Monthly Archives: August 2008

Teaching Your Dog To Carry Things

Teach your dog to carry while she is young. Holding, carrying, and retrieving do not have to be associated entirely with a dog’s adult life, or with Obedience Trials. Even a young puppy can be taught to hold and carry … Continue reading

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How To Retrieve Over A Hurdle

Before teaching the RETRIEVE OVER HURDLE exercise, train your dog in the jumping part without the dumbbell. Never correct for such things as not jumping, or for poor sits and finishes, while your dog is learning the retrieve part of … Continue reading

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Looking After An Invalid Dog

Using Inhalations These can be exceedingly unpopular with canine patients but are nevertheless prescribed quite frequently for catarrhal infections, such as are found in distemper. A narrow vessel (for example, a jug or stone jar) is well warmed in the … Continue reading

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How to Handle your Dog in an Emergency

The handling of a dog should start when he is a puppy, and simple lessons in obedience are good for the daily management of a dog, just as some degree of discipline is good for his owner. The properly trained … Continue reading

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Caring For Your Dog

Much will depend on the time of year whether the dog is allowed out to relieve himself or not. If possible, house-trained dogs should always be taken out for this purpose (if necessary wearing a coat and on a lead … Continue reading

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