Family Pet Consulting; Table of Contents

Table of Contents

I. Checklist of Your Dog's Behavior
Check the things your dog does

II. Checklist of Your Behavior
(Behaviors, Questions and Thoughts About Your Dog)
Check the things you do and think about

III. Table of Contents

IV. How To Use This Website

V. Don't Experiment

VI. Author's Accomplishments

VII. The Perfect Dog for You

	1. Adopt a dog?
	2. Adult dog or puppy?
	3. Is this the right dog for me? (A case history)
	4. Purebred or mixed breed?
	5. Should I adopt from a rescue organization?
	6. What you owe your dog

VIII. Training - My Theory

	7. Dog obedience means different things to different people
	8. Is training fair to a dog?
	9. Same problem every dog (A case history)
	10. It's OK to spoil your dog
	11. Using friends and family in your training program
	12. Schedule time with your pet
	13. Keep your dog

IX. Teaching Commands

	14. Ten basic commands a dog needs to learn
	15. Say it once
	16. Using noisemakers to train a dog
	17. Tossing things
	18. Walking on a leash (two different ways)
	19. Scolding (negative talk)
	Frequently Asked Questions

X. Puppies

20. Living with a new puppy

	- Emotional Adjustments Being Made by Your Puppy During the First Week or Two in Its New Home
	- Things We Do That Train Our Dog to Misbehave

21. Don't miss the puppy in your dog

22. List of supplies for the new puppy

23. Doggy doors (Maxey and the Dangerous Doggy Door: A case history)

24. Paying for good behavior

25. Proper use of a puppy's name

26. Teaching the puppy not to chew on hands

27. Bad play for puppies

28. Puppies sleeping with humans

29. Teaching your puppy to stay alone without getting into trouble

30. A quiz for your puppy after six months in your home

31. Puppies that aren't welcome anymore

Frequently Asked Questions

XI. Housebreaking

	32. Rules/Consequences
	33. Quick housebreaking tips
	34. Submissive urination
	Frequently Asked Questions

XII. Come When Called (to a Voice Command or Whistle)

	35. Teaching a puppy to come when called
	36. Training the puppy not to run out through doorways
	37. The runaway dog (Chief: A case history)
	Frequently Asked Questions

XIII. Destructiveness

	38. How to explain "no chewing" to a puppy
	39. Chewing on furniture or carpet
	40. Landscaping your yard to be puppy friendly
	41. Good holes/Bad holes
	Frequently Asked Questions

XIV. Barking and Whining

	42. The dog that barks when left alone
	43. Barking on command
	44. Separation anxiety
	Frequently Asked Questions

XV. Jumping

	45. Jumping on people (Daisy: A case history)
	46. Jumping onto and off of furniture
	Frequently Asked Questions

XVI. Dogs and Children

	47. Kids and dogs
	48. Babies and dogs
	Frequently Asked Questions

XVII. Aggressiveness

49. Dogs that fight

- Dogs That Live Together for Awhile and Then Start Fighting

50. Dino and Barney: A case history

51. Dogs that bite

52. Aggressive dog when lifted

53. Dogs and cats living together

54. Adult dog aggressive with a new puppy

Frequently Asked Questions

XVIII. Adding Another Dog to Your Family

	55. Adding a new dog
	56. Tips for introducing a young pet into an older pet's life
	57. Sweet old friend
	Frequently Asked Questions

XIX. Travel

58. Summer travel with a dog

	- Preparing for the trip
	- Travel aids you can take along

59. Anytime your dog is in your car

Frequently Asked Questions

XX. Boarding

	60. Prepare for boarding
	Frequently Asked Questions

XXI. Fears and Depressions

	61. Very shy dog (A case history)
	62. Afraid of dogs
	63. Afraid of family member
	64. Mourning dogs
	65. Things that can traumatize a dog
	66. Puppies without trust
	67. Divorce and dogs
	68. Dog that's afraid of being brushed
	Frequently Asked Questions

XXII. Safety

	69. Teaching your dog to avoid moving cars
	70. Pool-proofing your dog
	71. Don't give your untrained dog the wrong kind of freedom
	72. Dogs that live outside
	73. Is it an emergency?
	Frequently Asked Questions

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