Dog Training

Most cities and/or counties may require that if you are starting a business you will need to first acquire a business license. What is a business license? By definition a business license is a legal authorization in document form issued by municipal and/or state governments and required for business operations. Don't get this confused with DBA. So then what is a DBA?

DBA is an abbreviation for "doing business as." Certain jurisdictions may also use the terms fictitious business name, trade name or assumed name. DBA registration is necessary if your business operates under a name other than its legal name.

For a corporation, LLC, or other state registered entity, the legal name is the name on the filed articles. For all other business entities, the legal name is the personal name of the business owner or owners. Conducting business and opening a bank account under any name other than your legal business name is only possible after fulfilling your state's DBA filing requirement. And what if you are selling items? Do most states require a state seller's permit?

If you sell, lease personal property or sell taxable services at a retail or wholesale level, you are required to obtain a Seller's Permit. If you have more than one location where sales are made, a separate license is required for each location. You must obtain a State Employer Identification Number Also Called a State Tax Id EIN if you:

Pay wages to one or more employees

If your business is a corporation and you are an employee of the corporation (recommended so you can obtain all the tax free and deductible corporate fringe benefits)

if you are a sole owner and the sole employee of your business getting an EIN is not required as long as you report the financial results of your business on Form 1040, Schedule C. The IRS and the Social Security use your social security number to track self-employment tax. A federal tax identification number (also know as an employer identification number or EIN), is a number assigned solely to your business by the IRS. Your tax ID number is used to identify your business to several federal agencies responsible for the regulation of business.

Any business offering products or services that are taxed in any way must get a federal tax ID number.

To get your dog to hold his pee overnight is the same thing as getting YOU to hold YOUR pee at night. END.OF.SENTENCE.

...well...you could try not giving it water...but you'll end up harming his health...so...not really a good idea...

Dogs will urinate when they're scared as well as when they're excited. Human contact may be appreciated so much that the dog literally can't contain itelf. If that's the case, the dog needs more attention. Enough so that it becomes accustomed to having the contact and the excitement levels drop.

Dog crates can be purchased at pet stores. PetSmart and PetCo are an example of stores that carry dog crates. If you worried about spending too much, local want ads in papers and craigslist offer used dog crates at a less cost.

LITTERS ARE THE PUPPIES OR KITTENS THAT DOGS AND CATS HAVE It depends on when you want to start birthing the litters and end them. If you want to birth them for 3 years, they can have 6 litters. Dogs only come into heat 2 times a year, so they wont have many. You shouldn't breed your dog the first heat, or let them birth puppies after the 3rd year. If you fail to do this, it could cause premature babies and health problems (back and hip problems) in the mother dog and can result in death.

I would say anxiety and confusion over pack hierarchy. What breed of dog is it and are you meeting it's excercise needs? The right amount of focused excercise is one of the best ways to start out handling many different issues.

Clicker training is a great way to train a dog. Get a dog trainer to train you in your home for a couple of hours in person, or buy a clicker training book. It's fairly easy and good form of positive training to use.

The average life span of a yorkie is 12-14 years. A Yorkshire Terrier, can life between 12 and 14 years old if they're healthy it should be 14 to 19 years old!
They usually live between 7-13 years.

Yes you can. Most public parks and places simply don't allow it, but if your dog is not aggressive and very friendly you could teach it to walk without a leash. I don't recommend walking down streets without a leash as it could be hit by a car. First when teaching your dog leash train it first. Teach it heel, and all the other leash behavior, then when you walk with your dog without a leash say heel and give it a treat if she walks beside you for awhile. Add more and more length to your walk before you give her a treat then include obstacles, and other people and animals. If she succeeds in her training it should be a piece of cake walking her in a public place without a leash.

Treats. lure the dog off the bed into his bed with treats and when and if the dog gets back on your bed, scold him and put him back in his own bed and say stay. If he doesn't get back onto your bed give him a treat.

Yes they can! My dog always sniffs and even eats our cats poo but make sure he doesnt!

The simple answer is that some dogs simply like the taste (it usually smells and/or tastes like their dog food), so you need to make sure that dogpiles are picked up before your puppy can get to them, so that he won't get sick.

What you can do is:

1. Put your dog on a leash

2. Grab some treats

3. Take your dog to the road

4. Give your dog a treat every time he/she doesn't move or lunge at cars

5. Keep doing this for a couple of days

6. Your dog should then learn when it gets to the road he/she should sit and stay still.

The best kind of food would be puppy chow. This kind of food contains different nutrients than adult food that help in the development of the dog's body. It is also high in calories to support a puppies active lifestyle.

There are a number of reasons why your dog doesn't go into its Kennel, or your own house.

Here's some helpful websites, since I'm not too sure what you're asking -

http://www.siriusweb.com/AAD/crate.html

http://www.petdreams.com/training.php

http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/new-dog.html

Good luck. I've also found that sometimes dogs don't want to be put in a kennel because it's away from their owner; and they're scared.

If you perhaps have neighbors that have dogs and your puppy or dog likes to bark, it is normal but if you would like to stop them take your puppy to where the dogs are say "No!" whenever your dog barks try it twice a week and if you see an improvement, try rewarding your pet with a treat!

Most pet stores carry an ante chew spray that smells like icy hot. wich you spray on whatever the animal is chewing on and the next time thay go to chew thay will change their mind real quick.

As a woman and a dog owner, I've had embarrassing moments where my rat terrier mix has brought something "fascinating" from the bathroom trash can in front of company. Dogs have a far more developed sense of smell than we do. Many of the items put in a bathroom trash can are doubly alluring, the objects smell like us or cosmetics and are "available".

