Bruce and his family enjoyed Matt, their yellow Labrador, but they sometimes had a problem when the kids would play in the backyard with the dog. Matt would frequently knock them down and when Bruce would play with them the dog would try to mount him. At times if Bruce scolds his children to reprimand them, Matt would get distress and start growling. Bruce tried spanking Matt or tapping him on his nose, but nothing seemed to be curbing the dog’s aggression.

What you don’t know could turn out to be bad for your dog! While most of us don’t pay a lot of attention to what we’re feeding out pets, we really shouldn’t be trusting manufacturers to label things accurately and follow regulations. There aren’t actually very many rules about what can be used in dog food, and what you don’t know could make your dog very sick.

We have all done it. Our cute, little furry friend is practically smiling at us from beneath the kitchen table. Their ears are perked and their tail is wagging. We know what our dog wants. Just a teeny tidbit from dinner would be fabulous, right? What could it hurt? It is just a bite or two after all.

When choosing a dog breed it is important to first look at your lifestyle and then at what type of dog breed fits that lifestyle. You need to be able to determine how much time a day you can devote to your dog including puppy training, socializing, classes and other activities. Puppies take up a lot of time that you may not have available.

A joyful pup and its mistress once passed me on their walk in the park. The joy in the puppy’s half step half hop was quite evident. To it, every moving blade of grass was an investigative sherlock holmes mystery to be unraveled.

As well as you teaching your dog to obey you through the use of verbal commands, you can also teach them to obey you when you only use hand signals instead. When it does come to you teaching your dog about such commands you will need to use them in conjunction with verbal commands in the beginning. In this article, we look at one of the ways in which dog training hand commands can be accomplished.