this query if they might know anything? Thanks
weve picked him up from the vets and he is on 3 lots of medication, he has had blood tests done but i dont think anything was found, he is on an antibiotic, antimicrobic (or something like that i dont have them to hand at the moment) and some other tablet which i have researched on the inter net and has came back as a anti vomiting tablet (even though he hasnt vomited) the vet nurse said they were treating him for pneumonia but im not sure that sounds right to me, does that sound right to you ? hes been home around 7-8 hours and has been outside to urinate 5-6 times and has been outside to excrete 3-4 times (he has been on a drip) he has eaten small amounts of food (chicken) but not much water, he seems brighter eyed, but looks very exhausted which we have said would probably be because he has been without us for the past 2 nights (first time in his life) he didnt sleep much and was whining for us. does everything sound good and positive? thanks (:
The eyes "looking funny" is not a good sign. Do they look wrinkled and lack shine? If so, it might be just that he is dehydrated and I would force feed Pedialyte with a syringe or encourage fluid consumption by taking a low sodium chicken broth and diluting it in half with water if he will drink that.
I would talk to your doctor about doing a blood panel for liver function. Are the whites of the eyes or gums yellowed? Is the urine a darker color?
http://www.helium.com/items/1118937-diagnosing-liver-failure-in-dogs