The Perfect Dog Golden Retrievers

Well, not exactly. Just like every other dog, pure breed or mixed, some have issues. This is the predominant reason, I take great issue with many of the things regarding dog training and dog behavior. Such as the following….

“Make sure you do your breed research before choosing a breed of dog.”
This is a common [...]

Why Puppy’s Go to the Bathroom in their Crate

Contrary to what we may have read or learned a puppy will urinate and or defecate in his or her crate. You may say, “But how can that be with all that I have read about how the inherited behaviors of a dogs denning instinct will preclude my little puppy from peeing an pooping in [...]

Let Your Dog Be a Dog

I was thinking about this the other day while I was watching twenty or thirty of our dogs wandering around and or playing in our big pasture. To watch the happiness and joy, that all the dogs were displaying whether they were running around playing with each other, digging a hole to nowhere, trying to [...]

Guess Again Where That Pet Store Puppy Comes From

Just about everybody that has devoted their lives to rescuing and saving dogs lives. Knows the awful truth behind where pet shops and puppy stores, get their puppy dogs from, commercial breeding kennels.
Not all of these commercial breeding kennels will fall into the category of puppy mill breeders, but the number of substandard puppy breeding [...]

Dog Training & Behavior Should You Repeat A Command

If you are training for certain types of dog competitions then the  answer is, no do not repeat your commands.

But if you don’t care about training your dog for obedience trails, repeat your commands as often as necessary until your dog listens.

The only real problem you can run into with repeating your commands is [...]

Obama Family Picks New Dog Finally

In a story reported today by CNN’s Lauren Kornreich. The Obama family has chosen a Portuguese Water Dog as their new family pet, because of Malia’s allergy to dogs.
You can read the full story here.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/25/obama-family-chooses-dog/
Apparently the only problem they are having is choosing a suitable name for their new guy or gal.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2009/02/25/first-lady-michelle-obama-first-dog-coming-to-white-house-in-april.html
The Spirit Dog

About Fear Aggressive Dogs

When people talk about dogs they had to put down. Usually the common thread when describing why the animal had these particular behavior problems are, bad breeding, some sort of abuse, or some kind of mental deficiency. Fortunately or unfortunately none of those reasons have any real bearing on the specific dogs behavior. Fear [...]

Outside Dog Kennels Good or Bad

Keeping Dogs Outside “Outside Dogs”
Can you explain this one to me, with some sort of rational thought process. The only semi acceptable reason for not allowing your dog to live in your house is, well there is no acceptable reason.
There is no point in getting a dog if he’s only going to live outside, no [...]

What is the Most Nervous Breed of Dog

The Most Nervous Breed of Dog is ….
I’ve been asked this question a bunch of times, and there is no real answer. A dogs propensity or lack of nervousness in a given situation, is really dependent on how well we socialized our dog and our own ability to understand the canine mind.
There are many contributing [...]

More Dead Dogs “Puppy Mills” 2009

More Dead Dogs “Puppy Mills”
This woman even had a dead dog lying near her bed, not a doggy bed mind you her bed.
Additional Notes = In 1993 Mrs. Kapsa had 120 dog seized by authorities. And authorities are in need of help in determining were 50 Pug puppies disappeared to before this most recent seizure.
Read [...]

Puppy Mills are not just an American Problem it’s a World Concern

Puppy Mills are not just an American Problem
We as Americans may think substandard breeding practices happen only in the United States. Unfortunately that’s just not the case.

Read More : at Fidos-place.com
Article link :
http://fidos-place.com/?p=1327
Dumped or destroyed: grim future for many a puppy in the window
Happy New Year
The Spirit Dog

Puppy Thieves Arrested in Reno Bulldog Theft

Puppy Thief Arrested
in Reno Bulldog Theft
As of (12-11-2008) Reno Police are still looking for two suspects, a man and his wife.
March 5 2009 only the KTVN link is still active, the other two have expired. You will still reach the two websites, but then you have to search for the stories.

Update on arrest in [...]