I have a Staff and a Bitsa (Mut). My Bitsa is 10 had him all his life, my Staff is almost 3 and came to me 18 months ago. I went out recently only for an hour, when I got back there was blood on my walls and doors. I was horrified, they both had bite wounds but superficial luckily.
I have kept them separate since but, I later found out that a persistant person kept ringing my door bell, I think that caused them to fight as the person did not ring find me out and leave. She waited for me to return on my doorstep! My dogs would have been at the door all the time. Having heard the dogs fighting she did not even tell me. Now I am a little nervous having them in the same room just incase they fight again. Can this be stopped with training or do I get rid – last in, first out? HHEELLPP!!
This is the first time the fouht.
Sounds like the repeated ringing of the door bell produced a stress reaction and one or both dogs misdirected that towards each other.
I would do desensitation training with the door bell, have them sit, not bark, and treat.
Dogs who mis direct stress or aggression need self control lessions. They just can’t go lashing out on the nearest dog that happens to be around.
Self control is taught by stay, waiting to get a treat sitting in front of them, waiting to go in and out, learning to be patient, obedience lessons.
Also, you have a Staffordshire terrier, which can be dog agressive. Staffs make wonderful loyal companions. I never trust a bully/terrier breed never to fight, so I never leave them unsupervised with another dog, certainly one that has already shown it can fight under stress or a trigger such as a door bell. I advise crating both dogs while you are not home.
Good luck.
i heard that you can train small dogs to go in a litter box. i am getting a yorkie poo, and i was wondering if it could work. please help! 10 points for the best answer!=]
I have a Chinese Created the hairless type. I trained him in 2 weeks. I crate trained him like any other dog but instead of taking him outside to potty i had a doggy litter box in a large kennel and I would place him in thatand locked him in . When he went potty I gave him a piece of his puppy food as a treat and I would let him out. I had the kennel litter box in a spare bathroom on the other end of the house from where his night night kennel was. He was trained in 2 weeks to where I could leave his night night kennel open and he would get up and go to his potty kennel.
When it got warmer outside I put his kennel buy the door and within a week the potty kennel was gone until the next winter he has never forgot. He is now 3 years old and fall and winter he goes in his potty kennel and in the spring and summer he is a outside potty-er. I hope this helps.
I would like to read and learn more about Dog Training. Can anyone recommend a good book to start with.
For the basics, you can’t beat this one ( and its cheap)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASPCA-COMPLETE-DOG-TRAINING-MAUNAL-BY-BRUCE-FOGLE-DVM_W0QQitemZ110231334251QQihZ001QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
But this is also a great method, and fun:
http://www.clickerlessons.com/
These dogs were all trained by the latter method:
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Learn how to properly train your dog when you answer the door; learn more tips on Dog Training in this free pet obedience video taught by an experience dog trainer.
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How to clicker train your dog:
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My wild Border Collie “Buzz” performs his favourite demo showing how many ‘driven’ dogs are created through bad dog training habits. Buzzy is the subject of my book “Shaping Success” (Dog Writers of America Choice for Dog Training Book of the Year in 2005).
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I have a maltese that is about 8 months and has a tendence to bark very loud and high pitched, and when you tell him to shut up he barks even louder.
Also, he jumps really high to try to bite me.. I really want to train him because he’s evry bad also with peole around…
Sounds like you have your hands full there 
I don’t have very much experience with barking issues, but there are guides out there and videos that can help you in your training. You may want to reference the website below:
http://thepetcarecenter.com/dog-training/
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I have a maltese that is about 8 months and has a tendence to bark very loud and high pitched, and when you tell him to shut up he barks even louder.
Also, he jumps really high to try to bite me.. I really want to train him because he’s evry bad also with peole around…
Sounds like you have your hands full there
I don’t have very much experience with barking issues, but there are guides out there and videos that can help you in your training. You may want to reference the website below:
http://thepetcarecenter.com/dog-training/
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I have had dogs and cats both, I have trained them to do tricks and all the little things they need to know. What was hardest? what was the easiest?
Dogs are by far the easiest of the two. Dogs naturally want to please their owners, so they are more willing to learn. Dogs also will learn just using praise as a reward, where as cats need 100% motivation.
Cats are more independent and not as willing to please anyone except themselves. Some cats love treats, some are uninterested. If your cat has some special food, you can use that to reinforce something he/she is doing to get them to repeat it. Cats take more time and patience than dogs do to train also.
Hope this helps.
I have had dogs and cats both, I have trained them to do tricks and all the little things they need to know. What was hardest? what was the easiest?
Dogs are by far the easiest of the two. Dogs naturally want to please their owners, so they are more willing to learn. Dogs also will learn just using praise as a reward, where as cats need 100% motivation.
Cats are more independent and not as willing to please anyone except themselves. Some cats love treats, some are uninterested. If your cat has some special food, you can use that to reinforce something he/she is doing to get them to repeat it. Cats take more time and patience than dogs do to train also.
Hope this helps.
