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Hi LJ, and welcome to the site.

You can work on training your Cavalier to accept confinement a little better by having practice sessions when you're downstairs with her. Make it her special time by offering her a special treat she can't resist (and doesn't receive at any other time) and serving it in her enclosure. Don't make her stay there too long during these sessions, and remain nearby so she knows you're still around. However, do go about normal activities while she's in there. She needs to see from you that it's not the end of the world to spend some time on her own.

Thanks for your question, and hope this suggestion proves helpful. Good luck!

-- Contributed by: Kelly

Hello,

I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that is a year and a half old --- we've had her since she was 2 months old.

She has severe separation anxiety, which I understand is a trait of the Cavalier breed. Because of my fear that she will have a potty accident, we normally confine her to the kitchen and sunroom area with a gate. If we go upstairs and don't take her with us, she will bark incessantly until we come back downstairs. Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

LJ

-- Contributed by: LJ

Hi Isabel,

We have a couple articles you might find helpful.

Hopefully this information will help. :)

-- Contributed by: Kelly

Me and my husband just got a new puppy and we are having problems potty training her. Im not sure what methods to use. Does anyone have suggetions?

-- Contributed by: Isabel

Hi Louise,

The best method is going to be the one you find you're able to stick with. If taking your dog down the stairs each time she has to potty is something you can manage, it would be a good idea to begin training that way now. Otherwise, pick a spot for her tray in the apartment and make it her permanent place to go. This way she isn't confused about what her regular routine ought to be, and she knows where to go while you're at work. Do still take her for walks, and praise her when she does potty outside so she's willing to go there when her tray isn't an option.

Thanks for your question, and best wishes for a long and happy life with your new pet.

-- Contributed by: Kelly

I have just got my 12 week English Bulldog puppy Maggie. We are very keen to start toilet training her and I have looked at numerour sites for advice on the best way to toilet train her. We have a crate and she is sleeping in there all night with only a little crying and is going to the toilet after playing, sleeping and eating. But we live in an apartment, so are having to rely on using the crate to put her in when we can see she is about to do her business. I'd really like to know the best way to handle this, should we let her go to the toilet in her crate until she is older then move her tray out into another part of the room? Or start to take her down the stairs outside after eating, sleeping and playing? Also I am due to start back at work in a month so is the best method the taking outside or on the tray? any sort of advice would be really really great!!!

Thanks so much!!!

-- Contributed by: Louise

I have a 7 week old puppy in my home. He is an Olde English Bulldogge. He is doing great already with sleeping in his crate and not whining or whimpering. He also holds his urge to eliminate for at least 2 hours at a time, so I know I should be thankful for that. However, the one thing I still can not break him of, is chewing and biting me. He loves to chew my feet, ankle, wrist, arm, everything. He even bites kind of hard sometimes. I will "YELP" and try to move away from him, but he just follows me and tries to keep biting. Obviously it is not too painful, since he is so small, but I don't want to develop this habit. How can I get him to listen to me when I say "NO". He also will not stop doing anything bad when I say NO either. That is my only complaint so far. Besides that...he is a dream puppy. Any suggestions?

Thank you so much!!!

  • Hi John,

You're right to try and nip this behavior in the bud. It will only grow worse as your dog grows.

Right now he is treating you more like a litter mate than the leader of his pack. I suggest you use a very firm "No" command and then immediately put your puppy in his crate for a time out. Just leave him there for about ten minutes, and then let him out and give him something he's allowed to chew on. This gives him time to settle down, and the confinement period is short enough that he shouldn't begin to resent his crate.

Thanks for your question, and best of luck.

-- Contributed by: John

Hi Judy,

I actually wouldn't recommend teaching that trick to a Dachshund. The breed has a high rate of spinal problems due to those long backs, and the rolling might lead to an injury. Better to play it on the safe side and stick with regular obedience commands.

Thanks for your question.

-- Contributed by: Kelly

how do i teach my 11 wk old dacshund to roll over.

-- Contributed by: judy

hi we think we have ur dogs brother his name is chester and we got him in the northern neck of virginia right before the rest of his litter was sent away on the puppy train up north please respond at denclown@aol.com and leaving your dog in a crate from 10:30 to 6:30 isn't too long but she will have to go to the bath room as soon as you get home

-- Contributed by: jenny

Hi Rich,

Gates typically have grates or cross bars that allow dogs to get a foot hold on and hoist themselves over. A swinging half door is solid construction. They have a slide lock to keep them from opening when you don't want them to. I've had a half door in the past, and preferred it over the standard gate.

-- Contributed by: Kelly

but wasn't the point of the gate to block the kitchen to keep the dog in there? so wouldn't a gate with a door do the opposite of what she wants?

-- Contributed by: Rich
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