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Dog Trainers' Training Tips, Puppy House Training Aids & Information
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Fran grew up teaching everything from chickens and goats to dogs and horses. These days, Fran works with DOG GONE IT rottweiler rescue, is registered with AKC as a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and continues to train dogs in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also writes a canine question & answer column for a local news paper, The Hilltop & High Desert Shopper News.
Howling Yorkie/Daschund Mix
By Fran Williams (11/2/07)
We have a year old Yorkshire Terrier/ Daschund cross who just loves to howl (not bark) for no apparent reason. His brother (a purebred Yorkshire terrier) only seems to bark at normal things and does not howl at all, however the cross is very rambunctious and will howl at everything. It's cute and annoying at the same time.
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Can a Puppy Go Outside Before He Is Fully Vaccinated
By Fran Williams (8/8/07)
I just adopted a pitbull/shepard puppy that is three months. I’m trying to potty train her at the moment and that can be frustrating. The other articles on housetraining are helping and they assure me that I’m on the correct path with my training her. The shelter told me not to let her out of the house until she’s six months of age and has had her three shots and her rabies shot, is this true?
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Two Rotts Can't Be Separated
By Fran Williams (2/9/07)
I have recently acquired 2 full grown male Rottweilers of unknown age. The previous owners stated that they needed to be kept together, that they had been together since birth. They are brothers. Usually, they are both sweet and lovable. I am not capable of playing with them together for any length of time because they become jealous and want all the attention. I have tried to separate them, but they want to be close to the other one.
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Doxie And Dobie Are Playing A Little Too Rough
By Fran Williams (1/9/07)
Advise on how to get a 5 month old Doberman to play gently with a 9 month old Minnie Doxie. So far I keep the Dobie on a leash when they go outside to play and leave them loose in the house for a little while each day. The Doxie can go under the couch or chair if the Dobie gets too rough. I sometimes use a water bottle to squirt them on the butt if they get to running in the house or get too rough with each other. Any ideas would be a big help.
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Black and Tan Coonhound Barks Too Much
By Fran Williams (11/22/06)
I need to know more about coonhounds and how to exercise them. I took my Black and Tan out for a trail walk (all trees and park) -- he barked a high-pitched park the entire time. Where can I take him and let him have fun smelling and not get the bark?
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Australian Shepard Is Aggressive Towards The Cat
By Fran Williams (9/21/06)
We have a 13 week old Australian Shepard female. When we brought her home and inside the house, she spotted our cat and became very aggressive toward her. We seem to be unable to stop this action.
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Advice From Fran
By Fran Williams (8/7/06)
I am thinking about adopting a Lab/Rottweiler mix puppy. Have you had any experience with this mix? I am wondering if it will be a loveable,
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Two Crazy Akitas
By Fran Williams (6/12/06)
I was given two pure breed Akitas; a two year old male and a 9 month old female. You can't separate them. They go crazy when I take them separately for a walk.
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Adopted Dobe Is Having Trouble Adjusting
By Fran Williams (5/4/06)
I have just adopted a rescued 18 month old neutered male Dobie who appeared to be a happy healthy youngster. His former owner committed suicide, so we know he's been through some awful stuff, but not much more is known about him. The foster said he was a great lovable little guy, but seemed aggressive toward one person, her brother.
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2 Year Old Adopted Chihuahua Won't Get Close
By Fran Williams (4/25/06)
I just got a new dog and I need to some different things I can do to help this 2 year old Chihuahua trust and like me. I am asking this because she has nipped at me and she will not move from the end of the couch. I know she will have to adjust but I need to know how to help her along.
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Lab Puppy Doesn't Want To Leave The House
By Fran Williams (4/17/06)
My 11 week old Labrador puppy is reluctant to leave the boundary of the house for walks. He has been going out for 1 week now and apart from the first day where he was absolutely fine, now each time I take him for a walk we get about 100 yards and he stops behind me, whimpers and sits down refusing to go any further.
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8 Month Old Dog Is Getting Into Everything
By Fran Williams (2/24/06)
My dog is 8 months old and is yellow lab/blue heeler/Chesapeake bay. She was completely house trained, and only chewed up her own toys with the occasional mishap with the toilet paper. I recently started working again (I haven’t worked since we got her at 8 weeks.) Now she gets into everything, and only potties on the floor when my husband is gone for a couple days. She has doesn’t listen to me anymore only my husband. What can I do to get her back to the good doggie she was before I started to work?
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How To Earn Your Heeler's Respect
By Fran Williams (2/14/06)
This is my first heeler. She bit my face, I instantly put her on her back and held her down until she realized I was the boss. She still bites and I am afraid she may think I am not the pack leader. But I don't know what to do. I will not tolerate her biting, so I continue the nose tap, and it doesn't seem to work, she thinks I am playing.
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A Very Fearful Lab
By Fran Williams (1/18/06)
I have a 1 year old female black lab mix and an 11 month old female french bulldog. My husband and I got the lab at the humane society first. We love labs and plan to have children and agreed that a lab would be great with kids. However, she was always very shy and acted as if she had been abused as a puppy.
