Orange County Pet News

Are you at a loss of what to do about your puppy’s biting problem? Are the items in your home getting destroyed one by one and while you’ve tried yelling, nothing seems to work?

How many times have I hear fellow dog owners say, “I hate it when he barks non stop… or he utterly embarrassed me when he mounts people’s leg”. Dog owners usually have no problems to fill in tons of their dog behavioral problems into the above statements.

The dog responds to our commands for two reasons. The first is – the understanding by the dog what we want from it, when we submit the command. If the dog understands the command only partially – you can not achieve reliable performance skills. Almost every dog owner from time to time, assures me that [...]

The reason that the vast majority of dogs are naughty is the indifference of their owners. The hunter, who buys a dog, saw no need to get good guidance on dogs training, and if he gets a book, he does not explore in depth enough. And most importantly, the dog owner must be able to [...]

Do you wish your pets were happy? So do as follows.
Try to teach a dog to swim. Many breeds love water and love to swim together with their masters, bringing great pleasure to themselves and others.
Teach your dog to search for a toy. Make the dog sit, show him the favorite ball, and then stuff [...]

In order to make your pet happier you should follow just several rules as follows.
If possible, castrate or sterilize the dog. However you treat this procedure in any case, sterilized animals live longer and quieter. In addition, it is the easiest way to curb the growth of population of homeless dogs – castrated dog shall [...]

Let’s try a little bit to understand why the attacks of pets on their own masters occurs. Who is to blame? May be it is breed?
The legislation of many countries has decided to do it very simple – to prohibit certain “objectionable”, or as considered socially dangerous breeds. Somehow, under the Central Asian shepherd [...]

You must teach the dog to return to the place both in everyday life, and during special training. As conditioned stimuli the command and gesture may be, as unconditional – promoting and easy-jerk leash may serve.
A puppy begins to be taught to return to its place from the first days of his arrival in the [...]

When the puppy is two to three months old, he finally forgets mother and is perfectly adapted to life in your home. It is important that all members of your family treat him kindly, spend time with him. This will help him feel confident and aware him as “family member”. Make sure that nobody frighten [...]

Nowadays, more and more popular fancy species become, such as Yorkshire Terriers, Pugs, Toys, Chinese Crested and others. This is understandable: with their small size they have not a cat’s devotion to his master the dog’s one and advanced intelligence also that allows you to feel full-fledged master of the dog, with all its positive [...]