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i am hoping to raise money for a late fr iend who sadly died aged 41 to name a puppy with the name of RICKO in his memory how do i go about this can you help please
Yours Sincerely
Mr R Tagett
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@Mr R Targett, Guide Dogs of America has a puppy sponsorship that might suit your situation. Here’s a link to the puppy sponsorship page on their website: http://www.guidedogsofamerica......onsorship/
Adopted 6 mo. cocker/terrier-only had l week and she
barks outside at neighbors and inside at noises.
What is correct way to stop?
Thanks
Adopted 6 mo. cocker/terrier and only in our home l week.
She barks at dog next door, people and noises in home.
What is correct way to stop?
Thanks
DC
what do I feed my maltipoo
@Corey, the best thing to do is check with your veterinarian. We feed our Labrador Retriever puppies Purina Pro Plan large breed puppy food. I’m pretty sure Purina Pro Plan also makes food for small breeds like a maltipoo.
I am looking forward to the training material. I rescued a pregnant purebred German Shepherd and her eight pups are now 4 weeks old. I am determined to provide them with every opportunity for great homes by helping to make them nice pups with some training and good “puppy” manners. I hope to start working with them ASAP. Mom was also a stray and could benefit from some training as well.
@Sharon, we will be working hard on the puppy training materials over the holiday weeks and we will hopefully have something for you in the very near future.
i need help on how to teach my 7 week old sheltie her new name and to come when i tell her to, and to also house brake her
@Joy I wrote a post on how to teach your puppy his/her name. Here’s a link to the article How To Teach Your Puppy His Name. I hope that helps.
I just recently got a lab chow mix and he will not use the rest room outside and he has trouble paying attention and listening. Can you give me some advice please?
@Shay puppies can be difficult as they have small bladders and often times can’t hold it for long periods of time. When they are really young I usually take them outside every 5 to 10 minutes when they are awake, anytime they wake up or right before they go to sleep, and after they eat a meal. Once they are outside I will wait about 5 minutes for them to go potty. Try to stay consistent with getting your puppy outside early and often. Eventually he will understand that he’s supposed to go to the bathroom outside and not in the house.
Most puppies have difficulty paying attention and listening. You may try working with treats to get your pups attention. Also, if you’re puppy is old enough and has the proper vaccinations you might try enrolling him in a puppy obedience class.
Me and my Fiance have a 6 month old yellow lab and are planning to train her to become a guide dog for my fiance. I know we have to get her into some training classes but do you have any good tips/tricks to use while she is not in a class yet.
@Chris, as guide dog puppy raisers we work mainly on basic obedience and socialization. We do not handle the formal guide dog training where the dogs learn to walk with a harness. I would just start with the basics “sit”, “down”, “stay”, etc. If there’s one thing I’d recommend it’s working on getting your puppy to be calm and well-behaved out in public. We take our puppies just about everywhere including the office(work), grocery store, movie theaters, shopping malls, etc. This helps get them used to being out and around people, sights, smells, and sounds they may encounter when they start working as guide dogs. Best of luck training your puppy!
We just addopted a 1/2 registered golden retreiver and 1/2 white German Shephard puppy. Her name is Tassie. She was 2 months old yesterday. She already lets us know when she needs to pop outdoors. We have had 6 days free of inside messes. The wetting is a bit slower. she only uses newspapers, but we started kennel training yesterday in order to help her past this phase.
She will be trained as a companion/service dog for a child with aspergers. She already lies quietly at our feet when we are in church, or at meetings. She lies quietly in the grocery cart when we go shopping.
This is the first companion/service dog I have trained. I trained dogs and puppies up to the advanced obediance level when I was a preteen- college. I do have three trainers in this area who will help me. I have not been able to formally work for 4 years even though I am a licensed clinical social worker. I just have to do something that will benefit children. My specialty was play-therapy with children and working with adolescents and their parents. Now I can no longer have a private practice, nor work in an agency due to my Lyme’s disease. But I can work with this puppy and hopefully she will be able to pass the companion service dog test for dogs working with autistic children in a year. If all goes well I will get another one when she goes to her forever friend.
Tassie gets lots of free time playing and running outside. I plan to begin taking her to the grade school It is small less then 20 students to assess and train her around children. I plan to begin this as soon as she is completely house trained. I figure that will be another month and she will be three months old then. I will also take her to puppy training, not so much for the training , as for the association.
Having never trained a puppy I am debating between giving treats and giving praise. It seems she was doing well with praise, but came to love the outside so much, she would loose focus and not go potty for a while. I changed and am currently rewarding her with a small treat when she does her buisness outside. Then we play. Is this what I should do? Or should I stick with the praise?
I hope to get more guidence from your website and news letters.
Thank you,
Cheryl and Tassie
@Cheryl, that’s great that you’re raising a puppy for service/companion. Regarding your question: When we train our guide dog puppies we use praise and treats to lure them during obedience (sit, down, leave it), but we wean them off of treats by the time they’re 16 weeks old. After 16 weeks of age we only use praise as reward during their training. Best of luck with your puppy training!