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Will His Dog Remember Him When He Returns From Duty?
By Fran Williams (12/1/05)
I have a friend who is in the military. This friend has orders to Korea for one year. He has two dogs and has to leave the babies behind with a family member. The dogs are full grown. He has owned them for five years. He is worried that the dogs might not recognize him when he gets back, or go through some sort of break down.
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Accidents In The Crate
By Fran Williams (11/16/05)
I rescued a pitt bull mix when she was 6 months old. We have had her for six months and have some nasty problems with her. Her problem is going to the bathroom in her cage. I have put her on good food, she is in a small cage, she has a regular feeding time and we bring her out on a regular schedule. I have brought her to the vet and I did not get much help there. She’ll be good for a while and then accidents again.
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Sneaky PomChiPoos and a New Shy Rescue
By Fran Williams (11/2/05)
The problem is that the 2 pups, a male and female, are determined to do things their way. They refuse to completely housebreak, they are on a schedule and use the outside designated spot during the day, but in the mornings, I wake up to a cesspool.
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Our Lab Doesn't Like To Go Out In The Rain
By Fran Williams (10/24/05)
We have a 7 year old Lab mix, we've had since she was 11months old; and a 8 year old Golden Retriever girl who we recently adopted about 6 months ago. Our Lab mix has always been reluctant to potty outside if it was rainy, but if she reallllly needs to go, she will brave the rain. Our new girl, the GR, just refuses to go outside if it's wet out.
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Rottie/Shepherd Mix is Getting Progressively More Agressive
By Fran Williams (9/23/05)
I have had Dakota since she was 6 weeks old, she is now 4 years old, she is a rottweiler/shephard mix. Originally Dakota was a very sweet, submissive dog that wasn't bothered by anything, even if another dog tried to fight with her she would lie down & wouldn't fight back. Several years ago a german shephard/husky foster dog visciously attacked her unprovoked. Since that time I have noticed that she is more dog aggressive (which I can understand) to the point that I now am afraid to bring any other dog around her.
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A Clean Doggie Mouth
By Fran Williams (9/7/05)
Hi Friends, one of the many questions I always get is about how white the teeth on my dogs are. I of course many times have told you use raw bones, big ole fresh raw bones....My dog is 7 weeks old. I don't know what got in to him, every time I sit down he bites my toes!
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Aussie Stay!
By Fran Williams (8/24/05)
I have a 2 year old Aussie. He learns very quickly, but I need to improve his "stay" command.
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Dealing With Loose Dogs in the Neighborhood
By Fran Williams (8/11/05)
we have a new problem and I am sure it's one almost every dog owner has encountered - unleashed dogs running on the street attacking leashed dogs.
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Bringing the Outdoor Dogs Inside
By Fran Williams (8/9/05)
I have 2 dogs which currently live outside. I have recently bought a house that is brand new and I really want to bring the dogs inside. How am I going to be able to housetrain the dogs after living outdoors for so long?
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A Jealous Dobe
By Fran Williams (7/29/05)
I have a rescued Doberman pinscher. He is wonderful with adults (though not so good with small kids, even quiet ones). He is sweet, affectionate, good natured to a fault. So good in fact that we have adopted another, this time a female red dobie who also was in desperate need. Trouble is, the first dog is sulking. We are talking sibling rivalry with an attitude.
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Power Struggle Between Two Females
By Fran Williams (7/21/05)
We have a 1 year German Shepherd and a 1 year Siberian Husky - both spayed females. Just recently the dogs started brawling when they ate.
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Dog Gone It!
By Fran Williams (7/8/05)
Hello Readers, here is a subject near and dear to my heart. I got an email today about a Pit Bull that was dumped way back in one of our little local towns. This is a beautiful dog that loves people and kids but has worn-torn scars across his body showing the many fights he has been in.
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It's Just So Wrong
By Fran Williams (7/1/05)
Recently I was passed an email with an attached picture of a beautiful female dog that was missing. I, with all my heart, hope they get her back, BUT - it said she is afraid of people and that means someone, trying to catch her, could run her right out into traffic. We all know how that might end. It's hard enough on a dog that is lost, but you add “people fear” and you have just made that dog's chances 100% worse for making it back home to the people who love her. What makes dogs afraid of people, sounds, other dogs, horses, cars, etc.? It's lack of knowledge on the owner’s part to teach that dog about the world they live in - how unfair is that!
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The Loneliness of Loyalty
By Fran Williams (6/30/05)
As a puppy, Tucker was brought into a loving home where he felt wanted and loved. Then after 5 years he was cast out to the back yard - the reason? His loving parents were about to have a Blessed Event, a baby.
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Looking For a Good Diet and a Little Housebreaking Trouble
By Fran Williams (6/22/05)
I am looking for a proper diet for my English bull...She's taken to peeing on this one spot in our bedroom; and taken to pooping on one place on our patio.
