Happy Pet Blog

My two dogs, Rusty and Dasher, Playing with their friend, Thumper the rabbit. My two dogs were not aggressive. They were allowed to be dogs, and we did not treat them as “our babies”

“Warning: Sausage dog on premises

Long, short-legged and - according to American researchers - fierce, the dachshund has been found to be more aggressive than the feared Rottweiler or British bulldog. The so-called ‘sausage dog’ comes first on a list of the most violent breeds, followed by the Jack Russell terrier and the terrifying… Chihuahua.”

I read the above statement somewhere on the interenet. Now, I have 2 comments.

First: Are small dogs really more aggressive? Or, are they just spoiled and treated as “babies” by their owners? Most small dogs have lost their roots because owners do not allow them to be an animal, to be a dog.

It has been a pet peeve (ha ha) of mine for years, and I have written about it before “the small dog that runs and barks all over the place when my dogs are on leash”. And, the owners laugh about it. They are proud…”look at my little dog, he takes on the big ones without fear”

Well, it’s not funny. YOU made your little dog aggressive and violent, not nature.

I had two little “miniature long haired dachshunds” myself, for 16 years, and they never showed aggression. They even had a pet rabbit the gently played with.

So wake up small dog owners. Train your dog. Be a pack leader. Your little precious canine would like to be able to go back to it’s roots and become a dog, not a “girlie baby” !!!!

Aggressive behaviors (and it”s NOT acceptable just because your dog is small an cute) and signs is something that professional trainer Brian Heward explains quite well in the Dog Training DVD Series that we have put out at Kingdom of Pets. He talks a lot about establishing your role as leader. Now everyone knows how very important it is to position yourself at the top of the “pack” in your hybrid family of humans and dogs. But Brian really makes sense of why it is in fact —more— stressful for a dog who is a dominant “Alpha” dog but really does not want to be.

photo credit: dirkmueller

Can this precious little puppy really turn into a barking Golden? YES, IT WILL, I know, First Hand

- From Daniel Stevens SitStayFetch

“I have a friend who points his TV remote at his Golden Retriever every time it starts barking, with the hope that he can turn down the dog’s volume. My friend spends a lot of time on the couch. His dog spends a lot of time barking.”

However, our neighbours may NOT feel the same wonder at our Golden. So, we do need to keep their barking in control.

Day 3 of your free eCourse will show you how to stop your dog’s barking problem. Just sign up, for free, (at the top of the page) and have better behaved dogs. AND, your neighbours will be very happy about that too.

My old Dog Dukie (14) and Nikki, the night before I had to have him put to sleep. Read “his poem” here!

Yesterday I was at the hairdresser and we got to talking about dogs (is there anything else to talk to a stranger about :)?

She told me such a sad and incredible heartless story!

A friend of hers had a dog. This dog aged, like the rest of us do also. And, in it’s old age she did not want to spend an money on it, this dog was having some health issues.

So, this faithful dog she has had for close to 13 years, what does she do? She actually gives it to a rescue group.

She did not want to spend money on the dog’s health issues, or on putting it down, so she dropped it off at a rescue group.

It’s NOT that she couldn’t afford it, she did noto s want tpend it on the dog.

I mean, how absolutely heartless is this? I try not to think how this poor dog feels. Going from having an owner and a home to a rescue group.

Please everyone, a dog should be for life, that is, for the life of the dog!