Dogs and Puppies

?????? asked:


The lady I babysit for has a lil puppy(don’t know how old) that barks all day long when home alone during the day and she’s got some notices that if it doesn’t stop she’ll have to move. What are some things she can do. She’s tried a crate but the dog still barks, just letting the dog stay in her daughters room but the dog just got into the window and barked. She can’t get another dog her apartment only allows one. Someone told us to use a muzzle that you could get one that they could still drink and eat out of but can’t bark. Is this true?

Wednesday asked:


My make dog (Colie X) has been attacked by other dogs a few times and now goes for other dogs himself.
How can I train him to get on with other dogs now?
He is neutered and obedient, but will storm off when he sees another dog and try to bite it, he gets really vicious, so I am not confident to take him on walks where there might be other dogs anymore.
I got him a muzzle so that we can go to the vet, as he also started to go nuts there, which he hasn’t done in the past.
I fear that a muzzle might make him more aggressive as he gets insecure.
He also goes absolutely crazy whenever I put the muzzle on and I tried all sorts of tricks to get him used to it.
I seem to be in a catch 22 situation. If I go to e.g. the beach with him, chances are that he will attack another dog.
But: If I keep avoiding other dogs, he will never learn that they mean no harm to him.
Unfortunately as this is a rural area, many people let their dogs roam free and if they walk them, they have no lead on them, so it happened before that other dogs just ran towards him to play and he went for them. There is no place nearby where I could let him stay on a lead, knowing that other dogs will be on a lead too.