Bathroom trash cans are generally low and open, easily accessible to dogs of any size.

What has worked for us in the bathroom:

1) We use a small metal can with a foot pedal. The closed can keeps down the smell & is difficult for most dogs to open.

2) Empty the can frequently

3) Keep little sealable bags to put used feminine products in

Other suggestions

1) In the kitchen, we use a small trash can under the sink. We open the cabinet and put the trash in the can. Our dogs don't open cabinets. You can also do this if you have room in the cabinet under your bathroom sink.

2) There are wire attachments that you can screw into the insides of your cabinet door so the door comfortably holds the trash can.

Best Wishes

Yes! In fact, this may not be enough, depending on whether the dog also has time in a fenced yard or not. If the dog lives in an apartment or for whatever reason does not have a yard for exercise, (tying out on a leash does not count as exercise), then the dog MUST be walked, about 4 times a day, at least. Each walk doesn't have to be super long, but at least two of them should be long enough to tire the dog out.

If the dog has a fenced yard or fenced dog park to run around in and actually does run and play in that area, then the walks are more for socialization and training -- but at least 1 or 2 walks a day, still necessary.

Dogs need this walk time for exercise, socialization, bonding with the owner, etc.

It is absolutely necessary to their mental and physical health, and often for their continued "good behavior".

Some tips on avoiding being bitten: At home: * Put screens on doors and windows * Use sprays indoors when mosquitoes are around * Use mosquito coils * Use a mosquito net impregnated with insecticide over beds at night * Turn on air conditioning if you have it - this is very effective at keeping mosquitoes out of a room Outdoors: * Wear a repellent cream or spray preferably containing DEET (diethyl toluamide); formulations containing less than 35% DEET are recommended because higher concentrations are no more effective (they just work for longer) but in rare cases may cause poisoning. Repellent should not be applied to wounds or irritated skin. * Vitamin B does not prevent mosquito bites. * Wear protective clothing such as long sleeved shirts, long pants and hats to minimise skin exposure. Clothing can be treated with repellent. * Wear light coloured clothing - ticks and other insects are more easily detected on a light background and tsetse flies are attracted to dark, contrasting colours. * Use screens on tents * Avoid places where mosquitoes are most active, such as swampy areas

It depends on the age of the dog when it is neutered. If the dog hasn't started lifting his leg to pee and you get him neutered chances are that he will never lift his leg to pee. If the dog is older neutering him will not "fix" this problem. No. Dogs mark their territory and if you have had a female dog in the house (even a female cat) they will often mark their territory, but it they were trained correctly from the time they were a pup then they shouldn't be doing this. I have a male dog, a female dog and a female cat and my male doesn't mark his turf in my house. When he had accidents as a pup I would take him to the paper down the hall (I paper train and also train outside for my pets) and have had no problem. My girlfriend has an English Sheep dog and never bothered to train him correctly and now he urinates on the edges of all sofas. You can go to any local pet store and get a spray to stop this behavior.

They are not eating their feet, but chewing on them. You would need to take your dog into a Veterinarian to get an acurate diagnosis but I would guess there is some sort of skin issue going on, such as a interdigital cyst or moist dermatitis. Check for a foxtail ot any other foreign object in between the toes or in the bottom of the foot. Check the feet thoroughly. Clean them up with an good antibiotic soap and pat them dry. A Vet would need to make a diagnosis for treatment. You do need to stop your dog from chewing on its feet though, can use a bitter spray such as bitter apple to stop the chewing.

Though there are many different breeds of dog, they are not all - the same. For example, if you took two - let's say, Collies - they are the same, because they are the same breed, right? WRONG! They both have their own personalities, so, like two human baby twins, they cannot be EXACTLY the same because they are not EACH OTHER, which makes them DIFFERENT! So, you see, even the same dog breed is different. However, to answer your question, I will tell you also this: Because there are no dumb dogs - just stupid, abusive people - all I can say is some of the smartest dogs - I am not going to tell you their names because then I would have to look them up - are in the breed of the Border Collie, the Poodle, and something else - I think it's the Labrador, I forget....
I am not a trainer and have owned one dog at a time in my life time. I agree that treats do not work for all dogs. I have owned a large golden retriever who was so full of life that he resembled Marley the dog who ate pillows and knocked over the garbage cans. The answer to train him was to take away his food and only offer him treats when he followed commands. As a smart and hungry dog he learned very quickly and followed my every look and command. On another hard to train puppy I have been in puppy school where a mutt rolled over and played every time the owner gave a command. Even the head trainer couldn't get that happy go lucky mutt to listen or follow commands. I think that the dog wasn't working on all cylinders. I now have a small dog. As a puppy my Brussel Griffon was very hard to train. This dog is not attracted to food or treats but looking for my husband (His litter mate). It took me 3 years to get this dog to walk on a leash without pulling ahead. He is now 6 years old and just yesterday he walked into pet store without pulling or trying to find dust in every corner to sniff. Every day he finds new things to fear. Cars driving by the sidewalk or the noise of the dish washer. In summary, I do feel that small dogs are harder to train. It is harder to reach down and snag them to let them know something is wrong. All trainer tapes show middle sized dogs and larger getting trained because they are easier to train. Caesar Millan is the only dog whisperer who has tackled snapping, barking, small dogs and I don't see any dog trainer own small dogs. This is only my thought and I have asked for dog training tapes specific for small dogs.

Unless the dog is a mutant it won't have fingers.

You could call their digits "toes", in which case, a typical dog will have 4 toes on each hind leg and 5 toes on each front leg. The grand total is 18 toes.

The front legs typically have 4 toes on the ground and a dew claw that doesn't touch the ground, which is to say, dog tracks show four toes.