cavaliergirl

Any tips on teaching a dog to bark, and also to be quiet?

I have just come back from walking my 2 dogs with some other dog walkers. One of their dogs approached another dog (not in our group) and not surprisingly sniffed the new dog. The owner of that dog asked her to stop the dog from sniffing, as he did not want his dog to be sniffed!!!! Makes you wonder why some people have dogs.

The rest of us were tempted to send our dogs over for a real sniff fest!

What would you do if someone asked you to stop your dog from sniffing another dog?

Whenever they are apart from each other they whine / howl / yelp and appear to be really distressed. One has just been neutered a couple of weeks ago and the other will be done soon too - saying that they have pretty much always been like that. We are keen to take them out individually at times - mainly when training them, but we definitely can't leave one behind - even if my hubby / I stay behind with one, the behaviour is still present, and almost impossible to distract them. Help !!

My 1yr old cavalier has recently started barking at all dogs bigger than him, which is obviously quite a few. I also have an 8mth old who is not bothered by other dogs at all.

Why would the 1 yr old do this, and what can I do to reduce it happening?

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I have 2 dogs - one is 1yr, the other is 7mths. In the last few weeks the older one has stopped eating properly. The food is the same as it has been. We can't leave it down for any length of time as the younger one would eat it. It is mainly a problem at breakfast - we have tried adding in a bit of wet to the dry, chicken etc, but he is just not interested. He will eat it fine from a kong / treat ball if he hasn't realised that is what it is. We don't give treats during the day now either. He is fine in every other way - seems like stubborness, but how do we deal with it?

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I have a 9mth old cavalier, and a 5 month old one. Both males. The eldest one has recently started cocking his leg (all grown up---lol). However when we go for walks he stops at every corner and lamp post to lift his leg - it just seems excessive. Any reasons for this? It is not a UTI. He als keeps trying to dominate the little one - by trying to hump him. We have had the little one for 3 mths now.

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We have 2 pups. One is 7 mths and has always been great on the leash, but our newest addition hates it. He just sits there and won't move, even when his fav treats are on offer. Even when we just leave the leash on, without us at the end of it, he won't move. Help!!

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