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Greeting People at the Door
By Fran Williams (6/11/05)
I have a one year old Goldendoodle named Curly. Friendly to a fault, but she has a bad habit of wanting to jump on everyone that comes near!...Hi, i have a pom/chihuahua she is 8 months old. Whenever anyone comes to visit, she is happy to see them and starts to urinate, more like little splashes.
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Introducing a Dog to Fun and Establishing Leadership
By Fran Williams (5/31/05)
Have all the years in kennel, breeding--erased her personality or is it too soon to know? What can we do, to transition our new girl?....The dog’s attitude toward the cat seems to be getting worse, I'd say within the last year or so.
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Pulling on the Leash
By Fran Williams (5/28/05)
How do we stop him from pulling and tugging at the leash?
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Prey Overdrive
By Fran Williams (5/22/05)
The unthinkable happened today. She ran down to the creek today and killed a small fawn. I feel awful!!
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What Now?
By Fran Williams (5/18/05)
A dear friend of the Tehachapi Human Society had emailed me with a concern about her animals. What happens if they out live her?
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Raising Them Right
By Fran Williams (5/4/05)
Well I am proud to announce I am the mother of a beautiful baby boy, he is black and tan and a real charmer.
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Coming When Called
By Fran Williams (4/26/05)
How can i get my 9-month old boxer to come when she is called?
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Ring the Bell and Win a Prize
By Fran Williams (4/18/05)
Is there anyway I can train her to bark or speak or anything to get my attention when she needs to relieve herself instead of just standing by the backdoor?
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How to Get Your Dog's Attention
By Fran Williams (4/6/05)
The problem that I am having is with my Shepherd. A few months ago,
on our daily walks she started wanting to chase cars, bikes, strollers, joggers, dogs, etc.
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Prey Drive Part II
By Fran Williams (4/3/05)
I am currently crating him when he eats and I won't let him have his chews if he lunges for the others after I have corrected him once. What more can I do?
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Prey Drive?
By Fran Williams (3/18/05)
I need to know what is the best way to discourage him from being too rough with them as he grows and to discourage his prey drive toward them. The chis are females and the new puppy is a male.
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Stay Means Stay
By Fran Williams (3/8/05)
I have an 18 month old rescue Aussie. He learns very fast, but one thing I don't seem to be able to teach him is to "stay" until released.
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Love Story
By Fran Williams (2/26/05)
One rainy, cloudy day, I drudged up to the kennel to find a very strange sight. Here in Gaby's kennel, very happy and full of fun was Rio! My mind was in shock! I searched his kennel and found he had moved an 8-foot sheet of horse rubber padding and two 2x4's and then dug his way in to be with his new girlfriend, Gaby.
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Barking 101
By Fran Williams (2/20/05)
She barks when it's windy, she barks when she hears a noise in the hallway, she barks when someone is coming up the stairs
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Dinner Minus the Begging
By Fran Williams (2/9/05)
Dear Fran, I have two wonderful great dogs. They are both 3 years old
lab mixes; one fixed male, one fixed female. My problem is they beg so
bad when we eat that they actually drool as they watch us eat.
Its just disgusting!
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Are There Dogs in Heaven?
By Fran Williams (2/5/05)
Dogs have given us so much. I have dogs come to me with their hearts just broken. I go into their eyes and tell them, “God will help me mend you and find you another person to love and trust.”
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Rescues and Chewing
By Fran Williams (2/1/05)
She had a few issues with crating and has done well but she has
torn up her comfort in her crate but loves to sleep in our other
dogs crate...
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Free Spirit
By Fran Williams (1/23/05)
I’ve often been asked about safe places to let dogs have free run. It’s always wonderful to hear somebody understand what their animal really not only wants but truly needs.
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Crating Your New Dog
By Fran Williams (1/4/05)
Hiding under the bed is really not helpful and seems to only reinforce his fear
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Dogs and Cats
By Fran Williams (12/20/04)
I have 3 cats that are not used to having a dog around and are standing their ground. Although Freedom is a good dog, she believes that cats want to play when they really don't.
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Dog and Strange Dogs
By Fran Williams (12/3/04)
She is okay with dogs she knows but with strange dogs she barks like mad!
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Is My Puppy Dog-Aggressive?
By Fran Williams (11/25/04)
At first, she will display aggression. But, when a dog comes towards her, she runs, and usually behind me.
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Service Dogs
By Fran Williams (11/16/04)
There are very few things that cannot be taught to a dog when you take the time and have the right attitude.
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Mini Monsters
By Fran Williams (11/4/04)
I received a call on a young Jack Russell Terrier female and first thing the man tells me is his wife thinks this dog is stupid. Hmmm… a stupid Jack Russell? That alone would be worth the drive since I do not believe such a creature exists!
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Regaining Control of Your Home
By Fran Williams (10/26/04)
How to take back control of your house when the dogs have been running the show.
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Forms of Abuse
By Fran Williams (10/14/04)
I receive many comments from people saying, “Oh, my poor dog is so afraid of every thing. I believe he or she has been badly beaten.”
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