No, you don’t need to punish them. What you want to do is to avoid the bad behavior....
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Most people think that socialization is - hey, let's have my new puppy meet as many dogs and people as possible as soon as possible....
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If you feel like it's getting out of hand or out of the realm of what you feel like you know to do, or maybe what you've looked up a suggestion on ...
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If your dog does not have allergies or is prone to skin infections, you can use a pretty basic shampoo....
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So, scooting or dragging the butt, what they're trying to tell you is there's a problem back there. Most likely, it's their anal glands....
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Obedience training should start as soon as possible. The sooner you can start, the better your success, especially in a younger puppy....
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Old dog, new tricks. It's probably much harder....
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Patience. Doing a little at a time. My dog, Mowgli, is a very nervous patient. He never really leaves our side....
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Having another dog helps. I have two dogs so, if I got a puppy, they would get to socialize together....
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The more information you have, the better. And suppose the behavior is repeated, and you can catch it on video or take pictures of it....
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So once we know your dog's healthy physically, but we do have a behavioral problem, oftentimes, we're going to end up working with a certified prof...
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As soon as we recognize that there may be a behavioral issue, the faster we can correct that behavior, the better it will be....
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Food allergies are relatively common. We'll go over the detailed history and see if your dog has had skin and ear issues before....
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We don't take anesthesia risk lightly, so we would only recommend that if necessary, and that might be in the procedures that we talked about, whet...
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The only way to test for a food allergy is to do an elimination diet trial....
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The most common would either be injectable, where we give an injection in the vein, or inhalant, general anesthesia, where they are intubated.
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I think that the breathing rate is a big one. You want to make sure the dog isn’t having any difficulty or labored breathing....
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They are a lot more common than you would think....
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What we call our pre-medication has pain management in it....